obama, fellow regents and honored guest, good morning. on behalf of the board of reg t regents i'd like to welcome all of you here to this incredible ceremony. i'd like to congratulate the council of the museum history and culture and the founding director, lonnie bunch on achieving this historic milestone. that we are breaking ground for the construction of the museum's permanent home is a testament to their shared vision and hard work. in 2003, the regents were honored when the congress passed and president bush signed legislation establishing the national museum of african-american history and culture within the smithsonian. since that time, the regents have made opening the museum our number one priority. the legislation also tasked the rege ents with one duty particularly relevant today. we were asked to select the site for the new museum. over the course of two years, we listened to a passionate discourse on the museum, through public town halls and on the internet. we consulted closely with the museum's council and other stakeholde

the leadership of the regents, i want to nod to my friend patty for all of her support.ially want to acknowledge the gifted staff of the national museum of african american history and culture. [ applause ] . while i may stand in front of you they do the work to make all things possible. during the great depression historians were hired by the federal government to interview formally enslaved african americans. when 82 year old cornelius holms was asked if the experience of the enslaved still mattered he answered the race question will be with us always. it is in our politics, our courts. it is on ourur manners, in our religion and our thoughts all the day every day. what a gift you have all given so that everyone who visits will realize that we are all touched, shaped and enriched by african american history and culture all the day every day. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> he sponsored the legislation in the house of representatives to establish this museum. ladies and gentlemen, please welcomethe honorable john louis. [ applause ] >>> good morning. >> good mornin

obama, fellow regents had honored guests, good morning.behalf of the board of regents, i would like to welcome all of you here to this incredible ceremony. i would like to also congratulate the council of the national museum of american history and culture. the museums dedicated staff and its founding director on achieving this historic milestone. [applause] that we are breaking ground for the construction of the museum's permanent home is a testament to their shared a vision and hard work. in 2003, the regents were honored when the congress passed and president bush signed legislation establishing the national museum of african- american history and culture within the smithsonian. since that time, the regents have made opening the museum our number one priority. the legislation also tasked the regions with a test relevant to our situation today. we were asked to select a site for the new museum. over the course of two years, we listened to a passionate discourse on the museum through public town hall and on the internet. we consulted clos

. >> less than two years, regent has seen 80 graduates from a small eastern government that suffered a mass -->> one of our first applicants, i became the chief of my family when i was 6 years old. >> this woman employs women from her church. >> they are going to employ a lot of other people. >> this is way bigger than money. yeah. if we were going to look at this as a financial transaction, we would miss the call of script e scripture. >> life has changed back in the dominican republic, single mother of three is teaching others to turn plastic shopping bags into colorful purses. it is a skill she tries to teach me. [laughter]. >> [ foreign speaking ]>> before i was able to get these loans to grow my businesses, i could only get loans from loan sharks. >> this week a virginia pastor finished his sermon, sat down behind the pulpit and died. bishop thoroughgood encouraged his congregation to get right with god. his life was deeply related to the lord. >> if you are going to do battle with the devil, know jesus and have a focussed relationship with god. >> bishop just finished his sermo

the secretary for richard curing and the regents, and i want to especially nod to my dear friend pattythe gifted staff of the national museum of african-american history and culture. [ applause ] >> while i may stand in front of you, they do the work to make all things possible. during the great depression historians were hired by the federal government to interview formally enslaved african-americans. when 82-year-old cornelius holmes was asked if the experience of the enslaved still mattered, he answered though the slave question is settled the race question will be with us always, it is in our politics ask the courts and it is in our hallways and in our manors and it is in our religions and in our thoughts all of the day every day. what a gift you have all given by helping to birth this museum so that everyone who visits will realize that we are all touched, shaped and enriched by african-american history and culture all of the day every day. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> please welcome the mayor of the district of columbia, vincent gray. [ applause ] >> good morning. >> n

tragically, we did have a homicide on generic 26 on regent street. when jenny 329, investigators from the homicide department -- on january 29, investigators from the homicide department but a man for murder. we made a significant arrest in a brutal cold his homicide from 1983. we are confident in our ability to bring people to justice even after 29 years. this was largely due to the fact the we had a grant to bring back some retired homicide investigators to work specifically on cold cases. inspectors are instrumental in bringing this case home. i would also like to say it was on sixth street this morning that i was on foot patrol, proceeding a press conference in which the mayor did announce that the substation is going to happen. obviously, with the redevelopment issue, it was in doubt for some time. everybody felt reassured, following the press conference. i would like to thank the mayor for his support on this issue. president mazzucco: i am glad to hear about the substation. i have heard of from folks in that whole area. for example, i heard th

so many thanks to lonnie and his colleagues, the museum's advisory council, all of our regents and especiallycourse we are honored to welcome president and mrs. am

and we have those regular forearms regent -- forums. we do expect to be involved in transitioning our departments. goo>> we have lots of technology pierre goad -- lots of technology. just a couple things. you talk about scheduling. to a degree we could not create a real siren scheduling. hopefully this will make the system easier. i hope the inspectors -- i often hear feedback that you might have five different inspectors for the same issue, so if there is some sort of continuity they can encourage i think that would be great. it should have the ability to save the application. the other thing is that it should be fairly easy to determine -- if i can tell what boxes they need to go through, i need to be able to look at the application and stevee what ever the steps are, so hough they are environmental, they have to go through these steps? of a lot of people and the general public do not know the process, that will be evident. also, the ability to query and we were talking about this with the entertainment permit. not just a particular s

that's clearing but there is a water main break reported stewart at regent in berkeley. hear the scene is clearing up. whatever road closure they had, the lane that was there is clearing up as well. surface street, not affecting 24 or 580 through oakland or the east shore freeway. a smooth drive approaching the bay bridge. a look at the toll plaza, an easy drive as you head down off the berkeley curve. light volume of traffic. not a bad deal getting over to the city. the deal is you have to pay your toll. back to you with that shot. >> we can tell you this. a former cal quarterback can add world record holder to his resume. pretty sweet. >> he made it into the guiness book for paper airplane throwing. former quarterback threw a paper airplane 226 feet and 10 inches. isn't it amazing. >> look at that go. >> it sails along. he beat the old mark by 19 1/2 feet. >> good times. designer gets credit. john collins of marin is going crazy there. fun. >> congratulations on the world record. still ahead, people in mountain view recovering after losing their homes in a huge fire. l

together, with gay and her sister regents, they are stewards of this national treasure, preserves its character so that generations unborn might draw inspiration from the man whose name is synonymous with the character. does character count? on the surface it seems like one of those questions that answers itself. but that hasn't quieted the debate among modern scholars, pundits and politicians alike. for example, how do you define character? on his death bed, it is said that the deposed french emperor napoleon said they wanted me to be another washington. albeit one whose character reflected a different attitude to power and the democratic experiment. lincoln as usual had a pithy formulation. character he said is like a tree. and reputation like its shadow. the shadow is what we think of it. the true is the real thing. george washington it hardly needs to be say is -- said is the real thing. yet, it isn't that simple and neither is he. it's equally true that the man for who us personifies the idea much of his early life pursuing what shakespeare will be called the budbble of reputatio

for almost three years our various library committees have met here, bringing in the regents, architects and all manner of design and exhibit people. here we have watched the library grow to a real living repository of history. and so a room that started out as a working environment by a succession of presidents still provides that very important function for 20th century first ladies with a variety of projects. it is a working room, but like any room in the white house it is also a collection of memories. having the entire family together for lunch is a joy. but al r lyndon's hours vary with his work. and the girls are just as unpredictable. but once in a while, everyone's actually coinciding and we gather in the family dining room. >> it's almost like a little english baby. >> honey -- >> he is a good boy. >> he's an angel. >> he looks so much like his daddy. >> sir, do you know -- >> i thought it was a bulldozer with -- >> that's what i thought. but said there's no -- had no writing on it. and it's not like a tank in the sense that it's very durable. that they're very dangerous since

last month, uc-riverside students protested tuition hikes during a regents meeting. some cal students are stressing out about the rising fees. >> my dad just lost his job so we're going to try to get financial aid. in the past it's been pretty hard. >> reporter: the middle class scholarship would cost the state about $1 billion to run it every year. just where will california find this kind of money? the money will come from taxes that out of state corporations owe the golden state. about 150,000 students in the cal state system and 42,000 in the uc system would be eligible for the middle class scholarship. if approved, the proposal could take effect as early as this fall. reporting from berkeley, gil diaz, cbs 5. >>> in downtown sunnyvale, that will be the home to new offices for apple computers. the cupertino-based company says it is leasing a 156,000- square-foot office building at the sunnyvale towne centre. the company is expected to add 400 employees to the area. apple is expected to make that move in the coming year. >>> around the bay area, pg&e says it has f

for almost three years of various library committees have met here, bringing in the chancellor and regents, architects, historians and a archivists. here we've watched the library grow, from just a germ of an idea to a real living repository of history. a room that started out as a working environment for a succession of presidents still provides that very important function for 20th century first ladies with a variety of projects. it is a room, but like any room in the white house, it is also a collection of memories. having the entire family together for lunch is a joy. but also a rarity. lyndon's hours vary with his unpredictable. in a while everyone's activities coincide and we gather in the family dining room. >> almost like an english baby. blond hair. >> looks like just about any baby except mine. >> he is a good boy. >> he's an angel. >> looks so much like his daddy. >> food on his chinny. >> sir, do you know exactly what -- >> i thought it was a tractor with a bulldoze we're completes on it. >> that's what i thought. it's not like a tank in a sense that it's very durable, but they

note that this measure is going to be defended by ward connolly who many people know as a former uc regent the chief sponsor of prop 209. frank, those oral arguments are scheduled to begin at 9:00 this morning. but before that, here very federal courthouse there's expected to be a lot of activity with several students from uc schools coming here. there's also going to be some activity prior to the arguments at the uc-berkeley campus. >> okay. lisa washington live for us in san jose, thank you. >>> and more san joseians appearing to giving serious thoughts to a sales tax increase. a new poll commissioned by the city shows that 65% of san jose voters would support a quarter cent sales tax measure, 5% higher than a year ago. but when it comes to preferred ways to reduce the budget deficit, 48% answered cuts in workers' combination 28% said their top choice to was raising taxes. and only 13% preferred more cuts in services. the city council will discuss the poll at a budget session today. >>> 4:44. a ballot over same-sex marriage -- a ballot over same-sex marriage is heating up in new jersey.

, who is not only past president of the westchester bar and of the new york state bar, and a past regent of the american college of trial lawyers, and one of the most prominent lawyers in this entire region if not america. he's appeared on television and radio. he's written a book called "the art of advocacy." another called "new york practice," and most recently, "on trial, letters from a lifetime in the courtroom," which is a standing room only presentation. but for those of you who have seen henry at his finest, in addition to being in the courtroom, of course, it was a one-person play right down here a little off broadway, not too far off broadway. just a little bit off broadway. in a portrayal of clarence darrow and it brought an incomparable display of knowledge, scholarship and dramatic presentation. so we're going to hear two short dramatic presentations, readings by henry miller, as no one else can do it. one of which is very, very well known to you, of course, and the other is one written by a judge of our court about 140 years ago, and i find it so touching that i asked henry

we recently even saw the board of regents threatening to stop money going to school districts because the teacher evaluation system has never been put in place. two years, and it hasn't even started yet. furz our children deserve better than that. and hopefully, they get it this year. >> we must also transform education when it comes to the management of school districts. there's a vast disparity between how school districts manage the money and manage the system. some are managed much better than others. it's a point that hasn't been evaluated or looked at. we need to demand management efficiency and have a real management efficient system along with a teacher and school academic system. we need a new blueprint for education. i want to form a commission to really come up with an overhaul plan for our education system. i want to do it on a bipartisan basis. i want to do it cooperatively with the legislature. where we have joint appointments, but i want the report done this year because we've wasted enough time and i want to do it together. public education is a core mission. we simply

since that time, the regents have made opening the museum our number one priority.want to be particularly relevant to our gathering today. we were asked to six -- to select the site for the new museum. over the course of two years, we listen to a passionate discourse on the museum through public town halls and on the internet. we consulted closely with the museum council and other stakeholders. we considered a number of attractive alternatives, but in the end our decision was easy. we recognize that the story of african-american culture and history is essential to the story of america. it is a story that we believe can be best told from america's front yard -- the national mall. here, at the foot of the national monument. next to the museum of american history, in view of the capital, and within blocks of the white house. sometimes location is indeed everything. this side underscores the smithsonian and the nation's commitment to telling the whole american story. as a scientist and educator, i was taken with some recent photographs of president obama hosting student

broken toe to claim his fourth career title he beat canadian miller's seven five seven six to win the regents morgan keegan championships in memphis the thirty year old has won a title since winning in. hometown of vienna in tiny town and back injuries have made him slip to thirty eight in the world rankings over the last twelve months. had one. straight shot to a single break in the open and served it out with an ace before winning second set tiebreaker five seven six the final score talked about it joked he might break the tournament and says he is delighted to see the truth. i am delighted i have played a really good match today against that big serving guy and i kept myself together i knew it i'm not going to get a lot of chances to break points i think a converted number. i'm really pleased with the way up late specially coming back in the second breaker was hydraulically i'm really happy. let's move to the. time in the kontinental hockey league or the last sixteen past have been defined and there's one fixture attracting the most attention it's so i want to live against bars the defendi

accurately enough to secure the top sport overcoming his compatriot make even a by sixty tackle the regent michael completed the porter finishing for tonight second behind the winner rushes you came in fifth above the eight time world service and up front was sixth in the final standings. finish where we started with winter sports chinese athletes dominated in the freestyle skiing what's their home countries event and the best competition pull clean his first win of the season as he reported. in one part of his country men so young. likes to play while the world cup leader of canada braun's result is lead over to three points in the overall standings. in the women's events the entire podium went to china johnson came first but she was the only quick break the one hundred point in the final managed second place to claim the for what cup victories in a row at previous events chang sung to bronze over ten points adrift of the west. is still on top with a hundred point gap over china. ok up to date now more sports news from around the globe this time the weather is next stay with us. fifty. fi

the regents came up with a new version of this one. that kept the peace for a while.ing, king henry died, his son, king edward game the king. he in a similar situation, his grandfather needed some money to fight wars in france. he sought from noblemen some more money. they asked him to agree to a new magna carta. he actually did so in 1297. this comes from 1297. this advantage of this one over the 1215 one, though more famous, this became the law of the land of england and is still the law of the land of england. this actually became something that really set the trend for common law in england whereas the 1215 version was abrogated. while the 1215 has many things in it as this version, this 1297 is still the law of the land and that's why it's so important. is that --? >> very good. what of the magna carta is in our founding documents? >> in our bill of rights we have in effect -- well, the whole government is based on no taxation without representation. representative government. we have the right to habeas corpus. we have punishment proportionate to the crime. tria

since that time, the regents have made opening the museum our number one priority.h want to be particularly relevant to our gathering today. we were asked to six -- to select the site for the new museum. over the course of two years, we listen to a passionate discourse on the museum through public town halls and on the internet. we consulted closely with the museum council and other stakeholders. we considered a number of attractive alternatives, but in the end, our decision was easy. we recognize that the story of african-american culture and history is essential to the story of america. it is a story that we believe can be best told from america's front yard -- the national mall. here, at the foot of the national monument. next to the museum of american history, in view of the capital, and within blocks of the white house. sometimes location is indeed everything. this side underscores the smithsonian and the nation's commitment to telling the whole american story. as a scientist and educator, i was taken with some recent photographs of president obama hosting stud

and said remember tip and cody and restarted to correspond in congress and served on the board of regents on the smithsonian. so these are great memories. but as i say, dick and lynn, that goes back 40 some years. i could go back to nina totenburg. shia all i had some spirited words. let me tell you she in the days, when i was at harvard we had the most wonderful time together. her father still playing the violin. and we had a lot of fun. and i always -- if you can't forgive a person it's like letting them live in your head of rent-free. don't miss that. it's not a funny statement. if you can't forgive a person or in the shower thinking that son of a bitch, and he's out golfing. [laughter] so what do you gain from that? and then of course billington is working over here. i can't go through all this. clarence thomas was here. amazing things you go through. i met anita hill. i met her -- legacy to people why don't you move on? what is the purpose of keeping tabs seeding? there are the cedars and the seekers and i prefer the sea comes. anyway, bill clinton. he's up for the library of congres

the regent did not respond after a request about the lawsuit. >> there's a horrible crash this afternoonppened in sonoma county near the russian river. the highway patrol says a 61-year-old woman was killed when a car drove right off the road. the car ended up in a creek. rescue crews had to pull the driver out of the wreckage. three people were hurt and taken to area hospitals. no word on whether the driver will face any charges or on the conditions of those who were injured. >>> a nasty snowstorm caused major problems today in chicago. a wind whipped mix of snow and ice made getting around the city almost impossible. the storm blew through overnight leaving a new layer of heavy snow making it hard to get around the city especially in a car, and impossible at times to fly out of the airports. hundreds of flights were canceled at o'hara. you can see on the board here, cancellations and delays from the chicago area. sfo tells us four flights from chicago to san francisco were canceled this morning and there were a number of delays. things in chicago cleared up as the day went on, but as a

eventually pat robertson would change the name of the christian broadcasting network university to regent university, what it's called now, at the time of the presidential run it was cbnu. and at that time, the year after pat robertson's presidential run, a young executive at a company called the american hospital supply corporation decided he would jump off the corporate merry-go-round and follow in pat robertson's footsteps, first to the telehe -- that was bob mcdonnell. in the mid 80s he was moving up the corporate ladder but something was missing. that something was pat robertson. specifically pat robertson's school the year after mr. robertson ran for president. bob mcdonnell was not a kid at this point in his life. he was married, had kids of his own, a mid-career change undertaken by an adult. at pat robertson's university while bob mcdonnell was in his mid-30s, the republican's party vision for the family the compelling issue of the decade. leaders, bob mcdonnell argued correct the folklore of church and state. to punish could habitate tors, homosexuals or fornicators. man's basic

our history the oldest federal monuments are what these are with me to explain this today, a state regent with the district of columbia, daughters of the american revolution you are joined by some other members as well. >> thanks for talking with us. >> thank you. >> first off give us an idea what these boundary stones how important are these these date back to our 1700s. >> these are the oldest national landmarks we have in the united states, in 1790, president george washington, was directed to establish a nations capital, and after enlisting the services of andrew elicott a surveyor and a freed slave and astronomer they did an extensive survey of the area and a laid out a 10-mile square area, which is diamond shaped and that was the district of columbia, at each mile marker theys tab established one of these boundary stones they are very significant because they lay out our nations capital which is the seat of government. >>> on this one you can see writing on the side that says maryland which we are at the boundary of maryland and dc at this specific location. tell me a little bit abo

we served together in congress, on the board of regents at smithsonian. but as i say dick and lynne, that goes back 40 some years. i could go back to nina totenberg. she and i had some spirited words. [laughter] and let me tell you, she and dave became -- when i was at harvard, we had the most wonderful times together. her father still playing a virtuoso violin, and we had a lot of fun. and i always, if you can't forgive a person, it's like letting them live in your head rent-free. [laughter] now, don't miss that. that's not a funny statement. if you can't forgive a person, it's like letting them live in your head rent-free. i mean, you're in the shower thinking that son of a bitch -- [laughter] and he's out golfing, he's golfing. [laughter] so what do you gain from that? and then, of course, billington is lurking over here, and i can't go through all this. clarence thomas was here. clarence, boy, amazing things you go through. i met anita hill, i met her -- i say to people, why don't you move on? what is the purpose of keeping tab seething? there are the

of all, for university archives, so that includes things like the president's papers, the board of regents' minutes, the college yearbooks. so that's our first priority, is to the take care of the university records. another focus that i'm really especially intrigued by is world war ii. so we have a few pictures here that i think you'd really enjoy taking a look at. this shows, and people would come to work -- i'm going to touch this with my hand because you can see it has a plastic sleeve, so i don't have to worry about leaving fingerprints. um, anyway, you can see here's the pontoon bridge. we believe this was probably changing a shift. and so there were 10,000 people that worked here. people would come on buses from as far as nag doe shus which is probably two, to two and a half hours away. they would work all day, very, very hard, physically demanding work, 10-hour shift, then take a bus, go home, get up the next morning, maybe milk cows and start another 10-hour shift at the shipyard. so people, everyone was so committed to winning the war. they realized how important it was to defeat

i was on the board of regents at the university of colorado for 12 years.r was on nasa space exploration. because we get it. we understand the role that higher education plays in making america great. when you talk about innovation that takes place, that innovation takes place and that research and development on college campuses all around this country. you set a vision about exploring space, that is a public private partnership and critical to that public partnership are america's colleges and universities. you want to talk about an infusion of physicists, of engineers, of the technology that will be developed, you are by the very essence of that defining jobs in the economy as part of that public private partnership between the private sector and government. but it takes a big vision to define that vision for america and to restore america's greatness. >> tom, i want to ask a question to congressman poe, who is sitting here with us as well. that vision was mocked on "saturday night live" in a very funny piece. does that have any impact, number one? and n