martin luther king, jr., frederic douglass and rosa parks. >> this month we honor the tremendous historyf the african-americans throughout our country, throughout the world if you think about it, right? and this is one of unimaginable hard work, sacrifice and faith in america. >> president trump also said he is proud we now have a museum of black history and culture in washington, dc. >>> new at noon, former vice president joe biden and his wife are launching a new foundation. the biden foundation will focus on several issues, among them ending violence against women, the middle class and protecting children to be staffed by former biden aides and funded by tax-free donations. >>> it's still unknown if mavericks will be called off this year and perhaps beyond. the event's organizers cartel management and "titans of mavericks" filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. they sent out a press release today saying they hope to sell their business operations to someone who can keep the event going. the competition off the san mateo county coast has always had financial problems. it's only hel

multiple black movies nominated for oscars around frederic davis came back to life.ating at maximum levels of blacktivity we haven't seen in decades better known as peak blackness! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: you know, i don't want to call you out, but i'm from africa and i've never heard of peak blackness. >> that's because y'all get it all the time. africa is peak blackness. but for us, it's special. peak blackness is the only time you can do this. >> south carolina protester was arrested at a demonstration in downtown charleston. police say the man jumped a barricade, tried to take this confederate flack from a man. ( cheers and applause ) >> define the police to fight the confederacy while statement setting a high jump record, peak blackness! ( cheers and applause ) and that is what happened last night. all of this blackness culminated at the oscars. you neumann light was winning because a brother from chicago was taking selfies and touching people's trophies. jimmy kimmel thought he was pranking some old black dude. in any month that would have worked but

frederic chatillon, who runs a company which works for the national front, has been charged with making party denies wrongdoing, and ms le pen has called the charges political. a syrian cameraman who worked on the oscar nominated documentary the white helmets has been blocked from travelling to los angeles to attend the ceremony on sunday. khaled khateeb had been issued a visa to enter the usa. officials say they have now found some "derogatory information"about him. there has been a lavish birthday party for robert mugabe who turned 93 this week. but he is defying calls to resign after nearly four decades. the world's allders head of state said this week that the majority of people feel that there is no acceptable replacement. over the united states. tom perez has been elected as the new national chairman of the us democratic party. he is a former member of president obama's cabinet. the role of chairman is seen as critical, especially now that the republicans hold majorities in both the senate and house of representatives. after his election mr perez addressed party delegates in atla

call frederic him. >>> one person is in the hospital for smoke inhalation after an apartment fire in northwest washington. the fire started last night on connecticut avenue right across from the national zoo. some people evauated the building while others were told to shelter in place by d.c. firefighters. >>> metro hopes to cut down on time you spend waiting for a train by removing the least reliable rail cars. metro general manager says starting next week the 4,000 series cars will be phased out by the end of the accrime report that tells you jt how safe you are while you ride the system. >> justin finch is live at the minnesota avenue station for a break down on the crime stats. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. first the not so good news. the minnesota avenue happens to top the list of ten stations with the most reported crimes back in 2016. this finds crime is trending down overall but still in 2016 the agency found violent assaults are on the rise. same for crimes in parking lots. trending down though, robberies, burglaries and cell phone and bike thefts. though across t

. >> and so the snow appears to be over here in frederic morning, you shouldn't have any problems.e studio. >> maegan, thank you. >> justin finch is driving through loudoun county for us today. what are you seeing out there? >> we saw snow this morning, rain, and now we're seeing pretty much a sprinkling of rain drops on our windshield here. what a difference a few hours makes. the rooz are barely even wet any more given what we see earlier. i want to take you to the snowy conditions that the we saw. the wind was whipping out here. the snowflakes were falling. we had what appeared to by the start of a snow event. it was too warm for those flakes to do anything but fall to the ground and melt. we did not even see a coating of this snow on the grass out here. the drivers out here are really just start to go wake up and hit the roads. they kind of missed that whole event earlier. so as of right now, we're sng improving conditions out here in the loudoun county leesburg area which should make for a smoother commute. back out to you guys. >> justin, thank you. >>> just a crazy scene to

frederic rolando, president of the national association of letter carriers. we welcome you all. we thank you for being here. as you know, i think you have all testified before us previously, but pursuant to committee rules all members are to be sworn before they testify. if you would please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. we will start with the postmaster. as you know, we would appreciate it if you could limit your verbal comments to roughly five minutes. we'll be able to give you a little latitude. your entire written statement will obviously be made a part of the complete record. you'll need to pull the microphones up close and tight to your mouths so we get good -- it is broadcast, and we need to make sure we get a good audio out of this as well. the postmaster general, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning, mr. chairman,

heroes like harriet tubman, frederic douglas, booker t.ton, rosa parks, the greensboro students and the african-american medal of honor recipients, among so many other really incredible heroes. it's amazing to see. i went -- we did a pretty comprehensive tour, but not comprehensive enough. lonnie, i'll be back, i told you that. i could stay here for a lot longer, believe me. it is really incredible. i'm deeply proud that we now have a museum that honors the millions of african-american men and women who built our national heritage, especially when it comes to faith, culture, and the unbreakable american spirit. my wife was here last week and took a tour, and it was something that she still is talking about. ivanka is here right now. and it really is very, very special. it is something that frankly if you want to know the truth, it is doing so well that everybody is talking about it. i know president obama was here for the museum's opening last fall and i'm honored to be the second sitting president to visit this great museum. etched in the

frederick criminal -- frederic cumenal will be succeeded on an interim basis by the interim ceo. payds bank is poised to more bonuses than royal bank of scotland. according to people familiar with the matter, lloyds has earmarked 300 90 million pounds, overtaking rbs, which is considering about 340 million pounds. it underscores the contrasting performances of two banks. francine. francine: thank you so much. the head of president trump's national economic council, gary cohn, has taken aim at the dodd-frank law, saying they've stopped banks from lending. the administration waits to seat its new treasury secretary. >> we want to get the banks working again. we want banks to be back in the lending business. what we think dodd-frank has done is it has stopped banks from lending to small and medium-sized is mrs.. it stopped banks from lending to entrepreneurs. francine: the dodd-frank action is front and center for the markets. the s&p up more than 4%. maharajth us, thushka aid toris reid, formerly bill clinton. thushka, what does this mean for financial markets? how much deregulatio