next on american history tv, we'll hear a history of the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture from u.s. court of appeals judge robert wilkins who worked to get it built. during this event, organizers also recognized the service of african-american veterans. this is about an hour and a half. >> my name is sill vylvia cyrus we are delighted, delighted to have you here today as we salute our veterans and our theme, african-americans in times of war. that is the guide post for this week's events. we are excited to share this day with those who have and are serving in our armed forces and in civilian roles. i want to take a moment to thank you and our sponsors for making this possible. your conference bags are sponsored by indiana university and the kennedy king memorial initiative. in addition, the support has been tremendous. our goals sponsor, the hutchinson center for african and african-american research at harvard university, our silver sponsor, alpha phi alpha fraternity, there's been a lot of talk about different fraternity stuff up here in the past coup

they appointed claudine brown for a commission to study what the smithsonian should do. that commission said yes, there should be a museum, and there are many of people -- many people in this room involved in that effort including john franklin, who is here in the room. that saying, of there should be a national african american museum. they began planning for that. legislation needed to be introduced to create a they couldd museum never seem to get that legislation passed. it passed the senate, but not the house. 1994, they were able to get it through the house, but jesse helms blocked it in the senate. it looked like the effort to create this museum was dead. nothing about any involved inwas not any of -- in any of those efforts. 1995, this isin me 40 pounds ago. and lewisiform wife, and marjorie at our wedding in 1995. we were living our lives, not thinking about this issue. a year after this picture was was celebrating his 60th birthday with his wife. they are at a birthday party and out on a dance -- on the dance floor and he collapsed and died that evening. went to

does the smithsonian help in challenging conversations? when you consider that there's a lot of things in the country these days that seem to point out our differences, how can the smithsonian be sort of a safe place to come together and talk about what we have in common? to me, that's one of the strengths of the air and space museum is that we sort of hold some of the better aspects of our accomplishments as americans, where we, you know, did cross the ocean, we did reach the moon. there are complexities and i think as we go forward and put together our different new gallery, we're going to be thinking about what are conversations that we can help bring people together around some of the themes in these galleries? one of the new galleries is going to be called one world connected and it's going to be about how aviation and space have made the world a lot smaller. you can say some aspects of that are positive and some aspects of that are negative. to me, how do you have an open conversation, how do you make sure that you engage all the peo

welcome to the smithsonian national air and space museum. this is an exhibit on world war i, commemorating the 100 year anniversary of world war i. the space that i am standing in front of is a large underground city. we are seeing a small segment of this vast space, which once held up to 4000 world war i soldiers. it was occupied initially by the french and then the germans and in the french took it back, and then the americans. thehis place, soldiers from main national guard, which is part of the achy division, lived underground for almost a two months. what is remarkable about this particular place, and you can see this in the smithsonian channel documentary called americans underground, the sacred city of world war i, which was filmed in this place under a french farm field, felipe -- completely unprotected, unmarked, in the middle of nowhere. you enter in small holes in the ground and when you go into this place, it is totally dark. cannot see your head two inches in front of your face. when you see your -- turn your headlamp on, he see

next, we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about stone carvings created in trenches of bunkers by world war i soldiers and only recently rediscovered. our god is dr. jeff -- our jeff guskey, whose photographs are featured in the exhibit. dr. gusky: hello, my name is dr. jeff gusky and i am a national geographic photographer. welcome to the smithsonian national air and space museum and to artist soldiers commemorating world war i. and its 100th anniversary. the space i am standing in front of is a large underground city. we are just seeing a small segment of this vast space, which once held up to 4000 world war i soldiers. it was occupied initially by the french and then the german and then the french took it back and then the americans. and, in this space, soldiers from the main national guard, part of the yankee division, lived underground for almost two months. and, what is remarkable about this particular place, and you can see this on the smithsonian channel documentary called "americans underground," which was filmed in this space which exists under a f

>> we also have thegiving those smithsonian.>> that is wonderful. what do we have one minute. we have to mention the 139 psalms why did he love that so much>> it is so intimate. dad -- val knows me. it is that kind of, the wall. he talks about the dark and the lightness. both are alike. he is dealing with, we don't have these dichotomies. that happens too much in life. he said no, even with the darkness of light there is ity . >> you have to come back. you have over the years. i always appreciate it. >> praise god. >> thank you. >> can -- continue your work. >> i hope you will continue with us next month. ♪ ♪ ♪ the holidays begin here at the disneyland resort. things can be replaced. kids can't." they left with nothing but their lives.. >>> live. this is kpix news. >>> i've lost a lot. >> they escaped the camp fire. others were not so lucky. the number of deaths have doubled. >> today is november 11. >> good morning. >>> old red flag warning. firefighters are still battling the camp fire. the number of deaths have jumped from nine to 23. >> we are trying to identify the remain

next, we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about u.s. army combat artists in world war i. the exhibit is a collaboration between the national air and space museum and the national museum of american history. >> welcome to the flights art gallery at the national space museum in washington, d.c. i'm peter jacob, the chief curator of our museum and in the art gallery, expression of the first world war. we're in the midst of observing the send tenry, 1914-1918 and our exhibition focuses on a particularly interesting aspect of the story. the artistic work that was produced during the war. the first world war was different in that it was really the first industrial war, the first war where millions of people were mobilized, massive resources were put to the effort and not only military people but civilians were broadly affected. and artistic expression was also a little bit different in world war i. unlike previous war art where you'd have thorough predictions of those in the battlefield and these artists were bem bedded with the soldiers and

next, we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about u.s. army combat artists in world war i. the exhibit is a collaboration between the national air and space museum and the national museum of american history. >> welcome to the flights art gallery at the national space museum in washington, d.c. i'm peter jacob, the chief curator of our museum and in

tomorrow, the smithsonian associates are hosting a panel on the elections and what they reveal about america. average tomorrow includes c-span2 and the brookings institution with their look at the factors that produce the results we are seeing today. c-span2,discussion on journalists and analysts for a breakdown of the election outcome at 12:30 eastern. on thethat live tomorrow c-span networks. one more governor result to tell you about this afternoon. the associated press with this tweet. mike dunlevy winning the race for governor in alaska, defeating the former senator mark begich. one that is still too close to call is georgia. the secretary of state there has declared victory, it is still very close with 100% of the precincts reporting. 50.3 of the vote to mr. kemp. 48 .7% to stacey abrams, the democratic candidate. that race still too close to call. we will bring you any updates as they become available. after the election results, the democratic governors association held a news conference on their victories and defeats here in the 2018 election. that is coming up next. >> alre

. >> this is a perfect time to give an applaud to the smithsonian. also at the smithsonian, he and i worked with the zit sewn yan on an exhibit which is at the museum of natural history on outbreaks. it's really one small attempt -- millions of people are going to see this. it's going to be there for three years downtown. it started in march of this year, but it's going to go around the country. and it's aimed, i would say, primarily, at least in my mind, it's aimed particularly at kids of a certain age. roughly i would say 10 to 16 or something like that. it's got a lot of interactive stuff and really cool ebola stuff and flu stuff. i think the impact has already been. more than minimal. time will tell. i think these sorts of things getting kids into a culture is to get kids of a certain age interested in stuff. and when they get interested, it becomes cool. they are going to grow up to be adults and many will be kids who really think science is still cool. >> i think so. i want wanted to open it up to questions from the audience to et see if anybod

at 6:45, smithsonian associates host a panel on mid-term leches and what the results reveal about america. over on c-span2 at 9:30 a.m., the brookings institution looks at the state of american politics and the factors that produce the mid-term election results. at 12:30 p.m., mesh university hosts journalists and analyst -- analysts for a breakdown of the election outcome. >> join us sunday, veterans day, at 11:00 a.m. eastern, live on c-span. the replay -- the wreath playing -- the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown at arlington national cemetery. and at -- and the presentation of the annual liberty medal to president george w. bush and laura bush. on mesh history tv, c-span3, all day coverage commemorating the 100th anniversary they have end of world war i. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we can't to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy ev

next we visit the smithsonian national portrait gallery in washington dc to tour their one-room exhibit, examining pivotal event and personalities of the year 19 -- year 1968. historian --ic portrait gallery historian, james barber. >> my name is james barber, i'm curator and historian here at the gallery.

the others are reproductions, of course, of the smithsonian collection. the collection we borrowed it from which is the eisenhower presidential library museum, only has the collection going up to barbara bush. there is nothing of hillary clinton or the bushes or michelle obama. >> this is very good. thank you very much. i wonder because jackie onassis was famous for her pillbox hat. pat nixon came along and there were no more hats worn, at least in the display here, by pat nixon or betty ford. is at the time period of no more hats? >> you are very observant and very spot on correct. because, lady bird johnson wore a hat to her husband's 1965 inauguration, the swearing-in ceremony, where she was the first to hold the bottle -- bible. that nixon decided she did not want to wear it. that set a precedent. i am glad you mentioned it. there is only so much you can mentioned, but there are a lot of little things that makes it -- mrs. nixon did, in terms of her choices of what she wore, that indicated this independent streak. that she was going to do things her w

ford in the smithsonian collection. mrs. ford also tended to wear a lot of capes and drapery and i think the one there on the far left, it definitely marks the arrow well. -- era well. but it was something, another little trademark during her time in the white house. she also sported some of the other changes that was going on culturally with women's clothing. this sweater or shirt or blouse that you see on the right, and the sort of open collar, which was more of a unisex style on the left. of course, the bicentennial. betty ford said that she tried to reframe from getting too corny about wearing bicentennial apparel in 1976, but there was some notable exceptions. a dress that had a motive of an american eagle which is now in the gerald ford library. mrs. ford unlike many of her predecessors, broke away from the kind of first lady tradition of wearing a solid monochromatic color. she loved all kinds of different patterns from plaids to florals, zigzags, geometric designs, and even some sort of piping as you see in the yello

when she passed away she was stuffed and she sits in the collection of the smithsonian institute. here is the immortal pigeon on this monument, recently placed in tribute to the lost battalion. why don't we take a walk down the path and see where his men were captured. >> among the people who fought, i think there was a famous player, no? >> you're right, a journeyman -- eddy grant, what we call a

fms have been heralded around the world and recently honored at the inaugural film station at the smithsonianuseum of history and lture. >> she says she is humbled. >> not that only that i'm an honoree but that my work is pp recognized andciated and that's a very joyful thing. >> madelei anderson mad history, becoming the first african-american female film director. interest to had no go to hollywood to make entertainment films, othero the havehe had offers to do that and there was a lot more money to be made in hollywood buthe preferred to stay with documentaries and look back. >> she is still getting around very well for91 >> for an african-american woman to accomplish that in those days. even more significant. >> coming from the background that she had. you saw where she lived. that was her actual house oney baoogle road, it was called. in lancaster, pennsylvania. >> a gre story. thanks for sharing it. >>> we go backo e weather. >> if this is going down hill, it's pretty nasty. >> i want you to be aware, we have the rain out there. you m think, i'm going to be okay. this is 270, 370. you n

later at 6:45, smithsonian associates host a panel on mid-term elections and what the results reveal about america. over on c-span2 at 9:30 a.m., the brookings institution looks at the state of american politics and the factors that produced the mid-term election results. and at 12:30 p.m., american university hosts journalists and analysts for a breakdown of the lection outcome. >> i thought about forgotten presidents even before i began the book. then it occurred to me there might be something they had in problem. not that they were forgotten, but perhaps were significant in some way. >> this week on "q&a," michael gerhart talks about two of his books, "the forgotten presidents," and "impeachment." >> i think that bill clinton did a lot to merit his own impeachment. i think he knew members of congress were looking for him to make mistakes and then when he made the mistakes and later testified under oath in a way that was false, and for which he was later held in con terpt by a judge for perjury, bill clinton made his impeachment almost inevitable. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on

then the smithsonian associates, they will hold a discussion on the midterms at 6:45 eastern. over on c-span two, 9:30 eastern, the brookings institution. then american university journalists. political analysts will talk about the midterms and what is ahead in congress. forick peek for twitter washington journal. former senior editor at cq now. them joining us tomorrow morning to take a look at the elections and more. we start tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. thanks for being with us this evening. coverage throughout the night of the reaction of the 20 18th election. we will show you the president's news conference but we start with the news conference from the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell from earlier this morning. sen. mcconnell: good morning, everyone. networks of the cable on this morning and they said this is probably a rare opportunity to see mcconnell smiled. it is a good morning for senate republicans. --r the course of the last first last night and this morning, i talked to leader pelosi. we discussed ways we might be able to find a way forward. she

we are also -- this is the 100th anniversary of world war i so at the smithsonian, we are in the process of developing an exhibition entitled the african-american experience in world war i which will open on 7 september of next year and you'll notice the title does not say the african-american military experience in world war i. it says the african-american experience because we are not just going to talk about those soldiers who went overseas and fought on the battlefields and those who did the s.o.s. work and those who stayed home. we're going to do the historical run-up to what was happening in america as mens -- african-americans saw it. we're going to talk about home front, women and children and the negro renaissance at home and abroad and the instate. yes, we're working on a temporary exhibition that will run for nine months. >> great. excellent. excellent. other questions or comments? again, while you're thinking, let me bring you up to date. there's been specific reference to a number of sites authorized by congress or proclaimed by the president of the united states that specif

the smithsonian national zoo launched zoo nigh . there's more than 500,00 environmentally friendly ded lights transforming the zoo into dark.ter wonderland after >> for the new things, a ginger bread village. we have trees that dance and react to songs down at the great meadow andid as play zone. >>eporter: and for the adults who want to get out. look at the miracle onth street popup bar decked out for ason.oliday >> i'm just here having a great time. >> reporter: and people are also gifts a great time buying for family and friends at the holiday market. are you proud of me? >> yeah. >> reporter: thank you. rori says she's gted on the ice, and she gives me tips. >> just start gliding. >> reporter: how am i doing in. >> good. >> reporter: she beat me. my friend, give me some. yeah. isn't shecute? right now i'm here at the water gate hotelalking into one of the cozy iglves. they have f them. it's the perfect place to rest and have food and wine and you could also have ane time. they also have ice skating here on the rooftop. there are

the smithsonian associates hosts a panel. the brookings institution looks at the state of american politics and the factors that produced the midterm election results. american university hosts journalists and analysts for a breakdown of the election outcome. >> coming up this weekend on book tv, saturday at noon eastern, the southern festival of books from nashville with adam parker and his book "outside agitator." followed by a discussion on the political divide with jennifer kavanaugh and michael rich, authors of "truth decay." we continue with elliott gorn and his book "let the people see." "reagan:r bob spitz on and american journey." "to obamalk about with love, joy, anger, and hope." >> the woman with the gold tooth was in greenwood, south carolina at a rally for obama. the rally was a bust. obama was looking out of the emptiness. fired up, ready to go. the woman with the gold tooth abruptly shouted. as if on cue, the people around her repeated her words and began to chant and the rally went from dismal two glorious. i

this was in the smithsonian.t sold for more than $91 million and set a new auction record for american t. >> in total the auction brought in mor than $317 million. >>>id christie'st only auction off paintingings, but the pink legacy diamond. >> wow. >> christie's auction house sold it last night for $50 million. >> what? >> wow. >> christie's says the renowned jeweler harryinston was the buyer. the impressive sale marks new world record price per carat. >> even the model looksdd even she's like, i can't believe i'm putting this on. >> w harryston can break that up and sell it off. >> break it up? >> i'm justild about harry. >> i bet you someone is going to buy that ring. >> of course they are. >> it would look s good on my hand. >> my phone connection was lost when i on the phone bidding with that thing. >> that happens every time. >> edward hopper or the pink n,diamond. >> you'll get something a little less flashy this year. >> we are ineaer alert mode tomorrow. lots of interesting weather coming our way. will i

that was the end of it until we also found out that the american museum of the smithsonian american museum of history has a collection of these. they don't have the entire collection but they have a nice size collection of artwork. many of us trundled out to washington, d.c. to the museum where the curators were very kind and knowledgeable to show us many pieces of the original artwork. it was a stunning. by the time we got back, some of us wanted to look at the photographs and i would write about it. that is how we started out. it ended up that one of the people working very closely with me had many volunteers that had other things to work on. and he kind of laughed in the middle of the project. then it was me. that is okay. i was very interested and except for one little stumble, carried on very well. the symbol was, i had actually so much material to work with for this one artist. because of the way i went about it, it took me a long, long time to get through it. by the time i finished in the article -- and the article was posted i was waiting for a response from the public saying, yes,

currently she's a program coordinator for smithsonian associates where she's made it her personal mission to highlight the history of the capital city. she lives in washington, d.c. with a husband, three sons and a big fat dog. please help me in welcoming rebecca. >> thank you, kate. i'm so happy to be here. i am one of the those rare people, a d.c. area native. my graduation from walt whitman high school was down in constitution hall, more years ago than i will at mitt to you. i started learning about this parade during the 90th anniversary of suffrage in 2010. i set on the board of a homework cemetery on capitol hill, congressional cemetery, which i totally recommend as a place to bring your family for an interesting tour spot when you're sick of the natural history museum, and i say that as a loyal employee of the kmit se -- smithsonian. i looked around through the obituaries at the cemetery to see if there were enough people buried there to build a suffrage tour around them. the main thing i kept finding about this women was their march in 1913. ed the it had been incredibly important

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. >> the smithsonian national zoo launchednioo lights tot. more than 500,000 environmentally friendly l.e.d. lights transforming it into a winter wonderland after dark. >> we have a gingerbread by the ephant outpost. we've got trees that dance and react to songs down at the great meadow. we've got kids play. >> for the adults who want to get out, the miracle on 7th street pop-up bar decked out for the holiday season. >> hing a great time. ♪ people are also having a great time buying gifts for family and friends at the holiday market. >> are you proud of me? >> yeah. >> thank you. >> rory says she's gifted on the ge. and shees me tips. >> start gliding. >> how am i doing? >> i don't know. >> give me some. ist she cute. happy holidays, rory. i have hot chocolate. perfect. y have any questions about these events thiweekend. go to nbc washington app. it's free and listed there. have a nice happy holiday. live here at the watt gate hotel in the igloo. i'm shomari stone. back to you. >> when the crew gets back, i nt to see the out takes. i want to

next, we visit the smithsonian portrait gallery in washington dc. our guide through the collection of 30 images is portrait historian james barber. james: welcome to the gallery. i am a curator and historian at the gallery. the yearwill look at 1968, 50 years back. we call it a one year exhibition about the year 1968. we will begin here with this iconic image of us, the earth. it was taken on the mission of apollo eight. it was the first space needs -- mission of any nation that would actually leave earth's atmosphere and travel. the only other ones in the race was the russians. surprised the three astronauts who had the camera at the time. guess nassau did not find them or they forgot. in theed out his window orbit craft. he sees this incredible site. nobody had ever seen anything like this. he has black and white film in the camera. he hollers over to his fellow astronaut. i need color. can you give me some? they gave him some and he snapped this image, as well as a number of other images. it is called earthrise. it was a first. this occurred at t

next we visit the smithsonian national portrait gallery in washington dc to tour their one-room exhibit, examining pivotal event and personalities of the year 19 -- year 1968. historian --ic portrait gallery historian, james barber. >> my name is james barber, i'm curator and historian here at the gallery. yeare going to look at the 1968, 50 years from now. exhibitiona one year about the year 1968. we are going to begin with this iconic image of us, the earth. this was taken on a mission of apollo eight. it was the first space mission that would actually leave earth's atmosphere and travel to a distant object. the only one at the race. i guess they didn't exactly prime them whether they forgot or what. you see this incredible site. can you give me some? he snapped to this image. as well as another number of images. it was really a first. this occurred at the end of the year in december in 1968. let's go into the exhibition and look at the beginning of the year. we are in the one room show and there are some 30 objects here thated to tell the story tumultuous year. a little bit about the

there are some cool new things to see at the smithsonian americanistorymuseum.he museum unveiled a new super hero exhibit. it features comic books, original art pieces, movie and ha costumes that includes a superman costumewas used during the tv show in the '50s. also includes halle berry's costume. >>> big thanksgiving surprise for some deserve iing students. >> caps players surprised them with some new tech toys. they delivered 75 laptops and 45 tablets to help kids learn and they announced the school will get a makeoverourtesy of the kids can fouation which was started by former player mike green. each caps player will donate $50 for every regular season win and $100 for every ploff wi that money will go towards making improvements at henley ementary. >> great idea. >> that wasn't the only good deed the caps did t check this out. the players posed for a calendar with se ver cute friends and the stanley cup. we're still reining champs. all for a good cause. proceeds go to the hometr ward ls animal rescue. here it is. the canine20 calendars are each. here's wha

the winners go on display at the smithsonian museum of natural history in washington. take a look. >> what you are seeing in this extraordinary exhibition is a virtual safari. it is a tour through different parts of nature. you have ocean life, you have landscapes, you have wildlife. you have people in nature. it is the combination of all these together make the nature's hybest photogrxhibit such an extraordinary collection of moture. photographers fo than 59 countries around the world suofitted tens of thousands images through this competition. weook at thousands upon thousands of images. they are all spectacular. i can't tell you how difficult it is to select the final winners. what makes it different, what makes that one shot a winner is hey couldl detail -- be a certain expression, it can be the behavior that is being displayed. this image of a mountain gorilla stood out as an unusual and extraordinary moment betweent add young.om it is thislling moment of relaxation, of calm, wonderful time together. they're both sleeping, or appear to be sleeping. they are relaxi

of virtue so she merely way you want graham morality of minds very thing to say it's about oil smithsonian request remember. gandhi did this to sharon i don't need can be a bus train reference so very brotherhood i pack they discuss the factory girl not about the a lot all the gear much cheaper gear what i want this i realize i used. to be cultured and oh i see how few minutes how it is so not silly reese daryn my toes are curved to go she grew me. about graham partly a story or. opportunity in the period when the appreciation which horribly burned that's what you all. best of everything. even if its curator says it's not trying to do so the museum still seems to be glorifying studying. its ninety nine percent about the greatness of stalin and somewhere hidden is the one percent about how cruel he was and how many people he killed. they make you circle around his death must the same we do at funerals. they make you mourn him they make you take part in his death ritual. even this room like you come in and you feel that his press like he did feel here he is dead and we should be sorry for it

the winners, just 60 of them, go on display at the smithsonian national museum of natural history inill see in this extraordinary exhibition is a virtual safari of nature today. it's a tour through different parts of nature. you have ocean life, you have landscapes, you have wildlife, you have people in nature. it's the combination of all these together that make the nature's best photography exhibit such an extraordinary collection of nature of today. photographers from more than 59 countries around the world submitted tens of thousands of images to this competition. we look at thousands upon thousands of images. they're all spectacular. i can't tell you how difficult it is to select the final winners. but what makes it different, what makes that one shot a winner is some small detail. it can be a certain expression. it can be the behaviour that's being displayed. this image of a mountain gorilla stood out as an unusual and extraordinary moment between adult and young. it's this compelling moment of relaxation, of calm, wonderful time together. they're both sleeping, or appear to be

people the stat you don't face that way i've already said we should take it down and put it in the smithsonian because it's clear we do not go by what's printed on the statue of liberty today. from disrespect for the statue of liberty by the way it was actually modeled after a muslim one man that's a lot of fun facts about the statue of liberty and most people who use it for that of this white political gay and it was actually modeled after a muslim woman so it's kind of interesting that we sort of have this history we don't even know sort of what it is you mentioned kate can't state do you think that this could end up being one of those can't state moments tragically or in tragically or or one of those where finally people kind of do see how bad it is and how do we avoid that how do we have way to having another can state moment with women until well order i don't i don't think it necessarily will be a kent state mall but now it could be it could be but you've got he's sending the regular military here remember at kent state it was the mash no guard but it was guys who were used to that type

indeed indeed the painting is now at the smithsonian in the national portrait gallery in washington d.c. for me it was like heart of darkness was like going up river to meet colonel kurtz you know who was this extraordinary huge personality who had had such a no norma's presence in american politics and cultural life for half a century and me as a kid i mean i was a virtual kid i was in my late twenty's i'm going brush in hand paint this man and i spent ten days with him in his villa in reverse oh and it was such a he was so the larger than life his discourse was so full of nugget's an extraordinary insight that when i got back to london after about ten days with gore my life seemed so small and miniature to me and when i did finally finish the picture and i sent a photograph of the finished painting to him because i finished it in london when he saw the finished painting he said i looked like god on the seventh day having decided it was all a terrible. nearly frankie that same for the show join us a wednesday those bricks of chaos may reach a crescendo until then he would judge by soci

time a warm greeting and open invitation to the floor of the range of programs we offer at the smithsonian associates. we have exciting history programs coming up including of course the u.s. russia relations that begins on wednesday. a lecture on the secret army on october 23 and china, japan the history of empires november 6. more information is available on the website which you can grab in the lobby on your way out. now it's time to make sure your devicesre are on silent. thank you for doing that. we are thrilled to welcome the speaker journalist and broadcaster whose work has appeared in every british national newspaper and he now reviews regularly for the sunday times and the new york review of books. most of the early years as a correspondent for the london evening standard he was editor-in-chief of the daily telegraph from 1986 to 95 into d the evening standard from 1996 to 2002. he was journalist of the year in the 1982 british press awards. the tragedy is available for purchase and signing in the lobby following his presentati presentation. so now please join me in welcoming sir

capitol, the white house, the smithsonian, as well as countless other buildings throughout the country around the world. the following ceremony has been written specifically for this anniversary and is based on the original ceremony that was used 225 years ago. thank you. [ applause ] >> we hear a symbol in the presence of the great architect of the universe for the purpose of symbolically laying the cornerstone of this magnificent edifice, which has served as the very point within the circle of all democracy for 2 1/4 centuries. we as masons are determined to implore his aid in all of our lastab lastable undertakings. as we invoke his blessing on our work. >> grand architect and rumor of the universe, pour down thy blessings upon us as we take up the working tools and set our gentle craft to labor. may our work thus fun in thy name be continued to thy glory and establish with us all obedience to thy devine presence. amen. >> the trowel is symbolically used to unite this building into one common mass. we use it now as the symbol which unites all of mankind in one family, between the tw

says armstrong's most prized items, like his space suit and spacecraft, are safely housed in the smithsonianhe believes the thousands of other keepsakes up for sale will help us understand one of history's greatest explorers. >> he was the most famous person on earth in 1969, and we know him best when his face was covered. so this allows us to sort of lift that visor and expose who he was through the items that he kept. >> a new study found that 95% of the most downloaded apps for kids under 5 are loaded with ga. some parents want the federal government to stop it. anna werner reports. hours play different games, targeting young children for the study. they found advertising across the board, not just in video games, but also in apps marketed as educational. >> what's this ad for? >> reporter: in the montague household, using apps is part of everyday life for 4-year-old elliott and 7-year-old either aa -- ethan. >> the first thing when they wake up, they want to use their tablet time for the day. >> reporter: what some parents don't realize is how many of their kids' interactive games are li

a snow day at the zoo, the panda having a blast at the smithsonian national zoo in dc, rolling aroundrst snowfall of the year. now the bad. a woman joins her son behind bars after allegedly escaping, helping him escape from jail work detail. police say they found kathy pentz and her son joshua eating out and ihop in georgia, he wanted to eat some pancakes. the ugly. a volatile player falls in love. watch jenna running to get a ball when her boyfriend, kyle pearson shows up and knocks her to the ground. all was forgiven when he dropped to his knee and popped the question with this volleyball. she said yes. that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first". hopefully you have a great weekend. "fox and friends first" continues right now. rob: it is friday, november 16th, deadline debacle. the florida recount missed by minutes and two counties. jillian: rick scott says it was intentional. was it? >> san diego once a wall going up. we will get them all done anyway. impenetrable physical tall southern border wall. jillian: busted at the border, troops adding barbed wire as thousands of mig

the smithsonian national zoo launched zoo lights tonight. it powers more than 500,000 environmentally friendly l.e.d. lights transforming the zoo into a winte wonderland after dark. >> for the new things we have a ginger bad village. it's down by the elephant outpost. we have trees that dance and react to songs down at the great meadow, andav we a kids play zone. >> reporter: and for the adults who want to get out, tke a l at the miracle on 7th street pop up bar.or decked out f the holiday season. >> i'mere having a great time. >> and people are also having a great timeuying gifts for family and friends at the holiday market. >> are you p of me? >> thank you. >> reporter: rori says she's gifted on the ice and she gives nd tips. >> then you start gliding. >> reporter: how am i doing? >> od. >> reporter: i'm going fast. how fast can i go? can you believe it? she beat me. >> my friend. yeah. isn't she cute? >> reporter: right now i'm at the weler gate hot walking into a cozy igloo. this is the t perfect place relax with your friends, family mem

smithsonian. i was doing some recent research on independence hall for the book about lincoln that i am finishing up. jail for, it was a african-americans in the 1850's after the fugitive slave law was passed. african americans were expected running away from slavery could be arrested and put in holding pens on the second floor forndependence hall re-exports back to southern plantations. all of our contradictions, all of our greatness as a people and our shortcomings as a people have been on display in that one building. host: talk some about what you are doing now full-time. distinguishedam a visiting lecturer at the city university of new york. i am in a place martin van buren would recognize. a lot of hard-working young people who see education as a great way to advance their own careers and expand their horizons in every sense. it is a wonderful place to teach. i am more of a teacher than i have been in a long time. i neglected to mention earlier that i was director of a couple of libraries in

news and world report political analyst ken walsh moderates a discussion for the smithsonian about the 2018 mid-term elections. and that's at 6:45 p.m. eastern on c-span. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. >>> coming up this weekend on book tv, saturday at noon eastern, the southern festival of books from nashville with author the civil rights struggle. followed by a discussion on the political divide with jennifer kavanaugh and michael rich, authors of "truth decay." our coverage continues at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and author bob spitz on reagan, an american journey. and talking about her book to obama, with love, joy, anger and hope. >> the woman with the gold tooth was in greenwood, south carolina, at a rally for obama in 2007. the rally was a bust. no one there but a small gathering of local folks needing something to do. obama was looking out at emptiness. fired up, ready to go the woman the gold tooth abruptly shouted. and as if on cue the people around her repeated her words, began to chant and in an instant the rally went from dismal to glorious. it show