renowned architect phil freeland passed away due to complications from freeland designed the national museum ofn african-america historcultur he was diagnosed with als just six months before the museum opened in 2016. freeland worked on other notable projects, including the national center f civil and human ri in atlanta. phil freeland was just 66 years old. >>> and this week, the d.c. council honored lonnie bunch with a ceremonial resolution. bunch founded the smithsonian's national museum of african-american history and culture. he was also recently installed a as the secretary of th smithsonian institution. bunch is now the first african-american and the first historian to holdos that pion in the institution in its nearly 175-year history. bunch is also a d.c. resident and he talked about this honor with our mark seagraves. >> in some ways, this is so importanho because this is me. this is the place i care most about. it's the place that has shaped r my care it's the place that i go home to every night and say, i'm glad i'm in d.c. so this is aon humbling hor and i'm a little overwhelmed

year all in namibia for the namibian people so therefore the family feel that it should stay the national museum but one day if there is a museum in keeping on that original item must come to be on there is a conflict within the family that this different billions of odds which happen to the i know that they did you will ask me that question but leave that question for the family. museum director mary numb who c.c. has been compiling a list of namibian artworks that are still overseas she wants to recover more stolen property but she's learned from the experience that it takes a lot of time and communication to set this right everyone involved in the process can't be rushed back at cape cross it's not yet clear if the 15th century original will stand here once more or if it too will end up in the museum. for more on this i'm joined by yes a little boy he is the founder of an in cio here in berlin that focuses on the patch ration of items that includes artifacts and human remains looted from colonized countries welcome to deja vu africa missed important until we see that the that the germans have

ic designed the national museum of african-amer history and culture. iagnosed with als six months before the museum opened in 2016. he worked on other notable projects including the national center for civil and human rights in atlanta. he was just 66 years old. >>> this week, the d.c. counil honored lonnie bunch with a ceremonial resolution. bunch founded the smithsonian's national museum of african-american hiry and culture. he was also recently installed as the seth of the smithsonian institution. bunch is now the first a paraphernaliaican-american and the first historian to hold that position in the institution in its 175-year history. a bunch is also d.c. resident and talked about this honor with oumark segraves. >> in some ways this is so important because this is home. this is the place i care most about. it is the place that has shaped my career. it's the place that i go home to every night and say i am glad in d.c. this is abling honor. i am a little overwhelmed and overcome with emotion. >> bunch has only been in his new job a few weeks. we co

shares it in software has been working at the afghan national museum for 38 years he was one of 3 museum employees ordered by the taliban in march 2001 to bring statues out of the safe room for them to destroy he says the taliban was wrong to target the museum if you me it's important for afghanistan because it shows the history of this country it's not about worship it tells us how people lived in the past. side mohammed was a taliban commander at the time the museum was ransacked he has no regrets the neuroma course. they used to be many tourists from around the world coming to afghanistan they were just here to visit they were here as part of the pilgrimage i think in an islamic country there is no place for the keeping or showing of statues . it's been nearly 2 decades is the taliban was toppled from power many afghans are worried about a future peace deal between the united states and the group they say they don't want to go back to a time when their cultural heritage was systematically destroyed. we are afraid that if they can. be like you again such kind of. act against us or the

you're all in namibia for the namibian people so therefore the family feel that it should stay the national museum but one day if there is a museum in beyond that original i must come to be on the basis of it within the family that this different millions of birds which happen to the i know that they did you will as me that question but leave that question for the family. museum director c.c.s. been compiling a list of namibia not works that are still overseas she wants to recover more stolen property but she's learned from the experience that it takes a lot of time and communication to satisfy everyone involved in the process can't be rushed back at cape cross it's not yet clear if the 15th century original will stand here once more or if it's to will end up in a museum. or prosecutors in the us a football star or naldo will be facing criminal charges in a case of alleged rape although has been accused of sexually assaulting an american woman catherine new york in a los vegas hotel room that was back in 2009 is always deny the allegations prosecutors say the sexual assault claims could not be pro

stofan and those at the national air and space museum. thank you for preserving this national treasure. may it inspire future heroes that walks these hallways in their youth. may god bless the memory and legacy of apollo 11 commander neil armstrong and may god continue to bless the united states of america. thank you, all. [applause] >> sir, if you want to turn around and grab this. >> we don't pull it. [indiscernible] >> four, three, two, one. [applause] [indiscernible] >> amazing. [indiscernible] >> thank you very much for doing such a great job. [indiscernible] >> beautiful. vice president pence: thanks for sharing your dad. [indiscernible] announcer 1: this week marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing and a new poll shows that nearly three quarters of americans watched footage live or recorded of the landing. starting tonight at 8:00 eastern, watch the footage of the apollo 11 mission beginning with flight preparations. we have been performing final checks on the instrument unit, which is used as a guidance system. we

and my organization, the national museum of civil war medicine has an agreement with the general services administration to operate a museum on the site. so when you come and visit the clara barton missing soldiers office museum. will you be working with and seeing -- working with national museum of civil war medicine personnel, volunteers, and you'll see the exhibits that have been designed by us as well. so this partnership has ensured this this space gets saved and ultimately that the story gets told. in this space -- in this boarding house in washington, d.c. this is where clara barton makes a huge transition from a school teacher, government employee to a humanitarian, to a person who will save countless lives touring the civil war and then start an organization afterwards that will save millions of people's lives and help millions of people across the world. not only here in the united states. that transition takes place in those boarding house rooms on the third floor. you can walk in the foot steps of barton, go up the same care li staircase she went up when she was going there to

ellen stofan and the great stewardess here at the national air and space museum. thank you for preserving this great national treasure. may it inspire future heroes who walk these hallways in their youth. may god bless the memory and legacy of apollo 11 commander neil armstrong. and may god continue to bless the united states of america. thank you all. [applause] >> 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] [camera shutters] >> thank you very doing such a great job. >> thank you for sharing. thank you for coming this morning, we appreciate it. weekend "washington journal" is live from the smithsonian national air and space museum to mark the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. astronautpollo 11 michael collins, air and space museum director, founding director of george washington university space policy institute and author of "john f. kennedy and the race for the moon," and erin space museum curator and author of "apollo to the moon." join the program all morning with your calls, questions, and tweets. watch "washington journal" marking the

thank you again to the great stewards here at the national space museum. take you for preserving this national treasure and may it inspire future heroes who walk these hallways. a godless the memory and legacy apollo 11 commander neil armstrong. in may god continue to bless the united states of america. [applause] >> all right. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] four, three, two, one. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> a new c-span pool shows that 70% of americans view nasa favorable. that is over 11 times more than those have an unfavorable view of the agency. americans also want nasa to continue to lead in space. among republicans and democrats, where people disagree with privatizing space expiration then agree with the policy. overall only 27% of the polls support private businesses

st fagans national museum of history near cardiff. 140 different welsh buildings that have been relocated with extraordinary attention to detail to tell the story of the country's past. a major £30 million development has just been completed which includes the creation of this iron age farmstead, made with the help of both visitors and volunteers. hi, my name's anna. i'm a volunteer at st fagans and i'm standing in the middle of an iron age farmstead called bryn eryr, and i helped to lay the floor. it's all about recreating the past. i think we all have that feeling inside that we want step back in time. thinking about how people live their lives, i think that's really important. to see all the museums on the museums on this year's shortlist requires a country—hopping tour taking you from st fagans in cardiff to hms caroline in belfast, the last remaining british world war i light cruiser still afloat, and the sole survivor of the battle ofjutland. it is now a star attraction in a major dockside renovation which won the judges‘ approv

thank you again to the great stewards here at the national space museum. take you for preserving this national treasure and may it inspire future heroes who walk these hallways. a godless the memory and legacy apollo 11 commander neil armstrong. in may god continue to bless the united states of america. [applause] >> all right. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] four, three, two, one. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] a poll shows a third of americans have a favorable view of the trump administration's space force. the largest group has no opinion about space force it off. despite the near even split, there are differences when you look at the partisan breakdown. almost half of republicans see it favorably while a quarter of democrats share that view. you can find all of the results including the findings and americans attitudes on nasa and its funding at c-span.org. kilmerressman derek shared a sel

shares it in software has been working at the afghan national museum for 38 years he was one of 3 museum employees ordered by the taliban in march 2001 to bring statues out of the safe room for them to destroy he says the taliban was wrong to target the museum. it's important for afghanistan because it shows the history of this country it's not about worship it tells us how people lived in the past. side mohammed was a taliban commander at the time the museum was ransacked he has no regrets. there used to be many tourists from around the world coming to afghanistan they were just here to visit they were here as part of the pilgrimage i think in an islamic country there is no place for the keeping or sharing of statues. it's been nearly 2 decades is the taliban was toppled from power many afghans are worried about a future peace deal between the united states and the group they say they don't want to go back to a time when their cultural heritage was systematically destroyed. we are afraid that if. we like again such kind of. act against the heritage regime is so concerned he's looking fo

but so therefore the family feel that it should stay the national museum but one day if there is an. increase beyond that original item must come to be on this and probably within the family that the different billions of odds which happen to the i know that they did you will ask me that question but leave that question for the family. museum director mary numb with c.c. has been compiling a list of namibian artworks that are still overseas she wants to recover more stolen property but she's learned from the experience that it takes a lot of time and communication to satisfy everyone involved in the process can't be rushed back to cape cross it's not yet clear if the 15th century original will stand here once more or if it too will end up in a museum. all prosecutors in the u.s. say football star naldo well be facing criminal charges in a case of alleged rape and although has been accused of sexually assaulting an american woman catherine in a los vegas hotel room that was in 2009 he's always denied the allegations prosecutors say the sexual assault claims couldn't be proven beyond a

here at the national air and space museum, and especially it is a particular honor to begin this week remembering the mission of apollo 11 that started 50 years ago today with rick armstrong, with mary, with rick's oldest son, bryce armstrong. would you join me in welcoming the armstrong family and friends? thank you for being with us. it is an honor to be here at the national air and space museum to unveil one of the most important artifacts of what president kennedy called correctly the most hazardous and most dangerous and greatest adventure upon which mankind has ever embarked. on this day 50 years ago, apollo 11 launched from pad 39-a at the kennedy space center to begin its historic quarter million mile journey to the moon. just three days later, mission commander neil armstrong would wear the space suit that we will unveil in just a few moments when he took that one giant leap for mankind. when president kennedy declared in 1961 that the united states would put a man on the moon before the decade was out, it is important to remember in our time that he issued a challenge before

namibia for the namibian people so therefore the family feel that it should stay they in the national museum but one day if there is a museum in phoebe on that regional item must come to be on there is a conflict within the family that this different millions of birds which happen to the i know that they did you will ask me that question but leave that question for the family. museum director c.c. has been compiling a list of namibian artworks that are still overseas see once to recover more stolen property but she's learned from the experience that it takes a lot of time and communication to satisfy everyone involved in the process can't be rushed back to cape cross it's not yet clear if the 15th century original will stand here once more or if it too will end up in a museum. by some cyclingnews in caleb you had won the battle of the sprinters on stage 16 of the tour de france the australian overcame both his sprint rivals and the sweltering heat to claim his 2nd stage winner of this year's tour france's yulian kept the yellow jersey finishing in the main pact with the other overall contend

this is a national museum now called arts and industry from 1881, it was a red brick fireproof structure. was slightly to the south, further contribute to an irregular arrangements of buildings and gardens on the mall. this is the department which was built in a french empires-style. withred brick, historically appropriate formal gardens. it was not demolished until 1930. the red brick army reticle museum -- medical museum remained until 1986, when it was then raised for a museum. for another museum. this activity was in stark color,t to the symmetry, and materials of the new classical buildings. the white house, the capital, and the post office you see here. the increasingly red brick sandstone character of washington's civic architecture in the late 19th century was eclectic in style and form. but interrupted very significantly by the completion of the white marble washington monument, opened in 1888. as far as its critical reception, it seems no one liked it. art critics called it a chimney. not a monument, but 555 feet of white, unmitigated glare, they said. became appreciated only v

moon landing, the apollo 11 after not michael collins, national air and space museum director --, and former nasa administrator charles bolden reflect on the apollo program legacy and the impact on today's politics, diplomacy, foreign policy, and space initiatives. air andian national space museum, the state department, and the george washington university space policy institute cohosted this event. >> welcome. to seeruly a thrill space diplomacy draw such a wonderful crowd. thank you so much for joining us this evening. i'm a historian of science and technology and a curator at the smithsonian national air and base museum for the apollo spacecraft collection. 50 years ago this week, the answered a call to land humans on the moon within a decade in return them safely back to earth. percentage of the population followed the flight than any previous events in human history. after their flight, the astronauts toward over 20 countries. president nixon proclaimed them the best possible ambassadors america could have on this earth. today, we are looking back and asking what was the politica

en, he was the founding director of the national museum of african american history and culture, onethe hottest tickets in washington. bunch said he believes every part of the smitonian can drive home the importance of history to everyday life. >> there's something so rich about seng this, the richness of an artifact. the smithsonian is a place that's as much about today and tomorrow as it is yesterday.f: >> woodrunch is the first museum director to become secretary in decades. we talked in his office about the challenges that lie ahead as he now oversees a $1.6 billion annual budget that supports 19 museums free to the public, plus nine research centers, 21 libraries and the national zoo. 29 years you've spent one way or another connected to the smithsonian. what does it mean to now be the head of it, the secretary? >> well, it's both humbling and frightening. so, for me, it's about helping the smithsonian be the placeth that iglue for america and that helps america grapple with who it is, help it understand itself in this world. >> woouff: there a lot of firsts connected with you.

eastern, we are live from the smithsonian national air and space museum on the national astronaut,pollo museum director, director of george washington university space policy institute, and air and space medium space history curator. at 10:00 a.m., president recorded moon speech, september 12, 1962 in houston. >> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. announcer 1: net at 4:00 p.m. eastern, the smithsonian national air and space museum host a discussion with testers and designers. take all the systems of a space test, provide your pressure, give you oxygen to breathe, scrub out your carbon dioxide, thermal temperature control. shrink them around a person and you want the person to stay alive, be safe and get their work done. moonncer 1: the 1970 film launch one showing pre-lift off preparations for apollo 11 and parades for the astronauts after their safe return to earth. seconds and counting. oxidize the tanks. pressurized. t minus one minute 35 seconds. 60 seconds and counting. 55 seconds and counting. .e

thank you again to the great stewards here at the national space museum. take you for preserving this national treasure and may it inspire future heroes who walk these hallways. a godless the memory and legacy apollo 11 commander neil armstrong. in may god continue to bless the united states of america. [applause] >> all right. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] four, three, two, one. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the assistant inspector general for special reviews and evaluations at the homeland security department testifies at the hearing. >> the subcommittee on immigration and citizenship will come to order and without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at the subcommittee at any time and we welcome everyone to this afternoon hearing on overcrowding and prolonged detention at facilities and i

there have really need a lot of contacts between the her knowledge and the awareness a national museum. and i would like to use this opportunity to. busy say that. if i'm happy that. italy will host the winter olympic games in 20 or 26 i'd like to congratulate italy on that. and propose our. experience we've received during portugal our generation is called they will enjoy in big games. over a 1000000 ways the russian citizens have been to. russia citizens have been to italy is to receive in the last year. today we also exchanged opinions about the worth of up its cooperation and relations were true in russia italy and the e.u. we believe that that relations should be based on mutual interests not over europe as usual respect we have also talked about. where unfortunately the situation is deteriorating and more and more people are suffering. it will lead to leave us that. we can hold very dear that it is old in libya needs the leadership needs. achieve a cease fire and. after wallace steps a. preventing at dissolution of the country they need to. maintain their governmental institution

the religion of root of the congo i don't think anybody's asking for it will go does not have a national museum so far but we do not it will have one probably that will open so the end of next year the moment it's a different situation so we can discuss. critics say it's all just delaying tactics they want to get things moving now they argue that for too long it's been the former colonial powers who have dictated what happens acting as though they were superior rather than taking responsibility for the sins of the past. the report could also have repercussions for germany berlin's bowden museum is currently showing highlights of the german capital selection of african art. soon the works are set to move to the newly rebuilt berlin city palace or humboldt forum . but here too there's growing public debate over the exhibits the head of the foundation that runs for lin's museums believes more research is needed to ascertain which objects were obtained illegally. when it was it's you do we just want to wash our hands of it or do we want to develop a new kind of cooperation as he has called for new

panelists include american civil war museum ceo christy coleman and national museum of african-americantory and culture curator rex ellis. the colonial williamsburg foundation hosted this event. >> good evening. my name is beth kelly, and i'm the vice president of the education research and historical interpretation division. and it is my honor to offer you a warm and personal welcome. the world welcome has a great deal of meaning for colonial williamsburg. we have been welcoming guests to come and learn about our 18th century communities since 1932. 40 years ago, the

shares it in software has been working at the afghan national museum for 38 is he was one of 3 museum employees ordered by the taliban a march 2001 to bring statues out of the safe room for them to destroy he says the taliban was wrong to target the museum if you knew it's important for afghanistan because it shows the history of this country it's not about worship it tells us how people lived in the past. side mohammed was a taliban commander at the time the museum was ransacked he has no regrets and butyl meticulous. they used to be many tourists from around the world coming to afghanistan they weren't just here to visit they were here as part of the pilgrimage i think in an islamic country there is no place for the keeping or showing of statues. it's been nearly 2 decades is the taliban was toppled from power many afghans are worried about a future peace deal between the united states and the group they say they don't want to go back to a time when their cultural heritage was systematically destroyed. we are afraid that if they can be gone from would be likely again such kind of. a

4 llion prints from e archives of jet and "ebony" magazines will be donate td to smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture. four foundations purchased them for 40 million bucks and they announced it thursday. >> the public will be able to see that, share with everybody >>> a dog that was injured in a house fire is now training to help those that share his story. taka was badly burned last october and spent months recovering frohis injuries after receiving help from the care moran malhospital, taka is ready to give back to his community. he will be working at a burn center in georgia while training to become a certified therapy dog. >> cute puppy there. >> passing it right along. >> up cahead,ld a new petition scare up a date for halloween? he writes the songs, they make the vimoes who barry manilow thinks should play him somewhere down the road if your mouth is made to amaze, let philips sonicare give its care a raise. get a months worth of manual brushing in just two minutes. philips sonicare, next-level clean, next-level care. ' thers always a way to make life bet

host: the book is called "apollo to the moon," she is history curator at the national air and space museum. thank you for your time today. >> thank you so much for having me on. host: we want to thank the national air and space museum for being here today, and also thank american history tv producer russell logan for his work on the program. if you go to c-span3 right now, you can see resident kennedy's speech "on the moonshot" as part gramsariety of for they will have all weekend long on apollo 11. that does it for now. ♪ announcer 1: this week marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. a new poll shows three quarters of americans watchooge either live or recorded of the moon landing. >> it is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. announcer 1: tonight at 8:00 eastern, the landing and moonwalk. >> columbia, reading you loud and clear. announcer 1: coverage of the apollo 11 returning to earth and greetings from president nick said. >> i think i am the luckiest man in the world i say this not only because i have the honor to be president of the united states but

host: the book is called "apollo to the moon," she is history curator at the national air and space museum. thank you for your time today. >> thank you so much for having me on. host: we want to thank the national air and space museum for being here today, and also thank american history tv producer russell logan for his work on the program. if you go to c-span3 right now, you can see resident kennedy's speech "on the moonshot" as part gramsariety of for they will have all weekend long on apollo 11. that does it for now. ♪ announcer: a look at what is coming up today. 1969 coverage from cbs news of the lunar landing and moonwalk by apollo 11 astronaut neil armstrong and buzz aldrin anchored by walter kwok right. after that, and interview from last october by retired supreme court justice paul stevens who died this week. then, justice elena kagan comments on hers passing and dust on his passing. later, a portion of the house hearing with acting homeland security secretary on family separation policy at the southern border. announcer: 50 years ago on july 20, 1969, astronauts knew armstrong

host: the book is called "apollo to the moon," she is history curator at the national air and space museum. thank you for your time today. >> thank you so much for having me on. host: we want to thank the national air and space museum for being here today, and also thank american history tv producer russell logan for his work on the program. if you go to c-span3 right now, you can see

hundreds of people have gathered here at the national air and space museum tojoin gathered here at theseum to join together for a new year's eve style countdown. above me, there is a giant astronaut that they will be lowering down and then they will come down to that moment when neil armstrong and as you can see, they have a ready started so is let's ta ke have a ready started so is let's take a look at what is happening now. i think they are starting to lower that boot in anticipation of the countdown. you can see everyone out with their camera phones wanting to remember the moment they were here marking the anniversary at the museum. cheering and applause. cheering and applause. so that you have it. the moment 50 yea rs so that you have it. the moment 50 years ago when neil armstrong made history, placing his left foot on the lunar surface. you can see so many people have gathered here to be together to relive that moment and it has been a combination of a week of events. you had the flight directors from mission control, the two surviving astronauts from apollo 11 getting together f