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welcome to antiques roadshow, this week from minneapolis, minnesota. man: i've got to say, it's been schlepped. i pulled it up from the basement today. it's been kind of disrespected. oh, dear. i just thought it was ugly. wow, who knew? laying in the bottom of the bag. ready to see what treasures floated spirits here in the city of lakes? stay tuned. now, the people who make antiques roadshow possible. (birds chirping) mom!

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. >> antiques roadshow. >> i love the color blue of your dress today. it reminds me of the blue we will see in the sky the next several days. they're a nice blue and we will see plenty of sunshine here over the next several days. if you are waiting for spring weather, it is here. it's a little cool and average high in the mid-60s. here in washington, d.c., temperatures this afternoon run towards 60 and might not get there but with light international. dew point 38% and no wind to talk about. the satellite high pressure overhead toward ontario and down the appalachians to the east coast and on the cool side of the high. out west the warmer side of the high and temperatures in st. louis in the 70s. this pattern, maybe a passing cloud tonight, but just stuck here the next few days. tomorrow morning fine and in the afternoon nothing headed our way. over the weekend, we will watch a storm coming in from the northeast but right now i think it stays off the coast. even though weekend is good shape with high pressure once again in control of our weather. that's

to expand the event from the exhibition following my introduction to a woman who i met on the antiques roadshow and was a member of the kennedy administration. she was on her way here this evening and was instrumental in organizing this event by introducing me to jean, nancy and the other panelists am but unfortunately got stuck in denver in the snowstorm and was unable to join us. part of her collection is on display in the corner which she has gentleness for -- generously ,ent to us to display and serendipitously, by chance, i came back to washington and happened to meet mary gallagher, who contacted me and we will hear more about her story in a minute, but she had an incredible collection she has shared with me and has been kind enough to share some of her treasures as well. that, i meto preston bruce. his father was the second longest-serving member of the white house staff in the 20th century. he was the chief norman from the eisenhower to the ford administration. he has also generously offered to bring some of his collection to show here. have a look at the collections and learn about the