. >> reporter: ralph taylor is the globalead of post-war & contemporary art at bonhams, one of the oldest world. he helped uncover the story of some of kusama's earliest pieces. in 1960, while living in new york, sama sought out the care of dr. hirose, himself a recent immigrant and one of only two japanese speaking doctors in the city. unable to pay for his services, she gave the doctor 11 pieces of her artwork, and that began a lifelong friendship. this is kind of a unique american story. they both have arrived in new york. she is a struggling artist and, because of the nuances of our city, of the american healthcare system, this relationship is forged. >> absolutely. and-- and that, it's a really important point. you know, she was definitely someone who was desperate to move to america, who really wanted to throw off the shackles of postwar japanese life. and the same actually for dr. hirose, but in a slightly different way. so, i think it's really only in america in the wonderful melting pot in the 50's and 60's that you could have found these two combining into this unlikely duo. >>

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rare pieces of art are hitting the market for the first time in decades, they're being offered by bonhamsction house in new york. the first pablo picasso's family motive featuring the one of picasso's favorite news is the others are too early works. py yy, sama her mississippi river and hudson river paintings. both expected to fetch between 3 5 million dollars. i think that's each. nasa's many helicopter will be continuing was fights on mars, longer than planned, at least an extra month. >> it will be serving us a scout for its companion rover on the ground ball. also trying to fly through rougher parts of the planet both the helicopter and the rover are moving to a new area to focus on collecting rock samples. >> a retired sandra fell fire captain set to hit a milestone that not a lot of people reach his birthday tomorrow. he's going to be 100 and because of the pandemic they're going to celebrate tomorrow with the big drive-by parade in downtown center fell kron four's maureen kelly has the story. >> john diego sits with his youngest and only surviving sister who came up from orange cou

. —— the actors helena bonham cardiff. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich.but get yourself into some sunshine, the sun is quite strong at this time of year, so it will feel relatively warm. it's a story of scattered showers for most through the rest of today. some slightly more persistent rain and certainly more cloud in the far north of scotland, and this heavier rain across parts of south west england, just cliping into south east wales as we head into the first part of the evening. and then overnight, this area of wet weather willjust pivot its way a little further north, so into southern and eastern parts of wales, maybe the west midlands as well. a lot of cloud across the northern half of scotland. for southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, that's where we'll see some clear skies. that's where we'll have the lowest of the temperatures, although the vast majority should avoid a frost. tomorrow, we have this area of cloud and showery rain across southern england and parts of wales, more cloud generally rolling into northern and eastern sco

the capital attending physician, brian bonham says that the chamber policy aligns with cdc guidelines. members are not sold. >> they don't care. whether true science, whether it's through lying, whether it's they're hurting you and your pocketbook and trying to get you to comply. that's the name of the game. >> house speaker nancy pelosi defended the mask policy. she says that a number of g.o.p. members are not getting vaccinated so the policy stays in place. >> i know a lot of things and i know a lot about people's predispositions and i have to make adjustments to make judgments based on the vulnerability of our members as well. speak of the house find two members yesterday and democrat got a warning. >> gillian: they would have a lot of piggy money in the piggy bank over there capitol hill. >> $500 a pop. >> gillian: appreciate it. >> john: 2500 for the next fence. speaker pelosi has been saying that time and time again, follow science, followed science. yet, she appears to be refusing to follow signs herself. she just trying to punish republicans who have not been vaccinated yet or