conference this morning, all eyes were on the man of the hour, dc philanthropist and businessman david rubinstein, who announced a $7.5 million donation to repair the monument. keep in mind this gift comes less than a month after rubinstein gave $4.5 million to the panda habitat at the national zoo. what he has so say about why he keeps making these million dollar donations. >> i come from very modest circumstances, and i am very fortunate to have achieved wealth beyond what i ever expected. and i don't think i want to be buried with my wealth and i don't want my executor to give it all away. i want to give away the things i think are good while i'm alive. the country has been wonderful do me, the city has been wonderful to me and my family. and with the other things i've done i want to repay a debt hi to the country and that's what is behind it. >> surely you remember members of the difficult assessment team rappelling down the monument, you're looking look at footage from the national park service. that was the damage assessment phase. now we're in the design phase. the national parks service i

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the monuments future is what motivated bethesda businessman david rubinstein to donate $7.5 million to get it fixed. >> this country has been wonderful to me, the city has been wonderful to me and my family and i want to repay a debt i have to the country. >> the august earthquake less severe damage to the inside and outside of this massive structure. rubinstein, a self-made billionaire, immediately asked how much money they need it and without hesitating wrote the check. >> everyone has a role in preserving the history of our country. david, you are a true hero. >> the disappointment about hearing about its closure disappeared about hearing about the generous gift. >> i am really glad. >> official said the country is focused on patriotism and generosity, and this is a gift to the entire nation. >> now we can count on the day when visitors from around the world will once again be able to enter the washington monument. >> new developments for the national slavery museum in fredericksburg. the judge has given them until the end of fedora to file a bankruptcy reorganization plan. they owe

david rubinstein is a 62-year- old. he is the son of a baltimore postal worker but he is the cofounder of a global asset management firm called the carlyle group. his estimated worth is $2.7 billion he has decided he would like to share that wealth. he has been in habit lately of sharing it with our city. he was very disturbed bit news of the earthquake last summer and the amount of damage that it did to the washington monument. the washington monument suffered some cracks and there was some damage in the interior and it has been closed since the august earthquake. the federal government had made an announcement they were looking for somebody to help them with the $15 million price tag of repairs. he stepped forward to split the bill to get the washington monument repaired. that is not his only gift. just last month, he donated $4.5 million to the national zoo's cash-strapped giant panda program. he has donated $13 minister 5 million for the national archives, $25 million to the kennedy center. it is certainly clear tha

today the park service will announce philanthropist david rubinstein will donate the rest of the grouprubinstein is no stranger to large donations. he recently gave $4.5 million to the national zoo's panda program, one of washington's top tourism officials tells new 4 he's glad the repairs can begin. >> it's good news that the monies are in place to continue with the renovation and get the monument back open again. from a tourism perspective, it's good for us overall, but the fact that it's closed right now does not deter people from coming to washington. >> the national park service says the restoration project could take up to a year to complete. >>> a form mt. rainier police officer will learn his fate today nearly two months after pleading guilty to attempted murder. gene gillette was said to have lured a man to his capital heights home

. >> david rubinstein is fast becoming one of the city's biggest benefactors. now he has yet another multimillion-dollar gift to our city. this in the form of $7.5 million that will henry pair the washington monument. you will remember the monument was badly damaged during the earthquake that we had last summer. it has been closed since august 23rd. various cracks on the outside and plaster that fell on the outside. $15million was nedded to fix it. so this philanthropist will donate half of that money. rubinstein is 62 years old. he is the co-founder of the carlyle group. he is a local man born and raised in baltimore and he has been donating money to the city recently. just last month, $4.5 million of his was donated to the national zoo to help with their giant panda program. he has also given significant sums of money to the national arrest vives and to the kennedy center he has said publicly many times that he is planning to giving wait bulk of his welt. he remembers visiting the city as a child and want to see national monuments preserved. we'll hear more o

i can tell you, david rubinstein is fast becoming one of the city's best known benefactors with this gift. he is the co-founder of the carlyle group. he heard about the damage done to the washington monument by that quick last summer. the washington monument has been closed since august waiting for the repairs to be made. he stepped forward and offered to split the $15 million cost with the federal government and, as you mentioned, this is not his first gift to the city. just one month ago, he donated $4.5 million to the national zoo's giant panda program. he has also donated $13.5 million to the national archives. this is a man who said he would like to give away the bulk of his $2.7 billion fortune. a formal announcement is expected this morning. back to you. >> thank you. >>> just two days out from the pivotal south carolina primary. coming up next, we are learning more about one candidate's pac plan while another candidate is facing some questions about his personal fortune. we'll have the details after the break. stay with us. i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually

now billionaire history buff david rubinstein is donating the amount needed to make the repairs.e's co-found earth of the carlyle group private equity firm. -- >>> tennis fans got a lesson ( we haven't seen since john mcenroe during a match at the australian open. take a look this is him taking out his anger on a racket frustrated with a set. still feeling the need to vent he grabbed a second racket and destroyed it, then a third which he didn't bother town wrap, he didn't unwrap the fourth one either. he was fined for his display. he lost the match. and he need to get some new rackets too. >> i think those rackets will come back to haunt him. 5:26. san francisco's new sheriff gets his day in court. we are live with what ross mirkarimi's wife says is fueling the an abuse allegations. >> reporter: how about free tuition for all uc students? i'll tell you about it in a live report. >>> the unusual step san francisco's district attorney is taking in a fatal accident involving muni. >>> temperatures across the country from the highs in the negative 4, minus 1, great falls, fargo, 2 m

philanthropist and billionaire history buff david rubinstein is donating the final amount needed to make carlyle -- rubinstein is co-found earth of the carlyle group. >>> -- 700 delegates from 70 nations meeting in geneva to vote on whether to continue adding a leap second to the word's clock to compensate for gradual in earth's rotation, the united states, france and germany want to end the practice saying adjustments could lead to foul ups if computers and cell phones don't an tkpwraefpl the united kingdom, china and canada saying why fix something that isn't broken. >>> turning over to meteorologist mike nicco now. >>> it is getting close morning commute will be okay, good morning everybody after that all bets are off, 6:15 you can see clouds getting thicker by the moment as we look down to the east from sutro tower in san francisco. let's take a look at live doppler. a few radar returns across the north bay some sprinkles possible this morning in mendocino and lake counties where we have the steadier rain moving west to east we have to wait for the entire system to sag south before w

billionaire david rubinstein is splitting the cost with the government. >>> stuttering, twitching, suddenbursts. it's a medical mystery in upstate new york. 12 girls all from the same high school suffering the same symptoms. jason carroll is on the story. >> very heart breaking to me to be honest. knowing that right now i can't do what i love. >> reporter: she was a cheerleader, an honor role student and as a senior at leroy junior high school in upstate new york, well on her way to planning her future. when she woke up from a nap, everything changed. >> i couldn't stop stuttering. >> the stuttering took over. really con torting on the left side. >>> we apologize. we're going to break out of jason's piece there for a second. we'll try to bring that back to you. we just reported moments ago through our peter hamby confirming through two sources, rick perry expected to announce today that he's dropping out of his presidential run. gloria borger on the phone with us now. gloria, what do you know? have you been able to talk to your sources as well? let's talk about the impact of this. >> repo