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senior arts correspondent jeffrey brown starts our coverage of oscar nominees this year with this reportour arts and culture series, canvas. collects it's a visually spectacular world. intended to feel both familiar and fresh. >> the witch is dead. >> the costume designer. for him, wicked is a canvas of colors and materials in motion. it's the biggest thing he's ever been involved in. >> it's a blast and it's my life. it's the way that i communicate. it is my language. and it is my means of being creative. >> we met recently at a film production complex in brooklyn. he told us that for all the huge scale, the key is still through his designs and working with the director and actors to help create characters, not only their outer clothing but their inner emotional life. >> my focus is who these characters are and how to create a world that makes sense within itself and provides a magical environment for this story to exist so i am stepping into their shoes. and if i'm working adjacent to it >> these are big shoes to fill beginning with the books by ella frank baum. the classic 1939 film t

jeffrey carroll. each the direct deputy director, justin brown, the fire chief for the metropolitan washington airports authority. rick barnett, the police chief for the metropolitan washington airports authority. our police major tim moore, the maryland state police. first sergeant john potenza and the u.s. army deputy director of aviation, colonel mark, we have an excellent. two overnight hour. we've been conducting search and rescue operations are really since our last update. and these operations have continued with our regular partners from the region, as well as some of the assets that have arrived on scene during our salvage surveys in preparation to lift the aircraft additional remains were located and removed from the river and taken to the medical examiner's office. so far, 55 victims have been positively identified from this aircraft or from this this accident. the ntsb, american and psa airlines as well as district officials, the red cross and some other support are organizations are continuing to support the families or the family assistance center. and during a site visit, so far, the onl

jeffrey. >> carroll, each thema director, deputy. >> director justin brown, the. >> fire chief of the metropolitan. washington airports authority, rick barnett. >> the police. >> chief for the metropolitan. >> washington airports. >> authority, our police major. >> tim moore. >> the maryland state police first sergeant. >> john potenza, and the u.s. >> army deputy. >> director of. >> aviation. >> colonel mark otte. >> we have next slide. >> so overnight hour. >> we've been conducting search and rescue operations, or really since our. >> last update. >> and these operations have continued with our regular partners from the region, as well. >> as some of the assets that have arrived on. >> scene during our salvage surveys and preparation. >> to lift the aircraft. additional remains were located and removed from the river and taken to the medical examiner's office. so far, 55. >> victims have. >> been positively identified from this aircraft or from this, um, this accident. the ntsb, american and psa airlines, as well as district officials, red cross and some other support organizations are continuin