biographers write, the success of the history channel, for example, the wonderful popularity of ken burns' films, all of that could be in part a measure of the fact that for about a generation or more we haven't been educating our children very well in history. so a lot of people in their 20's, thirds, 40's, are trying to get caught up. they don't know who theodore roosevelt was. they know he was president but have a very vague idea of exactly what he did or why he was somebody of a importance. so they want to read a book or see the documentry. and i think some of movies that have come along have been very effective. i think we human, are by nature interested in history. i just think it's part of our human nature. we want to know what happened before. once upon a time, long, long ago, the children's stories begin. the two most popular movies of all time, well, not necessarily accurate, are historyal in spirit and setting. "gone with the wind" and "titaniq." i think that's an very important measure. tomorrow hanks is going to be producing a big, multihour movie for television of my book, "

. >> reporter: when ken burns needed footage of the scandalous 1919 chicago white sox, the team that world series, he went to ewing. >> i didn't charge him a cent. >> reporter: i would say he knot off-- >> he got off very well. >> reporter: doak ewing makes a comfortable living selling videos of these films, but for him there's an even greater value. >> films remind us old guys of how things used to be so simple. maybe it was better in the old days that we didn't know some of the stuff we know now. >> reporter: it's a visit to a simpler world. a trip made possible by an old projector and two magic words-- "play ball." jimacle rod, cbs news, navarville, illinois. >> pelley: that's our home run for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> whitney houston's autopsy report. the sad details that you haven't heard about how the singer died. >> signs of cocaine use in her hotel room. a

. >> game eight -- >> reporter: when ken burns needed footage of the scandalous 1990 chicago white soxthe team that threw the world series, he went to ewing. >> and i didn't charge him a cent. i didn't charge -- >> reporter: i would say he got off very well. >> very well. >> reporter: he makes a comfortable living selling video of these films but for him there's an even greater value. >> films remind us old guys of how things used to be so simple. maybe it was better in the old days we didn't know some of the stuff we know now. >> reporter: it's a visit to a simpler world, a trip made possible by aen old projector and two magic words -- play ball. jim axelrod, cbs news, naperville, illinois. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the trayvon martin shooting case. we'll hear from the gunman's lawyers. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. it's my last show here at cbs news. i've had the pleasure of working with some of the most dedicated and talented people in this business. it has been an incredible experience. and i especially want to thank yo

. >> reporter: when ken burns needed footage of the scandalous 1919 chicago white sox, the team that world series, he went to ewing. >> i didn't charge him a cent. >> reporter: i would say he got off well. >> he got off very well. >> reporter: doak ewing makes a comfortable living selling videos of these films, but for him there's an even greater value. >> films remind us old guys of how things used to be so simple. maybe it was better in the old days that we didn't know some of the stuff we know now. >> reporter: it's a visit to a simpler world, a trip made possible by an old projector and two magic words: "play ball." jim axelrod, cbs news, navarv >> good evening. we're going to begin with promising news on the jobs front. >> new unemployment claims have hit a four year low. they were down by 6000 last week and tomorrow's jobs report from march is expected to reflect a four straight months of strong hiring. new at 6 o'clock, some of those jobs could be at one of the nation's most prominent employers but not in a way that you think. juliet good rich with cow starbucks is giving the

she is the daughter of the incredibly famous ken burns. sarah, thank you for joining us.e appreciate it. this is a complicated case. it's not like the kids didn't do any crimes in central park, they did, right? so talk to me about how this came about. >> sure, well, these five kids who end up being convicted of the central park jogger rape were part of a group of kids of maybe 30 who were in central park that evening, and who were as a group committing a serious of crimes, harassing and bothering other joggers. crimes were committed, nothing as serious as the rape of the jogger, which was a horrifying crime, but one male jogger ended up in the hospital because he was beaten up because of one of these kids. >> reyes, the most heinous person you could imagine stabbed the woman in the eyes so she couldn't testify. but these crimes were committing minor crimes and some assaults as well 37 then they have the confession. it seems understandable that new york was in a rage and thought it was them. doesn't it make sense? >> yeah, in those first moments it's understandable. these

ken burns -- [ inaudible ] >>> olga has been telling us about red flag warnings for brushfires across the region. look at this. the danger became a reality in anne arundel county. this is video from rivera beach yesterday. you can see a small fire burned some of the woods there. there were other fires reported on the eastern shore and in harford county. we had some odors here in the newsroom yesterday and we believe they were from some of those fires. >> could possibly be. it's always good not to be careless with anything lit outdoors in any condition but especially when you have the dew points low, humidity low and those winds cranking up. we haven't had any rain and the conscious are ripe for some potentially dangerous situations. the red flag warning starts at noon today. the forecast starting out on the chilly side. we're looking pretty good at this hour. we cleared out the overnight clouds. we're going to continue with sunshine through midday. we'll get out of the 50s and 60s. should make it near 60 degrees to top out. that should happen right around your lunch break into the aft

cautionary tale that here is an elite government group that didn't think it through and it crashes and burns. and ken sort of comes did i by the end of his remarks, we have to think this stuff through in advance. i am wondering, is it realistic to actually think it through? is it something that whatever judgments we come to today, sitting here in an f.a.a. rule-making in congress, we're going to be your mother, you know, 30 years from now, people will be saying isn't it quaint that they thought of dwrones x, y, and z? >> well, i guess my answer to you is that there are no new questions, only the same question over and over again. i mean, the concept of government abuse of a new technology is as old as the dispute in london about arming the police, and probably has antecedents to the time for the first time someone put someone in charge of hurting the tribe or something like that. it seems to me that you can and should anticipate the potential for abuse. but instead of relying upon inefficiency and resource inefficiencies, which is how we kind of defaulted, to protect against these abuses, you have to

it crashes and burns. ken comes around to paul's view. i am just wondering.ealistic to think it through. is it something that, whatever judgments we come to today, sitting here in an faa rule making in congress, we will be your mother. 30 years from now, people will say, wasn't it quite that they thought drones -- quaint that they thought drones were x,y and z. >> there are no new questions. only the same questions over and over again. the concept of government abuse of a new technology is as old as harming the police. -- if arnubming the police. it probably has antecedents that go back to the first time anybody put somebody in charge of herding the tribe, or something like that. it seems to me that you can and should anticipate the potential for abuse. instead of relying on any deficiency and resources, you have to turn that around and do the harder stuff, which is training, hiring, oversight, regulation. it is not easy. it changes over time as the technology changes. we do not disarm the police because of the potential police abuse of weapons. we tried to h

discussion with a historian michael beschloss frago on sunday march 25 at 2:00 p.m., state review of ken burns forthcoming pbs film, the dust bowl, will be shown and it tells the story of an ecological disaster, the limits of government and then wrote perseverance of people affected. sponsored by the guggenheim center in partnership with the 2012 environmental film festival being held here in washington. to learn more about these programs in all of our public programs and exhibits please consult our calendar of monthly events. their copies in the lobby as well as a sign-up sheet where you can receive this by mail, physical mail or virtual mail. you'll also find our brochures and other national archives activities and events. another way to get more involved in the national archives is a member of the foundation for the national archives, the foundation supports all of our education outreach activities and their applications outside the lobby. finally, if you have not visited our gift shop recently, please do so. you can do that physically or virtually. a wonderful ray of reproductions from the