before joining the library of congress, she served the baltimore library in maryland. prior to joining the library, she was the chief librarian of the chicago public library from 1991-1993. she began her career with the chicago public library. dr. hagan. [applause] dr. hagan: thank you so much. good afternoon. welcome to the library of congress. it is an honor to be with you today. i have to tell you that a person i have known through many years, mary frances, it is very good to see you here. also, librarians appear everywhere. so, my colleague was the head of the alexander public library, and i want to give a special thank you to her. when i was asked by president obama to serve as the 14th librarian of congress, the 14th since 1802, and is the first woman, that was quite something, because librarianship is one of those feminized professions like nursing, social work, and education, where 85% of the work force is female and the top management doesn't reflect that. people said that mr. milner was probably having a moment at my swearing-in. but the most significant part

before joining the library of congress, she served as the ceo of enoch free library in baltimore. 3.nce 199 she served on the national museum and library services board after her nomination by president obama since june 2010. prior to joining the pratt library she was chief librarian of the chicago public library from 1991-1993. she began her career with the chicago public library is the young adult services coordinator from the 1979-1982 and as of the library associate and children's librarian from 1973-1979. dr. hayden. [applause] >> thank you so much and good afternoon and welcome to the library of congress. it is my honor to be with you today. ad i have to tell you that person that i have known through many years, mary frances --good to see you here, and also, library and appear everywhere. and so, my colleagues who is the head of the alexander public vibrator who is sister is on the commission but the library -- i wanted to give a special thank you to her. when i was asked by president obama to serve as the 14th librarian of congress, the 14th since 1802. and as the first woman tha

of congress. i think we have this shot -- this is the front door of the library of congress. it is right across the street, a very popular tourist destination as well. you can see the notice there on the door of the library of congress. in the event of a temporary shutdown of the federal 20,rnment beginning january all library of congress buildings will be closed to the public and researchers. all public event will be canceled. staff will not have access to official email, telephone messages, or social media accounts during this time. we will take you to the white house, reporters filling in there. we will have that live once it begins. meanwhile, we continue with your phone calls. ohio, republican line. the way ahead. caller: good afternoon. i have a few things to say. you have a lot of angry callers and i think everyone is missing the point. i was adopted into the united states of america in 1974. from lebanon. the first thing my parents did for me is understand our government and study to take the test. they made sure that i became a united states citizen to protect the fut

alone, before he gave them to the library of congress, he went through them and took out every letter written by someone important that he knew was important, jefferson adams, members of the first congress and gave them to his daughter as a wedding present. she married alexander bitle, the son of nicholas bitle, the editor of lewis and clark journal and the president of the second bank of the united states. and then when they died in 1898, she still had the collection and put them all together and numbered them. but there was a problem it was called probate, in 1940, the estate was finally out of probate and the family sold all 2,000 or so letters that had been given -- at least 1,000 had been given to julia bidle on her wedding. they went for $5 apiece. actually, william mcclay, the senator from pennsylvania, the first person elected to the first federal congress, his letters went for two for $5. there were 24 of them. the library of congress bought 22 of them because of course park burnet didn't want to sell them all because they are interested in having things avai

our with the help of our co-author, found many lost pieces of film and then worked with the library of congress to encourage them to help them re-create it. >> it's been my job for the past 30 some years to take care of the nitrate film collection of the library of congress. and what that means are these of the fims made on nitrate film stock. and the reason its different is because nitrate tends to detearierate and even more importantly is highly flammable. so it's not only important for us to maintain the films but the atmosphere they're stored in, to give them a long life and keep them from growing up. >> my duties involve kind of ensuring the physical integrity of the collection, our handling and storage standards. i mainly concentrate on the safety side, have many other duties including maintaining circulating film loan program and also assignments on special projects such as durborough, whether it's assisting in reconstruction or research into the projects. >> so "on the firing line with the germans," where did that film originally come from? why do we still have it? >> it's just one of t

the senator to pennsylvania elected to the first federal congress, his letters went for 2 for $5. [ laughter ] >> there were 24 of them. the library of congress bought 22 of them because of course, park bernay, the auction house, didn't want to sell them all because therefore interested in having things available on the market. in 1980, something or maybe early '90s, sent me a postcard that said, big sale at blue ball pennsylvania barn auction. it listed all the things for sale. complete set of pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, complete set of "hustler" magazines. and two letters from william mcclay. i contacted the manuscript division and said the two letters you don't have are available. they said, we're not interested. then the first federal congress has had many wonderful supporters like lindy boggs and a senator from west virginia by the name of senator bird. he was very very interested in lindsey clay. i remember the historian of the united states senate took me over to need senator bird at the reception and senator bird was chatting up a very young lady and didn't pay any attention to me at all. he's going on

. >> the library of congress building will close. >> reporter: from the library of congress to the capitol to the pentagon. >> we do a lot of intelligence operations around the world. and they cost money. those, obviously, would stop. >> reporter: but if the government does shut down, all active duty troops do keep working. so does the fbi and the special counsel focusing on russia along with tsa screeners and air traffic controllers. but none of them gets paid during a shutdown. members of congress do. >> i think that the congress has forgotten that they're servants of the people and they're living like celebrities. >> the american people are looking at us right now and shaking their heads. i can't blame them. >> reporter: so what stops? military death benefits, for example, and passport updates. but social security checks keep getting sent. v.a. hospitals stay hope. national parks will, too, although with reduced services. and smithsonian museums will close monday. more than half of cdc employees are expected to be furloughed right in the thick of a deadly flu season. the irs will feel t

the library of congress was founded in 1800 with a modest mission, a reference resource for congress but that changed after the british burned washington during the war of 1812 and the original collection was t lost. inal response, thomas jefferson offered to sell his own library to the u.s. government. his collection of books was considered one of the finest in the news world, containing thousands of volumes on almost every topic imaginable, not just law, statecraft and history but also the sciences, philosophy and the arts. to those who argued that such a desperate set of works was unnecessary for a library congress, jefferson responded, quote, there is in fact no subject to which a member of congress may i not have occasion to refer. i go on to write, as part of this chapter, you know, growing up up in working class houston, i never heard of the library of congress or the great rotunda of the university of virginia, but my local public branch of the houston public library showed me bookwere not justmp important bt objects of beauty. the stone beauty and high ceilings, big windows,

the library of congress and wp -- cohosted the 45 minute event. callednext panel is documentaries, style and the use of archives. a university professor of the school of communication at american university and washington, d.c. she founded the school center for social media and impact. she coordinates the fair use and free speech project at the center. take it away. >> what a great pleasure it is. i feel like my entire life is passing before me as i look around the crowd. to be on a panel with these people is really extraordinary. each of the people here has been make great merely documentaries, but create a future for a different kind of documentary than was ever possible on any kind of television to be made. contributed has that, andy to doing in some cases, supporting each which -- i don't know if i'm giving away secrets, but that does not always happen in public television. had the pleasure of working with some of these people as well because over the last decade, pedro and i have been working with different organizations to make fair use more

capitol, a live look at the capital here from district cross -- just across the street at the library of congress. back to the capital now for a briefing from house republicans. i had on the floor of the house, they will be back in at 4:00 eastern this afternoon. we will have live coverage of the house at that time. we continue to take your phone calls as well, at (202) 748-8920 four democrats, (202) 748-8921 for republicans. independents and others, (202) 748-8922. and we have set aside a special line for federal government employees. that is (202) 748-8923. a warm day in washington, president trump observing it in his tweet, saying "beautiful weather all over our great country. great for women to march. celebrateere now to the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last 12 months. lowest female unemployment in 18 years." the women's march in washington across -- and across the country, we are covering it online. you can see it on www.c-span.org . let's go to our federal employees line. dan, we appreciate you waiting . first off,

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most of his papers be burned, but he spared sand's letters, and 23 of them are still at the library of congress. arthur would not serve a second term. he had earned the enmity of his old machine buddies, so he had no natural base of support. he also secretly suffered from a debill tating kidney -- debilitating kidney ail m. in any case, the republicans declined to nominate him in 1884. by the time he left the white house in ma 1885, however, the public's perception of him had been transformed. one newspaper editor wrote, quote: no man ever entered the presidency is profoundly and widely distrusted as chester alan arthur, and no one ever retired from the highest civil trust of the world more generally respected, alike by political friend and foe. even mark twain, who certainly was not shy about mocking politicians, said: it would be hard, indeed, to prosecutor president arthur's -- better president arthur's administration. if arthur was so great, why has nearly everybody forgotten about him? the first reason is that he burned his papers which creates a real challenge for historians. and he serve

the library of congress and w tbh posted the 45 minute event. panel is called documentaries, style and the use of archives. pat will moderate. atis a university professor the school of communication at american university and washington, d.c. she founded the school for media and social impact your it looks include, how to put balance back in copyright. heat -- she coordinates the free speech project with the professor of the washington college of law. what a great pleasure it is. i feel like my entire life is passing before me as i look around the crowd [laughter] a panel with these people is extraordinary. each of the people here have not nearly make great documentaries, but create a future for a different kind of documentary that was ever possible on any other kind of television to be made. contributed has differently to doing that. also, in some cases, supporting each other, which is really -- i don't want to know if i am giving away secrets, but it doesn't always happen in public television. [laughter] anyways, i have had the pleasure of work

the national film preservation foundation and library of congress made this film available through their online collection. [birds chirping] [waves crashing] ♪ >> mom, how do they fly? >> they ride on the air. what are you building? >> it's a house, can't you tell? >> yes, but you have not finished it. what is this room? >> that is the center where i go to school. >> and this? >> that is where the computer lives and where i go to sleep and where you and daddy sleep. and where we go to swim, and where we see -- >> and the symphony. -- and where we see the ballgames. >> and the symphony. you left out the room or you are supposed to scrub behind your ears. >> oh yeah the back door. >> there is one more. the health center. >> where daddy exercises in gets measured. >> right. >> how does the computer know everything? i mean like, how many times to exercise? >> i haven't the faintest notion. that is just too much for your mother to understand. i will be 44 next year. >> that is not so old. >> not anymore. >> what year is it now, i forgot. >> i will show you. ♪ >> "1999 a.d." more than a genera

they spent six months of the library of congress manuscript division. i will tell a quick story about what i learned about manuscripts. most of you are probably familiar with benjamin rush, the great revolutionary era and most hyperbolic of anyone in his generation. >> also really bad doctor. >> a leader, founder of american psychiatry interested in female education and abolition and prohibition. he wilt his paper to the library company of philadelphia, but before his son, the executor gave the papers which included hundred and 20 letters written from the first federal congress, before he gave them he went through them and took out every letter written by someone important that he knew was important. jefferson adams, members of congress and gave them to his daughter as a wedding present. she married alexander biddle, the son of niclas biddle, the editor of the lewis and clark journal and the president of the second bank of the united states. when they died in 1898 she still had the collection. she put them all together and numbered them, but there was a

. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, the library of congress, the research library that officially serves congress, is closed to the public. new york's statue of liberty was closed this weekend, so visitors had to enjoy lady liberty from a distance. >> we're the ones that suffer. >> i guess this area is usually packed with people that want to go. now nobody can. >> reporter: the gates are closed at the national hmuseum f the us air force in ohio. facilities at mt. rushmore in south dakota are closed. roads and trails at great ♪ ♪ smokey mountains are open. >> there's in bathroom, so that does make it a little hard. it would really be nice if they had those open. but you understand they don't have the staff. >> reporter: fortunately, the view and the long islawildlife been affected by the shutdown. >>> happening now, a uc berkeley student is about to return any moment to the bay area after almost being deported. we have a live picture for you. oakland international airport where luis mora just landed. he was visiting his girlfriend in chula vista when the two made a wrong turn while

the library of congress named her a living legend in 2000. she went to berkeley high school. her parents were professors. stephen king tweeted today, ursula was one of the greats. not just a science fiction writer. a literary icon. god. speed into the galaxy. another tweeted, her words are always with us. some are them are written on my soul. i miss her as the deepest and smartest of writers. she was 88 years old. >>> tonight we know the nominees for this year's oscars and one movie is leading the pack in nominations. >> danya bacchus has the story. >> that things looks human. >> reporter: "the shape of water" is leading the race for oscar gold with 13 nominations, including a best-picture nod amongst "lady bird," 3 billboards outside ebbing missouri and "get out." a tweet, you know when you're on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly try. i failed at that. daniel kaluuya nominated with timothee chalamet. incredible performances for women this year, with saoirse rowan an, frances mcdormand, margot robbie, sally hawkins and meryl streep. for supporting actress -- >>

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the library of congress because of the inability of the congress to fund the government has been closedis is what the sign looks like yesterday. all library of congress buildings will be closed to the public and researchers. laurel is joining us from washington state. good morning. caller:public and researchers. good morning. i watched the votes, the hearings. the debates. you can learn a lot that way. what i have learned about the thatg on friday night was there were five republicans the voted against it. and the main republican the voted against the bill that they invented was mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell voted no. that's why they lost the vote. they have enough republicans to pass things. and they don't do it. it's the republicans fault. schumer has agreement with donald trump and went back to present their agreement and got andone call from kelly kelly told him the president had changed his mind. call.thank you for the let's go to another tweet from mrs. harrington saying and this trump shut down. is joining us from tennessee. line for independence. good morning. caller: good mo

the library of congress defines the asian pacific as encompassing all of the asian continent, as wells the pacific islands of melanesia, micronesia, and polynesia. a u.s. census estimate in 2015 found 19 million residents of asian and pacific islander descent with a total u.s. population of 248 million people. in california, asian and pacific americans make up almost 21% of the population. and the bay area census in 2010 found that asians and pacific islanders make up almost 24% of the population, inching above latinos as the largest

the library of congress named her a living she went to berkeley high school. her parents were professors. stephen king tweeted today, ursula was one of the greats. not just a science fiction writer. a literary icon. god. speed into the galaxy. another tweeted, her words are always with us. some are them are written on my soul. i miss her as the deepest and smartest of writers. she was 88 years old. >>> tonight we know the nominees for this year's oscars and one movie is leading the pack in nominations. >> danya bacchus has the story. >> that things looks human. >> reporter: "the shape of water" is leading the race for oscar gold with 13 nominations, including a best-picture nod amongst "lady bird," 3 billboards outside ebbing missouri and "get out." a tweet, you know when you're on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly try. i failed at that. daniel kaluuya nominated with timothee chalamet. incredible performances for women this year, with saoirse rowan an, frances mcdormand, margot robbie, sally hawkins and meryl streep. for supporting actress -- >>

congress set the royalty to be paid to the owners of those piano rolls at two cents per copy. the copyright royalty board, a three-judge panel at the library of congress, still sets those royalty rates today. the current rate is 9.1 cents. it's based on below-market standard. another problem is the two largest performance rights organizations are subject to a 76-year-old consent decree with the department of jump. that means an agreement agreed upon in 1940 or so, and ever since then it has been governing these performance rights rates. these consent decrees never contemplated the internet, and today they are harming national songwriters. eiggest problem with these outdated consent decrees is that songwriters don't get paid the fair market value for their work. songwriters negotiate with radio stations for the right to play their music in exchange for a, quote, reasonable performance royalty. if songwriters and the radio stations can't agree on the reasonable royalty, the songwriters have to go to a federal rate court, which means their case is heard by district judges in new york -- in the southern district of new york. under current law,

the library of congress hosted the event. it's about one hour and 20 minutes. >> i want to thank everyone for coming. it is really, really thrilling to have everyone in this room who is deeply committed to civil rights together. i am thrilled to be here to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the u.s. commission on civil rights.

the library of congress defines the asian pacific as encompassing all of the asian continent, as well as the pacific islands of melanesia, micronesia, and polynesia. a u.s. census estimate in 2015 found 19 million residents of asian and pacific islander descent with a total u.s. population of 248 million people. in california, asian and pacific americans make up almost 21% of the population. and the bay area census in 2010 found that asians and pacific islanders make up almost 24% of the population, inching above latinos as the largest minority race across the nine counties. abc7's chris nguyen is here now with local apa leaders to talk about important issues affecting our bay area communities. >> cheryl, it's great to be here. i'm excited to introduce you to our panel of guests today. gina su is an actor based here in the bay area. she's the winner of the 2016-2017 miss asian global pageant. next, lan diep is an attorney. he currently serves as a san jose city council member representing district four. and finally, vincent pan, executive director of chinese for affirmative action. he

among the many awards is received for scholarship of fulbright senior scholar ward to the library of congresslibrary of congress fellowship in international studies. she is currently working on several projects related to the world war i centennial with a book on african-american soldiers and the synthesis of the american experience during the war under contract with oxford university press. she's also a member of the adviser board of the world war i centennial commission that we heard about from the senator. next will be michael diver who was seated next to me. he is the night girl chair of four studies that the department national security and strategy at the united states army war college. he is the author of many highly-regarded books on the first world war and also on the second world war. his 2011 book dances with fury was named one of the five best books on world war i by "the wall street journal"." in october in october of 2016 oxford university press published his path to war the history of american responses to the great war. our third speaker will be eric manella. he is professor o

while the government shutdown also closed other iconic landmarks and parks, they include the library of congress in washington. the statue of liberty in new york harbor and mt. rushmore in south dakota. >> a new york times report claims pennsylvania congressman pat meehan used taxpayer money to settle a misconduct complaint by a former aide. meehan represents most of delaware county and other philadelphia suburbs denied the allegations. he's become a key figure on capitol hill fighting sexual harassment in congress. speaker paul ryan says meehan has been removed from the ethics committee and has been ordered to repay the taxpayer money. according to "the new york times," the aide reached a confidential agreement with meehan's office after turning down his advances. in a statement, congressman meehan's office has asked for the confidentiality deal to be torn up so all the facts can come out. you can read the congressman's full statement right now on the nbc 10 app. >>> 7:21, turning the streets into a sea of support. >> hearing from women who attended the women's march on philadelphia. >>> also,

they include the library of congress, the statue of liberty and mt. rushmore in south dakota. >>> 6:08 on this sunday. women across the country and here in philadelphia hope washington is hearing their rally cry following the second annual women's march. hundreds of thousands of women and men took to the streets to demand equality, justice along with social and political change. >> in philadelphia, they marched on the ben franklin park way. the activists are hoping to create a political movement that will elect more to office and get many women to the polls. many marchers wore -- for solidarity. others showed opposition to president trump. >> i'm a white woman. i have privilege. i'm going to speak up for those who do not have privilege. >> immigrants are people. >> i'm the generation. there's always going to be another one after me. it has to be better than when i left it. >> the activists believe it's vital to -- for the midterm elections. >>> coming up, revved up. check out what you could be driving in the future. the north american international au

with a major program library of congress to examine 100 years since the revolution if we get all aspire to read something behind with that type of legacy but despite trying to avoid those connections with the ivy league connections. [laughter] he is still associated with harvard law school. >> it is so typical you are so generous i appreciate them to be at that the office at hoover i did put my papers at the hoover archives because there are so many other conservatives and anti-communist at the hoover as well so it is a rich trove so if you are interested in writing about or learning more about communism or anti- communism the place to go is the hoover institution which was founded by herbert hoover in 1919 so you should know the president's essay at the heritage foundation will be over another month or so side and helping to research and learning self -- learning so much who was a most admirable man but was saddled with the idea he was personally responsible somehow through the great depression that is not the case but ladies and gentlemen's what i have tried to do with what i have wri

you have this tweet from the library of congress -- due to the shutdown, all library of congress buildings are closed and public events canceled from january 20 until further notice. a reporter from political tweets out most federal courts have funds that they can use to keep open through february 9, but the department of justice typically civilto freeze government litigation during a shutdown. and politico as a story about the shutdown across the country, saying only 15% of the federal permanent workforce is based in the washington area. the effects of the shutdown will reverberate across the country. 6 million small businesses may temporarily lose access to financial aid and a prolonged closure could cost taxpayers money. in 2013, agencies had to pay higher prices to contractors. the park service lost $7 million in user revenue. host: we have some of the timeiations in your real on capitol hill. here is house majority leader kevin mccarthy as he entered the building this morning. >> senator schumer -- [indiscernible] did not have an offer. we had been meeting on daca and immigration. unf

in the library of congress, there is a portrait of madison that he presented to a young woman he calleditty. not engaged, but they were engaged to be engaged. behind the portrait there is a lock of his hair. dnariends who were scientists, it would not be easy it is not outside the bound of possibility that you might be able to extract dna from that hair. futureht be able to do dna testing. >> have you asked anybody if they were going to do it? >> i don't think anybody is planning to do it at the moment. this isesting twist to that one of hemmings's children was named james madison hemmings. they called him madison throughout his life. according to them that was because dolly hemmings had requested of dolley hemmings -- dolley madison had requested of dolley hemmings that this happened. it is kind of remarkable and poetic that jefferson had a son and grandson named james madison. as far as we know, madison did not have any offspring of his own. he was one of 12 children, six of them lived to be adults. did any of the rest of them become anything? >> they didn't really. we have one angry

was a good place to go for -- i went to the library of congress of got quite a few books. >> after every visit weekend we would write trip report and sent to the white house. i'm sure the ten a public domain. i don't recall if the menus were in there. maybe for big events with international gas buddy don't recall if we went to that detail. but our cruise, our sailors, they worked along with sometimes the present would bring the own staff initially but you see the men and women working together and the white house chef social teaching each other how to serve the the president, what you like and dislike. that's pretty important business. [inaudible] >> the president pay-fors own food at camp david. >> even though we're in a budget like to run opera camp david because it has a mission, in the united states security world, when it president brings guests on the weekend, all the food and drink is kept separately and that's paid for by the president here. >> but the camp david accord witted and paid for by -- >> i imagine the state department like the middle east peace summit where we would ha

and so we took photographs from the library of congress and we sort of ghosted them on these glass panels and we used projections of shadows on the walls that faded in and out that lent some idea of these universal experiences that we wanted people to think about. there are little text blurbs with them that don't try to share somebody's biography, right? these aren't historical individuals that we're talking about. in particular, right? but, rather, again, those universal concepts that people could relate to. so the woman in the middle who is nursing a child in the photo, i don't know if you can see it, it says i was a wife, i was separated, i was raped, i was afraid, i was hopeful, i was a survivor, i was property, righter and and all seven of these glass panels end with that phrase, "i was property." you'll also notice that there is no punctuation, which was a really long conversation. [ laughter ] >> that's how museum people are, right? so these -- these images share these emotions, right? the shadows share the emotions. and we also have these listening stations spread out through the

have this photograph is because a library in the 1950's, josephine cobb, knew lincoln would be at gettysburg. she was in charge of photography at the library of congress. she believes lincoln would be somewhere in here. this is in the 1950's. up thisally blew photograph, imagined where he might be, and found lincoln. i think he is here. again, historians and people looking hard, there are always things to find. there are more things to find. things that are hiding in plain sight. i wanted to give a shout out for josephine cobb for that because then we would not have a picture of him at gettysburg, when his finest moments as a leader of the country. very good. a couple more works too. lincoln entering richmond. wons is when the wari is four days earlier. the capital falls. lincoln appears in richmond. because of some follow-ups of his arrangement, he and that simply walking ashore and the whichwith his son tad, was named, some people said because he was really wiggly when he was little like a tadpole, and some people because he had a big head. he did have a big head, actually. lincoln and tad walked through the streets. a time, there is a moment where

but today, you read "ferdinand," you were at the library of congress. >> yeah, this morning. >> jimmy you read them all the book. look at that. [ audience aws ] how cool is that, man? [ cheers and applause ] that's the best. that's why we love you. that's why we love you, buddy. [ applause ] >> so it was a really fun time. i obviously believe in the movie. i feel very passionate about it. it's a story that's been around for 80 years and it's a story about being proud of who you are, even if you're different. different is okay as long as you're happy. so, we've created a wonderful universe. the guys who made "rio", the guys who made "ice age" have come out and have made this wonderful universe out of "ferdinand." i call it a wonderful family film because i think kids and grown folk will enjoy it. there's a bunch of funny people in it. kate mckinnon is my calming goat lupe. >> jimmy: kate mckinnon. she is hilarious. >> it comes out december 15th and i know every one of you here by being here, you agree to see it. >> jimmy: yeah, of course, that's the deal. "ferdinand" -- [ applause ] th

. >> hoda's mother still lives in alexandria and works at the library of congress. in case you were wondering, hoda will also continue to anchor the fourth hour of today with kathie lee gifford. during the show savannah guthrie called this the most popular decision nbc news has ever made. it's certainly popular among her colleagues. tom brokaw called the announcement historic and so deserved and a huge step for women. greg melvin said there is no kinder and more generous spirit at the peacock. celebrities also weighed in. ellen d he will degeneres said hoda phone. get it? >>> cashing in on the region, the best neighborhoods for flipping homes and turning a profit. >> promising signs when it comes to violent crime in our area. see what's driving down the numbers and making our streets safer. doug, how is our weather looking tonight? >> it's only getting colder. tonight going to be a cold night, but thursday night into friday, we've got wind chills well below 0. going to talk much more about that. and remember that video we showed you, the potomac and we showed you tho

anyone who next week is 7th, 8th and 9th of november, major program, library of congress at union station to look at and examine 100 years since the bolshevik revolution and it's one of those things where i think if we could all aspire to leave something behind, it's that kind of a legacy is sos a mr.able -- admiral and i appreciate. i. one scar on lee's biography, despite trying to avoid connection with ivy league institutions he was a fellow of politics at harvard university, jfk school. talk about your life and history and then turn to questions. >> wonderful, well, thank you, mike. it's so tip -- typical of you, you're so generous in your remarks. i appreciate them and i appreciate being here at the d.c. office of hoover. i did put my paper at the hoover archives because says so many other conservatives and also anticommunists rat the hoover as well. so it's a rich, rich trove, and for those of you who are interested in writing about or learning more about communism and anticommunism, the place to go is the hoover institution. which was founded by herbert hoover in 1919, as a matter o

and she also works at the library of congress, which i think is interesting. >> that's great. and she couldn't hide her excitement when she spoke to hoda on the phone. this happened during the 10:00 a.m. hour of today. check it out. >> we are so excited. >> you are? >> yes. we are so excited and happy. hello? >> and hoda will also continue to host that 4th hour of the today show with kathie lee gifford. hoda went to fort hunt high was the home coming queen. something else you may not know. >> couldn't be happier for a person in this business. she is a real sweetheart, you know. it's been a great move for them to slide her right over. they've been -- it's been seen -- >> nice seeing women, a lot of women in the morning. >> we're going to start -- >> it certainly is. >> bad way to start 2018, the weather, big drop in temperatures creating headaches for drivers on area roads. >> handly is in the newsroom for what's coming up at 5:00. >> good afternoon to you both. pipes freeze and burst. we know the process, it doesn't make it any less painful. there have been dozens of broken wat

the library of congress and w tbh posted the 45 minute event. panel is called documentaries, style and the use of archives. pat will moderate. atis a university professor the school of communication at american university and washington, d.c. she founded the school for media and social impact your it looks include, how to put balance back in copyright. heat -- she coordinates the free speech project with the professor of the washington college of law.

cobb knew that lincoln would be at gettysburg, and she was in charge of photography at the library of congress. she said, she believed that lincoln would be summer and here. this was in the 1950's. she actually blew up the photograph, imagined where he here.be, and saw lincoln -- somewhere in here. so again, historians and people looking hard, there are always things to find. things are hiding in plain sight. i wanted to give a shout out to joseph in cobb -- just i josephine cobb. this is a fine moment when he was leader of the country. very good. a couple of more photographs here. lincoln entering richmond, the moment he got to play the conquering hero, when the war was won four days earlier. the richmond confederate capital falls, and lincoln appears in richmond. in his of some foul up arrangement, he is simply ,alking offshore with his son named so because dust people say because he was really wiggly as otherle boy, and saying that because he had a big head. head. lincoln gets into a carriage also -- freed african-american enslaved persons come out to touch him, kissed him. lincoln actually