mr. berry's last work took place here. richard stamm is the author of "the castle." he illustrated history of the smithsonian building. we met our tour guide in the crypt of the institution's founder. this is about 40 minutes. steve: i am steve berry. i am here with -- richard stamm: richard stamm.

mr. berry's last work took place here. richard stamm is the author of "the castle." we met our tour guide in the crypt. this is about 40 minutes. >> i am steve berry. i am here with. richard stamm: richard stamm. has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. a really interesting plays that is where it all started, the smithsonian was stored in by admin -- started by a man named james smithson. he was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. had $500,000 when he died and he left it to his nephew. his nephew had been married and had kids, life would be great, but he died childless. the provision said the money would go to washington, d.c. to found at the smithsonian institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. that is what the language says. here is the meet part. -- neat part. he had never set foot in america . why did he leave a half million dollars to place he never set a foot in? to this day, nobody knows. >> the gas is he was somewhat bitter. -- the guests is he was somewhat bitter and a woman named elizabeth macy. for the fir

berry has made a career as a staff writer and editor the national geographic and smithsonian magazine. she currently'ses in raleigh, north carolina, and she is with michael moor, the great, great grandson of mr. smalls. mr. moore is an accomplished businessman and the international african-american museum in charleston, carolina. [applause] >> we decided before that i'm going to sort of ask the first question but it feels awkward. this is cates event and i'm support of supporting her so i just want to do my part to welcome y'all here. it's great. i've had -- we had a chance to do this once before and this looks like a great crowd, and i hear it's a friendly one. lots of folks that know herself. we're going to just do a little bit of a q & a, back and forth, and in so doing i think reveal a bit more about the man, robert smalls, his life, and some other stuff. so, i think i'm going to start. how did you -- how did robert signaled come across your radar and you have -- you could have written about anything. why robert smalls? >> well, thank you for being here. it means the world to me to have the support of robert smalls' family in writing this back. it was very important to me in going into t

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berry lover in town. she loves to grow fruit in her garden. stella performed in her first dance recital when she was 65. mr.b is proud to say he did not stop mowing his lawn until he turned 100. and thank you, sir, for your service. last but not least. happy 107th birthday to eleanor bearwald, a world traveler from illinois. she and her husband have driven from their home to every state capital in america. >> man. >> as you know, if you know someone secelebrating a milesto birthday or anniversary, tell us about them at today.com/photo. >> do you think you would make that full fish at home? >> he makes it look so easy. just flipped right off the bone. >> how do you do it i )m ... ==cam== we )re under a microclimate weather alert .. as temperatures >>> good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. we are under a microclimate weather alert as temperatures in some parts of the bay area are expected to soar well into the triple digits. here's a live look in dublin where meteorologist kari hall expects it to reach 108 degrees. this is supposed to be hottest day of the week with most areas seeing some slight cooling