including national museum of american history, the national museum of natural history. it also provides $50 million increase for the national air and science museum, beloved by millions and one of the most visited museums in the world. unfortunately, the museum is facing significant challenges with the deteriorating facade which allows moisture into the building and i'm sure we'll hear more about that, mr. chairman. this funding is the first of several significant increase it is smithsonian will be requesting to address the issues at the air and space museum. will fund preconstruction activities at the museum and construction of offsite storage. although these are large investments they are in the long-term interest of the nation. it is also the federal government's responsibility to provide the necessary funding to ensure the 28 million visitors to the smithsonian are welcomed each year and have a safe and enriching experience. so i am pleased that the national museum of african-american history and culture opening this fall. the museum will provide a place to learn ab

history, the national zoo and national museum of national history. as we mentioned our other priority is strengthening our intellectual foundation and our programs. our ranks of curators throughout the institutions have shrunk substantially especially in some of our museums. we need to reverse the long-term trend in loss of curator staff and we need new experts to acquire and exhibit our unique collections and insuring availability of collections for critical research. the smithsonian does face a future that holds both excites opportunities and imposing challenges and working with the congress and the administration we willinging a aggressively address the challenges and create many new opportunities. thank you for the opportunity for testifying. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, doctor. as you mentioned in your opening statement the national air and space museum which is the most visited museum in the united states and second most visited in the world behind only the louvre in paris is in need of major repair work. projections i've seen project

the national portrait gallery in the national museums offer insight into our nation's leaders. our diverse music collections would comprise the largest in the world if they were all in one place. now they are at a new of say -- as a new website -- now they are at a new website called "smithsonian music." a gallery reopened in november, following a two-year renovation. its debut division, wonder, has attracted more than 368,000 visitors in just the first four months. and in 2015, we welcomed a new at the national zoo. beloved by the public, bebe represents our extensive work in species biodiversity. in addition to the nearly 30 million visits to our museums in washington and new york city, we are extending access and education across the country. we now have 208 affiliate museums in 46 states, puerto rico, and panama. the smithsonian traveling exhibition service reaches more than 4.5 million people annually . we offer online educational materials in grades k through 12 to students of all ages, and teachers with more than 2000 learning resources available online. all of them for

it opened up at the national museum. it was composed of these panels so that they could travel all over the united states. most of the objects state of the national museum. what they asked was that local organizations actually display their own history. they decided to caught their own objects. and display them alongside the created panels about their own oral history. which was fantastic. we were also fortunate enough. we had bunkbeds. an old site where braceros actually lives. i thought this was fantastic. a man really wanted to honor his father. he wanted to tell his father's story. he wanted his hat to be preserved. it is right there. how can i ask other people to donate their objects? what is actual process of becoming a bracero. you are in one of the classic sending states. how do you hear about the program? through family members. >> the united states could send recruiters. >> actually there was some recruitment that went through. the actual city officials of these towns. it crushed recruitment. the first years of

claire pingel: welcome to the national museum of jewish-american history.y name is claire pingel, i'm the associate curator at the exam and i'm happy to be a tour today. the museum was started in 1976 by one of the five original jewish congregations that date back to the colonial period. we shared a building with them for 35 years and open in this location of november of 2010. we are right in the middle of independence mall in philadelphia, halfway between independence hall or the nation got its start and the national constitution center which explores the founding documents of the nation. we like to think we are an example of what happens when a people are allowed to live in liberty. our museum is organized so we have a big atrium in the middle of the building. on this side of the atrium we have some orientation spaces. on the other side is with the bulk of our exhibition is, where are the artifacts and stories unfold. in the orientation area of the museum we want to give visitors a little bit of breathing space and set them in the mood for what they are a

history museum, the zoo, and the national museum of american history. our other priority is strengthening our intellectual foundation and programs. our ranks of curators have shrunk substantially, especially in some of our museums. we need to reverse this long-term trend in the loss of curatorial and research staff. we need new experts who can continue to acquire and exhibit our unique collections while also ensuring the availability of the collections for critical research. the smithsonian does face a future that holds exciting opportunities and imposing challenges. working with the congress and the administration, we will aggressively address these challenges and take full advantage of many new opportunities. again, i thank for the opportunity of testifying. thank you mr. chairman. mr. calvert: as you mention in your opening statement, the national air and space museum which is the most visited museum in the united states, and the second most visited in the world, behind only the louvre in paris, is in need of major repair work. t

i'm the museum technician for the national park service. i work specifically for the vietnam veterans memorial collection, which is housed here in the museum resource center. the building is for the national capital region parks. but our collection specifically is housed entirely in this building. we are a collection of objects that are left at a memorial in d.c., vietnam veterans memorial. visitors come by every day, leave objects at the memorial which our park rangers collect. and then every two weeks or so, we do a pickup at the memorial. we bring them out here to our moo zeal resource center where we sourt through them and catalog them and make them part of our collection. i have chosen objects to show you from the collection. they kind of cover the range of topics that the collection interprets, including ptsd, mothers and fathers who lost children. they are objects that will go on display soon. they are good examples of the tin things in the collection. this was left at the wall in the '90s. this is part of a door that was in this man'

panthers gave up three goals in five at half minutes and suffer a >>> scientist and miscellany national museum of natural history have introduced new dinosaur species. his cousin betrays worse racks and might help explain how the carnivore became so feared. >> reporter: meet you might call him prereqs. site to say he's a little predecessor of the terrain a source. there is a deacon usbekistan with fossils are found a decade ago. >> it's crilly at the redditor to the spec using the dicat scandalous braincase site to determine the smaller dinosaur already had the powerful senses of a predator. >> were surprised to find out like t rex. sophisticate brain and a keen sense of hearing that will allow him to detect prey while before the president did you >> dipstick during his million-year-old dinosaur help sides understand the evolutionary leap them in the t rex possible. >> these predators became much smarter and advanced in terms of sensory capacities before they attained the giant size that made them so famous. >> a famous dinosaur with a debt to his little cousin. >>> the smithsonian national mu

at the national museum of math, i'm scott for "teen kids news." >> in the morning, if you have a hard time paying attention at school, it may not be your fault. there's now scientific evidence that teens don't learn well when they have to get up early. that's why the american academy of pediatrics is recommending that schools shouldn't start before 8:30 a.m. high schools in california, oklahoma, georgia, and new york have already started making the shift to a later start time. >> this important message is brought to you by the national road safety foundation. [ engine starts, revs ] [ horn honks ] [ seatbelt clicks ] >> hey! >> oh. >> whoo-hoo! [ horn honks ] >> beneath this stately dome, many of england's most historic ceremonies have taken place. coming up, we'll visit st. paul's cathedral. i'd like to drop out of high school and get a meaningless job that makes me feel bad about myself. i'd like to fall victim to the old boys' network. i don't want anybody to notice me. i just want to fly under the radar. i want to splatter against the glass ceiling. i don't have an opinion. i want

. >> the national museum of all ages seven days a week. >> they make, like, games, you know, and you're learning and you don't even notice. >> so, people think that math is just about, you know, numbers and symbols all on a page and incomprehensible equations. and we want to show people the meaning behind the math. >> located on manhattan's east side, the museum is chock-full with all kinds of hands-on displays and activities. so, what are the five most interesting exhibits for teens here at the museum? >> well, come on, scott. how about i show you? >> all right. our first stop is the human tree. that's what you turn into when you step in the red circle. you can change the seasons and even create intricate combinations. the point of this exhibit is to teach about fractals. >> a fractal is where you take one unit and you repeat it over and over again, ever smaller each time. and so you'll notice that each generation of this tree is another copy of you and of me. we're just getting smaller and >> when it comes to learning about patterns, you might say this exhibit on fractals is "tree-men

. >> the national museum. that's what we have just been told right now and i don't know if this is a tape feed or really live. that is what it says but actually this is a tape turn around. so we're assuming that at some point it had been live. has his tie off with his daughters at the national museum. >> the president is end gaming and waiving. we're at the mercy of cuban television but this is what we we'll be back with trent. >> more gloomy totonight. once the sun sets we'll keep cloudy skies a front will m me through south florida and that will replace the gloomy conditions with sunshine for tomorrow. you can see the dk skies in key west. right now is one of the coolest spots at 72. florida will continue as we could through the next couple hours. i want to get to the seven day forecast. cooler monday up to 70. seventy-five tuesday. eighty wednesday. and then here comes the summer like temperatures once again as we get closer to the weekend. we're going to be back up to 87. >2 trent thank you so much. >> let

next, a visit to philadelphia's national museum of jewish history for a tour of their exhibition, tracing the history of jewish people in america. in the second exhibit, we pick up a story in the 1880's, when the era of mass immigration brought thousands of immigrants from eastern europe every year. >> in the 1880's, we started to see big waves of immigrants coming to america. they included jews, irish, italian --all kinds of people coming to america at that time. coming to all different ports, not just ellis island, which is sort of the archetype of the arrival story. people were coming to baltimore, philadelphia, boston, and places you would not think of like galveston, texas, and california as well. we have on display a number of the types of documents immigrants would have needed when coming into these ports. everything from passports to visas, luggage tags, health inspection certificates. these are things that people tended to save for a long time afterward and even past down to their children. they carried great meaning for them. jews left europe for many different reasons. one of t

he's designing the smithsonian's national museum of african american history and culture on the mall in washington, d.c. >> i think that what the world will see is that the african american story is not a footnote, but probably the lens to really understand america, to this day. >> from a cancer treatment center in rwanda to an affordable housing project in new york, plus dozens of projects in development around the world, adjaye says he is trying to make architecture relevant. >> i hold the work up the highest standards. that's a given. but, for me, even the highest standards are irrelevant if it doesn't connect to this central issue of people, geography, and histories. >> born in tanzania to ghanaian parents, his multinational upbringing inspires his work as an architect. but he's has little in the way of formal training. >> when i did my research into how architecture was being taught at that time, and what the big voices were, i found that i just disagreed. because i felt that the discussion had become very formal. had become about architects naval-gazing, in a way. >> adjaye's b

the subcommittee congratulates the smithsonian on the news of the opening of the national museum of african american history and culture on september 24 of this year. the committee has met its funding commitment, one half the total cost for construction of the museum. we are pleased that this extraordinary public-private partnership, enabling the museum to be built has proved successful.

>> welcome to the national museum of american jewish history in philadelphia, pennsylvania. i and the chief registrar and associate curator. i am happy to give you a tour. we are in the middle of independence mall in philadelphia. we are halfway between independence hall, where the nation got its start and the national constitution center which explored the founding documents of the nation. anlike to think that we are example of what happens when a people are allowed to live in liberty. one of the big stars in our , thistion is right here is correspondence between george washington and the jewish congregation of newport, rhode island. these are on load -- loan from the morgan foundation. in august of 1790, washington traveled to newport to thank the community for ratifying the constitution, the last state to ratify. -- including the jewish community of newport, and this is the address that was read out loud to washington that day. afterwards, washington would write back to the congregation, a very eloquent letter confirming his belief that the new nation -- his commitment to

i'm the museum technician for the national park service. i work specifically for the vietnam veterans memorial collection, which is housed here in the museum resource center. the building is for the national capital region parks. but our collection specifically is housed entirely in this building. we are a collection of objects that are left at a memorial in d.c., vietnam veterans memorial. visitors come by every day, leave objects at the memorial which our park rangers collect. and then every two weeks or so, we do a pickup at the memorial. we bring them out here to our moo zeal resource center where we sourt through them and catalog them and make them part of our collection. i have chosen objects to show you from the collection. they kind of cover the range of topics that the collection interprets, including ptsd, mothers and fathers who lost children. they are objects that will go on display soon. they are good examples of the tin things in the collection. this was left at the wall in the '90s. this is part of a door that was in this man'

flew0 by 40 foot flag that over fort mchenry at baltimore's on the north wall of the national museum e street is this homosexual cherry jubilee. unbelievable. >> i represent the largest vietnamese population outside of vietnam from the vietnam exodus. politicalecoming leaders. >> how does his loss to loretta sanchez, does that near what is going on in orange county? >> that was a big landmark. 1996. m a graphics were changing to become increasingly latino. you had a very charismatic andno candidate will stop to immigration was shifting right there. proposition 180 seven was approved by voters in 1994. this came from orange county and was very important. take all social benefits away from people in the country without proper documentation. that included excluding them from going to school in that was challenged in the court. rolled unconstitutional and eventually was a key ingredient in latino's turning against republicans in greater numbers. >> i think things began loosening up in the 1990's. i think the presidency at something to do with this. orange county began getting more cultura

. >> this was the second of a two-part look at the national museum of american jewish history. you can watch this and all other american history >> each week american history tv's "reel america" provide archival films that bring perspective to today's public affairs issues. president kennedy traveled across the united states, making 11 stops between pennsylvania and california. he highlighted conservation of natural resources for future generations. this half hour interior department film was produced by the naval photographic center. pres. kennedy: our greatness today rests in part on this good piece of geography that is the united states. but what is important is what the people of america do with it. >> this document, produced prior to the death of president kennedy, spans a continent on the days between september 24 and 28, 1963. its message is eloquently expressed in the concern of a nation's leader for the resources of the earth and water or of the human spirit that are the indestructible fabric of these united states. ♪ pres. kennedy: i have come upon a journey of the un

scientists at the smithsonian national museum of natural history have introduced a new dinosaur species. this guy, you might call pre-rex. it's a horse sized dinosaur that scientists say is a predecessor of the tyrannosaurs. using ct scans scientists figured out it already had the powerful senses of a predator. discovering those abilities in a 90 million year old dinosaur, helped scientists understand the evolutionary leap that made the t-rex coming up on 10 news this morning.. a scary scene in pasco county as a man leads deputies on a wild chase. the charges he's now facing after crashing into two deputies. and are you getting ready for your next vacation? the easy way you want great whitening without the mess? think outside the box. colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen for 5 shades whiter teeth. brush, whiten, go! no mess, no waiting, no rinsing. >>> good tuesday morning. i am metereologist bobby deskins. we have fog out there this morning. warm and muddiness, low 70s for air temperatures. mostly cloudy skies in the fog is thickest on the immediate manatee in saratoga cou

>> this was the second of a two-part look at the national museum of american jewish history. you can watch this and all other american history >> with that power comes great responsibility and the idea that you have individuals sitting on the court for 30-35 years just doesn't pass the smell test one succumbs to a modern democracy. "q&a," changes you would like to see on the supreme court, including imposing term limits on the justices, and requiring justices to adhere to the same code of ethics other federal judges follow. >> supreme court decisions affect all americans. all americans are aware of the third branch of government and in the last 10-15 years, the third branch of government has become so powerful. voting, health care, women's rights, pregnancy discrimination -- i could go on and on. these issues that 30 years ago, the executive branch would get together to put together a compromise or a bill, that is my happen anymore. the buck stops with the supreme court in a way that is unprecedented in our history. given that the sprinkler is making these impactful decisions

. >>> scientists at the smithsonian national museum have introduced a cousin of the tie ran sore us rex and may have explained why the carnivore became so feared. >> reporter: meet timelangie, or we call him pre-rex a predecessor of the t-rex. dr. hans was there when the fossils were found more than a decade ago. using ct scans of its brain case, scientists determined that this smaller dinosaur already had the powerful senses >> we were surprised to find out that like t-rex, he had a very sophisticated brain, good, low frequency hearing. it would allow him to detect prey long before prey has detected you. >> reporter: discovering those abilities in a 90 million-year- old dinosaur helps discover the loop that made t-rex possible. >> they were much smarter and much more advanced before they take the giant sized one that's so famous in terms of the public. >> reporter: a famous dinosaur with a debt to his little cousin. >> he looks scary to me. >>> the smithsonian national museum of natural history will open a new fossil hall, that will include two new skeletons. >>> and one. hottest shows

i'm a museum technician for the national park service. i work specifically for the vietnam veterans memorial collection, which is housed here, in the museum resource center in landover, maryland. it's a central facility for national capital region parks, but our collection specifically is housed entirely in this building. we are a collection of objects that are left at a memorial in d.c., the vietnam veterans memorial. visitors come by the memorial every day, leave objects at the memorial, which our park rangers collect. and every two weeks or so, we do a pickup at the memorial, bring them to our marine resource center, where we sort through them, catalog them, and make them part of our collection. so i've chosen some objects to show you from the collection. they kind of cover the range of topics that the collection interprets, including ptsd, prisoners of war, mothers and fathers who have lost children. they are objects that will be going on display very soon and i think they're a really good example of the types of things in the collecti

the race starts at 7:30 near the national museum of american history. graham knight has a preview. >> reporter: hey. good morning. i got to tell you. while the music is great and the driving conditions -- we will talk about that. this had the most beautiful sunrise of a race i have seen. the sky was this beautiful orange and magenta. that's dissipated since i have arrived but it was just beautiful and the race organizers say what a beautiful day for at race. some may disagree with that. let's talk first about the drivers this is maybe one of the most irritating races in dc if you are driving there there are 50 road closures at race goes through every major part of the city. through adams morgan. columbia before it turns south. some are making the best of it. others like cab driver also be hurt by it. let's talk about the music now and the racers. what a fun event. i have covered it in the past and it's a blast the music is motivational as you travel whether you are running the 26.2 miles or the 13.1 half marathon. i spoke to one who is running for a dif

banner, the 30 by 40 foot flag that flew over fort mchenry up at oftimore, on the north wall the national museumstreet is jubilee.sexual unbelievable. that was from the vietnam exodus. they are incredible, they are becoming political leaders. sanchez,t to loretta does that mirror what is going on in orange county? 1996,s a big landmark, the demographics are changing to be increasingly latino. you had a latino candidate that was very charismatic. the immigration issue was shifting, right there. proposition 187 was approved by voters in 1994. this came from orange county, and this is very important, because it attempted to take all social benefits, public benefits, away from people in the country without proper documentation, including excluding them from going to school. that was challenged in court as unconstitutional. eventually, it was the key in turning people against republicans in greater numbers. >> i think the clinton presidency had something to do with it. when orange county became more culturally diverse, that made a difference. hispanic community is very burgeoning, active, and embrace

the marathon begins tomorrow 7:30 in front of the national museum of american history.etro opens at 5:00. roads and streets begin closing at midnight tonight. today they announced the winner of the prestigious porpiture competition that is held every three years. it opens tomorrow and has 43 best submissions. as mike carteco baltimore artist. mike: aim's oil on canvas miss everything portrays a young baltimore woman witnessing the recent rise in the city she is mindful of the black lives matter movement and hopes the work challenges the stereotypes. >> just asking to be seen. >> her mother encouraged her to be a doctor or lawyer. not a starving artist. but later she embraced her daughter's passion. >> i want you to be here mom. this is so far the greatest day of my life. >> she took first prize in the national portrait gallery outwin competition among 2,500 entries. >> they come from 19 states and the district of columbia. they are in absolutely referencing what they are seeing around them. >> the conversations happening across the country and in the news today. >> in a

the national museum of the marine corps. the director may surprise you. it's not a marine and she is tonight's working women. in a recent survey of the best museums in the country, the national museum of the marine corps many is triangle, virginia, was ranked number two. lynn the museum director since it opened ten years ago is not a marine but is part of a family now. >> marine corps cares about the people within the organization. i care for them. some people to be surprised that is a civilian is at the helm. >> i'm a museum professional by training. and by trade. and the marine corps when they have a job that is outside the norm for what marines are training to do, they look to the outside. alison: she is now overseeing the renovations and shared some of the plans with us. the museum is doubling in size. new exhibits will open to the year 2020. along with the dive bomber and the helicopter, there will be a giant screen theater. a children's gallery and a hall of valor to honor the medal of hon more recipient. she is still learning the culture of the mari

up next, a visit to philadelphia's national museum of american jewish history for a tour of their exhibition, tracing the history of jewish people in america from 1654 to the present day. the second of a two-part visit, we pick up the story in the 1880s when the era of mass immigration brought thousands of jewish immigrants to eastern europe every year. our guide is curator claire pingel. >> in the 1880s we saw big waves of immigrants coming to america. they included jews, i rash, italians. all kinds of people were coming in to ellis island. people were all coming into boston as well as from places you wouldn't think. everything from passports to visas. luggage tags, health inspection certificates. and these are things that people tended to save for a very long time afterwards. and each pass down to their children. jews left here for many different reasons. one of the most well known, of course, is anti-semitic violence that happened in europe. things called pagras whi. they were very traumatic experiences and they were remembered by the grandchildren. however, they're not the only reason pe

. >> it is great to go to the national museum. we have many, many activities for children.ands-on crafts. the park service will be there about their celebration. and then continue at 5:00 to the warner theater for opening ceremonies. >>> today a new gun store will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony while an anti-gun group gets together in the park. they will gather for a family base event in lion park. gun dealership close to schools, parks, and residential homes does not add any value to the community. >> a woman is now in custody after an apparent road rage attack. a man noticed someone following behind him driving aggressively for several minutes. so he pulls into a shopping center and hopes the instead, she followed him. i headed down to lorton to find out more. his morning commute down 123 in lore ton seemed normal until he looked in his rear-view mirror. the victim noticed a red convertible aggressively tailgating and slamming on brakes and repeating that several times. >> she was just swerving. >> so he decided to pull off the main road into this shopping center. where y

he's designing the smithsonian's national museum of african american history and culture on the mall in washington, d.c. >> i think that what the world will see is that the african american story is not a footnote, but probably the lens to really understand america, to this day. >> from a cancer treatment center in rwanda to an affordable housing project in

they set the basis for all museum collections in our nation. nd specifically, for us, our collection is guided by a statement. every museum collection in the park service has a specific museum -- scope of collection statement and ta dehat dictatest we keep, what we're interested in and our theeps a themes are, falls within our parameters and it also tells you what does not fall within the parameters of the collection. once they are brought here, we do what we call processing. that's kind of sorting through them, putting things together that go together, they were left by the same person or group of people. organic items like flowers and leaves and stuff that you really should not become part of a museum collection, food. we don't keep things that are hazardous to our health, obviously. that would include things like live ammunition, stuff like that. we don't keep unaltered, unpersonalized things. miniature flags that no one has written anything on. once we process it, we put them into archival standard containers, bags and folders and stuff like

. >> it is great to go to the national museum. we have many, many activities for children. hands-on crafts. the park service will be there about their celebration. and then continue at 5:00 to the warner theater for opening ceremonies. ? security is always concerned with things happening down here. they always work with the park to make sure events like this go on. people are able to come down and enjoy. that's on everybody's mind today, having a good time. certainly a good back ground to do it. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >>> derrick, thanks. a passengers heading to the bahamas yesterday. the front landing gear, something went wrong, malfunctioned, did not fully extend. a viewer sent us this of the landing. it had its nose on the run way. those on board said it was nerve-racking. >>> i got really scared and started crying. >> we were just flying around in circles. >> it was pretty scary. >> yeah. general consensus, scary. close call. the passengers and crew will be just fine. >>> the flight attendant and former beauty queen accused of ditching $3 million of cocaine

. >>> scientist at this missoni and national museum of natural history have introduced a new dinosaur species. it's a horse sized dinosaur the scientist say is a smaller predecessor of the tyranosaurus rex. they determined that can the powerful sensor of a predator and found that like t rex it's cousin had a sophisticated brain and good hearing that allowed it to seek out its prey. >> it looks scary. >>> something wild up next. >> a car falls from parking garage. find out what happened to the person inside. >>> a woman plus recent visit to the magic kingdom has made her a viral sensation. now lady is speaking out. >>> form officials linked to the flint water crisis and themselves on capitol hill. we have more from washington. >> reporter: former epa official susan hedman disbanded the agency's actions in response to the flint water crisis. >> i did not sit on the sidelines. and they did not downplaying any concerns raised by epa scientists. she set down as director of epa midwest regional office in february as the lead crisis group. she said federal law prevented >> did anyone at the

as mike carter-conneen reports, the national museum of the natural history announced a major scientific discovery today. dino species that helps explain the revolution of t-rex. mike: at the smithsonian national history museum they reveal t of a newly discovered dinosaur species. related and similar to t-rex but about the size of a horse. >> long, slender legs. a large head. hijack fossils were found in -- >> mike: the fossils were found in 2000 in uzbekistan. >> this is indigence style stuff. >> they believe this brain case, part of the skull is unique species that lived 90 million years ago to fill 20-million gap in the fossil record. >> this is an evolutionary story. how did the king get its crown? where did t-rex come from? how does evolution produce animal like a seven-ton super predator? mike: this replica of the brain about the size of a grapefruit is smaller than the basketball-size brain case of the tyrannosaurus rex. they believe the smaller, the smart as t-rex. >> it's a well developed ear for low frequency hearing. the noise you hear if someone walks about or a car drives by

, the zoo, and the national museum of american history. our other priority is strengthening our intellectual programs. curators have shrunk substantially, especially in some of our museums. we need to reverse this long-term trend in the loss of territorial and research staff. we need new experts who can continue to acquire and exhibit our unique collections while also ensuring the availability of the collections for critical research. the smithsonian does face a future that holds exciting opportunities and imposing challenges. working with the congress and the administration, we will aggressively address these challenges and take full advantage of many new opportunities. again, i think for the opportunity of testifying. thank you mr. chairman. as you mention in your opening statement, the national air and space museum which is the most visited museum in the united states, and the second most visited in the re in, behind only the louv paris, is in need of major repair work. seen,ojection i have projects the cost to be extraordinary, nearly $

up next, a visit to the national museum of the american jewish history in philadelphia. learn about their poor exhibition, tracing the history of the jewish people in america from 1654 to the present day. this is part one of a two-part program. >> welcome to the national museum of jewish american history in philadelphia, pennsylvania. i name is claire pingle. i'm the associate curator her s at the museum. i'm happy to give you a tour today. the museum was started in 1976 by one of the five original jewish congregations that date back to the colonial period. it's half a block north from us. we shared a building with them for 35 years and opened in this location in november 2010. we are right in the middle of independence mall here in philadelphia. we are halfway between independence hall where the nation really got its start even the national constitution center which explores the founding dopts of this nation. we like to think that we are an example of what happens when a people are allowed to live in liberty. our museum is organized so that we have a big atrium right in