this is the national museum as such it's not the place for gender related content to be so explicitly portrayed. the protests are having an effect even before the demo the national museum and now state would put the artwork back on display but many here a skeptical. it's likely to end up in one of the museum storerooms i have no illusions about the museum's head and his decision. and the museum says this won't be the last time it made in the works for me it's exhibition. and joining me now in the studio is my colleague adrian kennedy from culture to talk about this welcome adrian tell us a bit about the artist at the center of this controversy they quite high profile they are very high profile and. better known as natalia of course has been star of the polish scene for fifty years the world. but this is a piece from the early seventy's conceived as a challenge to the conservatism of the communist regime that ruled poland at the time and of course of criticism of the food shortages that prevailed. so ironic that now fifty years later this and she communist workers for foul of censorshi

the protests are having an effect even before the demo the national museum announced it would put the artwork back on display but many here are skeptical. it's not likely to end up in one of the museum storerooms i have no illusions about the museums had in his decision this is indeed the museum says this won't be the nost time it may remove from its exhibition. let's recap our top story now venezuelan opposition leader one why though was posted a video on social media and what she says the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas modo has begun the government has responded saying it's confronting what it calls a small group of traders. will be back with more news at the top of the hour. danger. well what that's like. as their job. which means. there seems to is a constant template. of their efforts really were thanks to reporters take on italy's my. d w. here's what's coming up on the going to sleep so much movement in the us media this . mental side we're going to go it's my second book of it all that means for the title of course. i'm going to sleep every weekend here on t w

the street and to social media to protest the decision to remove a video installation from the national museum in warsaw the video in question by a prominent artist natalia l l dates from one nine hundred seventy three and depicts a young woman eating a banana in a suggestive way well although it's been on display for many years conservative authorities have now branded it obscene sparking concerns that artistic freedom is under threat. occasionally protesting can be a tasty affair hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the polish national museum in warsaw to eat bananas together.

this is the national museum as such it's not the place for gender related content to be so explicitly portrayed. opposition politicians have long complained about what they call attacks by the peace government on artists just under two years ago the culture minister pulled it subsidies to the multi festival in poznan saying the curator was too progressive the festival still went ahead thanks to donations. of shows that we have i'm always anti-censorship it's especially dangerous in art and culture and suggest the government has no interest in artistic freedom. the protests are having an effect even before the demo the national museum and nonstate would put the artwork back on display but many here a skeptical. it's likely to end up in one of the museum storerooms i have no illusions about museums head and his decision you're going to see here on the museum says this won't be the last time it may remove works from its exhibition. recapping our top story now venezuelan opposition leader won by the always posted a video on social media and what she says the final phase of a plan to oust

the street and to social media to protest the decision to remove a video installation from the national museum in warsaw the video in question by a prominent artist natalia l l dates from one nine hundred seventy three and depicts a young woman eating a banana in a suggestive way well although it's been on display for many years conservative authorities have now branded it obscene sparking concerns that artistic freedom is under threat. occasionally protesting can be a tasty affair hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the polish national museum in warsaw to eat bananas together when you moved.

and if you do level there are around ninety thousand objects in the french national museums and we were able to prove that two thirds of them entered the collections during the colonial era either spoils of war or through scientific expeditions purchased as gifts or bequests. if appropriation of the property occurred against the will of the people we researched whether there are restitution claims in the countries of its origin or is a strategy to begin the fun always does that in most cases there was no permission to take the objects of plenty of reports confirm this also whether with scientific expeditions in fear of your vessel we recommend that if there is a restitution claim the objects should be returned without any great difficulty it has to have as an immediate in the media we read about a fear that museum showcases will be empty in five years. is that realistic is this list of yours that any thought for it no it's not the objects that came into the collections over centuries and they won't all be returned within five years is good and sin is if he sticks about a few key pieces

if you do level there are around ninety thousand objects in the french national museums and we were able to prove that two thirds of them entered the collections during the colonial era either a spoils of war or through scientific expeditions purchased as gifts or bequests. if appropriation of the property occurred against the will of the people we researched whether there are restitution claims in the countries of its origin in this particular case it is a sort of three to begin the fun always does that in most cases there was no permission to take the objects of plenty of reports confirm this also whether with scientific expeditions and that's all we recommend is that if there is a restitution claim the objects should be returned without any great difficulty. as an immediate in the media we read about a fear that museum showcases will be empty in five years. is that realistic the us and is this list of yours that i really thought that no it's not the objects that came into the collections over a century. and they won't all be returned within five years. and soon there is a has to consi

created a huge body of work together with her first architecture firm she designed to use tony in national museum the museum is anchored your former soviet military thanks in time to. it offers a spectacular exhibition space and an impressive land in one. creations can also be found in japan and it was here the group together with two partners was commissioned to design this house the radiance timelessness. in order to understand what drives linda got mad you have to travel to her home country of lebanon. she grew up in beirut a city shaped by war. it's here that she's realizing her latest project stone garden the architecture draws on the city's recent history for a new residential building. that if you have seen beirut in ruins and seen how nature infiltrated the space and how the whole history of beirut was revealed if it was and there was nature invading the whole city of a year hard to clear for me it was fascinating to see how nature was capable of bringing beauty even to this pure atrocity and level at it and all of their advice if they. were that active i wondered about this holds these o

the first culturally significant building to burn across the atlantic just last year brazil's national museum was destroyed along with its twenty million item collection unlike with not saddam just a quarter of a million euros have been raised just one percent of the estimated rebuilding costs . for a success story though france can look to germany's eighteenth century following the church of our lady it was bombed by the allies in one nine hundred forty five. and after two days of fire the church finally collapsed. for almost five decades east german leaders left the rubble of dresden paroch masterpiece as a reminder of the horrors of war. painstakingly rebuilt beginning in the mid ninety's the new fallen kosha incorporates the ruins left from world war two and has received millions of visitors since its recants a creation in two thousand and five. also in germany the library environment part of the unesco world heritage site in two thousand and four its roof caught fire probably due to faulty wiring reconstruction was possible in just three years but the blaze took thousands of rare books w

and just last year, a fire consumed the national museum of brazil, decimating 90% of its collection. for the people of france, the return of their beloved cathedral cannot come soon enough. >> it was like getting a call from the hospital and you weren't sure threy were going t make it and you had to get down there and say bye. >> reporter: she was one of the hundreds who flocked to the site watching as the flames spread across the roof. >> it was like watching a really surreal, horrible movie, and everyone went ah! >> reporter: you saw the glass explode. >> saw the glass explode. it was, there were so many people, but it was so quiet. so, so quiet. >> reporter: and people here were moved. they were crying? >> yeah, there were people sobbing. there was a woman behind me sobbing into her phone. it was just shock. >> reporter: people have been coming down here all day, and yes, there are a lot of foreigners, but mostly, it's parisians looking down to see what happened to their favorite building. for "nightline," james longman in paris. >> our thanks to james and our team in paris. >>> u

this really cut the museum on the national and international map. this was a source of immense local pride. that this museum, this national museum was based here in cedar rapids and that there was a fine new building to house all of it. this is something that those initial people were really hoping for, a place that could preserve that history and culture and celebrate it and explain it to those who are not of this heritage. >> the mother mosque of america is the oldest standing purpose built mosque in the united states. construction on it was completed in 1934. due to its small size, muslims worship and other mosques in the area but still preserve the mother mosque which is on the register of national historical places. --ing up, we speak with about the history of the koran. >> it is the last testament. if there is such a thing. the koran in that language would be the last testament, the final. the final revelation from god to humanity. mohammed received a message from god, this message is called koran. not reading or writing. it was dictated to him

off to the inventory to all of the recover treasures will be entrusted to the care of national museums and transported to undisclosed locations. well joining me now is mike robinson a professor of cultural heritagege at the i'm rich international i institute thank you for being with us some fronts twenty four tonight. i was wantingng what you made al presidenent not c crohn's - -- o have this cathedral restored and renovated within five years is that realistic. wasery a ambitious -- and technicacally i i guess it's popossible but i think there wil be a procecess of decisision m g which comes before. any real attempt to restore the cathedral to work out how the cathedral will will look i mean i thinknk that's a not so debate amongst the the people of paris and against the the relevant. to orgrganize her to joke inn isolations so it's possiblble. but i t think experiencnce tells it takes much longer than that. right well when you do a renovation should you employ traditional techniques traditional materials in order to make it as authentic as possible or should you -- employed morton --

the natural -- the national law enforcement museum in washington dc hosted this discussion. to the national law enforcement museum. we are thrilled to have you tonight. my name is lori sharp day. i am the interim ceo of the fund, and i would like to thank target for making the sponsorship for these wonderful programs possible. [applause]

the first culturally significant building to burn across the atlantic just last year brazil's national museum was destroyed along with its twenty million item collection unlike with not saddam just a quarter of a million euros have been raised just one percent of the estimated rebuilding costs . for a success story though france can look to germany's eighteenth century fallen to the church of our lady it was bombed by the allies in one nine hundred forty five. and after two days of fire the church finally collapsed. for almost five decades east german leaders left the rubble of dresden paroch masterpiece as a reminder of the horrors of war. painstakingly rebuilt beginning in the mid ninety's the new fallen kosha incorporates the ruins left from world war two and has received millions of visitors since its recants a creation in two thousand and five. when germany the mali a library environment part of the unesco world heritage site and two thousand and four its roof caught fire probably due to faulty wiring reconstruction was possible in just three years but the blaze took thousands of rare bo

last year brazil's two hundred year old national museum burned down in rio de janiero recovery efforts have been slow for four year war any a man has destroyed heritage sites including historical old city and in syria the ongoing civil war has damaged world heritage sites such as the city of palmeiro and the. let's bring in our guests karen archer is that it is recto the french heritage society and she joins us from paris on skype from italy is that a birth or did julio scientific order nato there a research project which documents in europe with three d. modeling and the london we have francis maude an architect and director donald associates who took part in the restoration of the windsor castle in the ok welcome to you all karen i think the question that many people are asking right now is how will not all done but we're built is going to be the same again and actually that's a big subject of debate right now because of course there are one norms of construction and the history of the monument that has to be respected but as we know there was just a competition that was announced to

going to address the koch brothers sponsorship of many exhibitions to the smithsonian and other national museums? the first question is easier. yes, we're working closely with conservation organizations and the principal theme of earth day as you might've seen from the polar bear downstairs [laughter] is on extinction. we now are facing literally an epidemic of extinction. it's proceeding as a rate approximately 1000 times the background rate before the evolution of homo sapiens. it's caused by variety of factors for most conservation biologist would say one is habitat loss and the others climate change. the two interact with each other. that's an important part of our message. seen a fairmount of coverage of polar bears and extinction, there has been somewhat less coverage of the impact on human beings and particularly on the destitute of the world. we will also try to focus as much attention as we can on it. -- as weigration become desiccated and people can no longer live in a place like bangladesh brother other coastal communities, they have to go someplace. that is causing incredible politic

this is where the national waterways museum is.is celebrating the official start of the boating season this weekend throughout the easter weekend they have the easter boat covering, a celebration of boats, music and various art as well. worth checking out especially with weather like this and what a start to the easter weekend. the forecast shows a weekend that for most of you looks cracking outdoors. driverjust about all of you, fairly sunny as well and it will be warm. temperatures, the highest of the year so far yesterday. they will climb over the next few days as well. the reason is because of the high pressure across scandinavia at the moment and that is starting to drag in warm airfrom central europe instead of from scandinavia like at the beginning of the week. on that warm flow will boost temperature. plenty of sunshine today. not a lot of cloud on the chart. there is a few mist and fog patches across scotland but they will quickly clear. some high cloud around sunshine turning hazy for most but for most of sunshine through

be the i was going to head of the national air and space museum. the smithsonian director asked me to think about establishing a finance operation. why don't you come and do it, i know you will do it well? i finished with nasa , i wentters in december to him on january 1. they began to think about what they would do. get the people to do their jobs, and here they are. >> thank you very much. thank you all for your questions. now, we will move along to the next part of our program. mr. el-baz: i thought that was very interesting. evening again. i'm priscilla strain with the museum center for earth and planetary studies. i'd like to welcome you to the first lecture in this series. we have a great lineup this year. will cover lunar exploration from the past, the present, and the future. program, jump into our i would like to first give you a brief update on a major project we are working on here at the ourum in order to transform entire museum building on the mall. let's run the video. ♪ >> it begins with a spark. the passion for air and space. >> it

nations to return objects obtained illegally. in recent years the pressure on renowned museums has intensified. the pergamon museum the most visited in berlin is obliged to know the origins of its collections. you start to understand that what you have here is not just archaeological object but it's part of the cultural heritage of the region or of these countries and at that point you realize you're talking about a political dimension or a cultural political dimension. as a director i cannot say i don't know when somebody asked me how did your collection actually come into being so my responsibility as director of this museum is to know everything about the object. while the key documents in this file are the ones that tell us basically that it was ok to take up the object and this we have to do for everything and considering that we have roughly five hundred thousand objects you know that this is a huge task ahead for us something that has to be done over decades really five hundred thousand objects all in here so that's an ongoing process that will all take until i'm retiring but the importa

decade environmentalist in south africa screw the national. museum to protect endangered species from. thirty minutes on. this is the news live from berlin a mixed assessment that could prove troublesome for u.s. president donald trump no collusion with russia and some attempts to influence the course of justice the u.s. government publishes the much anticipated results of the investigation into russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election. also coming up driving in northern ireland leaves one woman dead twenty one years after the signing of the good friday peace deal.

a matter of hours notre dame had collected $1 billion yet in the past 6 months the brazilian national museumo they janeiro that burned in september raised only $15 million and ancient sites destroyed by the islamic state in syria raised even less to which a south african journalist tweeted i think this is what they call white privilege. supporters of the hundreds of millions of notre dame donations have been just as blunt saying it is there money, they can do with it what they want. shannon: it is worth noting that in the aftermath of the notre dame fire there has been also a great outpouring of hope for the two black churches the blaze in louisiana, the churches raise less than $50,000 but in the wake of the fire there someone thought to settle go fund me site. the goal of $1.8 million to help those churches rebuild but it is now over $2 million. outrage over how one college chancellor is responding to an assault on a conservative speaker, that speaker joins us live. they are next. because you didn't! your job isn't doing hard wowork...king them do hard ...and getting paid for it. (vo) snap

join us in the mission to transform the national air space museum.r, we will ignite tomorrow. ♪ >> as you can see from the video, this project is all about inspiring our visitors to achieve the next great step in aviation and space travel. it is a seven-year project. every one of our exhibit galleries will be either updated or completely redone. don't worry, we are staying open the whole time. you will still be able to come and visit and see our exhibit. even if you see lots of fencing and cranes. we will still be telling the stories of air and space, like the ones we are going to hear tonight. this program tonight is made possible through the very generous support of aerojet rocketdyne and united launch on alliance. we have air representatives in the audience tonight. please join me in thanking them for their wonderful support. [applause] priscilla: i am very pleased to welcome dr. farouk el-baz back to the museum. he is the founding director of the center for earth and planetary studies here at the museum. my very first supervisor here. that is man

this is right across from the national museum of african-american history and culture. no injuries rerted, but it backed up traffic for quite a >>> a former charles county school employee faces rape and sex offense charges. he was removed from the middle school in january after aud stt accused him of making inappropriate comments. today the school principal sent a letter to parentsaying in part if you or your child has any information to share about employee misconduct, please contact the charles cou y sheriff's office. >>> coming up at 5:00, more on the charges and reaction from the school. >>> a man is dead and more than two dozenkieople are l for a new place to live this afternoon after a deadly fire in centerville. the fire broke out early this morning at an apartment complex on bent tree cirire. northern vnia bureau chief julie carey joins us live now. julie, what are you hearing from residents there? >> reporter: well, take a look right now behind me. you can see work crews. they are brding up and fencing off this burned out building. they tell me the man who died

the credit union cherry blossom half mile kids run which starts at 9:30 this morning near the national museumof f, h andst g ets will be blocked off. >>> and offering a free prom pop-up shot from 10:00 to 2:00 th afternoon. the donated clothes are gently worn or brand new. >>> a check of your forecast is >>> a check of your forecast is next [ up-tempo music plays ] we don't just play music in d.c. ♪ we make songs that celebrate life... and love and living. they're born in our souls and hearts. and the beat travels up through our bodies until there's nowhere se for it to go but out. that's the way it is here. i that's the way we lit. ♪ >>> good morning, everyone the fog is gradually dissipating across our area as we look a erry blossoms, call this our cherry blossom camera throughout for that, here's a look what we expect today. a bit of fog. it will lift across the area, and it does loo like we' have a pretty nice day, adam, with amp clouds and warmer for tomorrow. >> all right, clay, looking pretty good. >>> back in aboutes 25 min with more news and >>> we are back on this saturday 2019.g, a

last year brazil's two hundred year old national museum burned down in rio de janiero recovery efforts have been slow for four year war any a man has destroyed heritage sites including historical old city and in syria the ongoing civil war has damaged world heritage sites such as the city of palmeiro and the. let's bring in our guests karen archer is that it is director of the french heritage society and she joins us from paris on skype from italy is that a birth or did julio scientific or to nato there's a research project which documents in europe with three d. modeling and the london we have francis mord an architect and director donald associates who took part in the restoration of the windsor castle in the ok welcome to you all karen i think the question that many people are asking right now is how will not all done but we're built is going to be the same again and actually that's a big subject of debate right now because of course there are normal of construction and the history of the monument that has to be respected but as we know there was just a competition that was announce