could newseum leave the real estate on pennsylvania after? it might be considered.phen tschida reports that newseum president is out. >> they maintain they can no longer support it. >> it's highly recommended. head of the newseum stepped down yesterday. as they called for the financem review. the goal is to promote and educate about the first amendment. some today worry. the museum in problems couldn't -- newseum problems couldn't come at the worst time. >> the president i insane. is there is a reason we have first amendment rights and freedom of press. iee super important. >> they are looking at possibly selling the building and thus raising questions about the very future of the newseum. stephen tschida, abc7 news. michelle: "7 on your side" along with wash and hot 99.5. we set up a red cross phone bank so you can donate right now. lines are open. the number to call on the screen. 703-236-9220. call right now. we will check in with them right after this break. >> michelle, private school declares the washington redskins have no place on its campus. you will hear f

the newseum said it will stay open during the review. before it was in the district the the newseum was located in rossland in virginia. >>> metro has money problems they're dealing with the general manager says the transit agency needs $500 to keep up with expenses and maintenance. the question now though is who is going to pay for that. yesterday the governors from virginia, maryland and d.c. got together for a regional summit. they talked about metro's issues and money was a big focus. but so far, there has not been a consensus about local communities will be able to chip in to help pay for the system. right now, the fairs you pay only cover about half of metro's expenses. >> also in metro news, one of maryland's most controversial transportation projects will soon be reality. demolition work bow again to make room for the new purple line. the 16-mile light rail line will connect with bethesda and new carrollton. a ceremonial ground-breaking was held yesterday with the added promise of $ 900 million in federal funding. if construction

autria: coming to the newseum, it is in financial trouble but may have to sell its iconic holding. jeffrey has stepped down as the director of the board. the freedom forum, which operates the newseum admits that it could lead to the sale of the building, but it will stay open during the review process. i hope that doesn't have to happen. larry: me too. the headline on the front of that has been hurricane harvey. on topa: it's a record of a record every time you turn around, setting a new record for the most rainfall from any location in a continuous 48 inches a history of 51.8 there, if you take a look at the list, cedar bayou, it has to do with the changing climate. more when these perfect storm's set up and continue to pour. texas, the one state that has seen more flooding and flood deaths than any other state in history and our country. the big state be today, lake charles posted up to six inches of rain, following the storm with heavy rain through western tennessee as it starts to a and up and become more ragged. this is saturday at 7 a.m., where already there will be a third t

the board announced audit of the newseum's troubled finances. the freedom forum says it could lead to the sale of the 250,000 square foot building on pennsylvania avenue. >> wow! a new program designed to make it easier to deliver food stamps in the district is running into problems. sam ford reports now the federal government says the city can't say it wasn't warned. sam: at bread for the city and groceries for the poor program, dodge young who gets social -- donald young gets social security and the food stamp allotment isn't enough. >> $15 a month. >> that is why you come here. >> yeah. sam: we don't know how wrong or right the allotment is bebread for the city with a list of poor people yesterday against d.c. saying year to year it has seen 42% increase in emergency food request. >> we saw a spike of the number of people who came to us and the amount we spent in food. we probably spent $200,000 in food. >> d.c. human services offices they blame a new computer system with so many bugs it's denied benefits to deserve them. kicked others off th

. >> newseum headlines reflecting the trump's tough rhetoric. >> that is plan. don't take anything. i agree. i don't think we shoul >> not everyone in agreement. >> it will trigger a large war. a lot of people will lose their lives. >> concerns especially high in the d.m.v. korean american community. estimated 280,000 people. >> at gathering places like this restaurant, there is worry about the family members in south korea. well within range of the north's military arsenal. >> are you afraid right now? for them? >> i am very concerned about my family in korea. i am lifting them up in prayer. >> one expert's advice find a way to negotiate. >> the united states seems focused on the pressure campaign there doesn't seem to be a release valve. >> take our egos out of it and sit together and have a conversation instead of just well, i will fight you. no, i'm going to fight you. i'm going to bomb you. no, i'm going to bomb richard: richard richard, abc7 news. alison: this is as japan marks the last time atomic weapon was used in war. [bells toll] it was 72 years ago today the u.s. dropped

we sent one of our photographers dune to the newseum and we saw the photo was also featured on today's front pages in cities all across the country from los angeles, orlando, miami, chicago, new orleans, boston, minneapolis, st. louis, charlotte, cleveland and dallas and many, many more. >>> but we highlighted those cities because each has dealt with tragedies like the one yesterday in charlottesville. tragedies involving hate, racial prejudice, mass men of color. republican senator john mccain sent out a statement last night that bears repeating. he said in part, our founders fought a revolution for the idea that all men are created equal. american patriots of all colors and creeds must come together to defy those who raise the flag of hatred and bigotry. >>> we are learning more about the virginia state troopers who lost their lives in a helicopter crash. virginia governor terry mcauliffe knew both of them well. the pilot was lieutenant jay cullen, 48 years old from virginia. on that helicopter with him was pilot trooper berke bates from quinton, virginia. he would have turned 41 yea

mean i mean let's be done then dig out of those as you say and seize and i mean it was you know the newseum in washington federal court ordered by you know what i make them but i'm not going to get focused on them we my court i don't stay home i don't mind this when people get with people clean up and i could i mean just imagine. if i got to look at ok you know same thing so he does i'm really not a pro and does is you. know just i think you know we're by no quick microstates you know media stuff and i think that i'm going to do you know what they're going to call me but i mean if anyone has the other side of it then it would be something so yes i just go yeah i mean i think to. let a woman like you know unless. it's. those who they may be when they put one like a i mean they know she had been in with people that have been in the the in. but i don't want to go through i mean as it will be in those that he would put a little cannot put an aside from the yes in these he get a place and even though you're looking if you can put it in for me get in this isn't do you. deal with this. look at you

monday trump admin officials appeared with top leaders of coke's network to promote a tax plan at the newseum in washington the koch brothers are putting their money and muscle behind the overhaul but so far the details are slim what we do know is that. both trump and the koch brothers want to see the corporate tax rate cut from thirty five to fifteen percent they also want to see individual tax rate brackets cut from seven to three categories koch affiliated groups are spending millions on grassroots efforts to promote overhauling the program while the white house and republican leaders have just released a one page statement that promises to reduce tax rates as much as possible allow unprecedented capital expensing place a priority on permanence and encourage american companies to bring back jobs and profits trapped overseas the trumpet ministration has promised a more detailed plan by early september. the number of new people filing for unemployment each week in the u.s. has been below three hundred thousand for one hundred twenty five straight weeks it's the longest stretch of this kind i

especially when you see headlines like this outside the newseum. "fire and fury." we went to annandale today, the center of the korean-american community. about 280,000 korean americans live in the d.m.v. many have family living still in south korea. easily in range of north korea military arsenal. now they have learned to live under that threat for decades. but at gathering places they are worried about trump's rhetoric and how kim jong un will react. this man left in 1986, when he was just in middle school. >> some people are afraid. but it has been a long time living in th they are not really concerned. i thought it's not going to be war. richard: kim still has cousins in south korea. he is very, very worried about him. where do we go from here and what are people saying about the headlines? that's at 5:00. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: today an historic day when it comes to the power of the nuclear warfare. this is 77 years in the second nuclear bombing. hiroshima was two days earlier as we follow the developments here and across the globe do

these are the headlines in front of the newseum. anthony scaramucci's abrupt departure came hours after the swearing in of the new white house chief chief of staff, john kelly. scaramucci spent 11 days on the job before booted. scaramucci already has a new job offer. adult web cam site offered him -- i'll get through this without laughing -- he is going to oversee the communication strategy and pay $500,000 if he accepts. alison: and a microchip in his hand. maybe. moving on. first was the evacuation and now the lawsuit. the first suits were fi company out in the outer banks that hit a power line and knocked out power. that mishap forced 50,000 tourists to leave ocracoke. no comment from the company. jonathan: building relationships and stopping crime. nancy: that is a point behind the national night out events happening around the country including in our area. alison: steve rudin is out and about in reston. hi steve. steve: this is the place to be for national night out. it's quiet now. the event started 15 minutes ago. if you are

visit ncicap.org] >> we are wrapping up the conversation here at the newseum. tonight in primetime, joining with actor and film maker rob reiner it's down with a toumnist about threats democracy posed by russia. inis part of the conference pasadena, california, at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. i had conversations with george will, david krauthammer, william kristol, some very smart principled republican thinkers who are on the same page as those of us on the other side. we are all on this together. we have not seen as of yet the elected officials on the republican side come along. they will, because they all know what the truth is. the truth is we have been attacked. we have been weakened. thesystem of democracy, free press, this man sitting over here, his whole network has been attacked. cnn has been attacked. "thenew york times," they have allt," been attacked. yes certain institutions, and we hope those institutions will stay strong and protect us. and maybe they will. we are at a critical point right now as to whether or not they will, because make no mistake about

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we are coming to you live from newseum here in the state's capital. our first briefing featured being prepared and our second reason is about the science. you do not want to miss it, there are some pretty interesting things happening in the science committee -- the science community. everything that you here, and much much more are on the nasa,, eclipse nasa.gov/and eclipselive. we will talk about the science now. i will introduce our panelists and we will turn it over to thomas who will join us again. has this interesting attire on. he changed on me today. of course, social media, send those questions in, #eclipse 2017. let me introduce you to these scientists. thomas as back again, nice read, i think it means dumping their. the associate and minnesota director at nasa headquarters. sjardins, principal investigator of the eclipse. going out to the west coast, thew, executive director of organization in san francisco. [indiscernible] program director of physics at the division of sciences at the national science foundation in arlington, virginia. ange

newseum institute holds a form on countering violent extremism.lds experts on radical extremism and theology. that is monday at 10:00 a.m. c-span, where history unfold daily. it was created by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. the british parliament is in recess until september, prime minister's questions will not be tonight. presidentxu delivered a message. it is courtesy of china global television network. > li keqiang: comrades, now i declare the opening of the conference in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding

i would like to thank the newseum for a 40 us this venue in a freedom center specifically for affording me to be a student and study and dig deeper into the intersection of religious, civic, and legal this course as a relates to the first amendment. i myself am the executive director of an organization called safe. the somali-american youth foundation. i am second generation somali-american, the son of somali immigrants, someone who is considered a leader especially in the somali community. what i would like to talk about in these brief moments is radicalization in the somali community, radicalization with somali youth. and some of the many factors that do contribute to this radicalization. as you heard, time and time again, not just one thing, there are many different issues and factors that contribute to radicalization. we just heard the story of abraham and his brother, the isolation, the social app court notice -- awkwardness, the inability to converse even with family members. before i begin, i would like to give a brief background about the somali community, the somali-american co