i especially want to acknowledge the council of the museum that is co-chaired by linda parsons rice.your leadership. [ applause ] >> today, in the words of washington, d.c. poet, lewis alexander, we call the lost dream back. today we begin to manifest on this mall, on this sacred space, the dreams of many generations who fought for and believe that there should be a site in the nation's capital that will help all americans remember and honor african-american history and culture, but equally important to this vision was the need to make better all who, by using african-american culture as a lens to more clearly understand what it means to be an american. so with ground breaking, we mark a major milestone in the creation of this museum, a museum that as the belove ed historian franklin used to say to me, it must tell the unvarnished truth because this will be a museum that will have moments to make one cry or to ponder the pain of slavery and segregation, but it will also be a signature green museum designed by the gifted architectural team of the smith group, but a museum that soars o

parsons?> the big issue and you know this. >> sure. >> whether it's the occupy wall street or other people in the outside, there is a view that our financial system is rigged. so if somebody is not getting the job done, by getting rid of someone at the top, and it's not like he has a choice, by getting rid of someone at the top you send a signal. you send a signal to the other 200,000 citigroup employees that will hold people accountable if you're not getting the job done. you send a signal to the rest of the banking industry and a signal to the outsiders that business as usual has changed. and let's just take one step at a time. we start with citigroup whether it's 500 companies in the fortune 500, let's go company by company, chairman by chairman, ceo by ceo and hold people accountable. >> very briefly i want jonathan in. what is your criteria? what would the criteria be that would get you to richard parsons in the first place specifically and how might you look at other companies through th

parson weems has never recould beered from the story of washington throwing money across the river. anyone who knew washington knew that there was no one less likely to throw money away. as he himself liked to say, many nickels make a buckle. tell it to congress. indeed it is washington's ongoing struggle to become the man and leader he wanted to be. and that a raw republic, a nation in name only required for its survival. it is this process of becoming which defines his character not to mention this year's gayhart gaines lecture series. it's hard to think of a topic more relevant to our politically cynical age, to a generation raised on "south park" and "saturday night live," much more accustomed to the ironic than the iconic, the suspicion comes naturally that the father of our country might just be too good to be true. by contrast at the other end of the spectrum, it is easier to revere a saint than relate to one. that holds especially true for the washington whose blood was perfection invited a savage backlash of the debunking craze of the 19120s, as in the modern iconic classes

especially want to acknowledge the council of the museum that is co-haired by johnson-rice and dick parsond when there wasn't much to believe. we are so grateful for their today, in the words of washington, d.c. poet lewis alexander, we call the lost dream back. today, we begin to make manifests on this mall, on this sacred space. the dreams of manywhfought for e should be a fight in the nation's capital that will help all americans remember and honor african-american history and culture. equally important in this vision was the need to make better all who visit the national museum by using african-american culture as a lens to more clearly understand what it means to be an american. so with groundbreaking, we mark a major milestone in the creation of this museum. a museum that as a beloved historian john l. franklin used to always say to me, it must tell the untarnished truth. because this will be a museum that will have moments to make one cry or ponder slavery and degradation. but it will also be a signature museum, designed by andre bond but a museum that soars on the people. and it wi

the same parson as all of us. who are of the. pseudo if you use only one hand nothing happens but with thousands of hands things will change. why did i protest i know people are scrounging for work without any freedom they are repressed and arrested by the government. of the. garden only the military trucks smashed the gates and entered the monastery they beat up everyone and destroyed everything they tied up the monks and they kicked anyone who looked up. or you know that even though they made the monks crawl to the trucks they beat them from behind until they vomited blood. regardless of our lives we protest we protest for freedom. it's obvious the what the regime is doing is very unjust getting students and monks in jail as political prisoners. monks were and continue to be tortured and. sit on military dictatorships never care about the people. they control and subjugate with fear of the law don't be i'm a teacher. i. was i. i. i. i. i i. as monks we don't take up arms did we don't start and revolutions no. then we got the po

>> authorizing the director of transportation to execute an agreement with parsons brinkerhoof to develop the sf -- sfmta real-estate and facilities vision for the 21st century and provide as needed services, at a cost not to exceed $1,060,000 in for a term of five years. >> good morning. i am with the financing information technology division. the mta has significant needs to upgrade its operation in order to meet the growth in demand that transportation will receive in the growing decade. given the wide range of functions under the mta's jurisdiction, the agency must address the current and future needs of these various areas, including transit vehicles, enforcement vehicles, maintenance shops, operations centers, and administrative offices. this information is critical for internal purposes and communicating to our various stakeholders what is required for the agency to provide services now and into the future for the next decade. our current facilities are spread out all over san francisco, ranging in age from more than one century, such as the overhead, 1893 lines for the muni, to a

right all our wrongs to celebrate our humanity and truly live the belief that each of us is the same parson as all of us who. were the because who was only pseudo few use only one hand nothing happens but with thousands of hands things will change. why did i protest at all when people are scrounging for work without any freedom they are reprised and arrested by the government told me i'm of letting out of the family i. got there on the military trucks smashed the gates and entered the monastery they beat up everyone and destroyed everything they tied up the monks they kicked anyone who looked up. for you know that you know they made the monks crawl to the trucks they beat them from behind until they vomited blood. regardless of our lives we protest we protest for freedom. it's always the what the regime is doing is very unjust getting students and monks in jail as political prisoners. monks were and continue to be tortured and. sit on us military dictatorships never care about the people you do it to us and. the way they control and subjugate with fear of the law don't be on a teacher. laug

dozens in northwestern pakistan the blast went off outside the mosque in a busy market in the town of parson are close to the afghan border thousands of pakistani civilians have died in bombings over the last five years most of them carried out by. militants. in major armed robbery has been carried out at the ancient olympian museum in greece two thieves entered the building where they bound and gagged a female employee before stealing up to seventy important artifacts greece's culture minister submitted his resignation following the incident friday's robbery is the second major museum theft in the past two months and january works by pablo picasso and now were stolen from the country's national gallery and central athens now your business update with current. hello and welcome to business this hour here's a warning to the super rich if you're planning to buy a mega yacht in russia do it now the finance ministry says it's working out a way to impose a new luxury tax next year that's up to prime minister putin said he wanted to tax conspicuous consumption as the price for not investing in the

including this huge hit from the movie "the bodyguard" and "i will always love you" was written by dolly parsons -- parton and that is playing so much, parton will be one of the people making a lot of money in the wake of houston's death, since the song is expected to top the. >> i joy tunes chart and this is why the song is soaring again. 195,000 people bought that song by sunday night. since whitney houston died on saturday, her album sales have skyrocketed by 6,000% and the bittersweet new success for a singer who had long been one of music's top-selling artists in history. >>> and now to a developing story in iran. they claim it reachd two major add vancements defying western demands and sanctions to end the controversy -- controversial work and it's threatening searches of its own cutting off oil to some countries. >> reporter: iranian president touring a nuclear facility in tehran and also leading a ceremony where the islamic republic's first self-produced nuclear fuel rods were loaded into a research reactor. the event reportedly showing despite sanctions and pressure from the u.s., and

houston's family preparing to say private good-bye's at the new hope baptist church and gospel singer and parsons wymans has been asked to give a eulogy and plan to have a jumbotron outside so people can watch. i talk to those dloes the superstar diva. >>> and crisis in the middle east, is iran behind it? i asked a top member of the israeli government? >> they would like to take control of the persian empire and the oil fields in the middle east and to have a nuclear bomb. >> we begin with our big story, latest on whitney houston's tragic death. i want to start by bringing you cnn's don lemon covering the store in los angeles where whitney died saturday night. you've been with us from the start, endless twists and turns. i understand you spoke to the coroner today. what did he tell you? >> i did, piers. i want to be very specific what the coroner said because he warned everyone about the rumors out there. lots of rumors. one i want to point out. he said he's getting calls from all over the world. the dea is now joining this investigation with the coroner because prescription drug meds are killing

choreographer david parsons guides the dancers in their own special language. no music needed. the dancers feel it instead. they are the music. >> all in concrete, buildings, in new york, in the city. so it's been great for the dancers. we've been digging down deep, man, and getting primal. seriously. you forget we're animals. >> we forget where we come from and this is where we come from. >> reporter: superintendent dan kimball has seen a lot of things in this park. >> we've never had dancers in the park. >> what do you think? >> spectacular. >> reporter: the crew wanted the best spots. >> they wanted to go way deep. we told them the right season to come and we recommended they not come during the mosquito season. >> this is the seventh installation of face of america, this series. it will be performed at wolf trap on september 8th so plenty of time for you to get it on your calendar. september 8th is a ways away, right? >> i can get us front row seats. okay? you and me. we there are. >> you went to the university of florida. >>> you two years ago today? chances are you were s

. >> i'm not asking you to make a parson judgment, you never do, but what does it say about the fact moderate republican doesn't fit anymore, doesn't like it anymore? >> well, it's interesting. by observation and hearing member s talk about this, something that might not come to mind right away is the experience of being someone like olympia snowe on capitol hill means you spend a lot of time sort of out on your own island politically speaking. well, republicans would be frustrated with her, democrats would be trying to put a lot of pressure on her, even encouraging her to switch parties, always counting on her as a deciding vote. all of that pressure. so some of the sense of being able to get things done has probably been very hard for her to have here for a long time now. she's a very reasonable person to talk to. i've spent time with her back in maine in her home state. very popular, as you point out. it was a real stunner. we often use hyperbolic language talking politics. this shocked people. >> because she couldn't use re-election. >> i won't be absolute, but she was expected t

at 3:00 ellen celebrates super monday and welcomes jim parsons from the big bank theory to her show.in that's at 3:00. >>> nbc's hit show "the voice" is back and out to find the next best singer. ♪ >> season two premiered last night right of after the super bowl with blind auditions. the panel of celebrity coaches is trying to pick 12 singers for their individual team. at the end of the season though, only one singer will be titled "the voice." >> then it's drama on stage. nbc's new series called "smash." emmy winner deborah messing returns to nbc in this drama after hr years on "will and grace." she plays a lyricist. >> i think it tapped into something very pure and fundamental for me because my first love was musical theater and my first love was the theater world. >> oscar winner angelica houston is also in the cast along with several real-life broadway veterans. it is produced by steven spielberg. that's tonight. >>> the music starts at 8:00 tonight with "the voice." you can critique the performances with news4 and big tigger's going to join her in a special web chat on nbcwashin

lewis, linda johnson rice, dick parsons. and from the smithsonian museum, dr. richard curan and dr.t is huge. >> it is huge. it is grand. yeah. >> you look exquisite yourself. really, just from "the cosby show," you don't look a day older. tell me why this is important to you. >> the smithsonian rounds out the telling of the american experience, rounds out the telling of the american story. with the smithsonian has 18 museums and this will be the 19th. and in this one, well, this one is dedicated to, what it says, african-american history and culture. and african-american history and culture is about descendents of africans but it's also about other people as well. our stories intermine gegle, yo know. it's going to be commemorative of the entirety of the story of descendents of africans in this country. >> i assume, too there will be some sort of chapter. because we have seen michael jackson, athletes, obviously the remnants of the time of slavery and jim crow. i imagine, too, there will be something about the cosby show because it was so transformative. is that correct? >> well, t

happy birthday to our beautiful friend bruce parson of lubbock, texas, out west.cer and loves to play dominoes. we have jessie williams from clinton, new york. 104 years old. she remembers going to school in a horse drawn sleigh? how about that. i saw that. lots of mennonites in my part of the country. robert and estelle pruitt, to pe ka, kansas. and robert still treats estelle like a southern belle. ding dong. happy birthday. now back to little old new york. >> willard scott in florida, thank you. still ahead, adam levine from maroon 5 and nbc's "the voice." live in studio. we'll catch up with him after your local news and weather. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the time is 8:26. let's look at one of our top story to it. the state of george headley rests in the hands of the jury -- of george huguely. one prosecutor choked up as the -- as he recalled the story of how yeardly love died. we will continue to follow the trial until the very end predicting that the latest developments on the air and online. see reports and photos on the extended coverage of our we

happy birthday to our beautiful friend bruce parson of lubbock, texas, out west. and loves to play dominoes. we have jessie williams from clinton, new york. 104 years old. she remembers going to school in a horse drawn sleigh? how about that. i saw that. lots of mennonites in my part of the country. robert and estelle pruitt, to pe ka, kansas. and robert still treats estelle like a southern belle. ding dong. happy birthday. now back to little old new york. >> willard scott in florida, thank you. still ahead, adam levine from maroon 5 and nbc's "the voice." live in studio. we'll catch up with him after your local news and weather. >>> 8:26 is your time. let's get a look at your forecast for today. >> right now bright sunshine and clouds are begoing inning to re to the east. wind out of the north and west, temperatures only near freezing, wind gusting to around 15 miles an hour. later today near 50. lots of sun. tomorrow partly cloudy and near 50. milder on wednesday and thursday. friday might get some rain. then chilly for the weekend. >>> we'll take a quick break

happy birthday to our beautiful friend bruce parson of lubbock, texas, out west. and loves to play dominoes. we have jessie williams from clinton, new york. 104 years old. she remembers going to school in a horse drawn sleigh? how about that. i saw that. lots of mennonites in my part of the country. robert and estelle pruitt, to pe ka, kansas. and robert still treats estelle like a southern belle. ding dong. happy birthday. now back to little old new york. >> willard scott in florida, thank you. still ahead, adam levine from maroon 5 and nbc's "the voice." live in studio. we'll catch up with him after your local news and weather. >>> good morning, everyone. time 8:26. i'm jon kelley. speed may be to blame in a crash that killed a person and injured several others on highway 101 near the off-ramp to capitol expressw expressway. exiting 101 the driver lost control and rolled the vehicle several times. eight people were inside. three of them were ejected. police say none of them were wearing seat belts. one man was ejected and trapped underneath the suv and he was ki