i am interested in this information about rosa parks.i'm interested in finding out something about my family's history. i am visiting from iowa and i understand you have newspapers that go back. i am trying to find my great-grandfather. when they go to that information, that is where you go, your first point of contact. that person, what do you need, make that connection, a vast resource here and in other places. c-span: say they can't travel here but you have it digitized online. how do you figure out what is there? >> guest: that is where technology comes in. the library website should be able to direct you in the same way so you are going to search, type in what you are looking for and you will get a response and print, i will be very -- getting in the weeds aspects, excited about. making sure that website is just as responsive as talking to a person, people won't be in this technology wilderness. c-span: at your confirmation hearing the subject of the congressional research service came out and there seems to be quiet movement that t

i became inspired by the story of george washington carver, jackie robinson, rosa parks, and so many museum. as these doors open, it is my hope that each and every person will walk this museum away deeply inspired, filled with a greater respect for the dignity of every human being and of commitment to the ideals justice, equality, and true democracy. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, former first lady of the united states, mrs. laura bush. [applause] thrilled to be here today. this is such a really terrific day. on december 16, 2000 three, president george w. bush authorized the legislation for the establishment of a new smithsonian museum, the national museum of african american history and culture. [applause] when i toured the museum with dr. lonnie bunch last week, we reminisced about those beginning days of the museum, the legislation had been authorized, the site had been secured. lonnie had been hired as the museum's director. i will never forget lonnie's thein words what we consider cultural and historical significance of what was to come. he paused for dramatic e

i was inspired by the stories of george washington carver, jackie robinson, rosa parks, others whosehis museum. as the doors open, it is my hope that each person who visits this beautiful museum, that they will walk away inspired. feel greater respect for the dignity and worth of every human being. a stronger commitment to the idea of justice, equality, and true democracy. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, former first lady of the united states, mrs. laura bush. [applause] thrilled to be here today. it is a terrific day. on december 16, 2003, president george w. bush authorized legislation for the establishment of a new the nationaluseum, museum of african american history and culture. [applause] when i toured the museum last week, we reminisced about those .eginning days of the museum the legislation had been authorized. the site had been secured. the museum director had been hired. i will never forget his poignant words and we consider the historical and cultural tonificance of what was become. he paused for dramatic effect, so i thought, then said "what do we do now?"

i'm interested in this information you have about rosa parks. i'm interested in finding out something about my family's history. i'm visiting from iowa. and i understand that you have newspapers that go back. i'm trying to find my great-grandfather. when they go to that information and it has a big sign "information" that where you go. that your first point of contact. and then that person will tieles -- tease out of you what wow need and then make that connection to this vast resource that is here and even in other places. c-span: okay. let's say they can't travel hereafter but you have all of this digitized already online. how do you figure out what is there? >> guest: that is where the power of technology really helps, because the library's web site should be able to direct you almost in the same way. so you're going to search, going to type in what you're looking for. and you will get a response right on the screen. so i'll be very -- here's another getting in the weeds aspect that i'm excited about. making sure that the web site is just as

the president of the organization said yesterday- the refusal to stand is similar to rosa parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. the naacp have reached out to kaepernick but haven't spoken to him directly. but he says the way to make change happen is to get people to vote. in the next half hour- we'll hear what coach kubiak had to say about the protest... and look at some of the thousands of comments we're getting on social media today. let us know what you think on the 9news facebook page. a detective shot in to recover. today- we're expecting to learn more about the shooting that sent detective dan brite to the hospital earlier this month. 9news reporter vida urbonas is live in douglas county this morning- with information on how the community can help. i am live at parker adventist hospital where detective dan brite continues to recover.. later this morning .. we are expected to learn more about detective brites' condition in a news conference .. brite is the douglas county detective who was shot by a suspect near sierra middle school..last friday. the suspect ha

i met rosa parks in 1957 when i in 1958, i met dr. king, and these two individuals inspired me to get in trouble, and i've been getting in good trouble, necessary trouble ever since. ( cheers and applause ) >> well, one of-- after what protest, did you all end up getting a vote to the floor? >> we didn't get a vote to the floor. but we helped educate and inspire hundreds and thousands and millions of people around this they want us to do something. more than 90 or 95% of the american people are saying pass legislation to stop the killing. we have lost too many of our children, too many of our sisters and brothers, too many of our mothers and fathers. we've got to stop the killing. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: well, now-- now, and now you have a three-volume set called "march," which is a graphic novel or a graphic retelling of the march on the edmund pettis privilege, and the ramifications of that action. why make this a graphic-- why tell this history through pictures like this? >> well, it is important. understand-- young chi

koppernick's protests are like rosa parks who refused to sit in the back of the bus it is a lofty name but it is not a stretch. we will let history be the judge how con ifconsequential capper mick's action -- kaepernick's a is. >> there was a donation to help bridge the social gap. >> the ban they ares team every single one of them were standing up last night. >> meantime the broncos the super bowl rematch was what happened last night. >> the kick is no good. >> that missed field goal with 4 seconds left giving the defending super bowl champions a 1 point victory over the panthers 21-20 in the envelope season opener. but there's 15 more to go. one down, one loss. that's all right. we will take it. >> no longer number one. serena williams hit with a stunning loss at the u.s. open losing her number one world title. >> that is karolina knocking williams out they question what she was too tired from earlier play. williams set the record straight serena style. >> okay. i am not going to compete myself. i wasn't tired from yesterday's match. i am a professional player playing for 21 years. i

harriet tubman's hymn book - rosa parks' dress - louis armstrong's trumpet - and muhammad ali's boxing gloves are on display. plus many pioneers you may not know:"the pacific parachute company was the first - if not the only - war production plant that was owned and operated by african americans during world war ii." henry boyd bought his freedom and built a furniture factory - only to close nearly 30 years because people repeatedly tried to burn it down. "we in many instances need to hear those stories of inspiration - those stories of determination - those stories of courage."some of america's forgotten stories -- now with their own place in history. tracie potts, washington. the museum cost 540 million dollars.federal funds covered half and the smithsonian covered the other half.the coming up: incredible research that shows what smoking does to a person's d-n-a.but first, here's a live look from mitchell international airpot. meteorologist scott steele is back with the latest on our honey, is the internet back yet? yes!! i need to let her know that i like this! i like, like, like, l

visitors can take in collections that include a dress civil rights activist rosa parks was making shortly before her 1955 arrest. they can see chuck berry's cadillac. take in a tuskegee airplane used to train african-american pilots during world war ii. now "matter of fact" correspondent diane roberts takes us inside the museum, to meet one of the creative forces behind its design. diane: every artifact has a story, one of struggle, perseverance, and ultimately, success. zena howard knows those ideals all too well, as one of the very few african american women architects in the u.s. >> there is less than 200 in the whole entire country. diane: she became interested in becoming an architect as early as 8-years-old. >> i knew what i wanted to do but i didn't have a bunch of particular people saying "i want to be that -- i want to be a fireman, doctor, lawyer, policeman." diane: but it all clicked when she saw the 1970's, the "the brady bunch," and dad mike brady at a drawing table. >> and i was like, what is that, and i had to research it had to know what he did for ain help me understand w

and now -- members of the n-a-a-c-p are comparing her to colin >>> rosa parks spark ad movement. and now the naacp is comparing her to collin kaepernick. plus a local author tells us what it's like to be military. the lead fighting force. good morning everybody. happy friday i'm laura moody. i'm russell rhodes. outside with dave right now. going to be a weekend. isn't it? >> yeah. going to be every saturday and going to be a weekend. not like a hermine weekend from last weekend. no, no. a hot weekend. humid weekend. rain chances may be going up a little bit. football weekend. oh there's that. hey. hey. two degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time. there you go. tampa, brandon winter haven all in lower 80s. in fact many of these locations have jumped up into the lower 80s. rain chances run 20 to 30 percent today. 30 percent tomorrow. beginning go up with highs in the lower 90s. >> all right. thanks, dave. here 2 new lane blockage crashes starting off palm harbor u.s. 19 in area of county road 39. we do have crash appears to be southbound direction. we're seeing some dela

but not to nat turner, frederick douglas, rosa parks, or martin luther king jr.ause] all answered cruelty with courage and hope. in a society governed by the people, no one lasts forever. -- wrong lasts forever. after struggle and sacrifice, the american people, acting through the most democratic of means, amended the constitution that originally treated slaves as 3/5th's person. to guarantee equal protection of the laws. after a decade of struggle, the civil rights act were finally enacted. even today the journey towards justice is not complete. but this museum will inspire us to go farther and get there faster. finally, the museum showcases the talent of some of our finest americans. the galleries celebrate not only african-american equality, but african-american greatness. i can't help but note -- [applause] i cannot help but note that a huge influence in my teenage years is honored here, the great chuck berry. [laughter] or my baseball idol growing up in far west texas, the great willie mays. and of course, something i've never really mastered, the ability to

oh, sheldon invoked rosa parks to make somebody who cut the line feel bad, but only the white people felt bad. ugh, i should've never bought him that coloring book that explains black history month. how'd it go with my mother? uh, you know, it started a little rocky, but i think we got to a good place. ff at the hotel, she even gave me a hug. did she think you were choking or... i'm sorry, that's great. thank you for spending time with her. no problem. um, so listen, i don't know if you have any plans next weekend, but i kind of promised your mom we'd have another wedding ceremony so she could attend this time. wait, we're gonna get married again? yeah, kind of, but now we can invite our friends and family. seems like a lot of trouble for a hug. ou know, your mom was genuinely hurt we didn't invite her to the first one. look, in our defense, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing, and also, we don't like her. leonard, come on, she's your mom. if we can do something to make her happy, why wouldn't we? i just said why-- we don't like her. hey, look, then forget about her, let's do i

a segregation-era railway car, a tuskegee airmen training plane, a dress sewn by rosa parks. >> what we want to talk about is not only the challenges african americans face, but also the ways in which they've created their own communities and created their own institutions >> to obtain many of the pieces on display, the museum relied on people willing to entrust the smithsonian with artifacts they've had for decades. >> they've been saving things for years and years and years that they now want to share with the smithsonian and the american people. >> like other smithsonians, admission to this museum will be free. >> this museum can be an ideal gathering place to learn, to hold conversations, to be inspired and to be uplifted. at the dedication ceremony september 24. in washington, i'm aixa diaz. kathy: the museum cost $500 million. half of that money came from federal appropriations. the other half, the museum had to raise. joyce: a self-driving uber ride and a free lift from lyft. patrick, two different stories about ride sharing. patrick: the self-driving uber is a sight to see. w

oh, sheldon invoked rosa parks to make somebody who cut the line feel bad, but only the white people felt bad. ugh, i should've never bought him that coloring book that explains black history month. how'd it go with my mother? uh, you know, it started a little rocky, but i think we got to a good place. wow. well done. (chuckles) the hotel, she even gave me a hug. did she think you were choking or... i'm sorry, that's great. thank you for spending time with her. no problem. um, so listen, i don't know if you have any plans next weekend, but i kind of promised your mom we'd have another wedding ceremony so she could attend this time. wait, we're gonna get married again? yeah, kind of, but now we can invite our friends and family. seems like a lot of trouble for a hug. was genuinely hurt we didn't invite her to the first one. look, in our defense, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing, and also, we don't like her. leonard, come on, she's your mom. if we can do something to make her happy, why wouldn't we? i just said why-- we don't like her. hey, look, then forget about her, let's d

. >> he is the rosa parks of this era. he has started a conversation across this nation that cannot be denied. >> reporter: the president of the silicon valley naacp has got a shirt. >> i'm a nobody trying to tell somebody how we can all get along. >> reporter: he is the one that called the meeting with the police chief and the police officers association. he was glad to learn that officers will continue to volunteer for shifts at levi's stadium. >> what i have been told and what i see in the conversations, the officers will show up just like they have done for the last two years and provide a high level of service. >> reporter: kaepernick has been refusing to stand for the anthem. a police officer's union responded by saying officers may choose not to provide service to 49ers games. the police association writes, we will encourage and support our officers to work at 49er games. the police chief said there was never going to be a boycott. >> a lot of it is politically motivated, which i cannot play. i'm here to serve the p

rosa parks' dress, and louie armstrong's trumpet and muhammad ali's boxing gloves on display and many pioneers you may not know. >> the pacific parachute company was the first if not the only war production plant war ii. >> henry boyd bought his freedom and built a furniture factory. only to close after nearly 30 years because people repeatedly tried to burn it down. >> we, in many instances, need to hear those stories, those stories of inspiration, those stories of determination, those stories of courage. >> some of america's forgotten stories now with their own place in history. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> the million. crews broke ground on the site february of 2012. that is four-plus years ago. >>> the principal ball refla for the american ballet company is a big part of history. the first principal ballerina, misty copeland, the first african-american for the ballet ever as principal and she is in denver right now, a special guest for the women's foundation of colorado's annual luncheon, which showcases icons girls to reach economic self sufficiency. we will have a sto

. >> he is the rosa parks of this era. he has started a conversation across this nation that cannot be denied. >> reporter: the president of the silicon valley naacp has got a shirt. >> i'm a nobody trying to tell somebody how we can all get along. >> reporter: he is the one that called the meeting with the police chief and the police officers association. he was glad to learn that officers will continue to volunteer for shifts at levi's stadium. >> what i have been told and what i see in the conversations, the officers will show up just like they have done for the last two years and provide a high level of service. >> reporter: kaepernick has been refusing to stand for the anthem. a police officer's union responded by saying officers may choose not to provide service to 49ers games. the police association writes, we will encourage and support our officers to work at 49er games. the police chief said there was never going to be a boycott. >> a lot of it is politically motivated, which i cannot play. i'm here to serve the p

king on washington, even after rosa parks refused to give up her seat. even after those three shots right out in memphis and another american poet and profit was called home to be with the lord. havefrican-american people suffered the worst of our shortcomings as a nation, the shortcomings of justice, compassion, humanity. allow them will culture and identity of the american -- african-american people as one that has shed the unconscionable challenges and rose to unimaginable achievement. the groundbreaking of this museum could not be more timely. some could cynically see it as an attempt to gloss over the sins of the past. of a a celebration uniquely american triumph of will. to consider this museum and airing of grievances is to sell it dramatically short. it is the triumph of the african-american people. [applause] be forseum cannot caucasian grandchildren just to crimes offul the their ancestors were, or for the african-american children to see how terribly their ancestors were treated. at this is for the african-american grandchildren to see the tri

. >> rosa parks, dr. martin luther king. so many i know who paid the cyprian -- the supreme price. reporter: reverend jackson allowed me to go along as he went through the exhibitfo one ain't tribute to african-american athletes such as jackie robinson. >> today it is happening. you see the protesting of injustice. reporter: a protest that continues. >> we must go even further. we are free, but not equal. amazingly, we are not bitter. it is an opportunity. opportunity the civil rights pioneer says he is grateful to have right now. >> this is a community that is alive today to see the fulfillment of so many dreams. that is powerful. reporter: keeping hope alive for the next generation. in washington, nikole killion reporting. ed: i want to get going. outrage in a maryland community tonight. heather: this happens after video surfaces of police pepper spraying and arresting a teenager. the questions being raised right now. ed: caught on camera, two people rescued as their car sinks in rising floodwaters. one in eight women will face breast cancer. difference death.n life ande planned

visitors can take in collections that include a dress civil rights activist rosa parks was making shortly before her 1955 arrest. they can see chuck berry's cadillac. take in a tuskegee airplane used to train african-american pilots during world war ii. now "matter of fact" coes takes us inside the museum, to meet one of the creative forces behind its design. diane: every artifact has a story, one of struggle, perseverance, and ultimately, success. zena howard knows those ideals all too well, as one of the very few african american women architects in the u.s. >> there is less than 200 in the diane: she became interested in becoming an architect as early as 8-years-old. >> i knew what i wanted to do but i didn't have a bunch of people to tell me what that was. particular people saying "i want to be that -- i want to be a fireman, doctor, lawyer, policeman." diane: but it all clicked when she saw the 1970's, at a drawing table. >> and i was like, what is that, and i had to research it had to know what he did for a living and then my parents were able to help me understand what it meant. di

king and rosa parks. what we are interested in is the intensity of resistance to integration.e want people to see the signs that were put throughout the south that restricted where black could go. -- where black people who go -- black people could go. we want them to see the statutes that legislated bodies created because we tend to demonize the architects of racism, we want all races to be members of the klan and it would be convenient if that is where they lived but that is not where they lived. we have members of the legislature creating these documents and these doctrines to burden the people of color. until you understand the intensity of resistance to integration, you cannot understand why we are still dealing with racial bias in this country. if you understand this history you would be foolish to think that the civil rights act or the voting rights act was sufficient to end this history of racial inequality. you would recognize that people are still going to try to undermine black people. charlie: you said i'm not persuaded that we would eliminate the problems in the ed

oh, sheldon invoked rosa parks to make somebody who cut the line feel bad, but only the white peoplei should've never bought him that coloring book that explains black history month. how'd it go with my mother? uh, you know, it started a little rocky, but i think we got to a good place. wow. well done. (chuckles) yeah, and when i dropped her off at the hotel, she even gave me a hug. did she think you were choking or... i'm sorry, that's great. thank you for spending time with her. no problem. um, so listen, i don't know if you have any plans next weekend, but i kind of promised your mom we'd have another wedding ceremony so she could attend this time. wait, we're gonna get married again? yeah, kind of, but now we can invite our friends and family. seems like a lot of trouble for a hug.

. >> it felt like rosa parks. >> she along with three other witnesses we talked to say the driver of an mbta bus initially left her on the side of the road but once she flagged him down and he let her things got >> he didn't respond i don't know if that earninged him. >> reporter: they say the driver told her that he didn't have to stop for her and began shouting. >> i don't feel safe, i don't feel safe because you are behind me. stop talking and get back in the back. >> reporter: another riders including george grew concerned and called 911. an mbta inspector showed up and tried to twist her story to transit police making her americans we are not wearing the high jab nothing happen to you every day. she was like. >> reporter: witnesses say when they heard what was going they tried to give their own sames to transit police but were threatened with arrest -- their own statements to transit police but they were >> he then went on to say to us that to say to me that i was being disorderly by having a conversation with him. he stepped into my face. >> the transit police officer said you'

among the items visitors can now see -- a dress stitched by rosa parks. an iconic michael jackson fedora. and headgear worn by boxing >>> and the little football fan getting a big bear hug. a pint-sized detroit lions fan named eli greeting tennessee titans players as they make their way to the field. high-fiving several players. that's when titans linebacker wesley woodyard scooped up the boy. carried him a few steps and wishes him well despite his team allegiance. it turns out eli's mom telling us he's a little lions fan, but will also be rooting for the titans. >>> when we come back, something mi country, until one phone call made by a determined principal. that's next the. the microsoft cloud helps us . . . . stay conne. the microsoft cloud helps our customers get up and running, anywhere in the planet. wherever there's a phone, you've got a bank, and we could never do that before. the cloud gave us a single platform to reach across our entire organization. it helps us communicate better. track down cybercriminals. this cloud helps transform business.

it houses nearly 4,000 artifacts from slaves to the dress rosa park wore is among them. >> this is the place to understand how protests and love of country don't merely coexist but inform each other. how men can probably -- how men can proudly win the gold for their country but insist on wearing a black glove fist. how we can wear an i can't breathe t-shirt and still for fallen police officers. >> the push for the museum started back in 1915 when african american civil war veterans wanted a museum to commemorate america's black experience. but it wasn't until 2003 that former president george w. bush signed the law authorizing the construction. >>> canada gave a royal welcome today to britain's prince william and his family. they arrived with their two children for their first official trip overseas as a family of four. several thousand people waited for the royal couple for an official welcoming the british columbia legislature. their children will only make a fewublic appearances during their trip. >>> there is a hairy competition growing this weekend in denver. >> sure is. coming up

and rosa parks said how do you do it. she couldn't get out. i thought about what have happened. >> the next call comes from a place called troy alabama. this is jason jesse in troy. >> you are raised with my mother and grandmother and stuff. i like what you're doing. my question for you is what do you think about what's going on in charlotte and the other places with the police brutality that's killing the black young men? >> thank you so much for your calls. i'm very sad about what happened in charlotte north carolina what happened in oklahoma and other parts of our country but police officers and young people in all of us must come together and talk to each other never hate each other. we need more of what we call community policing may be police officers along with young people. then should study the way a piece of peace in the way of love. during the 60s i was arrested in jail beaten and left bloodied. and never became better. when i see young police officers with the african-american we think you for your service. they're out to protect u

a dress sewn by rosa parks. >> how they created their own communities and inst found ways to thrive. >> to obtain the pieces on display, museum has relied on people willing to trust smithsonian. >> like others, admission to this museum will be free. >> this museum can be an ideal gathering place to learn, to hold conversations, to be inspired and to be uplifted. dedication ceremony on september 24. live in washington, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> a group of americans have been honored for their heroic response to this fiery crash. i happened in north carolina. the bus did not yield crashing it into a pickup truck the driver trapped inside the burning car. that's when a grip of bystanders help to medals of merit for their quick thinking. >> a wild scene caught on camera in florida. a car engulfed in flames. a driver claims his samsung galaxy note seven is what set it off. the phone was charging and then he heard a loud pop and it blew up. the driver was not hurt. >> a touching reunion thousands of miles away, now going viral. watch as two young children, friends at an orphanage in china mee

. >> felt like rosa parks. >> reporter: she along with three other witnesses we talked to say the drive of a mbta bus initially left the woman on the side of the road, but once she flagged him down and let her on, things got ugly. >> he didn't respond to my sentence. i don't know if that angered. >> the driver said he didn't have to stop for her and began shouting >> because you are behind me. stop talking and get back in the bus. >> reporter: the other riders, including george bar is grew concerned and called 911. a mbta inspector showed up and tried to twist her story to transit police making her out to be the aggressor is. >> the lady riding the white t-shirt said it happens every the hijab. it doesn't happen to you every day. >> reporter: witnesses say when they heard what was going on, they tried to give their own statement to transit police but were threatened with arrest. >> they threatened us with disorderly conduct and they would arrest us. yes, they did. >> he went on to say to us -- say to me personally i was being disorderly by having a conversation with him. he stepp said y

. >> he is the rosa parks of the era and starting a conversation that cannot be denied. >> the officers are going to show up like they have done for the past few years and provide a high level of service. >> a show of support for camp during the oning game of the regular season last night. take a look, linebacker brand done marshall was kneeling during the anthem, a college teammate of colin kaepernick. he is the latest to protest social injustice against minorities. all the world is on able after claim by north korea they successfully tested a nuclear warhead. jessica castro is monitoring reaction. all the reaction is pouring in through the morning with officials from an the world condemn the nuclear test and the latest condemnation is from the germans and from the u.k. we also are monitoring some of the reaction while you were sleeping and the secretary of state, john kerry, spoke. take a listen. >> it is first to say that everyone shares concerns. we are trying, still, to monitor and find out precisely what took place. >> john kerry said he is confident at the appropriate time later

. >>> and then doggone it she decided to go back and help >> reporter: in her footsteps rosa parks, dr. martin luther king, mo happened ali, the greatest in a multitude of unsung heroes. a struggle reaching from plantation fields to the clouds conquered by the tuskegee airme. >>> there was doubt about whether or not african-americans had the aptitude to fly a plane. >> anchor: a story that includes but doesn't end with the nation's first african-american president. not just african-american history but a rich slice of american history soon on display for the >>> the museum opens saturday morning with several key appearances including president obama and the first lady. >> reporter: a new letter up for auction in cambridge showing the softer side of al capone. the letter is addressed to his son. it was written while he was an inmate in alcatraz. he offers his son advice and encouragement. the three page letter will be auctioned off next week. >> anchor: on 7 news, smart how they can help identify concussions. >> anchor: shots fired in a stoughton cvs. a teen-ager hit the shooter still o