rubenstein permanently loaned the document to the national archives as a gift to the american people. it was taken off display in 2011 to undergo conservation treatment and to be placed in a new protective case. "american history tv" attended a press briefing for the unveiling of the newly encased magna carta. >> i'm david ferreiro, and i am happy to welcome you here today. for years the only copy of the magna carta has been under sight, undergoing conservation treatment. we're showing you the result of our staff's painstaking work, displayed in a new encasement designed and fabricated by the national institute of standards and technology. the 700-year-old document looks better than ever. when the magna carta is back on public display beginning on february 17th, interactive displays will enhance the educational value of viewing the record. visitors will be able to read an annotated translation and learn how the magna carta influenced america's founding charter, the declaration of independence, the constitution, and the bill of rights. the connection between the magna carta and freedom

leslie jones serves as the executive assistant to the president and the david m rubenstein center for white house history at decatur hose. he acts as curator and collects manager for the design decatur house located in lafayette square owned by the trust for historic preservation and works in developing the public programming redesign of the white house visitor's center and oversees relations among many other tasks. he received a ba from miami university ohio in the history of architecture and completed her ma from the smithsonian associates and corcoran college of art designs history of masters program in 2010 with a thesis entitled pierre antoine seating furniture for the white house, evolution within the interior. miss jones is the curator of the washington winter shows exhibition. treasures of the first families and will be curating the 2013 exhibit as well. she is an independent lecturure on topics related to early 19th century american in white house history. institutions she has spoken for include the smithsonian institution, society of the cincinnati, american institute of arc

. >> reporter: cora rubenstein doesn't think she should have to pay for parking because it costs her more than someone who is not disabled. >> in terms of cost it's going to take me 3, 3 1/2 hours, so i'm paying 7, $8 for a meter. >> reporter: city leaders are trying to address both issues, providing parking for those who really need it and stopping those who are breaking the rules. >> in my ward and i've seen across the city times when people perfectly able bodied pool, are using and taking up all of the metered parking because they want to steal parking from us. >> reporter: matt ackland, fox 5 news. >>> congress approved a 90 day extension to the transportation bill today. it will keep federal highways and transit flowing avoiding a widespread shutdown of construction projects. the mouse voted to pass the measure this afternoon. the senate followed a few hours later. the president is expected to sign the bill before funding runs out saturday night. >>> in northern virginia construction on those so-called mega projects is moving forward. vdot briefed the public today. officials say

palestinians of any paper in the country and all these articles written by the israeli jews, danny rubensteinjournalists hot and to israel credit. the frustration for many of us old middle east hands is that we saw possibilities in oslo and the relationship between king hussein, and i knew him and with the assassination we watched that hope essentially vanished and israel at the united states has become captive to the rapacious right wing. for instance the foreign minister and has called for the ethnic cleansing of is really arabs and palestinians this was unthinkable when i first got to jerusalem in 1988, and for me it is a debate

david rubenstein at the carlisle group private equity firm as president of the economic club. he introduced mr. bewkes. >> tonight we are very privileged to have as chairman and ceo of time warner, jeff bewkes with us and i want to thank jeff for making time to see us. jeff is, has been chairman and ceo since 2009. he became chairman in 2009 and ceo in 2008. previously he been president and team operating officer of time warner and rows up through the ranks there at the home box office, hbo. he joined there in 1979 and ultimately became the head of hbo during one of its most profitable periods under his leadership. just prior to that at work at citibank and prior to that he was a graduate of stanford business school at yale it deerfield academy. jeff is a person was involved in a number of villain topic activities but also very involved in his school affairs and on the advisory up award at stanford business school and also at yale corporation. we are very pleased to have you here today and appreciate your taking the time. the company that you right now is one of the largest me