is it in the smithsonian? >> i'm going to tell you about the trench coat. my closet in the second story next to the bedroom, if that is smithsonian, that is where it is. tavis: so perhaps the smithsonian will now be able to add that trench coat to the collection of american memorabilia. falk also enjoyed great success in film ing two oscar national nations. peter falk passed away thursday at the age of 83. that's our show for tonight. we'll see you next time on pbs. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and removing obstacles to empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more.

that people see that they are worried about and the science and history behind them. >> another smithsonian title, time lines of history >> this is a beautiful visual guide that day's history out from the beginning of time with the beautiful timeline staking you through cultural history and the important moments beautifully laid out and illustrated so you can get in a moment to understand the history and a special way. >> for all of these books available at the smithsonian? >> you can find a lot of them. even the books they do not have a direct parts of the do like to include our books but found wherever books are sold. >> and a book that is not a smithsonian title. >> this book is fascinating for all models on the cover we have the models of man through time that were specially commissioned by the two brothers of the book and they create these absolutely beautiful fall dazed of lifelike models. so we get a beautiful sense how it has changed through time and it is a beautiful history of evolution. >> host: with the internet and available of photographs online our people still buying the lar

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they were also working on the turrets on the smithsonian castle to protect it from the winds and rainthe storm. the city officials have been telling residents to be ready. let's listen to what vincent gray, the mayor, had to say about what we could expect to see here in washington. >> roughly a period of 24 hours during which we would experience the conditions of a hurricane. there could be some flooding. we don't know the extent of that at this stage. our department of public works for the last 24 hours has been making sand bags available to people who would like to have them to address their concerns about the possibility of flooding. >> reporter: and so he mentioned sand bags. the city handed out 7,000 sand bags to families yesterday. they ran out at 5:00 p.m. they had to stop delivering. that is supposed to start up again today at around noon at a stadium nearby. they will hand out another 2,700 today. they are limiting five per household. you will have to find some other ways to protect your homes and businesses. they want residents to be ready. i got a flyer under my door last i

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wayne, the secretary of smithsonian institute and not only an expert on earthquake but actually feltone himself. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, martin. >> can you describe what happened as you sat, i'm assuming in that rather aghast building? >> we in the capitol building, built in 1957. up on the second floor having a meeting with some of the members of the board regents and the education staff in what's called the parlor room, which is really a conference room that used to serve as a dining room for the press secretary. and we began to feel motion in the building and i personally thought it might have been the traffic, something like that. but it was clear it was an earthquake. i've been in earthquakes a lot. i'm an earthquake engineer. most people decided to get under the table. which was absolutely the right response. i tried to sit and feel the motions carefully, because i can tell a. >> bit about an earthquake from the motions. >> did things begin to move in the room itself? were you able to see, for example, the chandelier or pictures moving? >> there was some movemen

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his prototype is in the smithsonian. it's considered one of the great inventions of all time. george duval was 99 years old. >>> this seems like the space equivalent of jay-z and kanye. a nasa camera onboard the hubbell space telescope has actually recorded two galaxies colliding. that's vv 340 north on top and that would be vv 340 south on the bottom of your screen. we've really caught them, it turns out, at a good time. they will eventually merge into a milky wayesque mess, but don't wait up for it. it will take millions of years to come together. >>> up next here tonight, if you're one of those people who gets along with everybody at work, it may be costing you at work. >>> finally tonight, you've heard that expression, nice guys finish last. leo derocher always got the credit for that one. well, it turns out there is a new study from the university of notre dame that seems to back that up, where both men and women are concerned. it seems that being one of those people who gets along with your co-workers gets you a smaller paycheck in the end than the other people who are n

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the picture unveiled tonight will appear in the smithsonian in january. >>> i'm the meteorologist of the cbs 5 weather center. surging on shore, what does it mean for your weekend? plus, where is irene coming up next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] unlike some car companies, nissan is running at 100% which means the most innovative cars, are also the most available cars. nissan, innovation for today. innovation for all. >>> wow. >> you like fog? >> oh, i love it. >> walk outside after the show. you'll see more of it than you can ever see, right? >> this is your kind of summer then. lots of fog and low clouds. on the eastern sea board, they are battening down the hatchet as irene is moving up the coast. probably at about a category 1. how wide and how large the storm is, winds extending 90 miles from the eye of that hurricane. this is going to be all along the eastern sea board up through new york on sunday. and then right up to new england after that. here on the west coast, things are nice and quiet out there. just the way dana likes it. you have fog, drizzle out there. a beautiful evening

the one of a kind see-through auto was put on display at new york's worlds fair and later at the smithsonian. it sold for $308,000. >>> and no for a look at the national weather, we turn to bill karins. $308,000. worth is, what do you think? >> it's kind of cool. definitely unique. >> but what do you do with it in. >> i don't know. >> sits in the garage, i guess. >> with a cover. good morning, every. two stories. we have a tropical storm and also the impressive heat in the middle of the country. but now that we're getting into the peak months of our tropical season, this is where we could get hurricanes. and this is our first storm that we really have a lot of interest in. all the ones we've had up to this point were kind of weak and they weren't going to head anywhere towards land. this is more serious because tropical storm emily is now in the caribbean sea. this is where the warm water is and it's surrounded by land, so emily has to hit some land area. the question is how much can she strengthen and will she survive to hit united states. right now heading into the extreme eastern caribbea

aaa credit ratings of 7,000 state and local governments, universities, and nonprofits, like the smithsonian institution, have also been placed on review because of their dependence on federal funding. downgrades could mean higher local taxes, and more job cuts. anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >>> and now that the debt crisis appears to be over, congress is under pressure to resolve the budget dispute that shut down much of the federal aviation administration. 4,000 faa workers were furloughed almost two weeks ago. it happened because senate republicans demanded a $6.5 million cut in the agency's budget, and democrats balked. during the shutdown the faa can't collect $30 million a day in federal taxes on airline tickets. that's already cost the government a quarter billion dollars. >>> in new hampshire, an autopsy is planned today for 11-year-old celina cass, whose body was found yesterday. it was discovered in a river less than a mile from her home, not far from the canadian border. celina had vanished from her bedroom on july 25th. it remains a mystery. police say there was no sign of s

been on tour to six city as -- cities and opened at the national museum of american history at the smithsonian institute and we anticipate more than 2.5 million folks will visit that exhibit. how's that for success? terrific. their wonderful book it that documents the kinsey collection has been selected by the florida department of education for the curriculum to team african-american studies to 3.6 million students throughout the state. so that's also a wonderful accomplishment. it's indeed mip pleasure to welcome a man to waves a wonderful cultural narrative of a people. please, give a warm welcome to bernard kinsey. bernard? [applause] . >> first of all i want to make sure you can hear me. who has the sound in here? just bring it up a little bit so we can do this. first of all, luis, thank you so much to the san francisco public libraries, stewart, shaw, and carroll. up guys have done a super job. you've got to come down to the san francisco african-american historical society. we have about 50 pieces of the kinsey collection there that documents the frick american experience from 1600 thro

a new blog featured on the smithsonian's website getk attention for the wrong reasons.he department of innovation describes it as being about people and ideas that will likely shape the way we will live one day. the logo features three interlocking years that could not turn and rotate properly. a user noted that the gears are imminentize # and representative the opposite of innovation. it does accurately reflect the state of our nation's capitol, but that is hardly innovation. i recommend shifting gears. finally hollywood take on the navy seal mission that killed usama bin laden is scheduled to come out in october of next year. less than a month before the presidential election. columnist maureen dowd write writes -- the movie makers are getting top level access to the most classified mission in history. ♪ top story at the bottom of the hour, brutal day on wall street as investors get the first chance to react to the downgrading of the s&p on friday. the credit rating. the dow jones/industrials average plunged 635 points to fall below 11,000. the s&p 500 lost 80. the na

the aaa credit rating of 7,000 state and local governments, universities and non-profits like the smithsonian institution have also been placed on review because of their dependence on federal funding. downgrades could mean higher local taxes and more job cuts, scott? >> pelley: thanks, anthony. many health insurance companies will soon have to provide women with free contraceptives. syria's dictator is stepping up a deadly crackdown on protestors. and the giant asteroid vesta ready for its close-up when the "cbs evening news" continues. sometimes life can be, well, a little uncomfortable, but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go... it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool softener. make yourself comfortable. oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the wo

the smithsonian's visiting wholeness are probably at an all time high albeit. issues in the region it also means you're not home no. real reason please permission to be going is the only question is why don't the other eighty percent or so on the street. that is an excellent question but of course a pac has has has a long history of supporting and donating finances to two u.s. lawmakers but what about this political situation the current climate that we're in do you think accounts for why this unprecedented size trip now i mean they've been going over to israel for years but this is a twenty percent of the u.s. congress i mean that's a huge huge chunk i think it actually only underscores what has been going on for two years now which is really only going to show some civil society around the world including in the ninety's where people's movements are starting to recognize and understand that the status quo. in the general in the middle east is untenable and in particular u.s. support financial support and little support for israel is untenable moving forward w

barbara clark smith is our scholar from the smithsonian. she is curator of the division of political hiss or at the national museum of american history. her new book is "the freedoms we lost" consent and resistance in revolutionary america. in this and other publications, clark smith writes about politics and a sharp social historian site for drama and detail. she co-curated a favorite exhibition of mine called jamestown, quÉbec and santa fe, three north american beginning in 2006. john ragosta is an historian and lawyer, our second speaker. he teaches at the uva school of law. he has published three field contemporary law, legal history and early america. his new book is called "wellspring of liberty how the religious dissenters hope when the american revolution and secured religious liberty. we can count on the baptists for some good theater. this year, tranter is a research fellow at the selection or at monticello. john fea, our final speakers and associate professor of history and chair of messiah college in grantham, but looking at. hi

jeff is with the smithsonian. these guys know their fish. >> this is a species i know. >> and sometimes it's tough to well one kind from another. >> there is 70% imported. the fda has cases where it is not. fda hoping to create a dna data base to identify what is what. >> this is something that is important for food security. in the united states and philippine autos exporters sometimes substitute cheap fish for expensive ones. and worse, poisonous species like this puffer fish sometimes mislabeled and people who eat it get very psych that did happen within the last few years. there is a large quantity listed as monk fish in the us use the fish market in the philippines have highest adversity in the world. >> we collected from 80-100 species. >> they take the fish to a makeshift lab fro ses. >> we've been doing 16-18 hour day autos each is photographed before it's color fades. the fish is preserved and scientists take a sample. those samples are sent to a lab, like this one in golden gate park. and this takes a co

discovery will go to the smithsonian and endeavour to los angeles. >>> fog already pushing back into the bay. that signals a temperature change. right now on the matches, we still have clear skies out toward santa rosa at least right around the bay. oakland, san leandro and hayward reporting cloudy to partly cloudy skies. this is the scene looking out toward if bay on our time lapse. there you go with increasing clouds and with that fog dock growing, we're going to get cooler weather. in the weekend more fog and temperatures will continue to come down just a touch with no heat waves in sight. here's the forecast for tomorrow. day one, definitely bundle up temperatures just topping out in the 60s. could break up a little bit by the 4:00 hour then increasing again as we head into the evening hours. for your friday, cloud cover out there. temperatures about the same or they could be a little bit cooler in some spots. weather system moves in from the north, that will increase a north flow. more fog for the morning hours. temperatures inland only approaching the lower 80s. here's our fore

. >> smithsonian organized it with a students' music project in seattle. >> the music runs deep but someular music like our own santana, he is joined by the escovedogs and linda ron stetd. one of five regions that the music integrated in the culture. texas had ritchie valens and selena. los angeles shows up with groups like logs lobos and it's in the public library because this is where they tell stories. >> we are a cultural institution as much as an educational institution. it helps to sort of promote the resources that we have to exhibit. >> a corporate sponsor is paying the bill and hope it will be significant to a new generation. >> it might inspire one of them. >> american sabor is a traveling exhibition here through november 13th. >>> that is at the san francisco public library downtown, i will sa, one look at the forecast. >> take a look at eastern part of north carolina where hurricane irene continues to batter the shoreline. 465,000 people without power in north carolina and virginia. this will continue to hold together. virginia is has tornado warnings and floodings all the wa

workers have been working on the washington monument behind me and the smithsonian to try to repair anyes, plug holes, secure the turrets on the smithsonian castle to prevent any damage from the earthquake damage. one more thing the city is doing is providing sandbags. they gave out 7,000 sandbags yesterday, ran out, had to p stop handing them out at 5:00 p.m. that's supposed to start up again around noon at a stadium nearby. so residents can come by, five sand baggs per household. one last nugget the fire and es chief told us, he said, don't expect to see him in a rain coat. that doesn't really inspire confidence. he's going to be wearing that fancy uniform all the rest of the day. t.j.? >> all right. i guess the optics always make a difference in washington, d.c., right? athena jones, good to see you as always. we're at 41 minutes past the hour. a lot of our focus this morning on hurricane irene, has been on north carolina. north carolina, the first to get hit hard by this storm. and right now it is under the gun. that is where the storm made landfall just about half hour or so ago as

. >> that is now an exhibit at the smithsonian.ers who was there for the opening. >> reporter: heart-stopping rescue unfolded live on tv. millions around the world watched as one by one 33 chilean copper miners were pulled from the depth of the earth after being trapped for 69 days. one of those miners was mario sepulveda, considered the emotional leader of the group, this is him a year ago, giving a tour of the collapsed mine. you're studying english. this is him today still full of energy but still haunted by the events that transpired. mario and three other miners were in washington, d.c., for the grand opening of a new smithsonian exhibit, a tribute to the men who survived and those who helped them do it. "there are things there that bring out a lot of spiritual feelings" mario says. "it was emotional." >> this is the place where science and technology meets the human spirit. >> reporter: the exhibit takes you back to the harrowing weeks that take place a year ago today but for those who lived it the road to recovery has been a

union station, the smithsonian museums, the memorials and monuments on the national mall.of those will be reopened tomorrow, but federal officials are still going around, and i think, chris, the quick way to describe this is you can tell what damage is visible. now the question is, what is the structural damage that may not be visible to the eye, but engineers can look to telltale signs? that's what's going to determine how quickly some of these buildings open up. the capitol building was reopened up, after some vivid shaking, reopened to staff members and members of congress, those that were here, to dash in, get their materials and leave. this afternoon was a real mess. the washington, d.c. subway, the metro was running at only 15 miles an hour, much slower than normal. in some stations there were so many people trying to get onto the subway, they stopped them at the entrances, police were letting them in only a few at a time. but one final thing, i talked to the head of fema, and he says he's talked to the officials at all the states, and there's been no requests for fe

discovery will eventually be on public display at the smithsonian. endeavor in la. >>> well you might want to set your alarm for early saturday morning to catch a glimpse of the meteor shore. these are images of an earlier event. the meteor shower will be at its peak between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. on saturday after the moon has set and before dawn. try to find a spot away from pollution and look to the northeast. about half way up in the sky and you should see 30 to 50 meteors per hour. >>> let's look at the weather. it's been almost every day a carbon copy of others. now mark tamayo filling in for this evening. >> it's been a challenge to make these forecasts interesting. but we have been succeeding and we have the low clouds and fog. banking up near the immediate shoreline. you can see near the bodega bay and pacifica. wind speeds haven't picked up. right around point rays we have winds gusting out of the west northwest right around 24 miles per hour. moved the maps around the bay and patches already moving into san francisco and heading across the bay

. >> the smithsonian organized the show which originated with with a music project in seattle. >> theoots of the music runs deep but most made the crossover into pop music. bigger than life. ♪. >> he is joined by many others in the bay area. one of five regions where the music integrated into the culture. texas at saw leana, the miami sound and new york with rodriguez fuente. los angeles shows up with groups like loss pobbas.. >> i think what it does, it helps sort of promote the resources that we have through exhibits. >> corporate sponsors are paying the bill. he hopes it will be significant to a new generation. >> if they see these stories they may say it might inspire one of them to say i can do this too. >> eats a traveling exhibition here through november 13th. abc7 news. >> that's all at the san francisco public library downtown. >> next at six. irene forces unprecedented evacuation orders all the way up the east coast. and thousands of flights cancelled by the storm. what you need [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' scho get extra

capitol, the pentagon, white house, union station, the smithsonian museum, the memorials and monuments on the national mall, but most will be re-opened tomorrow. federal officials are still going around -- i think the quick ray to describe this is you can tell what damage is visual. now the question is what is the structural damage that may not be visible to the eye. that is what will determine how quickly the buildings opened up. the capitol was re-opened this afternoon after some fairly vivid shaking according to people inside. reopened to staff members and members of congress here to dash in, get their materials and leave. tomorrow we'll see how many of these buildings open back up again. it did affect this afternoon's commute. it was a real mess here in washington because federal employees were let out early and they headed to the streets and the metro, the washington, d.c. subway was running at 15 miles an hour, much lower speeds, just crawling along. and in some stations so many were trying to get on that they stopped them at the entrance. police were only letting them in a few a

the smithsonian opened a new exhibit today about the chilean miners.hough, i thought it was in poor taste when they put it in the basement. i mean that was -- [ audience groans ] they didn't have to do that. >> steve: rude. it's just rude. >> jimmy: yeah, it's just rude. [ laughter ] hey, this sunday is the new york city triathlon. it's where athletes run in central parks, bike along the west side highway, and swim in the hudson river. or, as sharks put it, "man, this week just keeps getting better. [ laughter ] this -- you gotta be kidding me, man! [ applause ] it's 'shark week,' man!" >> steve: "come on!" >> jimmy: and finally, in a new interview with "glamour" magazine, hillary clinton said, "one thing i've never been called is soft." and then, bill was like, "me, neither." [ laughter ] we have a great show for you tonight. give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's gonna be a fun show tonight, you guys. as many of you know, it is "shark week." that's right. so now, it's time for a quick shark fact. >>

now, with one of their restored vintage training planes headed to the smithsonian, several of the airmenback. >> the men of the tuskegee airmen, certainly, we're a member of the very exclusive group of airmen. i mean, we all worked together. we loved one another. >> i was doing what i considered one of the most challenging and pleasant careers of my life. and that was flying. >> so it was like say fraternity. it was a tremendous amount of brotherhood. because guys were helping each other, you know, fellow couldn't perform through some degree or couldn't grasp something immediately. his brothers would jump in and try to encourage him and teach him. >> i went overseas with the 99th pursuit squadron. we were the first black fighter squadron in combat. i flew 77 combat missions, going overseas to fight was doing so as an american. but i felt very proud of being and was willing to go fight and die for. it had nothing to do with the racial status that i had to endure. and it was my love for america in spite of the imperfections. >> thinking we were making history, a part of history never occur

to commemorate the anniversary by opening an exhibit in their honor at the smithsonian museum. >> reporter show the world what happened. >> reporter: since all 33 were rescued alive and well last october, they have traveled the world and appeared on multiple tv shows. ♪ >> reporter: they were all invited to disney world for a week during which they served as honorary grand marshalls of the main street usa parade. at home in chile says celebrity has not been what he expected. >> translator: they love us move abroad and congratulate ugs and want to get a blessing from us. that is not the case in chil lee. only a few greet us with affection. >> reporter: the miner who worked underground in the darkness ran the new york marathon. the eldest fan was also a guest of honor at graceland in january. >> elvis. >> reporter: a movie and book about the story are in the works but at home relations with the chilean government are strained. 31 of the 33 miners filed a lawsuit accusing the agency that oversees mining of failing to ensure safety measures. >> translator: we're not suing the current president

barbara clark smith is ouron of scholar from the smithsonian. she is curator of the division of political history at the national museum of american history. her new book is "the freedoms wn lost: consent and resistance in revolutionary america." in this and other publications,, clark smith writes about wr politics with a short socialhisr historians i for a drama in detail. she co-curated a favorited a vot exhibition of mine called q jamestown, quÉbec and santa fe, three north american beginningi0 in 2006. john ragosta is an historian and lawyer, our second speaker. he teaches at the uva school of law. he has published three field contemporary law, legal history and early america. his new book is called "wellspring of liberty how the religious dissenters hope when the american revolution and secured religious liberty. we can count on the baptists for some good theater. this year, tranter is a research fellow at the selection or at monticello. john fea, our final speakers and associate professor of history and chair of messiah college in grantham

. >> the smithsonian organized the show, which originated with a music project in seattle. >> the rootss deep, but most made the crossover into pop music. like our zone sandana. bigger than life. ♪ >> he is joined by many others in the bay area. one of five regions where the music integrated into the culture. texas has salena, there's the miami sound and new york with rodriguez fuente. los angeles shows up with groups like los lobos. >> i think what it does, it helps sort of promote the resources that we have through exhibits. >> a corporate sponsor is paying the bill. he hopes it will be significant to a new generation. >> if they see these stories they may say it might inspire one of them to say i can do this too. >> american aspor is a traveling exhibition here through november 13th. don sanchez, abc7 news. >> folks, i mean this just in. lisa slid over in the rolling chair. what's going on? >> i wanted to show you the latest radar. hurricane warnings in effect from north carolina all the way up to boston. tea a look at the size of the hurricane. it made landfall 7:30 eastern time aro

the photograph known as "the kiss" is so famous it was the star exhibit of elvis show at the smithsonian last year. it was taken in june 1956. as elvis was getting ready to perform in richmond, virginia. >>> a top professional soccer team is going to great lengths to line up a future player. real madrid signed 7-year-old leonel. you heard right. he is seven. he goes by the name of leo. a soccer prodigy from argentina and will begin training with the team next month. no word yet how much he will be paid or what role he will have with the team until he is big enough and good enough to take the field. that's scouting way ahead. >> yeah. >>> probably no surprise, but the silicon valley has claimed the title for having the most geeks in its workforce. the national science foundation defines a geek as worker with a college degree and n science and engineer, someone who works in the field. the sunnyvale region has plenty of those. next on the list is bolder, colorado, followed by huntsville, alabama, framingham, massachusetts, and durham, north carolina. the san francisco-san mateo region has h

the smithsonian institution that is closed for the day, interior cracks in that building.entire smithsonian, all the museums are closed today for inspection, but not because there's anything that's been seen so far. that's all literally for just precaution. and the top spires, three of the four top washington national cathedral falling off, 5 to 8 feet tall, just the shaking literally took it out. the washington monument area is open other than the 100 feet around that radius because there are cracks in some of the rocks. i've been told stones and before that, i was told only the masonry, only the grout between the stones. we'll have to see as they take a look at it. lincoln memorial, jefferson memorial were closed for a while, they're back reopened now. and of course, what's going on this weekend back in d.c., right here, the martin luther king memorial. they say everything is okay, everything is good, and all of the celebrations will still take place, suzanne. >> i know they're also waiting to see what hurricane irene does. whether or not that's going to be flooded out i

roosevelt dragged him to the smithsonian to show off glass cases full of american indian arty facts. i never got over the wonder of a people who having abandoning the aboriginals of their country more than any other race had done honestly believed they were a godly little new england community setting examples to brutal mankind. of the five countries united states invaded and/or acquired, hawaii is the only one that became a state. that said, i have come to understand that even though hawaii has been a state since 1959 and an american territory since 1898, a small, but defiant network of native activists question the legality of both developments and do not consider themselves to be americans at all which is easy to pick up on when they march past you down the main drag on honolulu on the 50th an -- anniversary of statehood carrying signs says we are not americans. so -- [applause] oh, okay, thank you. [applause] so, if you have questions, a microphone carrier will -- [laughter] find you? >> hi, sarah. >> hi. >> big fan. you mention your nephew in your books, how is he doing and how

. >> host: you defer from the smithsonian museums in washington. >> guest: correct. we don't get any tax dollars or donations or grant funds, no earmarks, no nothing. we're running based on admission. >> host: how are you different than the other museums around town? there's a science museum as well. how are you different? >> guest: well, we focus on espionage obviously and we focus on -- we -- that's included in law enforcement, so we focus on a much broader subject so we have, like i said, all the different galleries, you know, the history of crime and punishment, crime fights, csi, america's most wanted, the judicial system. it's a very broad subject so we have artifacts on that, and experience in all of that. >> host: the chief operating officer ring we want to thank you and the museum for letting us broadcast here this morning and have our show here. >> guest: thank you.

the smithsonian is trying to decide. inspecting buildings that are big and old.imilar questions about the national monument and memorials on the mall. the lincoln, the jefferson and so forth. a lot of inspection has to be done there, too. >> let's hope that's all okay. i'm thinking about all the people this week to the be first to go see the martin luther king jr. memorial. >> reporter: if it happens, because of the hurricane. it may be put off. >> and then we have the hurricane coming. you're right. >> reporter: right. >> pete williams and jim miklaszewski on a very busy tuesday. guy, thank you so much. >> you bet. >>> up next, a different type of earthquake. in libya today. the rebels storming moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli. but where is he? hi...do you happen to have any brilliant silver altimas? yea, right over here. look at 'em all. what about a black frontier with utilitrack? absolutely. oh, great, that's awesome. what about a platinum graphite rogue with touch-screen nav, bluetooth, and...a moonroof? with or without leather? we got 'em both. [ sighs

. >> sreenivasan: johnnetta cole is director of the smithsonian national museum of african art. she said the memorial will allow the country to revisit king's message, and thinks the portrayal in stone is fitting. >> certainly for me, it is significant that, in a sense, dr. king rises out of a rock. he is solid, he is unshakable in his commitment to nonviolence and his insistence on change. >> sreenivasan: but from conception to completion, this quiet spot for reflection on dr. king's life and works hasn't been without controversy. everything from the location of the memorial to the design to the sculptor contributed to the struggle. after a long planning, design and selection process, lei yixin of china was selected as the sculptor, leaving some unhappy that the committee had not chosen an african american. but this week at the memorial's opening, lei told us he had struggled with class discrimination in his own impoverished life and understood king's vision. >> ( translated ): when i was doing this sculpture, i felt that i had the same ideology as dr. king-- equality is the pr

they also did some work to the smithsonian castle behind me also damaged in the earthquake. they tried to secure that. it's been a big week here in washington in terms of natural events, fredricka. >> thanks so much, athena jones from the nation's capital on the washington mall there. and behind athena, you could see a couple of cars getting around. well, travel in general along the eastern seaboard has been a nightmare, especially since now mass transit is actually closing in the big cities like new york. alexandra steele joins me with the latest on travel, whether by air or land -- >> can't do it, can't do it. that's right. thanks a lot, fredricka. this is incredible. what we're seeing in terms of travel is an incredible amount of cancellations preemptively. one point about what they're going in new york city. i just got word that lower manhattan, especially s going to protect those power lines. so con ed may cut off the power to lower new york in advance of the storm moving down these power lines to protect those lines from the salt water that would come. there's a lot le

our author, america's doomed bay of bhigz he has written for the "new york times," "vanity fair," smithsonian, and the wilson quarterly among many other publications. his most recent book was america 1908 and he is also the author of high steel, the daring men who built the world's greatest skyline. in this book he examines the u.s.-backed military invasion of cuba in 1961, one of the most ill fated blunders in american history. he draws on long hidden cia documents and delivers as never before the vivid truth and consequences of those five pivotal days in april '61. to tell us more about it, please give a warm welcome to our author. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction. thank you to books and books for having me. this is a wonderful bookstore. i had not been here. i came here earlier today. and it is fantastic. so i urge you to buy a book tonight. it doesn't have to be my book, but if you want it to be, that's fine with me. as i'm sure all of you know by now this is on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the bay of pigs launch in cuba and i can't think of launching my new book here w

. >> brown: keith wilson is the curator of ancient chinese art at the smithsonian's gallery of art in washington. >> basically that happens in part because of the world's fair movement. there were often cultural displays from various countries throughout the world. this is where the west first saw things like chinese buddhist sculpture. and finally it's being recognized within the international cannon of what fine arts is all about so there was a demand. >> brown: the sculptures made their way to art dealers around the world who then sold them to collectors including western museums. this was decades before such transactions were prohibited by international law. now experts are trying to in a sense put humpty dumpty together again. in part they're doing it the traditional way: creating an exhibition originating at the university of chicago's smart museum of art out of all the works that they could gather from around the world. >> it tells the disturbing story of the early 20th century when the site was in large part damaged through the removal of so many of its sculptures. at latest c