s finest restaurants so it might surprise you to know that this is inside the smithsonian national museum of the american indian. it is called missy tom. executive chef richard hessler works with a whole pig. >> reporter: he had lots of fun sunday night at the ramies, the awards handed out. missy tom became the first museum restaurant ever to rein a ramie. the category, best carbual restaurant and one day later it is sort of like a marinade. >> it is still kind of soaking in. >> reporter: it is a boost for the staff. the menu chains every season. they are not just cooking native american food. they are also giving something back. about 3/4 of the money they spend buying food for the restaurant goes back into the native american community. for example, this salmon was caught by a tribe in washington state. >> all of our salmon comes from the quinault tribe in washington state. all of our wild rice is from the red lakes region. they will come in and have lunch and go back to the office. >> reporter: support is here on business from south carolina. when people suggested this restaurant for l

we have been at the smithsonian festival all week. people have been trying to stay cool. this is one of several events going on across the area this weekend. everybody is talking about the heat. >> they like to the festival, but the heat was a big problem. >> many try to enjoy the music food, and fanfare of the smithsonian's folk festival, but it was hard to beat the heat. 103 degrees, record-breaking temperatures for the month of june. one word -- water. >> we have a cooler with frozen water. >> it was not water, it was a hat or an umbrella. this person had both. >> i have not melted yet and i'm 82, so it is all right. >> this infrared camera exhibit showed in real time just how hot your body was getting. blue is 80 degrees, the red in the 90's, out white is 100. >> a high heat load causes heat stress. >> smithsonian officials say all of the indoor museums were packed today. >> it is like an oasis. there is happiness again. >> people attending the at&t national golf tournament in bethesda cannot hide from the heat. >> it is hot but it is no big deal. >> not bad just drin

institutions she has spoken for include the smithsonian institution, society of the cincinnati, american institute of architects, national trust for historic preservation, pca, aca, national society of colonian dumbarton house and the smithsonian gallery. welcome leslie jones. >> good evening. thank you for choosing to spend your thursday night here with us at the maryland historical society. that was a very generous introduction. thank you, mark. we are going to go ahead and get started. i believe i'm queueing to you for slides. thank you. oh, the terrible velvet curtains. the madisons decorate the white house. this image right here on the very front is actually the earliest known published image of the white house from a travel book. at this time when the madisons came into the white house, only part of the white house was finished. before the british came marched into washington and ended up burning the city to the ground. next slide. its original architect james hobin won the competition set forth by washington and jefferson in 1792 to build what washington envisioned for the preside

collect the smithsonian national zoo needs your help in trying to name the new howler monkey baby. >>om these four names. there on your screen. you have until friday to choose the name that you like the best. the name that gets the most votes will be announced on friday. it was born about three months ago. howler monkeys make very unique and very loud sounds. if you like to see more pictures of the baby, go to wjla.com. >> i have to go and see that new baby. >> there was an olympic size event to make a life changing decision. screen>> david proposed to his girlfriend christine during the middle of yesterday's olympic torch relay in northern england. he handed the torch to a nearby security officials while the guy down on bended knee and said she accepted the proposal. then he continued his run. the torch was lit up last month in greece and is making an 8,000 mile journey around the u.k. olympics kickoff in london onin july. >> 66 degrees outside in the nation's capital. >> much more still to come. after an 11-year run as the highest-paid athlete in sports tiger woods has dropped from

. >>> this year's 134eu9 seasonnian folk -- smithsonian folklife festival will feature more than just crafts, food and music. it will also offer up a series of evening concerts on the mall. it starts wednesday and ends on july 8. the evening concerts start at 6:00 p.m. the folklife festival is centered on the mall between 7th and 14th streets. >>> the smithsonian national museum of the american indian native foods cafe won a ram my award. it's been named casual restaurant of the year. i got to tell you, it's one of my favorite places to eat. i love it there. >> i've been there and i love the museum inside and out. >> got to check it out. check it out, people. you won't be disappointed. >>> spiderman make it is to the top of the especial pair state building glndz -- of the empire state building. >> we have those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: new york's empire state building was lit up in red and blue lights to celebrate the premier of the amazing spiderman. actor andrew garfield told us what he liked best about playing spidy. >> the swinging i guess, bein

. >>> and things are going to be a little funky on the national mall this summer and the smithsonianseum of african-american history and culture is hosting a free bring back the funk concert june 27th. it will open the festival's evening concert series. george clinton, is one of the artists scheduled to perform. last year he donated the mother ship stage props to the smithsonian and there's a possibility you can see it at this year's festival. also scheduled to appear, d.c.'s own michelle -- i have to say this -- in diego cello. the museum opens in 2015. >>> welcome back, howard with you this friday morning: severe weather alert day. a few showers and storms possible early. not too bad. this afternoon and tonight that's when things will get rough with highs between 80 and 85. let's go to monika in timesaver traffic. >>> southbound 301 is blocks with a serious accident at trade zone avenue. northbound the lanes are open. coming up in my next report, more on area roads at 5:00. back to you guys. >>> all right, thanks a lot monika. you can file this one over you can't make this stuff up

those remains actually are in an exhibit at the smithsonian. have any of you heard about the written in bone exhibit at the national museum? you have? good. you ought to see that. because it's about what forensic anthropologists can learn from modern murder cases on back to the boy and one other person i mentioned earlier we'll talk again about. right over here. as we were looking for the west wall of the fort, we went out here, mathematically it seemed like the fort was bigger than we thought. we started trenching in this area. interesting artifacts, on display at the building with the front glass wall. and we also discovered a burial out here in a strange way but we thought that it was -- we found that it was parallel, laid parallel, to what turned out to be the west wall. we dug down maybe two feet, and we found what looked like a spear laying parallel to a row of nails which was pretty clearly the coffin. took it and x-rayed it and saw that it was a decorative spear point, we were able to identify as a captain's leading staff. the captain's

the smithsonian's national museum of the american indians native foods cafe. it's won a rammy for the restaurant association of metropolitan washington's award. crispy rabbit, grilled sweet corn and purple potato soup is on the summer menu. >> sound good. >>> a police bait car camps some very young thieves in action. >> reporter: i'm scott broom with prince george's county police. coming up wait until you see the haul of stolen high speed merchandise today. >> the director of the popular reston zoo is arrested on animal cruelty charges. i'm peggy fox. i'll have the latest coming up. >>> new information tonight on a story you saw first on 9 news now. the director of the popular reston zoo has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty and possession of a controlled substance. >> meghan mogensen is accused of improperly treating a sick wall la wallaby. how serious are these charges? >> reporter: these charges are certainly not as serious as felonies. they are misdemeanors and still very concerning. this is a private park, a family run business owned by the di

there's a watch party at the smithsonian's aaron space museum between 6:00 and 8:00 tonight and at nasa in green belt. this sighting is so rare, it won't happen again for another 105 years. >>> queen elizabeth said the jubilee has been a touching and humbling experience. the queen road through streets of london today, wrapping up four days of celebration, honoring her jubilee. after the procession, the queen and royal family greeted the crowd from buckingham palace, on the balcony. she attended a service at st. paul's cathedral. lunched at the house of commons with 700 guests. and closed with a rare tv address to her people. >> it touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere. >> her husband, prince philip, is still in the hospital being treated for a bladder infection but we're told he's doing better and he watched the celebrations on television. >> tens of thousands of people traveled to witness the event. >> while sightseeing today, he got a special close-up view of the queen. >> a great day in london. we

find out what this year's smithsonian folklife festival is all about. >> we are checking in with tucker for the full forecast. the summer heat will make a comeback. we are back in a moment. >>> welcome back. tropical storm debby has weakened into a tropical depression but parts of northern florida are under water and it is still raining. in addition to the flooding, there is also the danger of snakes, fire ants and diseases in the water plus forecasters are now warning of possible tornadoes over the florida peninsula. after more than four days of nonstop rain, debby is expected to head out to sea later today. and for folks there, that cannot come soon enough. >> welcome news. >> getting pounded. >> they need to dry out. i guess things will get better there in a couple of days. >> the stuff you don't think about, the stuff in the water. >> snakes and apts as if the flooding isn't bad enough. >> around here, not much of anything to worry about. >> good news again today as our temperatures will be a little warmer than yesterday. but lots and lots of sunshine throughout the day. it will be

. >>> plus here's something that is free, a really great deal the smithsonian festival is now underway. we'll be right back, it is 5:37 >>> enjoying a bit of a refreshing breeze this morning on this thursday. we have mainly clear skies, a few passing clouds. temperatures are sitting into the 60s around most of the region, lower 70s inside the beltway. highs making it into the middle range 90s and then hang on for high heat. excessive heat watches in effect start fog tomorrow, we are headed to triple-digits. monika? >> reporter: northbound on i-95 things are moving smoothly. in springfield, no big deals to report on to 35. more on area roads once again at 5:49. >>> you hear the music. you know what time it is. daily deals time. we have been combing through the daily deals e-mails. the favorites today all about food. living social reached out to me with this deal, soming to satisfy your sweet tooth atend a two hour less-on on the -- lesson on the basics of cake pops. you wash it all down with champagne. the class is $2. the kickoff august 4th at 918 fstreet. >>> viewer marjorie is offeri

>>> gracias sami, por tu reporte, y para terminar celia cruz serÁ inmortalizado en el museo de smithsonian

. >> but the smithsonian is proving diapers diaper -- diners wrong and in a very tasty way.here you can bow to grab an award winning bite to eat and take in some culture as well. óm >>> police in connecticut say actor dylan mcdermott's mother was murderrd back in 1967. the actor was just five years old at the time of her together and had recently asked police to reopen the case which had at first been ruled an accident. police now say his mother's boyfriend, who had ties to organized crime and reportedly abused mcdermott and his mother, killed her. that man identified by police as john spanza, was shot and killed back in 19726789. >>> yesterday marked three years since michael jackson died. doesn't even seem like it's been that long. his daughter paris was one of many to honor him on twitter. she posted a message. here is the quote. rip michael jackson. dad, you will forever be in my heart. i love you. jackson's youngest brother, randy, visited the grave site in glendale, california and you've probably seen images on the website all over perez hilton, for instance, a group o

she was in town for a speaking engagement at the smithsonian but took time to say hi to the presidente he left maryland. >>> budget cuts that forced the city to close fire companies. >>> plus, the must packed item health officials say you should put in your luggage before you leave for your summer trip. >> if you're out there on the roads, one accident after another. be very careful. this is what's ahead on world news with diane sawyer. >> dangerous radiation. how much are you really exposed to these days? you'll be surprised. tonight the new information that will protect you and your kids. what doctors say you need to know on world news with diane sawyer. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> look at th

. >> luckily for sean jones, in charge of irrigation for the smithsonian, he always has plenty of water on hand. >> you pay to play in the water. >> many on the national mall are finding refuge under larger trees. this heat wave arrives on the first day of summer and the summer solstice. not only an extremely hot day but the longest day of the year as well. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> the hyperthermia alert will be activated within the hour. it will start at 1:00 this afternoon. metro has announced that riders can carry water on the trains because of extreme heat. health officials monday to check on children and the elderly. limit sun exposure, especially between 10:00 and 3:00. you can visit many cooling centers. call 311 for more attention -- information on where they are located. now some breaking news in the district in southeast d.c.. an active crime scene kept investigators busy. a deadly shooting around 2:00 this morning led to a barricade situation. we find brianne carter with the latest. >> police are still out here investigating. there are still actively looking into all of

after this meet and greet, she mosted to the smithsonian. >> decided to drop by. >> drop by.etty white can do that. >> call and you let her n you don't tell her. how we looking? >> we are looking okay. the rest of this evening should be okay. i wouldn't leave without the umbrella, just in case. still have a couple of showers and a few thunderstorms well to the west though. most of us should stay dry r 81 tomorrow, 79 on your thursday with only a slight chance of a shower and then we get some beautiful weather in here friday, saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. temperatures in the low 80s. >> sweet. >> thanks. >>> 50 years ago this week, three inmates escaped from alcatraz. remember that, wendy? >> mm-hmm. >> the prison in the san francisco bay was thought to be escape-proof. no one knows for sure what happened to the men who got away. the fbi said they probably drown bud no bodies were ever found. yesterday, some people close to the case shared their theories. >> made it. i believe they made it. all our family, of course, because we want to believe they made it. >> a person

the smithsonian festival kicks off with a press concert. it starts at 6:00 p.m.ning through july 8th on the mall between 7th and 14th street. there will be free concerts down there almost every night. >>> professional golfer eric compton is in town to play at this weekend's at&t tournament. compton wouldn't be playing golf, let alone be alive if he was not undergoing heart transplant surgery not once but twice. he had the first heart transplant when he was 12 years old. today, he appeareddality an event at med star washington hospital center to promote organ and tissue donations. >> i wouldn't be standing here today or being able to live my dream that i have had if it was not for the donor family. that is something, that you know, obviously is very, very dear to my family and my heart. >> compton is 32 years old and had his second heart transplant in 2008. he has recovered well and today, he's one of the top golfers on the pga tour. >>> coming up new on the news edge six, the nation is bracing for the supreme court healthcare ruling. now, how, what the justices d

no owl chicks and two buster chicks at the smithsonian national zoo in the past month. the zoo coopers are hand raising the chicks with increases the likelihood that they will breed successfully. the owls are expected to be on exhibit in august, so just a couple months ago. the bureauing owls hatched on may 24th. that are the smallest owl species in american. only ten inches in length. i want to see them moving. i want to see them in action. they're so cute. >> check them out. >> in august. not that far away. we're going to be feeling like august here soon. >> yeah, we've had this nice cool weather the last few days. but, tom, you say that the heat is going to be turned back up pretty soon here. >> yeah. make sure your ac is working. you will definitely be needing it. by later this afternoon, right now, though, we've got a pristine pastel sky over the potomac river. that is the live view from our hd nbc4 city camera. right now around our region we're in the 50s. hometown forecast, hagerstown at 62. by noontime, late morning, low to mid 70s. then during the afternoon, pe

the smithsonian national air and space museum is one of the spots to watch this.expected to happen sometime after 6:00 p.m. >> after business hours. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will start with adam caskey. >> i want to point out that at oiur blg -- our blog we have an update on the tornados. bob ryan put that together. south of annapolis and through dunkirk and chesapeake beach north beach, moving towards huntingtown, prince frederick and all the way down to lusby and solomon's island, sprinkles. even through montross and to the bay is where we have areas of light rain early this morning. temperatures in the '50s right now. unseasonably cool outside. this afternoon will be 10 degrees below average for this time of year. the average high is 81. we will be close to 71. outlying areas north west of town will be in the upper 60's today. meteorologists to cool summer is off to a slow start. partly cloudy with isolated showers possible again. we are in the unsettled pattern so we have a daily chance of rain all the way through thursday although it

. >>> the 46th annual smithsonian folklife festival kicks off later this morning. we spoke with emily earlier. she told us what cultures are being celebrated this year. >> we do have three themes this year. the first is a celebration of -- [indiscernible] , the 25th anniversary this year. well he also be celebrating universities and their partnerships with the usda and we'll also be celebrating a program on the cultures and traditions east of the anacostia river. >> the smithsonian folklife festival starts today through sunday, july 1, and wednesday, july 4 through july 8. it's going to be very hot so bring your water. for more information or to catch a live web cast of tonight's brink back the funk concert featuring the always awesome george clinton, just go to the festival's website at festival.si.edu. >>> it is 6:49. time to reveal the answer to our question of the morning. the question one more time 55% of americans say they keep this in their car. is it a, a flashlight, b, toilet paper, or c, candy? >> the answer is b, toilet paper. we hear it's because it's p

. >>> you may have heard the food at the smithsonian is pretty darn good, but is it award worthy?aybe. so we'll tell you. >> but first who's your daddy? a look at the maryland company on the cutting edge of answering that question, a topic in tonight's health alert. >>> a maryland company is really on the cutting edge of science when it comes to very early pronate testing. scientists there developed -- prenatal testing. scientists there developed a blood test that could answer the question who is the father without risky invasive testing. the test has become a powerful new source of knowledge for one group of women, the victims of rape. >> what happened to her? >> came out of a building at one darkened of the campus. all she remembers is a hand being put over her face and the next thing she knew, she was getting up and she knew she'd been raped. >> a mother describes the horrible night her college aged daughter was raped. she asked to us conceal her identity and her voice. >> reporter: and she ends up pregnant from this assault? >> yes, she ended up pregnant, but she didn't know w

. >> plus, one of the organizers of the smithsonian's folklife festival joins to us preview this year's event. here's monika. >> if you're planning to head through rockville here's route 355 at congressional lane. no problems on 355 heading through this point to the beltway and 270 looks pretty much the same. nice and quiet. coming up in my next report, a closer look at maryland roads at 5:28. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. happy wednesday. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. monika samtani will have your time saver traffic in a moment but we're going to start with howard and weather first. >>> a nice morning out there. we have clear skies. humidity levels are still in check. that's going to change over the next couple of days as the humidity level is going to creep up and temperatures are going to soar here by friday and for the weekend. this morning i take you outside with a look at tysons corner on our weather camera. it's pretty morning out there. got cl

they have a confederate archive of music and they're going to turn it over to the smithsonian. they have asked us tomorrow at flag hall on flag day to play some of these songs. this is going to be very different us for. some of these songs haven't been heard since those days. >> it's the american history museum tomorrow at what time? >> 11:00. >> 11:00. be there. you'll be able to see bob in another arena. congratulations to you and thank you for sharing these moments with me. >>> a job fair at innovations and aging conference and expo was held for seniors. we arrived. we were surprised by what we saw. there were more than 800 seniors at the job fair. they were all looking for employment for different reasons. >> got fired from my job. >> i'm tired of sitting around. i have a lot of energy. i'm bored. >> i'm retired and i'm looking for something part-time just to fill my days. >> i'm soon to be a retired schoolteacher and i want to keep on working. >> looking for companies that will hire me. >> reporter: what type of job are you looking for? >> well, i'm -- i have a ph.d. in in

atlantis goes to florida, and ""discovery" to smith -- smithsonian.be allowed to come on july 19, and they will be in the process of building a more permanent display. back to you. >>heather: jealous of your assignment today. fascinating pictures. >>gregg: president obama's lead over governor romney in the polls is dwindling. look at this. the real clear politics average of polls shows that the president is edging out governor romney by 1.5 points. but the context that counts, the electoral college, showing a shift. according to real clear politics, their electoral map showing president obama with 237 votes. and 270 needed. but that is a drop from a few weeks ago when he was at 253. many states used to be blue. now they are in the yellow column, a toss up. what happened to the lead? we bring in campaign insiders, doug, pat caddell, a former pollster for president carter, and john leboutillier, a former republican congressman for new york. i can tell by the body language, pat, you want to get into this right now. what is going on here? why the drop? >>

white was in washington to speak at the smithsonian. >>> tiger woods is among the golf elite in san franciscoe olympic club. he just held a news conference he says the new course will be a good test. >> obviously redone since we were here the new chipping areas are different got to get used to some of those different shots. i'm excited about playing. excited about this course. i've played a lot here in college. it is great to be back. >> woods, as you may know went to stanford this will be his 17th tournament he has won three times. if you cannot make it you can watch it on espn thursday and friday. >>> lisa argen in for mike. nice to have you here. >> thanks. big changes at the olympic club from yesterday to today, winds, sunny now, but we will feel the effects of our cool sea breeze throughout the day. here's a live look outside, you will notice how nice and clear it is 5:47 was the sunrise, 8:32 more sunshine today, live doppler nice and quiet now, we have some of the clouds superimposed overour radar from mount st. helena. they are off the shore. we will look for the low clouds and fog to

that quilt is part of the smithsonian folk life festival. the first panels were honored for those who died of aids or hiv. sheila jones is making one in memory of her daughter who got aids when was 15 and lived with the disease for 17 years. >> this is a family effort. i'm putting the finishing touches on one that my mother made. >> the entire aids memorial quilt includes 94,000 names. >> wow, that is a thing of beauty. >> um-hmm. >> it was interesting being outside tonight because, suddenly, you could feel the humidity around 8:30 just start sucking us in. >> that's when the wind shifted. our humidity levels went up and we had our first heat index of the afternoo noon. there was no humidity and that meant that the heat index was exactly what it felt like out there. our average high temperature plan this time of year is now up to 87 degrees. so we are well above average. and, tomorrow, we're going to be even warmer. the record-high tomorrow is 101. the all-time record june temperature is 102. we could be close to those numbers. right now, 83

performance of the civil war era at the museum, following the donation of the confederate music to the smithsonian's collections. this kind of weather will make me want to get out. to head out on the water. >> we have a pretty great forecast. it will be cooler both on the water and at the shore. and only 75 to 85 on saturday. partly cloudy. on sunday, pretty much the same deal. 76 to 81. winds are southeasterly at 10. so remember to slattered on the sunscreen. you're not going to feel yourself getting burned. if you're headed to the ocean, well, a little cooler still. 70 to 75 still. obvious if you get groceries, it will be in the upper 70s. on sunday, 72 to 76. the water temperature will be in the low to mid-60s. and the high of 72 downtown and manassas. 79 in leesburg. for tonight, partly to mostly cloudy and cool and comfortable. lows are 68 to 5656. we'll come back and tell you what it will translate to us here in the immediate metro area, which includes father's day. >> all right, sounds great. and still ahead, the man hunt intensifies for a surgeon accused in the hospital murder. we'll have th

white was in washington to speak at the smithsonian. >>> tiger woods is among the golf elite in san franciscoe olympic club. he just held a news conference he says the new course will be a good test. >> obviously redone since we were here the new chipping areas are different got to get used to some of those different shots. i'm excited about playing. excited about this course. i've played a lot here in college. it is great to be back. >> woods, as you may know went to stanford this will be his 17th tournament he has won three times. if you cannot make it you can watch it on espn thursday and friday. >>> lisa argen in for mike. nice to have you here. >> thanks. big changes at the olympic club from yesterday to today, winds, sunny now, but we will feel the effects of our cool sea breeze throughout the day. here's a live look outside, you will notice how nice and clear it is 5:47 was the sunrise, 8:32 more sunshine today, live doppler nice and quiet now, we have some of the clouds superimposed overour radar from mount st. helena. they are off the shore. we will look for the low clouds and fog to

. >>> the smithsonian festival kicked off tonight with back the funk concert. the concert featured clinton and nevel. it is between 7th and 14th street. the best part of all, it's free, and free concerts almost every single night. all right, here's the bad news. maybe a little hot out there with the rest of the concert. enjoy it tonight. >> bring the coolers and just be prepared to get into air- conditioning if you are feeling overwelmed. i think everybody has to be prepared that this could cause some heat stress as we start building into another hot stretch. this one will last longer. but tonight isn't too bad. it is still comfortable. that's very much because the humidity has not started to climb yet. and it won't climb for tomorrow. now still going to be hot tomorrow. we'll jump up to 95 degrees. and today we were at 89 degrees. let's check out those weather maps. what we have tomorrow is a west wind. that can get us hot, but it's also a very dry direction for us. we pick up the humidity. that wind is out of the southwest. it is going to be hot for those gol

the smithsonian folklife festival runs this month and free evening concerts include a funk concert featuringdown clinton beginning at 6 p.m. no. 2 -- featuring george clinton beginning at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. no. 2, from 6:00 to 8:00 there's more stop and go traffic leading to a lot more accidents. no. 1 tonight more good news at the gas pump, the average price for a gallon of regular dropped 10 cents over the past week. according to aaa the national average is now 3.41. it's 3.52 in d.c., 3.35 in maryland and 3.21 in virginia and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >> i went outside a little while ago and i shouldn't have been stunned because you said it was going to be beautiful, but the humidity is gone. it's cool out there. >> it is almost chilly. earlier a couple of us walked down the street and you felt a nice little chill in the air. it's a vacation from the heat. it's only going to last a couple days. heat will be back by the end of the week. open those pores, let it all in and i'll tell you. what they're struggling in florida, wanted to show you the video of what is going on down this from the

the smithsonian's national museum of american indians is now home to d.c.'s casual restaurant of the year. mitsitam, the native foods cafe won that honor at last night's rammy award. this is the first time a restaurant association of metropolitan washington was nominated and given the award to a museum restaurant. >>> prince george's county school superintendent william height jr. is a finalist to be superintendent of the school district of philadelphia. height says he wasn't looking for other jobs but he couldn't pass up the chance to consider the move. he was hired as superintendent here in 2009 and his contract runs through june of next year. >>> a stormy start giving way to a lovely day outside and guess what? tomorrow may be even better. topper with the lowdown on a little bit of a cooldown coming up. >> but first as tiger and the pga tour get ready to tee off at the at&t national we take you on a tour of one of the most historic golf courses anywhere, a look inside congressional country club when we come back. >>> after a two-year hiatus the at&t natio

. >> the smithsonian tried to paint the hat that she wore. miss franklin wanted to hang on to it for a personal memory. >> i remember when we lived in san francisco, going into her hat store all the time and trying them on. >> let's check on the forecast with jeff ranieri. >> you can use a hat as we head throughout the next 24 hours. it's mild out here for this time of the night. the past hour we had 70s back in the area. 66 in san jose and up the coastline, a lot of 50s. let's take you to the live skycam ra network and not much across the bay bridge. a lot of traffic on the lower deck. what we will find for tomorrow is clear continues. not inland, but up against the coastline. for wednesday, we are looking at warmer temperatures. the jet stream should be off to the north, but it will take an unusual dip to the south over the next 48 to 72 hours. we think this is not going to give us 50s or 60s for daytime highs, but it will drop the stemptures from about 20 to 25 degrees from what we experienced. that will be a mix of 50s and 60s and that wi

this week for the annual smithsonian folklife festival. the 10-day outdoor festival kicks off wednesday and goes through july 8th. this year, the festival will feature a series of evening concerts on the mall starting at 6:00. the first perform's of the series will be a group of drummers from west virginia university. >>> coming up next, and in- depth look into the mindset of george zimmerman before and after he killed trayvon martin. the volunteer night watch man gives his version of what happened in his own words. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >>> george zimmerman recalls the fateful night in

brought the forensic anthropologist down from the smithsonian that helped us many, many times to identify things. he arrived kind of blind scientifically. we didn't tell him anything about gosnold or anything. he looked at the remains and said it's a very, very well preserved skelton, and i can tell you he died at age 35, 36, 37 years old. it's pretty clear. he was 36 when he died. he said it's possible to get dna from burials even 400 years old. it's mitochondrial dna. we can swab it and good luck. if you want to know how it turned out, there's a book that you can have for your very own -- no, it's the whole story. it's an interesting story. i think we have gosnold and he's lying in state in washington in this same exhibit. and there's a complete physical reconstruction of him standing there facing holding his captain's staff. based on forensic sculptures and interpretation of bone development and that, things that go on. with that i'm done with my tour. and i thank you very much for your attention. >> the jamestown rediscovery project has cataloged more than a million artifacts from the

. >>> today you can head on over to the national mall for the smithsonian's folk like festival. the ceremony begins at 11:00 and then george clinton will headline the opening night concert called bring back the funk. a million people are expected to visit during the two-week cultural celebration. admission is free. also today, neighbors and volunteers will say a final farewell to a historic canal boat. the "georgetown" will make the final boy yanlg tonight at 5:00. it will travel near jefferson street and 31st street northwest of fletcher's cove. "the georgetown" has run for 30 years but the 19th century era boat failed recent safety inspections. owners will demolish the boat and haul it away. >>> damage from last friday's storm so great some families are picking up and moving out for good. we talked to one family, they say the smell of mildew is so strong it's sickening. a lot of their things were ruined last week when the roof collapsed and the water outside came inside. 19-year-old janice taylor just got home from college. she said she didn't even have a chance to unpack. >>

the smithsonian the national portrait gallery and we thank them for that and the american historical society. also next for anthony pitch, nancy go ahead with your comment. >> caller: yes. i have an ancestor, his name was john burns and he lived in akron, new york, and he fought in the war of 1812. and i requested his war records and received a lot of documentation for where he tried to get, i guess, the land that was supposed to be granted to him. later after he died, hi wife even tried to do that, and was never granted any land. so were there a lot of those tha were not given the land amp the war of 1812 is my question? because i really don't know a lot about the his trips that you're speaking of. that's why i'm listening today. >> again that really doesn't focus on the burning of washington. which i'm here to talk about. that's not my field. >> what was the size of the u.s. military force? >> marines, 114 fought at the battle. there were according to records i found 27,000 regulars, but spread thinly from the canadian frontier right down to the gulf. >> how many would have been in

publicly owned big city streetcar, it almost certainly qualifies to be sitting on display at the smithsonian, but we in san francisco had a better place for it than that. because we put our history to work. we embrace our hats, but we give it a job to do to benefit our present and helped enrich our future -- we embrace our past. we invite the world to use our streetcars as part of our regular transit service to get to places they want to go to and to have fun in the process. these museums in motion have proven their value here today, the f line is america's most popular street car line and attract as many rides every -- riders every day as our other lines combined. senator feinstein gave me too much of a role in this. this would not have happened without the mayors who have been involved in this through the years, starting with been near feinstein -- then mayor finds that appeared when i was in her office, she looked, listen, and said, "alright, i will do it, but i do not want to see any junk out there." we have watched the street cars go by. i think we have done a good job of keeping it cla

. >>> the restaurant at smithsonian's national museum of the american indian could come out a winner it weekend. the native foods cafe is the first museum restaurant to be nominated for a ram my award. they will be given out on saturday. they're a finalist in the casual restaurant of the year category. good luck. >> very good. >>> keira knightly had a great time making an apocalyptic comedy. >> reporter: it's the end of the world and they know it. >> we'll be bringing you our yownts count -- countdown to the end of days along with all of your classic favorites. >> reporter: they play an unlikely pair who find each other just as a gigantic asteroid is about to wipe out the planet. >> what are you going to do with the rest of your life? >> probably catching up on some me time, find god, maybe grab some chairs. some admit they may be surprised to see him on screen with a british star. >> we're a very odd couple. we're not two people you would ever expect to see in the same movie let alone in any sort of relationship. >> reporter: steve carrell's character is down on his luck whose wife

we look at a program that is actually run by the smithsonian but that unites kids from fairfax countyua. and the thing that connects them is the kids study the birds that migrate from northern virginia to this island in nicaragua. >> amazing. >> throughout the course of the year, they learn, they share, they make art projects and share them with each other. and real life long connections are created through the birds. >> leave it to the smithsonian to come up with something so cultural and educational. >> exactly. these kids learn more about themselves and their classmates in other countries than they even do about the birds. it's really a wonderful program. >> up next, tips on a butterfly guard nn your back yard. my 3-year-old daughter would love this. >> and the thing is, it's very easy to do. in monday's kids post, we talk about how you can do this. it's just about having the right plants in your yard. and if you want inspiration, one of my favorite places is the wings of fancy butterfly exhibit at brookside gardens. so you can see the butterflies. then plant some daisies in your b

i saw the exhibition at the smithsonian called "written in bone," and it was one of the most fascinating things i've ever seen. i noticed you showed the captain gosnold reproduction. the one that really captured my imagination, you had a video of a woman and there was an interpretive reconstruction of a woman who would walk away from you in the video. you would see how you started with her skeleton and then the forensic reproduction. she walked with a limp. it was stunning. it was stunning. and i was wondering if you could tell us a little bit more about who you think she was and the other reproduction was of the head of a woman who was believed to be a slave and you determined that based on the shape of her back which would have been bent in such a way over years and years of literally back-breaking labor. if you could tell us about those people, i'd really love to hear it. >> those individuals actually aren't from our site. they're from other 17th century sites in virginia. so, we don't really know particulars about them. but it is a fascinating exhibit. just to learn -- to see what yo

.  >>> the smithsonian folk hive festival kicked off at the national mall with a bring back the funk concert. last night's show featured george clinton and ivan neville. the best part, it is free and there will be free concerts nearly every night. always a fun thing to go to. >> that is cool. >> have you ever gone to that? >> no, our schedules are tough for that kind of thing. >> you got to get there during the day. >> maybe i'll get this this weekend. >> it will be hot there though? >> yeah. >> i'm all for ac. >> yeah, you have to start using it again this afternoon. hope you enjoyed yesterday because we've got chains in the forecast and generally, they will be accompanied with more humidity and more heat. yes, here are your high temperatures. one more day in the 80s. our high temperature yesterday at reagan national, 89 degrees. 87 out at dulles. 90 at bwi marshall. things are going to be warmer today. i don't think we'll be terribly humid but with temperatures expected to be in the mid-90s, you will notice the heat this afternoon. not a bad start. 72 in washington. still

. >> osgood: rit a braver plays video games at if smithsonian.orah o'donnell talks to up-and-coming republican senator marco rubio. steve hartman visits a restaurant where love is always on the menu and more. but first here are the headlines for this sunday morning, the 17th of june, 2012. violence has forced the united nations to suspend its mission in syria. its teams of unarmed observers are now holed up in hotels in damascus and other cities. the u.n. says their work had become too dangerous. after the announcement syrian government troops reportedly launched a new round of attacks on rebel-held areas. voting in egypt's presidential election continues today. the race to replace now imprisoned and very ill former president hospital knee hugh bar he can pits mubarak's last prime minister against a conservative islamist candidate. greek voters go to the polls in an election that could determine its future with the eurozone. the left wing party says it will walk away from tough austerity measures blaming them for plunging the greek into recession