that is in the smithsonian. that candlesticks that were on the table, the marble top table were obtained by brigadier general shargh. they are actually in an exhibit. the silent witness i think, is one of the more interesting pieces in the room. it was a ragdoll owned by an eight-year-old girl. it was left in the parlor. when the fed also came in the parlor they started passing among themselves. you can see it today in the parlor c exhibition, called the silent witness. the vase on the mantle remained in the mclean family. they were later given to the park. you can see them. the cell phone was kept in the mclean family. the original is in the park collection in the mclean parlor. the bookcase in the room, it is now in the smithsonian institution. those are the only known furnishings that where in the parlor. there was no interest in the rest of the house because i had nothing to do with the surrender proceeding. even though, general gibson had his headquarters there for a few days afterwards. i hope that answers

smithsonian doesn't really have billionaire alumni. of under the tenure of lawrence small, there was a lot of debate about where the line should be drawn when it comes to entering into private or commercial relationships with the smithsonian, and one case in particular was an arrangement with showtime that would have given them apparently, exclusive or at least first rights of refusal over the use of archival material smithsonian objects. a lot of people complained about about that, that it seems to be taking a public resource and privatizing it. any idea where the red lines need to be for something like the smithsonian when it comes to those sort of arrangements in the future this. >> yeah, it's a great question. let me talk about the fundraising a little bit. the way fund job raising works in most -- fundraising works in most organizations is sort of a pa ramal structure where people give modest amounts and fewer give more and fewer give more and as you mentioned sometimes you're able to get these enormous breathtaking gives from peo

in general the smithsonian does that, does that. as you suggested i not going to second-guess what i'm sure was a hard decision. i will not second-guess my process on any decision to i will say that as we talked about a few years ago as we're getting ready, creative activity of any strife tends to foster controversy. recently the smithsonian came out with what i view as a bold statement on climate change saying that based on a lot of data and other kinds of data that it looks as if the warming that's going on that you can not really argue about is due in great part to human activity. it wasn't too long ago is to >> it was not too long ago that a statement like that would not be wildly controversial and may still be controversial in some quarters. i think whether it's size and certainly arts and in my 20's the humanities, very frequently foster controversy. so i think that we need to be able to embrace that controversy and be part of the culture world and the science world in a way that makes sense, in a way that is done carefully, t

that is in the smithsonian. that candlesticks that were on the table, the marble top table were obtained by brigadier general shargh. they are actually in an exhibit. the silent witness i think, is one of the more interesting pieces in the room. it was a ragdoll owned by an eight-year-old girl. it was left in the parlor. when the fed also came in the parlor they started passing among themselves. you can see it today in the parlor c exhibition, called the silent witness. the vase on the mantle remained in the mclean family. they were later given to the park. you can see them. the cell phone was kept in the mclean family. the original is in the park collection in the mclean parlor. the bookcase in the room, it is now in the smithsonian institution. those are the only known furnishings that where in the parlor. there was no interest in the rest of the house because i had nothing to do with the surrender proceeding. even though, general gibson had his headquarters there for a few days afterwards. i hope that answers

i take the smithsonian's word they did that.ver, if you have a major science denier, not just someone who denies it personally, but who is funding denialism with tens of millions of dollars, you don't have to have that person sitting at the table with the exhibit designers. it is known what that person thinks. it is known what their beliefs are. i think if you back at all the way back, you would say, you should not have such a person -- you shouldn't have a science denier on the board of a science museum. it is a contradiction in terms and you're just going to get in trouble, so find the money somewhere else. amy: beka economopoulos talk about the group of people who have signed this letter and why you got involved. >> it is a tremendous list of dozens of the world's most prominent scientists, including several nobel laureates who signed this letter. we initiated it as the natural history museum. our own natural history museum the just launched this fall. because we were very concerned that energy companies and the koch brothers

. >>> changes at the smithsonian. what you shouldn't bring on your next visit. snuffed out, puffing on e-cig rhetts could soon be banned and why it's facing so much controversy. >>> calls for change growing louder. how a piece of video has a city so outraged. and what we've just learned about the man shot by a police officer. >>> you know i've got to check this out. this right here is a sinkhole. it's the result of a water main break on 13th place in northeast d.c. i'm zachary kiesch. i'll have a live report. >>> anger is growing in los angeles. there were more demonstrations today following sunday's police shooting of a homeless man on skid row. a group of protesters marched from the scene of the shooting to the los angeles police department downtown where a police commission is needing to discuss the case. the incident was caught on various cell phone and surveillance videos. within the past hour we learned the homeless man was a french national who had served time for robbery. he allegedly tried to grab an officer's weapon during a struggle which led to the s

the smithsonian just banned them. museum officials say they want to protect both visitors and items on display, especially when it's crowded. the civilie stick allows a longer reach when you're using your smartphone so you can get more people in your pictures. the ban is not on selfize, just the selfie stick. several top museums around the country are doing the same thing. >>> former full house star john stamos took a great ping tour in san francisco. a friend snapped third photo of him wearing a black outfit, sun glasses and hat in front of the house. that's him on the left. fans were visiting but had no idea uncle jesse was right there. he said, boy these youngsters have no idea what they're missing. hash tag full house house, hash tag, turn around. i love that. i don't if i would have noticed either. he is nondescript. let's check in on the forecast anything but undercover. drew tuma with what is going on out there. >> so many people out. >> you're not looking everybody in the eye. are you a celebrity? >> so close.

the smithsonian just banned them.cials say they want to protect both visitors and items on display, especially when it's crowded. the civilie stick allows a longer reach when you're using your smartphone so you can get more people in your pictures. the ban is not on selfize, just the selfie stick. several top museums around the country are doing the same thing. >>> former full house star john stamos took a great ping tour in san francisco. a friend snapped third photo of him wearing a black outfit, sun glasses and hat in front of the house. that's him on the left. fans were visiting but had no idea uncle jesse was right there. he said, boy these youngsters have no idea what they're missing. hash tag full house house, hash tag, turn around. i love that. i don't if i would have noticed either. he is nondescript. let's check in on the forecast anything but undercover. drew tuma with what is going on out there. >> so many people out. >> you're not looking everybody in the eye. are you a celebrity? >> so close. live dopple

. >>> plus the smithsonian and other museums are at odds with d.c. mayor muriel bowser. find out what they want her to do coming up. >> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erika gonzalez in for chris lawrence. off the top at 11:00, police release new details in a wreck that killed a prince george's county police officer. we now know exactly what he was doing before he crashed, and what he told his girlfriend in his final moments. >> officer brennan rabain was taking his girlfriend to her apartment when he saw a vehicle speeding. his girlfriend told officers what were likely his last words before he crashed and died. >> the officer made a statement about this guy's going to kill someone. and he -- what she thought was initiating an action to try to slow that car down or stop him. >> reporter: witnesses told investigators that rabain turned on his lights and sirens to pull the vehicle over but something went wrong. he lost control and smashed into a fence. this traffic camera video shows his cruiser a little more than a mile from the scene just minu

the smithsonian says the new policy is to protect exhibits displays and other visitors.ecause people don't look. i've almost been hit. >> expensive masterpieces at these museums. >>> you you could have a security flaw on your mobile device called freak attack. apple and google say that they are sending out software updates for fix a flaw that make allow hackers on your device while surfing the web. researchers say there is no evidence hackers have taken advantage. the problem started with an old policy that required u.s. software makers to use weaker security encryption programs sold overseas. >>> check your baby's cradle. dream on me is recalling about 3,000 -- no 13,000 two in one bassinets to cradle. they were sold in pink, blue green and white. the wire supports on the sides can disconnect causing fabric sides to lower and that can pose a risk to infants. the babies can fall out, get trapped or suffocate on some of that bedding. the company has received one report no injuries were reported. >>> if you have to drive anywhere these days in our area you can't get away f

this event is hosted by smithsonian associates. mr. berg: thank you for being here. it is a pleasure. thank you to the smithsonian institution director in particular, and of course to the david logan foundation for underwriting the series. part of the series, as rebecca mentioned, is to have a chance to encounter the history of d.c. through the eyes of a historian and those people who were instrumental in my own research. i'm friends with all of them. all of these people you have had a chance to see in this situation, they all kind of know everything, but they all kind of know different things. it is a wonderful chance for you to sort of get a tour of the city and its history in a sort of condensed form. i think it is a fairly rare opportunity, so i do encourage that. it is a pleasure to be here and have a chance to talk about his plan for d.c. i want to book anend my talk with two brief readings from grand avenue. one from the start of the book one from the end, although no spoilers. i will read and edited version if you want to follow along. after the entire talk,

there have been some seeds taken out in other areas that are at the smithsonian institute, greensburg historical museum, and so the gentleman -- the four young men that sat in here have talked to us about around where they sat, so a lot of the things you will see here are the actual advertisements around the different menu items they offered and the prices. these four were franklin mccain, ezell blair, joseph mcneal, and david richmond. they were freshmen at north carolina a&t university, a historically black university here. they came to the store, sat at the lunch counter and asked to order i believe some coffee and a piece of pie. the responses with really mixed. "you boys go on from here," i think another waitress was saying, "we don't serve colored people here." the word spread quickly the next day that this was going to be ongoing and that other people were wanting to get involved. other adults were showing up there were other students that said we want to be part of this. students from bennett college and what is noy unc greensboro but was at the time women's college. other stu

lord knows i knock something over in the schmidt -- smithsonian, i can't buy it. not taking it to the museum any time soon. >> i dropped my ten year olan seven year old over here to the philadelphia museum of art, if you have never been, only run the rocky stems go inside, the best museum in the world, phenominal. so we're looking at a dagat, i always think of the art ills, and she reaches up and touches it punk up. >> no. >> i'm like are you kidding me? so i got mad at her my wife gets mad at me forgetting mad at her. she touched a priceless piece of art we can't afford, baby. now the new see sum like he's never coming back. >> and now go back and look at the surveillance, there he is. fingerprinting the little scanner there, they'll finds thatted. >> well, a bar in chicago going stepfather from the museums, visit ores focusing on the butte any front of them. patrons who don't follow the rules, they have to get out. >> name of the bar harry's velvet room. requires cell phones be silenced and left in your pocket or in your purse no series allowed. so alex can't go

smithsonian banned selfie sticks.re's a risk to xicts and displays as well as other visitors. the sticks were against the rules at the hershorn museum before today. you can't use them at any of the smithsonian museums or gardens. ♪ >> ha! >> yes! >> this is the arena stage summer academy now accepting applications. the academy founder anita mainard lash joins us along with arianna krzyzewski a former academy student. good morning. glad to have you with us. that looks like a real performance by a professional group. >> well it does look like that because we have professional theaters artists, who are instructors of the group including parker essie, did core choreography for "oklahoma" and other shows people remember. >> how many did you attended academy? >> three year fls a row. >> and now studying theater? >> musical theater. >> tell us about the program. kids all over the area can go. is that right? >> absolutely. one of the special things it's taught by these theater prof professionals, limited to 30 students and a

at home. >> effective today guests of all the smithsonian museums are banned from using selfie sticks're taking steps to protect other visitors and exhibits when it gets crowded. but even know you can't bring yourself fee stick in the smithsonian is encouraging to you take as many traditional selfie photos as your heart desires. >> there you have it. >> snap away. let's take a selfie. >> howard, off got a lot to talk about. >> i drink almond milk because -- >> to clear that up. okay, good we did. >> okay. all right. eagles released two more players in the changing face of this team. and eagles made the biggest trade since the donovan mcnabb trade five years ago and for many it's a shocker. coming up in sports. ♪ >>> all right. this may be the most memorable off season for the eagles in years. although not official until next week when trades can become official plus the eagles have released a couple of veterans. eagles have traded lesean mccoy to buffalo. he ain't going to like the night live there. yes that lesean mccoy. his contract called for $12 million this season and that could

at home. >> effective today guests of all the smithsonian museums are banned from using selfie stickssay they're taking steps to protect other visitors and exhibits when it gets crowded. but even know you can't bring yourself fee stick in the smithsonian is encouraging to you take as many traditional selfie photos as your heart desires. >> there you have it. >> snap away. let's take a selfie. >> howard, off got a lot to talk about. >> i drink almond milk because -- >> to clear that up. okay, good we did. >> okay. all right. eagles released two more players in the changing face of this team. and eagles made the biggest trade since the donovan mcnabb trade five years ago and for many it's a shocker. coming up in sports. welcome to our sales event. [crowd] thanks jan. you're the best jan. oh! nice. 0% apr financing on select models... hey, on top. you're welcome. and that's my typical day. [kids cheering] you're up. you wanna... nope. at our 1 for everyone sales event, get 0% apr financing for 60 months on a 2015 prius. offer ends march 31st. for great deals on other toyotas, visit toyot

it is important to do so and i think the smithsonian does do that. i will not second-guess what i am sure was a hard decision space not second-guess on any decision but as we talked about i think creative activity tends to foster controversy. recently there was a bold statement on climate change based on data looks as if the warning that you cannot argue is in part to human activity and not too long ago was statement would have been widely controversial and still may be but whether science or art or humanities and it could foster controversies so we need to embrace that controversy to be a part of the cultural world in science world in a way that makes sense that is done carefully and thoughtfully but not to back away from controversy but i cannot comment. . . which is very understandable in a recession. even though some parts of the economy have bounced back a lot, lot we all know the economy has not totally bounced back and it is important we don't lose track of these disciplines. i hope to work with and learn from the other leaders who know many t

the smithsonian institution has terrible problems, fiscal problems, and if someone were to buy the smithsonianinstitution and decide that they could solve all of those fiscal problems by turning it into disneyland that should not be an acceptable solution, even though it would be a solution to the financial crisis at the smithsonian. that is to say, you solve the money problem but in the process you destroy what is valuable about it. i think that people who own these magazines and, you know, bless all of the enlightened ones among them are performing a really essential service to this culture. and, you know, you can call it --, i don't know, patronage, you could call it citizenship you could call it all sorts of things, but the quantification and the fiscallation of the success of such enterprises is -- does not give you an accurate picture of their importance .. it just doesn't. >> rose: do you think we as a democracy are losing something because of the arrival of the internet in terms of the place that we have for ideas? >> i think there are gains and there are losses. i think that the reach

recently the smithsonian portrait gallery had an exhibit on the war of 1812 and borrowed this wonderful portrait of jean-lafitte, who had a basic here in galveston after the war of 1812. came here in about 1850 or so. relations between jean-lafitte and the u.s. government had soured and he and his brother p air were -- pierre were hired on as informants for spain. so, he used galveston as a piece of operations for not only sparring, but also his privateering endeavors as well. it is a really unique piece. a local family was building a mansion between 24th and 25th street on broadway. when they were tearing down the old house and laying the foundation for the new one, they discovered a number of confederate artifacts, and this painting rolled up in a tent. the family took this as a possible jean-lafitte painting, and in the 1970's, the piece was donated to the library. however it was really just speculation that led early folks to believe this was jean-lafitte . but it really caught fire, much like all of the history with lafitte. there is much mythology that is difficult to disentangle

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c-span: you did make a trip just to see it down at the smithsonian? >> guest: no, i think i probably combined it with something else, with a research trip or whatever. oh, sure, i had to see what it was like. absolutely. c-span: what is the philadelphia? >> guest: it was one of the gondolas at the battle of valcour island in october of 1776. it was the first of the american ships, i think, to go down. the ships were drawn up in a line between the island and the mainland, and as the british beat back up towards them, as i explained, they came sort of one and two at a time, and the americans tried to stick together and just throw everything they could at them. they didn't have a whole lot. the philadelphia was hit and sank. i think she was hit in the afternoon and then sank after dark. c-span: do you remember what year they brought that ship up? >> guest: no, i'm afraid i don't. it was not that long ago. they sent divers down and got her. arnold's flagship is still at the bottom of ferris bay. when the battle was over and he'd finally escaped with a few

the smithsonian has banned selfie sticks from all of its museums and gardens. smithsonian says the new policy is to protect exhibits displays and other visitors. and selfie sticks have their place. but people don't have any discretion with these things. you can't swing -- >> it's called a masterpiece. irreplaceable. >> so no sticks in the museum. >>> the health care law back in the spotlight. the critical arguments in the day ahead. >>> outside, the story is the rain. but we're tracking another powerful winter storm that could leave your driveway buried in more snow. >>> plus we're tracking a developing situation right now in ukraine where a rescue operation is under way right now after an explosion inside a mine. what we're learning about the accident. >>> flewnew developments on a breaking story. we've learned five different shootings are connected to the same suspect and that the fbi now has a person in custody. richard jordan tracking the new information and will join us live in 15 minutes. >>> we're track major changes in the weather that you need to prepa

. >>> straight ahead why the smithsonian is saying so long to selfie sticks. >> and coming up we'll tell you which athletic trade dropped adidas for aniacal i -- an idol. >> if you want to tweet us and tell us your thoughts on stories you might have seen or maybe something you want to see, tweet us. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. see the difference for yourself. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price, guaranteed for two full years! plus, get a $300 bonus with a two-year agreement. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> in tonight's consumer alert, the markets on wall street were down by the close of trading. the dow dropped 85 points. the nasdaq tumbled 28 points below its historic

we'll tell you how the smithsonian is taking a stand against an annoying popular trend. >> the potentialr this your son or daughter's room, and a major recall just announced. if >>> if you're bringing your family to the smithsonian, you will have to tell them to leave the selfie sticks at home. they have been banned from all museums and gardens. >> good. >> it says the selfie sticks are a risk to exhibits and displays as well as other visitors. you you can still take a regular sellfie if you wish. >>> we have a consumer alert. dream on me is recalling about 13,000 bassinet to cradle products. they were sold in pink blue group and white. the wire supports on the sides of bassinet can disconnect causing fabric sides to lower posing a risk for infantss. the babies can fall out, get trapped or suffocate. the company has received one report so far. no injuries have been reported. >>> we were talking about a little rain heading in to work this morning and the temperatures are pretty mild. it's 40 outside. >> can't complain about that. how about that little silver lining in the forecast? >> yes

marathon participants should use federal triangle smithsonian or archives metro stations if they want to access the starting line at constitution avenue at 14th street in northwest. the marathon is going to impact metro bus routes. so be advised. a tanker truck crashed and sent flames shooting into the air bringing traffic to a stand still for hours. coming up at 4:00 what we're learning about the cleanup effort. >> and a training exercise ends in tragedy off the coast of florida. we'll have an update on the search and recovery efforts after that military helicopter crashed. >> we're being -- we're being -- >> you're seeing it here a brazen crime caught live on tv. find out if police have found >> take a look at this massive tanker fire at i-94 near detroit. it is now under control. but still no word on when traffic will be back to normal. this happened right around 11:30 this morning. haz-mat crews were called out to help clean up the mess and that set two cars on fire as well. amazingly, only a few people were taken to the hospital and they had minor injuries. >> could have been a l

this presentation from smithsonian associates and the historical society of washington dc is about one hour. >> i do not have any visuals and i can claim that is because i do not know how to do it, but the truth is that i never know how i will say it until i get here. i hope you will forgive me for the lack of visuals. my title is "dreams, nightmares and neglect." i will start with earlier than 1783. i will start with the european explorations the early part of , the 17th century, so it is going to be almost a 200-year dream, but it will go fast, as i concentrate on what happened once the dream was realized. in 1607, john smith entered the seven-mile wide mouth of the potomac river and headed north. whether he got this far north, we are actually not certain, but people living here, algonquin peoples called the place -- it as the place where something is brought, a training place, a place to which tribute is brought. it was a beautiful area in which the tidewater from the ocean stopped. the river narrowed, and as you know, north of georgetown, it is a very different river. but here, the

i have seen him in a film clip at the smithsonian museum of american history jumping into the wright brothers' plane. i was wondering, did he drive people crazy? >> it's a good question. it gets back to the seminal point. when you have no fear, and you don't have any skeletons in your closet, it makes you pretty powerful. trust me we have no record of him lying or cheating. he had nothing ever to cover. he never had a paranoia of that kind. he developed this darwinian philosophy. it's not so different from jonathan edwards and, the door opens, you will go tumbling down. death is upon any of us at any minute. live your life honorably and live it to the fullest. his idea of the fullest was trying anything new. he went into a summering. he went into aviation. he went catching coyotes and wolfs. he went wolf-catching riding his house, leaping off a horse and grabbing the wolf, and if you put your fist and the wolf's mouth, it turns totally passive. this guy he went with made business selling walls -- wolves to zoos and museums. t.r. got a film crew to go film some of this. he liked darre

kimberly: this week ford's theater and the smithsonian's museum of american history gave abc 7 news an advanced look at a new exhibit. it's called silent witnesses. artifacts of the lincoln assassination. the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's death is next month. exhibit pieces including lincoln's top hat john wilkes booth, derringer pistol and the carriage, the lenken's road to the theater were all brought together from all over the country. >> our history comes alive when we see the objects. and it causes us to reflect on really what abraham lincoln meant to the country the whole purpose and what happened with the civil war, and who we are as a people. kimberly: the exhibit at ford's theater opens to the public monday. the carriage is now on display at the museum of american history. coming up on saturday news extra, amazon is expanding its one-hour delivery service. we'll tell you where and how much it will cost you. plus plans for a wal-mart supercenter in bowie running into channels and why some oppose that project. eileen: it was a comfortable and really pleasant first ful

jewish amount and the yerba buena center for the arts in addition, i want to highlight that the only smithsonian museum in san francisco we'll be undertaking joint programming both in san francisco and in the countries capital we're working to forge partnerships with the institutions in mexican for two programming as well as 5 high-level for capital and empowerment and to help with the travel expeditions that will be record expeditions at the yerba buena thank you for your sponsoring and moving the list for the approval for the full board. >> thank you very much let's see i think at this point we'll weigh to move into. first up will be (calling names) >> good morning, everyone. buenos toward us and supervisor cohen and supervisor kim and supervisor wiener i'm delighted to be here as concert of the board of trustees for the mexican museum in the mission strict that's an honor to be here today over a long, long period of work and a lot of you know a lot of work from many levels and different groups we're here to show gratitude for the city the city believing in us and our community how wonderful t

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he was still in your to venture off into the smithsonian's air and space museum is where we will learn more. >> 500 kilometers above the earth aleskie took the first walk into space. mainly audience closer to space than could ever have imagined. this shows how images stirred public sentiment and how technology brings the experience down to earth. >> astronauts have had greater access to photographic technology. they went to digital cameras a decade ago. it has exploded the possibilities. astronauts are tweeting images from space, which is great. >> he is either the photographer are subject of these images. >> what you see is the reflection in the skin of the hubble space telescope of the earth and the spatial and to me. i am holding the camera. this is a selfie i took on the last spacewalk after we finished all of the repairs. >> before photography it was up to artist to can base space. this picture by norman rockwell shows the first lunar landing before it happened. art can be found in surprising places. the reflection in the gold divisor of a space helmet. a display of space suit glo

the brooks brothers coat that he wore to the theater, also his top hat on loan from the smithsonian. john wilkes booth pistol even the contents of the president's pockets from the library of congress. >> i think people will get a sense of the real human component of what transpired that evening. to be able to see the clothing that lincoln was wearing, the great coat the top hat that lincoln was wearing. these optics have not been together in 150 years. so to bring those together i think is really something extraordinary. >> wow. the exhibition is just one of several events leading up to the assassination anniversary. silent witnesses opens at the ford theater center for education and leadership monday march 23rd and runs through memorial day. tickets, free. but of course very limited. >>> well it has changed the future of dozens of d.c. students. when "news4 this week" returns, we meet the latest round of young scholars to earn a free ride to a college, a local college. it's a competition bigger than the olympics it's coming to our area. the world police and fire games kick off next

tripods and monopods are already banned at museums like the smithsonian. the poles pose a safety hazard especially during crowded conditions. >> especially if you get too close to some of that art. >>> new study finds adults over 30 only catch the flu about twice a decade. why scientists say that's true. i wonder if the scientists have kids. >> that's x-factor. a lot more on that coming up. >>> i guess my wife caught hers last week. an easy drive. that zipper truck halfway across the bridge. can you see it? it's doing its job. we'll check the rest of your commute coming up. >>> you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back, everyone. ready to go out to eat? a new list out this morning features the most allergy-friendly restaurant chains. according to users of the app allergy eats, chipotle is the most willing to accommodate guests with food allergies. p.f. changs, red robin, and outback also made the cut. >>> a new study finds that people are less likely to catch the flu once they're a certain age. researchers in southern china found that people over

she was born 18 months ago at the smithsonian national zoo in washington, d.c. and since then, she's been a big hit. this is why she's so cute. this video of her first snow day of more than five million hits on youtube. the zoo keepers say the solo transition is just part of nature's way. >>> a special lighting ceremony will take place at san francisco's ferry building tonight. the numbers 1915 will shine on the tower: that's the year the city hosted the world's fair. 19million people came through the ferry building doors for the fair. and now a century later, the city is honoring the historic event. the ceremony will take place at 6:15 tonight for the lighting. the lights will stay illuminated through december. >>> it's a new twist on america's favorite cookie sandwich. why oreos are ditching the white cream filling for something a little more bright. >> and we want to invite all you pet lovers out there send us your questions about their health and well-being. just e-mail skippy!! yippee!! fun fun fun! shiny! you never listen! what? is someone talking? ♪ skipp

. >> i spoke a short time ago with our guest from the smithsonian institution. thank you for coming here. do we know what has been lost? >> it is one of the most famous archaeological sites in iraq. it dates to about 1200 b c it had many sculptures, friezes things from that era. i have not seen photos, but i assume that will be coming in the coming days. >> there is something so surprising and senseless because it is the wanton destruction. once it is gone, it is gone, right? these things are irreplaceable. >> these are things that reflect our heritage and the earliest points of civilization, so yes it's really depressing. >> are there other areas under control of the islamic state -- you worked in iraq and 2004 and you saw the looting of archaeological sites. that was for profit. this is something different, isn't it? >> yes, this is intentional destruction for a particular perceived religious reason and we are concerned because there are other sites that are out of control like the world heritage site of hot truck and small easy ends -- museums -- >> because t

it's mexican museum.org and we're also affiliated with the smithsonian institution. >> there's the web address and make a visit because this is a great exhibition they have going on until june. thank you and good luck on your venture. >> thank you, damian. >> up next, honoring our veterans. stay with us. >>> the annual receiveterans ree fair is upon us. you wear a lot of hats but today you're wearing the san jose vet center hat. >> i am. >> tell us about your service. >> i served in the united states army for 27 years. i retired in 1995 as command sergeant major. and it was a great chapter of my life. when i look back at my service to my country, i'm proud to have served my country and my family is proud of me as well. >> we have a lot of brave men and women who return to this country from overseas and they don't return the same way. you are there, the san jose vet center is there to make sure that whatever service a veteran has earned is provided to them to the fullest. tell us about that mission of yours. >> of course, many service members that return back to society are not aware of

. >> but i have -- the napkin that was put in the smithsonian, the writing was, to don rumsfeld from arthur. why, if i did that, would don not have picked it up? >> i didn't want that trash. >> i had to deal with this all the time. i do these mathematical models, of the effects of taxes. if you know the math, it works out pretty nicely. it doesn't have the bite, the flavor, of the real world. so i would develop anecdotes to try to illustrate the economics, one of which was the laffer curve. which, if you tax people at 100%, no one will work, because they don't get the incentive to work, and the government will collect no revenues. if you tax people at 0%, everyone would work like mad but you're not collecting any revenues. >> basically the curve showed that with tax rates at zero, you were going to collect zero taxes. with a tax rate of 100%, you will collect zero revenue. you shut down the economy. >> it had the power of simplicity. it was a truth that could be expressed in a paragraph. >> we each turned to each other and said, arthur laffer is absolutely brilliant. my memory is not

. >> reporter: in a glass case at the smithsonian air and space museum, a replica of the suit and helmetlexey leonov wore that day. today we take spacewalks for granted, but 50 years ago this had never been done before. it was risky and he almost and alexey leonov almost didn't survive. in the vacuum of space his suit suddenly ballooned. if he didn't release the air pressure, he would never get back in the spaceship. >> translator: something needed to happen. so kwhawhat should i do? what should i have done? dropped the pressure. >> reporter: he managed to get back inside, but then on reentry, the ship landed hundreds of miles off course, in a remote snow-covered wolf-infested siberian forest where he and a fellow cosmonaut spent two days awaiting rescue. >> alexey leonov is a hero. there's no question about it. he is a hero in the soviet union, in russia today and quite frankly a hero in the space world all the way around. >> reporter: three months after leonov's mission, ed white was the first american to walk in space. he died two years later in the "apollo 1" disaster. 50 years after

closest stop the start line will be federal triangle smithsonian or archives. >> with that marathon coming to d.c. tomorrow morning, some road closures as well. over 25,000 runners be taking part in this race which stretches from the downtown area to adams morgan then south across the anacostia river. some d.c. streets are closing at midnight. and they won't reopen until 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. so you can keep track of all of these road closures and navigate yourself around that and the metro changes in the palm of your hand. use our nbcwashington app and search "marathon." they'll have soggy sneakers tomorrow. >> boy, will they ever. most of the run really is looking wet, starting early tomorrow morning for anything outdoors really. but you're right. some very wet sneakers big puddles, all of it as we watch the rain on storm team 4 radar. start off with a weather forecast for the rock 'n' roll marten. 14th and constitution right over to rfk stadium. showers along the way at 9:00 a.m. and also at around 11:00 a.m. to lunchtime. more rain coming your way. there's your foreca

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also avoid getting off at the smithsonian station. instead get off at the l'enfant plaza, archives or arlington cemetery station. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s it is 4:41 now on your friday morning. temperatures are in the therts and 40s. mid-30s northern maryland and out into the panhandle of west virginia. all rain. and it will stay that way south of washington. culpeper for to fredericksburg down to st. mary's temperatures well above the freezing marg. winter weather advisories posted for howard frederick. winter storm warning in washington county. so the overall impact on your day, there you can see rain changing over to snow across much of the area. it will have a high impact in northern maryland. already a tough day on the roads. >>> already a mess on the roads here. breaking news this morning, probably going to be like this for much of the morning. northbound bw parkway completely shut down at route 50. so right now all northbound traffic being pushed on to route 50. and southbound lanes also closed because they are trying

places like the smithsonian and the metropolitan museum of art are also on board with this selfie stick ban. >> where do you put it? >> you collapse it and put it in in your purse. not that i have one yet but it's ordered. >> put it away. >>> will ferrell is joining the giants and a's. he's suiting up next. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >>> tonight at 6:00 the childhood hobby turned lifestyle. how one man's love for paper planes is turning into a learning lesson for many more. >> the giants and the a's have a new player. and he's really funny. will ferrell is playing baseball. this should be good. it's all to raise money for charity. he's playing on ten different teams, including the giants and a's during spring training games tomorrow. he'll play a different position in five different games. >> wow. it will be filmed for an