the smithsonian has a robust web presence. how much of that is credited to the museum experience and how are you making that available to people? we spent time digitizing cardiac images and analyzing them. it was going to be hard to impress me coming into the smithsonian. i have been very impressed with the digitization work. it is a big challenge to know how much to digitize in what order. at any one time with our collection, only a tiny fraction can be on public display. impetus fromg inside the smithsonian and outside to make voice accessible. it more accessible. our visitor numbers are tiny compared with the rest of the world. we feel a strong motivation to make it accessible. over 140 million biological special men's related to natural history. we we will ever digitize those things. our asian art galleries, we have digitized the entire collection. even though only a fraction is , today you can look at anything in the collection because of the digitization effort. is three dimensional digitization. we incorporated inside t

that's what the smithsonian has turned out to be. right now there are 19 museums and galleries, the national zoo, always a favorite, nine research centers, 215 affiliate museums around the united states, traveling exhibition service, and a lot of other things. our collection is 156 million objects, including 2 million books and 154 million other things that range from biological specimens to the ruby slippers to the hope diamond and many other things and i want to put another plug in for the library of congress. not only were all those things mentioned but the instrument collection, musical instrument collection is a great interest of mine is fabulous here. when i first came, carla's predecessor gave me a tour of some of those objects in this very room, and it was to die for. it was really something. >> the fluke election. >> yep, they even let me play one in an inadequate fashion. >> oh my goodness. >> david ferrior, you're the new kid on the block but over 75 years old, how did the national archives come about? >> it wasn't until t

preserved in the smithsonian. so how does that process work, where you make the decision about what is preserved and what's not? >> so the smithsonian is an academic institution and that is to say there are professionals in different fields, curators, art historians, scientists, who are hired to have the professional knowledge and the sense, the training to decide what's of lasting value and what's necessary to make the collection even more complete, and so a lot of people do very very happily for us offer things from their lives, and a great example of that, the national museum of african-american history and culture which opened just a couple of months ago, two and a half months ago has a 37,000 item collection right now, about 3,000 of which are on display, and the majority of those objects are from people around the country, sometimes because our curators reached out and found something, and sometimes many times because the person said this is something that we've had in our closet, in our attic, on our coffee

the man who designed the smithsonian's newest museum says he has als. the one thing he wants visitors to experience and legacy he is proud of, just ahead. abc 7 news at, 11:00, on your side. in,or: the fog is rolling visibility dropping and becoming somewhat of a problem. rudin hasist steve the advisory. foge: the heaviest of the around the metro area and closer to the potomac river. the southern montgomery county district, arlington, alexandria, all of southern maryland and points to the south. on sunday. just because it is set to expire at 6:00 a.m. does not mean that all fog will be out of here. this building has improved a little bit at reagan national. now it's about 2/10 of a mile. a mile in culpeper. take it slow if you are doing that last-minute shopping tonight. temperatures will fall into the 40's. the skies will begin to clear out just a little bit. we will give you the full forecast for the rest of the weekend plus talk about new year's eve. more about that coming up in just a moment. midnight mass is tonight, too. when you are on the roads.

survived the attack on pearl harbor in the smithsonian's vast collection. it's a sikorsky >> rs 1 in a restoration hanger at the space museum's. >> we are the keepers of america's heritage. >> pat robinson is a museum specialist here. >> we can see the original silver that's underneath as this blue paint fades, the airplane is silver, orange yellow wings right would have oversprayed the airplane blue to tone those prewar colors down. had a little camouflage to it. >> the am fbiian was on ford island in pearl harbor that fate full day. in the hours after the surprise attack 75 years ago today, they flew the am fbiian off the coast of hides searching for japanese submarine nose as it's coming through that paint after 70 some odd years >> this was does he say tinned for the scrap heep before the smithsonian claim it in 1960 >> somewhere along the way, someone noticed in the logbooks that it had been present at pearl harbor on december 7th and brought that to the attention of the museum and museum act operator. >> reporter: these are not battle scars you see. a

at the smithsonian with a reflective part of our heritage. not long after that i heard a rumor about how the ss united states, the glory of our maritime fleet, the largest ocean minor ever built, is to be towed out to sea and the contents dumped overboard in the north atlantic. i said to myself, how silly is that? what a crime. more importantly the tens of whosands of travelers traveled on that ship. stuff, to dumpt all that seemed insane. i went to the owners of the ship, proposed the notion of an auction only to say they liked this idea so much they took it

is he asking smithsonian leaders to fix this in saying we need some answers now.undreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money we feel like there should be an answer. >> so funny, i have the same thought every morning when i get on the car and turn on morning edition of npr. >> you love it? >> i'm paying for this shannon bream you are the best. you are great. thank you for that. >> you too. >> coming up we will take your criticism. you sent a lot of it mean tweets @ "tucker carlson tucker. we will read them coming up next. test test. test. now it's time to hear feed pack. mean tweets is up: oh but i am. there it is right there. i am puzzled, actually. that's why my face registers puzzlement. email doug didn't give last name. i just got back to the u.s.a. where i once again have access to news, internet, et cetera. i was flipping through new comcast cable channels and saw you have a new show on fox. i was astounded i thought you died in prison a few years ago. in any event, welcome back. thank you, doug. i never left. well, tomorrow it's your turn to be king for

is he asking smithsonian leaders to fix this in saying we need some answers now. of millions of dollars of taxpayer money we feel like there should be an answer. >> so funny, i have the same thought every morning when i get on the car and turn on morning edition of npr. >> you love it? >> i'm paying for this shannon bream you are the best. you are great. thank you for that. >> you too. >> coming up we will take your criticism. you sent a lot of it mean tweets @ "tucker carlson tucker. we will read them coming up next. ♪ this holiday, the real gift isn't what's inside the box... it's what's inside the person who opens it. give your loved ones ancestrydna, the simple dna test that can tell them where they came from -by revealing their ethnic mix. it's a gift as original as they are. order now at ancestrydna.com. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax. now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used trucks with one owner. pretty c

that is what the smithsonian turned out to be. >> at 9:00 p.m. eastern, the inaugural summit. for the next generation of young women. at 9:40 federal appeals court judges, both from the d.c. circuit. and senior federal judge andre davis discuss the impact of the bill of rights, 225 years after ratification. >> plying those words to the factual circumstances and disputes, over the course of 200 years is what is challenging. >> on sunday at 6:30, author gene epstein, law professor richard epstein, and the kado epstein debating foreign wars. >> judgment is an essential proportion of the way in which we have to start dealing with these things, if you start with the frame. over time it will be a calamity than when you don't use force. that's when the real calamities will happen. the muslim public affairs convention at 9 tomb. with harpings by javier, cnn commentate tore van jones and others. >> what we were trying to do is highlight the values of the constitution of the united states, the vat use of freedom of speech. practice of the religion, equal dignity, law and due process of

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the smithsonian has 500 ph.d. scientist, people forget about that.nows because he's active at the smithsonian. they do a lot of work in the gee joe gnomics. you only worry about one genome, scientists worry about the millions on earth. fortunately we signed an mou with oak ridge and the smithsonian has direct access to the computing capability and the talent at oak ridge to help the smithsonian get into and use the facilities that it needs to do this. you think well that's just pure science. it's not, because 70% of the diseases are coming from nature, zika and all these diseases, and so understanding the genomes of all of these other species is critical to the health of the human species. so there was an example where i think it was very insightful for the council and d.o.e. and the national labs to set up this system that works. i do think there say missing component in all of this, and that is coming back to the local idea, i grew up in a little town called douglas, georgia, and the very southern part of the state of georgia. they fortunately have

the smithsonian says it is one of four trump images in its collection. >>> we now know where president obama will be working once he leaves office. ac post, take a look at your map, he has leased this office space in the world wild life fund headquarters building in northwest d.c. the obamas are planning to stay in the area until their daughter graduates. the office is about a mile from their new d.c. home. >>> right now the hsheriff's office need your help finding this girl. she willingly left the area. police want to know where she is and call them if you know where she might be. >>> well, this morning we are learning more about a double shooting that happened in virginia. we know that two women were shot at a home last week. documents that we've since obtained reveal that a man known to both women shot them after an altercation. the man told police he pulled the trigger after seeing one of the women reach into he was afraid she was grabbing a knife. court documents also show police found a handgun, several magazines and marijuana inside that house. charges have not yet been filed. >

hayden, archivist of the united states, david theriault, and david scored and, secretary of the smithsonian institution on the preservation of our national treasures. mr. smithson wrote that he wanted the institution to be oriented toward what he called the increase and diffusion of knowledge and that is what the smithsonian turned out to be. at 9:00 p.m., the inaugural women's leadership summit for the next generation of young women at the ronald reagan library. federal appeals court judges, both from the bc circuit, and andre davis of the fourth circuit discussed the history and impact of the bill of rights, 225 years after ratification. applying those words to the factual circumstances and suits that confront the country is what is challenging. announcer: author jean epstein, law professor richard epstein, and the cato institute's christopher debate u.s. involvement in foreign wars. >> force is always a just -- difficult question. if you start with the frame and make it very funny, it turns out over time the use of force will be a calamity than when you do realse forces when the calamity

that suit is now in display in smithsonian's national air and space museum in virginia, home to manynted to be an astronaut, of being above the atmosphere and be able to look at the earth, the dark is of space, the beautiful atmosphere. that dream never went away. even at 57 years old, i'm stilldreaming. remarkably, the suit was made relatively cheaply. they simply discovered new ways to apply. such as thermal underwear with the water system. the water circles around my chest and my legs and goes back to be reheated. why did need to be kept warm? it is cold up there. the higher you go through the stratosphere, the colder it gets and eventually we gather to minus 110— 120. alan eustace, a keen skydiver and piolot did not have to spend years and 110w someone to be an astronaut. could i do this? you could certainly do this. the way we design the system was, if i was unconscious, they had to be able to get me from 135000 feet down to the ground safely. so if you are capable of doing nothing, i think you could do it. with many sites set on moon and mars, the earth stratosphere remain unex

it came back to me when i was at the smithsonian. the smithsonian has 500 ph.d. scientists.eople forget about that. greg knows because he's active at the smithsonian. they do a lot of work in genomics. i used to give my friends at the nih a hard time. you've got easy work here, you only worry about one genome. the smithsonian is worried about 2 million genomes, all the other creatures on the earth. we signed an mou with oak ridge and the smithsonian has direct to the computing capability and the talent to help the smithsonian get into and use the facilities it needs to do this. and you think, well, that's pure science. it's not. 70% of the diseases are coming from nature. zika and all of these diseases. so understanding the genomes of all these other species is critical to the health of these human species. it was an example where i think it was very insightful for the council and d.e.o. and the national labs to set up a system that works. i do think there is a xoentent in all of this and that is come back to the local idea. i grew up in a little town called douglas, georgia

like the smithsonian... if they'd be willing to take them. severe weather continued to impact the southeast overnight, including the panhandle. these are images from okaloosa county where storms brought down people inside were not injured. a possible funnel cloud was spotted in destin... and there was a torando warning issued for the area for about 30 minutes. and speaking of storms... finally a day to ?celebrate. hurricane season is ?officially over. november 30th was the official last day of the atlantic season. and i think we can all agree... ?good riddance! this was the ?busiest atlantic hurricane season since 20-10. total of 15 named tropical storms formed during 2016, ?seven of which turned into hurricanes. and five named storms ?hit the u-s. of course the most devastating was "hurricane matthew." it left hundreds dead in haiti... before ripping up the east coast of florida. but matthew wasn't technically a ?major hurricane...when it made landfall... .that's a category three or above. which means the u-s has now gone 11 ?years without a

noaa spent more than a million dollars, even the smithsonian spent more than $300,000. the d.a. at the top of the list, the biggest spender, at more than $11. >>> the state representative who pleaded guilty to fraud has been sentenced to one year of probation. she was also ordered to serve community service. she was accused of fraudulently obtaining benefits. she dropped an election bid after being indicted. >>> state route 77 between this huge chunk fell onto the road. one of the workers standing there, that's how big the block is. it's 1 >>> a chandler family says don't you dare. >> an armed snowman and a unique signs are bold warnings to stay away. the >> reporter: the traditional holiday season has a relevant new look. especially at this family's chandler home. >> we smile and laugh. >> reporter: not just for neighbors. >> i hear it's getting really bad. the lights off their bushes getting stolen. >> stealing this light is not worth your life. a snowman with the rifle. >> reporter: and this armed frosty. >> just tells them we own a we don't want anything stolen or anyone get

a prized possession of smithsonian institution. here it is, guys, this is the only one that sure vivld the attack at pearl harbor the smithsonian has. it's the only aircraft in the attack. soyping us is pat rob up sop. thanks for being up and early with us this morning. >> tell us about this aircraft it's amphibian. >> it is 1938 sakorski amphibian one of 17 purchased for the u.s. navy to play utility role. it's pickup truck, van, moves critical personnel and it takes pictures this kind of thing. very, very original. it's in original colors. what you see today is over spray blue applied to aircraft after attack to tone down those pre war colors which was silver. orange, yellow wings and we have back on the tail the original colors of utility squadron one which is willow green. >> this is how it would have sglookd exactly. >> that's depiction of it flying over pearl harbor. >> it is indeed that is how it would have appeared that day. >> this one flew later that day. >> it did indeed air important with five others after the second wa

most businesses are closed today but the smithsonian was open. look at the lines. it's stretched out the door. during the holidays, memories are made at the dinner table. help us set a table at the table for those who have sacrificed so much by nominating a veteran to win a dining room set valued at $3,000. go to wjla.com/7salutes. nominations are accepted through december 128. >> the zoo lights up tonight. wind is not a feature at all. th tonight. it will push the temperatures from the 40's where they are now and mid-50's by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. luray is 50. 43 in baltimore. 46 at joint base andrews and 4 in fredericksburg. we get through the night we see the interesting change in temperatures with winds ahead of a cold front as we are steadily climbing through the 50's. it's probably 56 by early tomorrow morning. at the same time we are tracking the cold front that is moving in from the west. this is one computer model version of it. this is not heavy rain. the skies will cleared the sun will be back. another cold front comes in thursday. but un

he was the lead architect for the new smithsonian.e got his diagnosis before the museum opened in september. had now plans to raise awareness about the disease, which aufects the nervous system. he started the foub dags to help als. >>> also just changing gears a little bit. today is the official start of kwanz kwanzaa. chris gordon has more on the historical significance of kwanzaa and some of the local events already underway. >> lighting the first candle of kwanzaa. the seven principles of american heritage. >> you get to learn about your history. >> the red is for blood that's been spilled by people over their course of the history of time. in in the course of making the world a better place, the black symbolizes the cultural existence in and around the globe. everything that it life holds. >> it sponsored by the group called family and friends of incarcerated people. they are trying to break the cycle of crime and prison for local >> i went from living under a bridge, having a massive degree. >> reporter: ahead, why a kwanzaa par

the smithsonian says it's one of four trump images from his collection. we have special conch of the presidential transition and inauguration in our nbc washington app. you can read more by searching transition. >>> candle this is time of year, but now one of the biggest candle makers says that some of its products could hurt you. >>> it's something most families prefer to keep secret when a loved one is battling a a heroin or opioid addiction. but now a northern virginia lawmaker is speaking out in hopes it will help others. coming up, the warning signs that this delegate led >>> the number of opioid deaths is expected to hit a number record this year. >> it's one reason a a lawmakers is going public with a fact that his own son is battling addiction. julie carey spoke with the delegate about that decision to speak out. >> when retired major john bell ran for office two years ago, this was the shot of his veteran son saluting him that ran in a campaign ad. he had no idea at the time his son was addicted to opioids and had been for years. it started when

. >>> the smithsonian kicked off an installment today. the festival includes musical performance, festive performances and shows. and the continues tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 at participating galleries and museums. we went ahead and created a gallery for you around the area or search holiday festivals to see those pictures. coming up when you will need the raincoat next. plus the winter weather heading our way. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is going to time it all out, next. >> and also coming up i'm david in cuba with the final tribute >>> if you are just joining us we are following new developments out of oakland, california, where at least nine people died in a warehouse destroyed by fire overnight. investigators fear though that that number could climb to 30 or even 40 victims as they begin the grim task of sifting through a party happening on the second floor. and there could have been at least a hundred people inside at the time. fire investigators say there were no sprinklers and no clear path out of that building.

of -- according to a spokesman the smithsonian said we mourn the baaing of john glenn. his froif and discovery will live in our halls forever. at the museum tonight people pausi friendship 7 capsule that carried glenn around the earth in 1962. >> i mean, he was really the perfect hero. he was really impossible to find anything bad to say about him. he was very honest and very, very up bright and approachable. he was a great merp. >> after make -- great american. a senator and he took part of in another space trip in 1998. there will be more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. >>> the other story tonight, a big new addition to national harbor in prince george's county. leslie foster is live with all eyes will be on the mgm in national harbor. leslie, how is it going? >> reporter: hey, listen, that's right, it's all about the money and not just the casino jackpot. this property is expected to bring in hundreds of millio revenue into prince george's county and thousands of jobs. our delia gonclaves is following the money and she is also here live with that par

. >>> only been open for a few months, but the smithsonian museum mingak zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> in prince georges county, we're learning details about a frightening home invasion. several people posing as police officers, made their way inside a home on franklin avenue. once they were inside, police say they ransacked the place. >> bureau chief, tracee wilkins report, still searching for the suspect. >> reporter: they are looking for several suspects, five to six, at least two of them armed after a home invasion happened. this happened, just before 1:00 a.m., and the 9400 block of franklin street. according to principe georges county, they identified themselves as the police, the people who live in the house allowed them inside. they robbed the home and then left. now, prince georges county police chief says he doesn't and if that's the case what, was it? we'll have more coming up

starting today, there's a new way to get passes to the smithsonian's african american history museum. because of the cold weather, the museum doesn't want people waiting in line outside for daily passes. instead, same-day timed passes will be available through the museum's website starting at 6:30 a-m, every day. a limited number of walk-up passes will be available starting at one p.m. on weekdays. advanced timed passes for the month of april go online january fourth. also happening today - a celebration of our local olympians. montgomery county will host a special ceremony to honor it's four atheletes that competed in rio this summer. there's ashley nee from darenstown who competed in the canoe slalom.. rockville's own gold-medal wrester helen maroulis .... swimmer jack conger from rockville.. and of course superstar katie ledecky from bethesda. of the 500 americans on team u-s-a, 29 were from the d-c area! time now for weather we're continuing our seven days of giving this morning. our seven days of giving this morning. and today, we're talking about a charity that's very close to m

. >> it's the only aircraft that survived the attack on pearl harbor in the smithsonian vast collection. it's a s se korskijrs 1 restoration hanger at the air >> we are keepers of america's heritage. >> pat robinson is museum specialist here. >> we can see you know the original silver that's underneath as this blue paint fades. the airplane is silver and orange jello wings after the attack would have over sprayed the airplane blue to tone precolors down and add camouflage to it. >> am if i hadian was on forld island pearl harbor december 1941 in hours after surprise attack 57 years ago today, navy pilots blue the amphibian off the coast of hawaii searching for japanese submarines. >> the logo of utility squadron one is viblz upen the nose as it's coming through the paint after 70 some odd years. >> retired from active duty in 1944 the aircraft was zest inked for the scrap heap before the smithsonian claimed it in 1960. somebody noticed in the logbooks it was present at pearl harbor december 7 and brought that to the attention of the museum and of course then the museum acted on that. >>

his name appears on all sorts of lists including one from the smithsonian magazine named him one of the 100 most influential americans of all time in the entire history of the country. websites are devoted to him, and the museum in las vegas gets the best crowds when the teachers exhibit him. the wax museum in san francisco captured him after his disease took over in the life-size statue of al capone sitting in his alcatraz cell playing the mandolin.mandolin and those that are fascinated by criminals and professors who proclaim themselves to be al capone scholars debate every aspect of his life in difficult devito can be called as such, his work. law schools study his court case in the bar associations reenacted and academic institutions from the most august the most local offer courses. harvard business school examines the outfit as a case study. at the community college in illinois holds the course entitled simply al capone and when it was first given it was so popular that it was oversubscribed and two more sessions had to be scheduled. restaurants claimed he ate their, cocktails and

and there is a new way to get passes to the smithsonian's new african-american hto culture museum. passes will be available through the museum's website starting at 6:30 every day. a limited number of walk-up passes will be available as well. advanced time passes for april go online january 4. happening tonight, a big showdown. the redskins look to keep their hopes alive at home, hosting the carolina panthers. it all happens here on abc 7. johnny g has a preview of the showdown. the season ofs giving a few days before christmas. the cowboys giving the redskins a big gift last night, and hopefully santa will be kind tonight. redskins fans have been very patient. it is going to be very cold. our stormwatch 7 app is showing that at gametime tonight, 27 degrees. in the feel even colder nosebl days now that they have ripped out some of the seating up there. there is a wind tunnel effect. the redskins are trying to win their fifth straight home game, trying to beat the panthers for the first time since 2006. if you are scoring at home, that is four straight losses against carolina. our g

the only "sikorsy j-r-s one" left in existence is now at the smithsonian national air and space musuem.the plane was stationed at pearl harbor... and after the attack, it was sent to track down the japanese.the plane eventually ended up in storage... and almost turned into scrap metal 3 ((???1:45 seconds??)) ((???tease ahead??10???)) ahead??10???)) forecast...today...colder. partly sunny. highs in the upper 20s. west winds 10 to 15 mph. tonight...mostly cloudy. lows around 18. west winds 10 to 15 mph. thursday...cloudy. scattered flurries in the afternoon. highs in the mid 20s. west winds 10 to 20 thursday night...mostly cloudy. lows around 19. northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. friday.partly sunny. highs in the lower 20s. northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. friday night...mostly cloudy. lows around 14. saturday...mostly cloudy. a 50 percent chance of light snow in the afternoon. highs in the mid 20s. saturday night...snow likely. moderate snow accumulations. lows in with a 50 percent ance of light snow. highs around 30. 3 3 3 ((???1:45 seconds??)) ((???tease ahead??10???)) ahead??10???)) forecast...

this will be one of the funniest site gags in the history of television and that outfit is in the smithsonianoint out how good carol looks at 83 years young. she says her grond soandsons ar help keep her going. >> this year mikes a milestone and it's been 25 years since springer cemented his place in pop culture by showcasing some of the craziest parts of humanity. here's the thing, peoplen still can't get enough of him. >> anybody can be a talk show host. you do three things to be a talk show host. you have to be able to do, he did what? come on out, we'll be right back. if you can do those three lines, you've got a career. >> it's the first secret to jerry's success, make it look easy. >> this is the greatest show we've ever done. we spent a lot of time with springer over his 25 years on the air and he became the king of baby dadding fighting. jerry carried a ball to the kind of ringleader that made him a pop culture icon. >> the day i figured out, wow, we're on to something there were two cultural moments that impacted me, and one was being on the simpsons. >> we're back. homer, how does i

his name appears on all sorts of lists, including one from the smithsonian magazine that named him one of the 100 most influential americans of all time in the entire history of our country. websites are devoted to him and the mob museum in las vegas have its best crowds when they future him. mad madame tussaud museum had a life sized statue of al capone in his cell playing the mandolin. and gangsterologists has those fascinated by criminals have been dubbed and professors who proclaim themselves capone scholars have every aspect of his life and if it can be called as such, his work. law schools study his court case. bar associations reenact it, and academic institutions from the most august to the most local offer courses. harvard business school examines the capone outfit as a case study. the kankakee community college in illinois holds a course entitled simply, al capone, and when it was first given it was so popular that it was oversubscribed and two more sessions had to be scheduled. restaurants claimed he ate there and cocktails and sandwiches were named for him. hotels contend h

the only "sikorsy j-r-s one" left in existence is now at the smithsonian national air and space musuem.the plane was stationed at pearl harbor... and after the attack, it was ended up in storage... and almost turned into scrap metal until someone realized the plane's significance. 42-48(sot lawrence burke curator u.s. naval aviation) "these guys went out to find the japanese fleet knowing if they found it they were probably in trouble..1:25-1:32 somebody happened to look at the logbook and noticed it was showing a flight on pearl harbor on december 7. 3 the plane wasn't designed for combat, but it was used to deliver mail and move critical personnel around. 3 gove s time with members of the national guard in the middle east this week.he tweeted out this picture today... saying "it's such a great honor to speak with wisconsin national guard troops... thank you for your service".his office didn't say where he is in the middle east.walker is there with a delegation of governors visiting troops.we'll be right the brewers made their first big trade of the off-sean thornburg to boston for third

barriers being set up down by the national mall cellphones touzers have been lined up along the smithsonian. years ago carriers brought out similar portable cell towers in hopes of preventing a wireless overload. as for scheduled events day for inauguration wreath laying ceremony arlington national sem 25eury and make america great celebration at the lincoln memorial and inauguration day kicks off with swearing in of donald j. trump as 45 president followed by parade that will come down will take place that evening. the next morning, saturday, january 21 there will be a nitional prayer service at the national cathedral in northwest d.c.. now, tonight interim d.c. chief peter newsham says plans in security has been in the works several months and the word on the street is mixed. >> with upcoming inauguration with the things that we've seen throughout the world the most recent event in berlin that see something say something is more important now than ever. >> i think people are think about it carefully. i think they plan well. i have a lot of confidence in the people that think about securit

at the smithsonian museum of american history they have one of the vessels, the the philadelphia thoselly sunk during the battle. it is amazing. the fleet was piled up and so is vessels were lined up, arnold was in the center of his line. and they waited. sure enough, even the schooners had a hard time making it up. only the gunboats could get close enough. they would line up firing cannons back and forth. even took a shot and nearly took amount and it was eight hours the smithsonian would get sunk and eventually night with come and arnold had fought them to a job. he had his fleet was a mess. many men had died, but it was a miracle, he miracle, he had done it. but the british were confident they had them trapped in the small bay. so they created their own line below arnold so there's no way for him to escape they're going to get him in the morning. arnold has a council with his officers and one of his officer says look, the only way were going to get out of this as if we sailed to the north and go around the top of the bay. it's the safest thing to do. now arnold headed swashbuckling

his name appears on all sorts of listing it ain't one from the smithsonian magazine that named him one of the 100 most influential americans of all time in the entire history of our country. websites are devoted to him and the museum in las vegas gets its best cries when exhibits feature him. donna tussaud's? museum in and cisco captured him after his disease took over in the life-size statue of al capone sitting in his albatross fell playing the mandolin. gangster rally just a those who were fascinated by criminals have been dubbed and professors who proclaim themselves upon scholars debate every aspect of his life and if it can be called as such, his work. law schools study his court case, bar associations reenacted and academic institutions for the most bypass to the most local courses, harvard business school examines the capone a good. the key community college holds a course entitled simply al capone and when it was first given it was so popular that it was oversubscribed and tumor sessions had been scheduled. restaurants claim he ate there. hotels claimed that he slept there and

that is what the smithsonian turned out to be. eastern, them. inaugural women's leadership summit of the ronald reagan library. at 9:30, george's from the d.c. feet --and several senior federal judge discussed the history and impact of the bill of rights to under 20 years after.- 220 years >> the disputes like a friendly country over the course of 200 years, what is challenging -- that confront a country over the course of 200 years, that is what is challenging. >> a debate on u.s. involvement in foreign wars. difficultlways a question, judgment becomes the central portion of the way that we start to deal with these. we start with the frame. over time, if we use force, it is going to be a calamity. then you don't use force and the calamities happen. thehem at night :00 p.m., muslim public affairs convention with remarks by democratic avier, actorj george decade, and muslim goldstar father. what we were trying to do is highlight the values of the restitution of the united states, the values of freedom of speech, freedom of practice -- the constit

the smithsonian is remembering john glenn. a space on the first floor this morning. the water color and graphite sketch depicts 77-year-old glenn before he blasted off in discovery in 1998. the 9-day mission made him the oldest astronaut in space. >>> after last week's devastating fires in the great smokey mountains businesses in gaithersburg, tennessee want you to know they are back open for business. there's the traffic returning to the tourist district early this morning. that area was spared by those fires that killed 14 people and damaged or destroyed more than 2400 properties. gaithersburg counts on dollars from the 11 million visitors a year to survivor. the town only >>> fire destroyed 1,000 boats on the river in richmond. initial reports say flames broke out on one of those boats this morning and unfortunately spread. nobody was hurt. >>> around here all eye s are on the army and navy and cold. >> and cold. >> but silver lain -- lining here, no wind chills. it's going to be cold but no wind chills. temperatures in the

here in our region, many remembered her at the smithsonian museum where they are showing the "star wars" movie. she made a surprise appearance at the end. we'll share what the fans have to say coming up next hour. >>> i was thinking about -- she's got another movie coming out next year, she's in the next "star wars" movie, and she's got a documentary and something else going. so we'll see more of her work. >> and when she fell ill, she was flying back from london where she was part of the amazon series "catastrophe," which she was a part of as well. a lot more to come of carrie fisher, but very talented in so >> i always forget that she's debbie reynolds daughter. she's still alive in the middle of a great acting daughter. >> carrie fisher's daughter is also an actress with a different last name. >> 60? that's young. >>> so, for us, all eyes, nothing to worry about today, but all eyes are focused on this time tomorrow morning. 4 things to know about the weather, the cold northwest winds are back today. it's going to be a bit of a shock to the system after 68 yesterday. we will struggle

part of the reason why visitors at the smithsonian air and space museum are sad to see him go. >> we lost somebody who is very precious.>> of my boyhood heroes. >> reporter: one of his triumphs, rotating the earth. he served as a pilot in world war ii and korea. >> he was the perfect hero. >> reporter: he even represented ohio as a senator for more than two decades. former ohio congressman dennis >> reporter: a former nasa deputy administrator and mother virginia resident worked on john glenn's 1984 presidential campaign. >> we have the about every political line for the right stuff. >> reporter: she credited glenn with her first job out of college, helping her meet her husband and recommending her to president obama for her post with nasa. >> went to get to know him, he was just calm, thoughtful. he cared about his principles more than wanting to be president. >> reporter: in the end, john glenn was simply what so many strive to be. >> they made my generation dream. >> reporter: an inspiration to the country and the world. the air and space museum says he will likely have displays a

i have a smithsonian piece on this. he sees this in completely religious terms, and he does not have a hard time understanding the bible would tell you to do something like that. it makes sense to him. what is the issue is why would they kill women and children? why not just the men? that is actually the strategy he came up with and the rebels came up with that was actually pretty insightful. they had not done recruiting, so how are they going to get to get noticed by the other slaves? what can they do that is so outlandish? it is killing women and children. they hit a school. they killed 10 kids at the school. they think they will show the blacks in the area you can stand up to whites. no one had tried recruiting like that, but there was a level of, how do you get people to very quickly see the whites are a paper tiger, and addressing -- attacking their most vulnerable points, women and children? this is also clear. the rebels are not a rebel force that all agrees with each other. they debate this. there is a debate wh

the smithsonian says the 1989 portrait taken by michael o'brien's chose mr. trump wearing a suit and holding an apple in his right hand. it's one of four portraits of the president-elect in the collection. >>> new figures on opening weekend just released by mgm. more than 100,000 people visited the new resort and casino at national harbor between the opening night thursday and the end of the weekend sunday. scott broom standing by live with what is you are correct and 100,000 is a huge number and 50,000 of those came in the first 14 hours of operations. astronomical and astounding numbers. you have to know that this place is not fully open yet. the next big thing coming is the debut opening niofght the theater that will pack another 3000 people in. mgm's opening weekend so busy that twice since thursday authorities had to briefly shut down exits from the beltway to clear traffic extending across the woodrow wilson bridge. so busy that twice since opening the facility reached capacity and visitors had to be turned away. in the closest neighborhoods to national

. >> smithsonian american art a piec around 21, 21k street andan lovers private collections, too. too. >> reporter: awesome a lette me just tell you guys you're going to see sor:ll m yuch artwk surrounding the building here.ir there are more than 30han 30 different artists.ists we're talking national and thelh local that have their artwork at displayed here and so there'so s a lot to check out. out. let's just give the friendly fel staff a shout-out thisut-o morning. can we see some smiles? are excxcited. today is the grand opening. ope. >> all right annie.>> a r lots oigf folks will be smilings when they check out the casinoec for the first time. let'sk for th see if you're smit the caps highlights you should be. they held offer the bruins inhlr overtime after causing up ap three goal lead in the secondhec period. three to two bruins on a poweruo play. play one cap falls.l colin miller alone.lone slapshot beats braden holtby that sends it to overtime. oveim let's fast forward. pretty slick passing. s backstrom back over a littlebaco give and go andver back to bac backstrom and he

he was diagnosed before the new smithsonian museum opened in september. als attacks the nervous system until you can't control your muscles anymore and there is no cure. >>> a barber who has been in business for more than 50 years has passed away. he operated a shop in the little falls mall. he had many famous customers including former congressman tip o'neil but it might have been what he did outside of work that he would donate his talents to help homeless men with their grooming. holly was 89 years old. >>> well, it is the second day of kwanzaa celebration. >> this is a special year. kwanzaa lasts through new year's day. each day focuses on different principles. today focuses on self-determination tlchlt will be an interactive storing telling performance at the museum in southeast d.c. >>> today the new year's eve ball in time's square will be prepared for its saturday night drop. the ball is separated into four groups designed to represent kindness, fortitude, wonder and imagination. millions will watch as it drops at midnight marking the start of 201

jenia davis and her brother jermaine were last seen november 27th near the bruce place, near the smithsonian. we do not have a picture of jermaine but he had on blue pants and a gray shirt. if you know anything, call dc police to help bring them home. >>> the pentagon announced the death of a soldier from tacoma park michigan. alan brown. brown died yesterday at walter reid medical center. he was being treated for injuries suffered in a suid afghanistan. over the last decade brown was awarded more than a dozen service medals during several deployments overseas. >>> the driver in last month's fatal school bus crash in baltimore had a history of seizures according to the national transportation safety board. the board said the driver had also had a series of crashes. six people on the transit bus. >>> scary moments in marlboro this morning. the court house was evacuated because of a suspicious package. it was discovered on a truck at the courthouse. it was determined to be a false alarm, and they gave the all clear 2 hours later. >>> how did 2 teenagers start a wild fire that killed 14 people?

. >> woodruff: and, when religion and art collide: a new smithsonian exhibit celebrates the beauty and mastery of the qur'an. >> it really shifted my perception of what these works are, and i'm hoping that it will also shift the perception of the visitors who come to the museum