i'm talking about the smithsonian in the department of interior today. i am exciting to get feedback and see if people take it is a worthwhile project. america,tionary engineers produced many primary source maps and journals. the involvement of emery and others in describing and mapping western lands predates the mexican war. we think of lewis and clark, territorial acquisitions opted efforts for knowledge about terrain, flora and fauna and native americans. the military academy emphasized engineering and help towards this end. in 1838, the topic apical -- the topographical core -- democratic secretary of war recommended this when polk was house speaker. because we are still lamentably ignorant of the geography of our , points after elevating that aided in the promotion of science, a body that would help shape the vision of the smithsonian in the future. it worked with the patent office to create a repository for american and bastions -- inventions. despite the party commitment to limiting government and strict construction of the constitution, democrats

she e-mails the smithsonian in washington, d.c.? >> i got the standard, "should we be interested, we'll contact you." and i didn't hear anything. >> but unbeknownst to wendy, someone is interested at the smithsonian, and he's thinking maybe, just maybe, he's onto the discovery of a lifetime. >> it began to convince me that what i was looking at was something that could be authentic. >> putting the bible to the test, next. what's your "strange inheritance" story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com. woow! yeahhh! there we go! this memorial day, start your summer off right in a new chevrolet. oh, wow!! it's time to upgrade. you guys out did yourselves there. i'm gonna go and get a chevy. an exciting summer begins at your chevy dealer. and now, during the chevy memorial day sales event, get 0% financing for 72 months on these select chevy models. or current gm owners can get twenty seven fifty total cash allowance on this traverse. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. ♪ >> now bac

this is at the smithsonian is one of my highlights. you will notice there is a black band around it. that is called a mourning band. back in those days, if you lost a spouse or childe, you would wear a black crate mourning band. you all know that willie lincoln passed away from typhoid fever in february of 18 safety to so the president was still wearing -- of 1862 so the president will still wearing the band. they did not have hat sizes back or measurede curate it. it is a black silk hat. his everyday hats, you probably know he'd use as a briefcase. this was found on the corner of florida box. it became part of the investigation. it resided with the interior 1964 when theil american history museum opened and it has been there ever since. it is considered one of our prized possessions at the national museum of american history, president lincoln's hat. the president is going to be and brown. henry could tel almers.ar embolmer they were the ones who had embalmed willie lincoln. comes from thomas holmes. he made a fortune embalming soldie

he's the 14th smithsonian direct the first to be an historian. the first to be african-american and the first to be promoted 75 years. africa recognize the syism of this. i recognizeas while this import for the smithsonian, it ope doors. at gives people confidence they, too, can change a pce. >> rep as for leaving behind the museum he built -- to say good-bye because it's it's been the epitome of everyt i've believed as a >>> georgia's new controversial aborti law thrtens to hurt the tv production ssbusine brian kemp signed a bill banning aborti once a feet tall heartb is located. last year $450 billion worth of movies was shot there. and it doesn't just help with it's diffused impact throughout the state. offer tax breaks toon producti the storm team 4 weather alert y. >>sure. alread you know, i'm not fan of >> even though it's still not summer it's not even the heat and humidity, what will pretty looking skies this mornin unlike yesterday when we had our rain and thunderstor chance first thing in the morning, much more typical timing for right

lonnie bunch the third was named head of the smithsonian institution museum system.n-american to hold that position. the first historian to hold that position and the first to be promoted from within the museum system in 75 years. bunch is the founding director of the national museum of african-american histor and culture>>> severe storms claimi another life. one man was killed in ohio when multiple tornadoes tore trough overnight. seven people haveied in the last two weeks during a recordb eaking streak of severe weather. the national weather service has confirmed at least 500 torpedos in the last month. >>> all the rain and flooding we've been seeing could be impacting your dinner. >> darcy spencer explains why crabs are in short supply. >> reporter: at the k.c. crab eompany in laurel, they're steaming up som crabs from texas. about how many crabs are in this cooker? >> when it's afull,und five bushels. >> reporter: for now they're in low supply. in fact, like many other restaurants, they ran out on memorial day afternoon. >> we even had people sleep here just to w

. >>> and historic chaes coming to the smithsonian institution. for the first time in 175 yearsn an africmerican has been named to head the museum system. as news 4's mark segraves reports, the man taking over is someone who is probably familiao to u. >> lonnie bunchas a big smile and a big personality. he's best known for overseeing the creatiat of thenal museum of african-american history and culture. today he got a standing ovation when the smitnian's ree -- overseeing 19 museums from air and space to thena onal zoo. philanthropist david rubenstein made the announcement. >> he's a great scholar. he built the african-american history and culture museum almost by himself. what he did for the smithsonian there is something we hopeil he w do for the entire institution. >> bunch started at the air and space museum in 1978. he becomes the 14th director of the smithsonian, the first to be a historian,e first to be an african-american american, and the first to be promoted from within the smithsonian in nearly 75ears. >> as somebody who's african-ameri

i recognize that while this isi ortant for the smithsonian, it opens other doors. it gives people confidence that they, too, can change a place. >> as forhe leaving behind t museum he built? >> it's really going to be hard to say goodbye. it's been 14 years of f it's been the epitome of everything i believed as a scholar, as a museum person, so it's going to bnchard. >> bu is looking forward to the challenge ahead of him. >> the opportunity to sort of take what i learned throughout mycareer and use it to help the smithsonian become the kind of 21st century institution that america needs and d erves is really a humbling opportunity for me. job nch takes over his new in about two weeks. at the smithsonian castle, mark segraves, news 4. >> and vance who passed away almost two years o, his final interview was with lonnie bunch. vance interviewed him after he'd been named director of the national museum of african-american history and culture. we have posted that entire interview on our nbc washington app. just search j vance's final story so you can see it. >> it is so

. >>> and dinosaur hll is about to reopen at the smithsonian national museum of natural history. a sneak peek at what will see in just about a ek. we >>> welcome back. well here is new video that you have to see to believe. this is recorded yesterday in montezuma, iowa and it shows the kids warming up for a baseball game with a frontal cloud forming in the background. the parent who recorded the video tells nbc news sheno did feel there was any threat to the boys. and there was no wind, rain or lightning, so the game went on. >>> well today the national weather service is in northern exas surp v.a..ing storm damage. they're determining how many tornados hit the state yesterday. this is some of the damage in canton, about an hour southe t of dallas. you could see buildings were ripped apart by the strong storm yesterday. no official word on any >>> it has been quite a week for tornados. >> it has. >> today is our 15th consecutive day to track severe weather nationa sy. it is theson. but i know so far this year the orm reports of tornados have 935. >> wow! >> so 935 reported tornad

and seventy's i think the head of smithsonian said well how are you going to establish a black museum that there isn't and there's no collection and so we began divan sort of identified broad subject areas that we want to do explore you want to explore the civil rights or you want to explore the role of rhythm and blues music in the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's so we had that broad circle then i would encourage curators to go out and say ok how do we fill in that circle so then the question was why the fun so we can with the strategy most of the twentieth century in the nineteenth century even a piece of the eighteenth century would still be in basements trunks in attics in people's homes so we created the you know we stole the idea from antique roadshow and we basically went around the country and i would say that. maybe an eight year period of being really active we collected over forty five thousand artifacts of which probably seventy percent came out of basements trunks in attics the current museum really tells everything that good the bad the failures the struggle the di

crazy rich asians is going to be donating to the smithsonian. it will be presented this weekend in l.a. at the first ever smithsonian party celebrating asian pacific americans. the director, a really great guy. i spoke to him about it. emmitt became a cinderella dress for many and he was touched by the re-creations of the dress. >>> they are not related with you two coyote pups are . >>> coming up . >>> north bay fire victims lash out at their construction company which they say took their money but did not deliver as promised. the company says not so fast. >> if it wasn't for the app, i would have never known something was happening two or three blocks away from me. >> and it's safety week. michael finney shows us how we can use our phone to be both informed and safe. all of that is coming up. >>> finally two coyote pups are being raised together after being found within a week of each other. >> they were found in different spots. they're from different litters and not related. now they're pack mates. >> one was separate from its mother too soo

we should alsoe mention s more history at the smithsonian as well.ution. he's the first african-american head in its 173-year history. ly congrats to him. >> absolute. congratulations. >>> al, let's get a check of the weather. >> t-rexs probably coun't text then. anyway. let's show you what we have happening today. the good news is all this severe weather coming to a close after this afternoon. we do have a flood watch out for 25 million people in the northeast. which also coincides with this risk area for 25 million. eight states,ag damg winds, possibility of tornadoes, we've also got the flooding along the ou mi,riss a , nsve record-setting flooding.ka the record back in 1993 by tuesday. they'r going to come close to that at 46 feet. that could be devaating. that's what's going on around country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck all. arm and humid morning. temperatures climbing through the 70s. headed for a high near 90 degrees today. still keeping a close eye on the slight ris

at the smithsonian, mark seagra news 4. that's what happened to a white the rookie threw one of the i felt so bad for her. she hit a team photographer she threw the ball nowhere near the photographe and the camera she will never live thatdown. that. >> it's so stressful. you through throwing a ball 90 feet. >> that's a long way. pitche i never had ahand-eye worry about that. is that your address? that deep, humidaidened air mass, 75 now in washington with temper the muggy side 75 in fredericksbuquantico. leesbu the plan on another day with aftern we should be around 90 by 2:00.h hi temperature, around 93, 94 t'tern why heat and humidity on in theay today. very active weather across a big chunk of the country. the ridge of high pressure, down to 100 degrees. igall time h have been falling across a big chunk of carolina this morning, the late night maryla there may be one or two showers they will not be severe. ch sce forere weather come future weather, 3:00, 4:00.wi hour likely to see an after 3:00 today sort of keep on your

and at the smithsonian. so thank you so much for being a part of my first audience to talk about harriet tubman. so i'm really very honored. so we begin with the mystery that we all love mysteries with begin with industry. on june 1, 1863, 2 u.s. gunships crapped up a river a black water river toward confederate rifle pits in a river that a study with underwater mines and infested with alligators. the river leads deep into the vast part of america that's known as enemy territory. aboard our 300 meant holding their breath, 300 uniformed african-american men, and a handful of, small handful of white officers who led by a kernel who once wrote with john brown. they are creeping up river, and these men have agreed to risk their lives and perhaps die for i country half of which is struggling to keep them in chains, and half of which is struggling to make them free. the question and the mystery is, why did they pick this target? why did they go this night? why did they go this route? why were 300 brand-new soldier

and, met with soccer officials two weeks ago on the athletic venues, whereas with the smithsonian people to start an interest talk with about museums and zoos. the gap between the fabulously wealthy and the destitute has never been greater here and in most of the world. an energy revolution could consolidate even more wealth and even fewer hands, or it can be structured to remote greater equity. they will work with disadvantaged communities to help ensure the well-being of the poor in this country and the destitute of the world. to enlist the next generation of environment activists, we have to engage with social media platforms, and we will be jointly announcing a major year- long partnership with twitter later today. we also hope to work closely with instagram, interest, template, we chat, libel, facebook, youtube, and others that have not even been invented yet. we plan to enlist an army of digital natives to convey poignant, funny, or otherwise memorable messages reaching the largest possible audience of their peers. project drawdown has bettered a variety of options for individuals

. >> reporter: conservatives at the smithsonian national air and space museum recognize saving the piecehistory which they did by launching a kick starter campaign called reboot the suit. the project received thousands of public donations, allowing conservators to research, document and preserve the spacesuits condition. ndebn museum announced itnservation was complete. this professor is armstrong's official biographer. >> i think the story of neil armstrong, i think the smithsonian and the curators are wiser knowing it's a two- part story that needs to be told. >> reporter: as a result of this research, armstrongs apollo 11 suit will go on public display at the smithsonian for the first time in 13 years. on the anniversary of its first mission. >>> do you believe that on july 20 it will have been 50 years since we first set foot on the moon? and i think it was ray bradbury said, it was not so amazing that we made it to the moon but the fact we did not keep going after we landed. there is a lot going on in that regard these days. there is a lot going on here in the weather department. lo

chilling pictures there from that exhibit at the smithsonian museum. i would love to see it. by the international labor 0rganisation saying that profits rise at companies which have women in top positions. we'll see why female bosses are good for businesses and economies. off off because they are! no need to even explain. —— of course they are! and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. queen elizabeth has been visiting a mock—up of a victorian grocer, to mark the 150th anniversary of the british supermarket chain sainsbury‘s. it's thought to be only the third time britain's monarch has visited a supermarket. she also got the chance to see modern self—service tills, and apparently asked whether people could cheat while using them. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. the next couple of days are looking drive for most of us with warm spells of sunshine but things are turning more unsettled and cooler as we move through the bank holiday weekend. today was largely dry with warm spells of sunshine around particularly across england and wa

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himsel obviously here we cast of at h did for smithsonian smiths air and space in 1968. he founded the african-american he's the first to be an histor first to be africa recognize whilent it's impor for the smiths it opens other they, too, c canhange a life. it will be hard to leave. b en the epitome of >> very cool. congra him. that's what happenedo a white him. sheim sees h over there. she wa standing between the the ball went off his lens. we're told the photographe and she's never going to live that down. >> video. memes.co ing all pressure, you know? >>yeah, that's why i'm never that piece of video was made for me. >>chuck, already hot and sticky aftern tell we had changed air masses yester back into the steamy stuff that morehances for tomorrow. i think today though has the tomorr more chances for storm right now it is a quiet enough start. not muchof a breeze here early the air sticks right to you. 75 now in washington 70 in winchester. 75 in annapolis. planni out yourftaernoon, we should be up close to 90 aftern some of the stragglers here are let me show you fut

. >> i think the smithsonian and its curators are wise that that is a two-part story that needs to bed. >> reporter: as a result of this research, the apollo 11 suit will go on public display at the smithsonian for the first time in 13 years on the anniversary of its first mission. >>> it's been a year since one of the most disruptive volcanic eruptions in hawaii. it destroyed more than 700 homes on the big island and changed the landscape forever. carter evans went back to see what's left. >> reporter: the black lava you see all around me consumed much of lay lani estates. it covered 1,400 square miles. the lava has hardened. but this disaster has hardened the resolve of the people living here. for four months, the eruption of the kilauea volcano offered beauty and destruction. the most hard-hit neighborhood was le lani estates and this is what stacy saw on her property. >> fissure eight ran for over 94 days. >> reporter: at one point, this was fountaining 250 feet in the air. >> yeah. >> reporter: fissure 8 was the most active of 24 lava cracks in the ground. what do you think the n

taking center stage at the smithsonian's new dinosaur hall t-rex.sely. >> reporter: this triceratops. >> reporter: taking a bite out of one. >>> in fact, decapitating it, if you look closely. >> reporter: this paleontologist lived and loved dinosaurs since he was a kid what is it about t-rex that captured our imagination for so long >> i mean, look at this thing. right? a 5-foot head, 6-inch teeth. one of the largest carnivore that ever lived. home is the united states. we feel like we're the ambassador. >> reporter: for five years dinosaur lovers have been waiting for this smithsonian museum reopen. the 110 million dollar renovation began in 2014 and the last few weeks around the clock effort. >> got to be more careful around all the exhibits they're old. >> reporter: now set to reopen as the hall of deep time more exhibits, more fossils and more interactive. >> we've really tried to bring these animals to life, and so every single thing in this hall is doing something it might have done when it was alive or what we think it might have been doing.

bush authorized the legislation the prettiest devilish avenue smithsonian museum the national museum of african-american history and culture. thank you thank you thank you but this place is more than the building. on september twenty fourth two thousand and sixteen all those who contribution to the realisation of the project celebrate the fulfillment of the doing for the century. is a moment in the west of the others almost broke a mistake ninety nine year old ruth bona and her great granddaughter will ring the bell of the oldest black baptist church in the usa and officially opened the museum . through finding a spot of god was born a slave in mississippi only a few generations separate the present from history. and. a few weeks after the opening america and today a new president who was. on life. was a historian i really believe that history is this amazing tool that give you guidance and tools to live your life and so i think that by helping people first of all understand how the construction of. blackness and how that really did was create a false sense of difference between peop

an inside look at thene smithsonian's wly renovated fossil hall. of wisdom for the graduates in the class of 2019. robert mueller breaks his silence. john mccain's name is hidden from the presint and left-behind hard drives reveal a republican push to change the census. it was a big week. thankfully, we have the analysis of brooks and capehart. that's "new york times" columnist david brooks, and "washington post" opinion writer jonathan capehart. welcome to you both. david, robert mueller broke his silence, we have finally heard from hk . i want to u, though, because the conversation about impeachment continued on the democratic side. nbc's been updating their list of how many democrats, how manyt members house are supporting an inpeople. inquiry. 53 last time i checked. last week you said speakerig pelosi was to slow walk the prosessmentsz do you still believe tt based on what we've heard? >> a whole week later i still believe that because have a reasonably attractive presidential field and if they spentheir entire early election season fighting f

the smithsonian announced a similar policy today.ever, the sackler name will remain on the gallery here. nsmithsonian officialsote that artur m. sackler donated more than a thousand works of art and he died well before oxycontin hit the market. they say the donation agreement requires the smithsonian to designate the facility as the arthur m. sacerallery in perpetuity. >>> morehouse college graduates are still beaming after that surprise announcement by their commentment speaker this weekend. >> this is my class, 2019. my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> by noow you kn the name billionaire unve billionai billionaire investor pledged tens of millions to make sure they're debt free. today cory ith spoke to a local grad about the impact of that generous gift. >> i feel like i've been awake for three days saying i just want to be in bed. >> he returns to his anacostia neighborhood a college graduate. he left morehouse in atlanta with a bachelor of arts in english, lifelong friends and -- >> no debt. what more

i moved to washington to be the host of the smithsonian series in the early 1980's, and i got a letterrom this fella who had been working on the hill for a congressman, and saying that if i ever needed assistance with research, he would love to help me. a very nice letter. and i wrote back, and this was the case, that i had tried using the help of two or three phd candidates in history, that were not the help that i wanted, but i was so taken by his letter, that i wanted to have lunch with him. he did not realize i was in washington. so we went to lunch, and i liked him immensely. so i said to him, if you would like, i will give you an assignment. and he volunteered to help me without any fee. i said, i am going to pay you for it, but let's see how you do. so i gave him an assignment, i do not remember exactly what it was, he went to work on it, turned it in, and it was terrific, so i paid him, and i said how would you like to work with me from now on? and i was just starting the truman book. and that book took 10 years. if they had not been for mike's help, it probably would have take

president, theodore roosevelt, he come to africa on a hunting expedition on behalf of the smithsonian and what would become the museum of natural history in new york city. members of the party called thousands of specimens, roosevelt himself trapped more than 500 animals including 17 lions, 11 elephants and 20 rhinoceros i many of those animals you can still see today when you visit new york museum of natural history. >> so, the railway is a global story but, nowhere was its impact, economically, culturally and politically more profound in the united states expect to the case of the american railroad , but not to the transcontinental railroad. to the east and midwest the possibility of the railroad are most dramatically so the story , as i imagine you know probably begins in the early national period with debates over the propriety of federal support for internal improvement , initially for turnpikes leader for canals and eventually for railroads. all of these were seen as a central means not only to bind together the territories of the young nation but also to support economic growth

at the first-ever smithsonian party celebrating asian pacific americans. the film's director says it became a cinderella dress for many and he was touched by fans' recreations of it. >> i don't remember when that dress is in the movie and i just saw it. >> i think in one of the final scenes. we'll have to rewatch it clearly. >>> next at 5:00 a.m., san jose state university responds to allegations that a mishandled millions of dollars. >>> find out what happens with the donations supposed to go to student athletes. >>> reggie, the dress is when she goes to the wedding. >> to her friend's wedding? got it. >> first alabamer state passing a bill to ban abortions. i will have the very latest here at our live desk on that controversy so stay with us. >>> and warrior star steph curry talks about what it's like to play against his brother ahead of tonight's game. >>> a look outside at 5:47 and one car going over the golden gate bridge. a will i will slick this morning so please be careful. >>> let's take on the issues. let's call out the problems. >> let's face it

prior to joining the smithsonian, he was at the denver museum of nature and science. he earned scientology and paleotology and academic preparation leading up to his current work and he is very dedicated to his education mission. i think we are going to see a little of that today. a preview of one of his television programs and he also has many great books that my kids have enjoyed. i know i will be learning a lot today and i think we're off to a great start. so, let's welcome dr. johnson. [applaus [applause] >> good morning, everyone. so, climate is a pretty big topic and i'm going to blow the boundaries on the temporal scale and the scale, the deep time, which is our planet's history and polar because at the end of the day climate is a very cold to very warm story and i want to give the parameters to that. we live on a planet with polar ice. you go to the arctic or anti-arctic there's polar ice and most people haven't seen it, it's an experience to go to greenland, alaska, seeing ice sheets up to 10,000 feet thick and i had that privilege 37 years ago when i was jus

with a fun option for your family, the smithsonian's dinosaur hall will reopen next weekend. finally. it's been closed for renovation the last five years. it's such an amazing exhibit if you haven't seen it. during your next visit there will be new exhibits like a t-rex that was discovered in montana. it will also be much more interactive than it was aew f years ago. for a closer look inside, stick around for the "today" show. tom costello is giving a sneak peek. the national history museum, you can get lost in there for hours. i love the dinosayrs. >>> mond will mark the 50th anniversary of a deadly day in the vietnam war. 74 sailors were killed when their ship went i down the south china sea. >> none of those who gave their lives has their name on the vietnam wall. when the wall was being designed, the families of the lost sailors looked forward to being able to honor their loved ones. they were told their names wouldn't be added because the ship went downutside of the combat zone.mb one family me says it's like losing them all over again. >> the boys answered the call of t

for the first time, a groundbreaking exhibition at the smithsonian museum in washington explores howit. to many americans, vietnam still means one thing — war. and, to fully appreciate its emotional and psychological impact in america, you probably had to be there. hey, hey, lbj! how many kids have you killed today? well, the artists in this exhibition were. it shows artists grappling in real time with the events that were still unfolding and really showing a change in art practice towards the more socially and politically engaged. and what we see is a huge explosion of different artistic approaches. this was the first us conflict to be televised and artists reflected that immediacy. much of the work here is visceral, uncensored. fact and information became the material for art, blurring the lines between real life and artistic expression. so this is mud man... the artist kim jones served in the marines back in the states he turned his experience into a performance, at a time when performance art was in its infancy. it meant going out into public spaces. and he wore this? yes. he was

the research was led by dr thomas watters, senior scientist at the smithsonian institutions. with us and thank you forjoining us. can you tell us more about why the moon is shrinking and any potential repercussions because of that. that comes from the fact that the moon's interior is still hot and that is one of the more scientifically challenging questions because small bodies like the moon typically are not expected to maintain a hot interior over 4.5 billion years. so what is happening as the interior cools, the volume of the interior reduces in size and then the crust has to adjust to that reduced volume and it creates a series of thrust faults, basically landforms formed when the crust is pushed together and breaks. and so what has happened is that we have now had with the lunar orbiter operating 2009, we have been finding thousands of these thrust fault and what were we able to do, even though we knew they relatively young although not how young we had a0 or 50—year—old dataset from the apollo missions and it turns out that those seismometers actually recorded some of t

all we received was a large bill and a stained dress in the smithsonian. i agree with you. it was a complete waste of time to impeach clinton. i think republicans have learned a lesson from it. i think reasonable democrats have learned a lesson, too. that is why nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are resisting calls from extremists to impeach because it will turn out to hurt the democrats. it will cost millions of dollars and raise serious questions under the constitution. vote for who you want to in the 2020 election, but don't try to compromise the constitution. let the constitution do the work that elections were intended to do. host: we're continuing our conversation on efforts to impeach president trump. if you are republican, (202) 748-8001. democrats (202) 748-8000. independents (202) 748-8002. margaret in florida, independent. caller: good morning. i am so excited,, professor dershowitz. i love you. i think you are such a voice of reason. i recommend everyone read the mueller report. i think an informed public is a safer voting public. i am very disappointed. on. again,

doctor johnson has been the director of the national museum of natural history prior to joining the smithsonian he was vice president of research collection at the denver museum earning his bachelor's degree in geology from amherst masters from paleo bonnie at the university of pennsylvania and yale so very distinguished academic preparation leading up to his current work he is very dedicated to the education mission we will see a preview of that today and also knows many great books that my kids have enjoyed. we are all off to a great start. [applause] . >> good morning. climate is a pretty big topic on a temporal scale and spatial scale with deep time and then the planet could at the end of the day the plan is a cold and warm story i want to give you parameters to understand that. we live in a planet that is i.c.e. there is various flavors of polar rice and most have not seen it it is a remarkable experience to go to greenland to see i.c.e. sheets that are 10000 feet thick when i had the privilege 37 years ago just finishing college here is a picture i took in 1982 of the i.c.e. melting off i

he's the new secretary of the smithsonian institution and the first african-american to lead the organizationits history. he will oversee t9 when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you. >>> if you're afraid of heights, you'll want to sit down for this one. here's mark strassmann. >> here we go. >> reporter: the new sky bridge is tough to beat for a mountain panoramic. it spans 680 feet. every step stakes a claim as the best seat in the smokey mountains. randy watson oversees sky lift park. this bridge was his idea. >> it opened up a view that is unbelievable. >> reporter: in 2016, the great burned gatlinburg off of the map. flames damaged or destroyed more than 2,000 buildings. 14 people were killed. how close did the flames get? >> the flames came across where you and i are sitting. >> repor

. >> reporter: the judges at the smithsonian air and space museum were impressed and picked the experiment to go to space. >> if you want to doing? and somebody says you shouldn't do that, don't let them pull you down, just do it. >> reporter: the girls celebrated by piling into the back of a pickup truck to catch a glimpse of their future. see that tiny white speck floating in the sky? that's the iss flying by. >> oh, my god! >> instead of looking up all this stuff online or on the internet, we can actually see it. >> you can look up. >> yeah. just right there. >> reporter: despite being one of the youngest teams from a tiny texas town, the girls shot for the stars and landed on the international space station. omar villafranca, cbs news, marfa, texas. >> impressive young ladies. that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for ot rs check back with us a little later for the morning little later for the morning captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, may 2nd, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> attorney general william barr could be held in co

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had come to africa on a hunting expedition on behalf of missoni and institution -- behalf of the smithsonian institution. members of his party harvested thousands of specimens. roosevelt himself shot more than 500 animals, including seven lions and 20 rhinoceros. many of them you can still see today when you visit the new york museum of natural history. the railway is a global story, but nowhere was its impact, economically and culturally, politically, more profound than in the united states. which by the end of the 19th century boasted more than 200,000 railway miles, about the same as the continent of europe as a whole. let me turn to the case of the american railroad, but not the transcontinental railroad. rather to the east and middle west made it was there that the revolutionary possibilities of the railroad were most dramatically felt. the story, as i imagine you know, properly begins in the early national period come up with the propriety of federal support for internal improvements. initially for turnpikes, later for canals, eventually for railroads, all of which were seen by propone

signed up to now, do you feel as though there is a part of america that has become pretty disconnect smithsonian >> yes, i do. that is why they came to put the wall up to help all americans remember what memorial day is about and aware them and educate them to the great heroes who didn't come home. >> >> time is 5:56. nationwide memorial day events taking place. it is taking place right here in the bay area to remember those killed while in the armed forces. president donald trump is in japan meeting with the new emperor. we'll tell you how the wo allies, what they are talking about when it comes to trade, security and outer space. >> what little traffic there is on this memorial day monday. these are live pictures of the golden gate bridge. just a handful of cars out there right now. >> after yesterday's february- like system, you have to figure this time of year it has to warm up, but more so by the end of the week. we'll show yeah how show you how much. >>> a weekend afternoon in dolores park and who was responsible. >> those who gave their lives while servek in the military. the ceremonies b

headquarters, insted the name "bill bradford" in his database, and -- >> he did, in fact, own a model 66 smithsonian handgun .357 magnum. f> which just happened to fire the same kind bullets found at the crime scene. so detective mason got a warrant to srch bradford's apartment. there was no sign of him orhe gun, but -- >> we did find a box in his bedroom that was supposed to contain a smithsonia & wesson, t was empty. >> saturday passed. still no sign of bill bradford. police even put up poster, hoping for leads. and then on sunday, twor days aftethe murder -- >> he came into the police department. >> well, well, well. >> myself and another detective asked him if he s aware of the fact that his ex-wife was dead. >> i'm sorry to see her dead, but, um, we never had a very good relationship.y >> this gusat there and looked at me like i'm sitting here looking at you. i thought boy, you are a coldca ulating guy. very cold,tl nonchalany, like who cares. >> bradford confirmed what his children said. he was very upset about all that money from his share of the house sale that was suddenly sent to joan. so

professor james hanson is armstrong's officialbiographer. >> i think the smithsonian and curators are is a two-part story that needs to be told. >> armstrong's "apollo 11" suit will go on display for the first time in 13 years on the anniversary of its first mission. >> which will be july 16th. >> wow. >> will be here before we know it. >> they raised how much money? >> over $500,000. >> it took a lot because they have the special case they have to put the suit in to preserve it. >> so cool that they did. >>> brad pitt teams up with leonardo dicaprio. ahead, our summer movie preview. >>> what does this moment mean for you personally? >> this is a dream come true. i have wanted to be a professional actress and performer since i was 7 years old and, you know, tuesday was just one of these moments when i found out i was nominated where i felt like i had arrived at the dream and i just haven't stopped smiling. >> news flash, you're still smiling. if you can't see it, you can't believe it. so, how did you know that this was even possible for you? because growing up you couldn't have seen a

who are now fighting against the overwhelming evidence, everyone from the pentagon, nasa, noah, smithsonianre talking about. >> there are real-life issues and especially in our country and there are folks that there the most vulnerable. >> ultimately this is going to effect all living life, all creatures on earth. but as we've seen more people are more equal than others and the foks feeling it are subsistence fishermans, farmers and it it it neighborhoods of color. >> reporter: it and the great paradox off a man-made crisis, the fuels that built the modern world are the same ones now destroying it. and while a dirty energy addiction will eventually effect everyone, the folks with the smallest carbon foot prints are the ones that will feel the most pain. >> on one hand i'm fighting to push refinery to lower emission levels and they're foilging and pushing back saying we can't lowter anymore without shutting down and losing the business. and then i have residents saying you're going to push these industries away and we need these industries for our sdwraubs. our livelihood depends on it. we'l

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the smithsonian says itll no longer seek donations from any member of the sackler family. they have a controlling interest in purdue pharma. you may recognize that nam t it's on gallery on the national mall. they donated more than 1,000 works of art. that donation agreement requires the name to be on the building in perpetuity. arthur sackler decide before oxycontin was approved for sale >>> a local mom creates a dance team for her daughter with downs syndrome. >> stillhead, a look at the inspiring community she created f for other young people with zakt. >>> plus why e-cigarettes are so hard to quit. >>> ao yesterday m than 25 tornadoes were reported in parts of texas, oklahoma, kansas, and missouri, but more so than severe storms, it was the heavy rainfall that led to flooding ntd flash flooding as our temperatures coue to warm, these rainfall events are becoming wetter. i'm going to have more on why verlander: since wwi, more than 645,000 men and women have given thefr lives to defend our dom. that's almost 16 of these stadiums. by wearing a poppy, we're honoring someon

hasn't been announced yet, but a lot of the wardrobe that mary quigley designed is going to the smithsonianon from @becks 543, if you haven't been chosen for their particular role, what other character would they like to have played and gender doesn't matter. >> penny. >> stephen: penny? >> yes! >> sheldon. >> on "big bang?" >> anyone? >> stephen: on "big bang." >> no one on "cheers." >> hates cheers. cinnamon the dog. >> yeah. >> that's a good one. >> i will play amy, i would like to play amy. >> stephen: sure, sure. melissa, i think you're the only one who hasn't answered. >> i would say raj. >> i'm just going to say bernadette. >> you have to now-- bernadette. ( laughter ) >> we're body switching just to be nice. >> i think i would look nice in a dress. ( laughter ) >> stephen: well, once again, thank you for being here and thank you for the last 12 years. congratulations. ladies and gentlemen. ( cheers and applause ) the cast of "the big bang theory," everybody. we'll be right back with a performance by barenaked ladies. ♪ ♪ with advil liqui-gels, you'll ask... what stiff joints? what b

hasn't been announced yet but a lot of the wardrobe that mary quigley designed is going to the smithsoniannow this is the last question from@beck 543, if you haven't been chosen for their particular role, what other character would they like to have played and gender doesn't matter. >> penny. >> on big bang. >> anyone. >> on big bang. >> el no one on cheers. >> hate cheers. >> cinnamon the dog. >> yeah. >> that's a good one. >> i will play amy, i would like to play amy. >> stephen: melissa. >> i would say raj. >> i'm going to say bern death. >> you have to now-- bernadette. >> we're body switching just to be nice. >> i think i would like nice in a dress. >> stephen: once again, thank you for being here and thank you for the last 12 years. congratulations, ladies and gentlemen. (cheers and applause) the cast of "the big bang theory," everybody. we'll be right back with a performance by barenaked ladies. ♪ emerge everyday with emergen-c. packed with b vitamins, electrolytes, antioxidants, plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. why not feel this good every day? emerge and see. ♪ here i go again