louis to the smithsonian institution. and that artifact stays on display, arts and industries building, the old tin shed, throughout the history of the old national air museum. and then is on display in 1976 with the opening of the national mall building of the national air and space museum where it's been on display ever since. and so the artifact that you see behind me is the original spirit of st. louis. it's had some conservation work, but that's the original fabric and the original metal. it's, once again, one of thoise one of a kind artifacts that makes it so important and why you need to see it. lindberg's flight from new york paris is a very important moment in the history of aviation. but there are aviators and aircraft that follow that show how the airplane evolves and that idea of reinventing the airplane, but especially pushing the farther in this higher, faster, farther equation that builds to crescendo in the 1930s. just a few months after his flight across the atlantic in the spirit of say the lewis, on jul

the smithsonian associates hosted this program. it's an hour and 40 minutes. >> we are thrilled tonight welcome back to the smithsonian paul glenshaw. paul is a lifelong student of the history of aviation. he is a regular contributor to the smithsonian's air and space magazine, cowrite preernd deucer of the pbs documentary barnstorming and cowriter and director of the documentary. he is the author of "to swing through the sky" a musical theater piece about the twin histories of jazz and powered flight. he was a long-time member of the wright experience team and was executive director of the discovery flight foundation. paul is a graduate of washington university in st. louis with a degree in visual arts. in addition to aviation history and documentary film making, his career covers classical drawing, s.t.e.m. education, exhibit design and photography. with that, i'd like to turn the stage over to paul and thank you all again so much for coming tonight. [ applause ] >> hello. thank you so much for having me. can everybody see me oka

if you go to the smithsonian and in the their 1874 cc smithsonian, home of the greatest coin collection in the world, the example in the smithsonian is an extra fine 40. today, have examples , superior to the smithsonian example. these coins should not exist. the executive order, everybody had to turn in their gold. the men proceeded to melt all those -- mint proceeded to melt all those gold coins into gold bars. they melted well over 50 million gold double eagles back down into gold bars. minted wereotal melted down into gold bars. the only reason these have survived is because of some enterprising individuals who shipped some gold over to european banks where they could store their life savings and european banks, where it was legal. haveis the only reason we these coins today. they should not exist. if not for a few enterprising individuals. have is the only bag to come out of the great of then bank horde liberty double eagles. these coins are so rare. gold double eagles were struck at five different mints. philadelphia, denver, carson city, and new orleans. san francisco and philade

pence delivers remarks at the unveiling ceremony for neil armstrong's apollo 11 space suit at the smithsonian's national air and space museum in washington, d.c. the space suit went on display for the first time in 13 years to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the apollo 11 mission to the moon. [ applause ] >> good morning. thank you for joining us as we kick off a week of amazing celebrations of humanity's highest achievement, the apollo 11 moon landing. we're deeply honored to have vice president pence with us this morning as we unveil neil armstrong's recently conserved apollo 11 spacesuit. also with us is jim bridenstine who leads nasa, the organization whose achievements we celebrate. i'm so happy that rick armstrong could join us to represent the family, along with his family, of the inspiring american hero who took humanity's first steps on the moon. thank you for being here, rick. [ applause ] during our year-long celebration, we've highlighted the team that made apollo possible. it took 400,000 americans doing every conceivable job to make it happen. that included the engineer

this is the centerpiece of the smithsonian's deep time exhibit. and then the largest of our t-rex growth series is one of the largest t-rex goals to be discovered ever. it is more than five feet in length and would have been huge. it is much larger than the skull of montana's t-rex. the rest of the skeleton would have been much larger than what you see here on display. very few museums have an opportunity to see so many actual t-rex specimens in one exhibit. that is one of the highlights of coming to the museum of the rockies. here we are at the bowman dinosaur viewing laboratory. this gives visitors an opportunity to see paleontologists work on fossils right in front of them. our volunteers can explain to visitors how we find fossils in the field, how we get them out of the field, how we give them -- get them back to the museum. then we cleaned them up they can go on display. you can see a variety of different dinosaur bones that are being prepared here in view for our visitors to see. here is the triceratops femur still in the works. it needs to

he is a regular contributor to the smithsonian's aaron space magazine. co-writer and od

. >> i photographed it at the smithsonian, went home and built the thing. >> have gun, will travel. > is a copy of daniel boone's rifle, as close as i could get from pictures, paintings. ♪ davy, davy crockett this is a davy crockett rifle that he took to the alamo. i had to have a copy of it, naturally. >> here's his copy of the pistol "wild bill" hickok was packing when he was killed in a deadwood, south dakota saloon in 1876. >> how exact is it? >> it's an exact copy. >> here's another marek-made gun, a swivel-breach rifle popular in colonial times. >> it has two barrels, two firing mechanisms, and one hammer. so, you would fire the first side, and then you just roll it around. >> are you kidding me? >> and then you could fire your second round. >> just like that? chh-chh! >> this gun was -- would be the time of george washington. ♪ >> as his handmade arsenal grows, so does rudy's reputation. he earns the nickname, "mr. frightening," because his handcrafted replicas are so good, it's scary. >> that was a small load. if you put a big load in there, it'll knock you on your fanny. just

smithsonian badge in my hand. i knocked on the door. i was going like this. his wife came to the door. i announced who i was. i work for the smithsonian. -- charles'hamilton houstons charles hamilton houston's son? i visited twice. you talk to people and make a connection. they had nothing to give, we do not know. the second visit after they called me, they said you know what? charles has been keeping his father's revolver from world war i. dr. carr: come on, man. dr. salter: i said you gotta be kidding me. make a long story short, i go up there and collected the pistol. we know who those individuals are as they had it written on the back. they gave us four objects. there are stories like that for just about all the objects that are in the exhibition that people donated to us. they did not want to give that up because they did not want his father to be seen as a militant with a weapon is what they told me. they said because of this museum -- and this is one thing this museum is doing -- it is convincing people to give up artifacts they have had for years tuck

i had my smithsonian badge in my hand, knocked on the door, and i stepped back. his wife came to the door and i to make the long story short, i announced who i was -- i krewasky salter, i work for the am smithsonian. are you trolls hamilton houston judging son or daughter in law? to make a long story short, i visited with them twice. you talk with people, you give them a connection, they had nothing to give, we don't know. the second visit after they called me, they said you know what? charles has been keeping his father's revolver from world war i. dr. salter: oh, man. come on, man. dr. salter: i said, you gotta be kidding me. make a long story short, i go up there and collect it. the pistol, they pulled out that image and i've never seen that image before. the reason we know while those individuals are, is that they had it in written on the back. that is his father and he was in the odd fellows. they gave us for objects. -- they gave us 4 objects. and there are stories like that for just about all the objects that are in the exhibition that we own that people d

pence delivers remarks at the unveiling ceremony for neil armstrong's apollo 11 space suit at the smithsonian'sional air and space museum in washington, d.c. the space suit went on display for the first time in 13 years to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the apollo 11 mission to the moon. [ applause ] >> good morning. thank you for joining us as we kick off a week of amazing celebrations of humanity's highest achievement, thepo

he sent his car to the smithsonian saying it was the first car made in the u.s. indiana.e in global that looks at the cultural explosion, economic growth after world war ii. the baby boom, the rise of youth culture, new consumer goods from transistor radios made here to popular music, all varieties of culture and everyday life. one of those things central to indiana which predates the postwar. period is indiana basketball. basketball really took off here. you could play it with a small team so even a tiny school surrounded by farms could compete. it has become nationally famous, most prominently through the movie, hoosiers. offictionalize is the story a tiny high school that became the state champion after beating one of the big powerhouse schools. they made it to the championship after a last-minute shot won the regional game against muncie central. that was made by a man named bobby plumb. [applause] ♪ backboarde have the off the barn, which is the quintessential indiana basketball artifact. his dad put the backboard on the barn. he practiced over and over and

national women's history museum that it should be on or near our national mall and affiliated with the smithsonian. that am pleased bipartisan group of members of congress have introduced legislation to create this d.c.m here and washington, , on one of two sites on our national mall. over 200 members of congress have supported this legislation, which has been introduced in the house and senate, and is pending today. the group of members of congress who support this legislation on a bipartisan basis have continued to fight for this and grow. we are optimistic that the importance of writing women's stories international narrative is a value that becomes stronger and more clear every day. >> it is time that we come together and that we have an appropriate bipartisan approach to addressing the collecting and the enshrining of what women have done in the fight, in the cause of freedom. >> many americans are familiar with the fight for women's suffrage. risked theirrs who lives and security in order to secure that all women and men have a right to vote. too little that far is known about the contributi

one ended up in the smithsonian in washington where it's one of the most popular exhibits.nd later this week, another is headed to the auction block, part of an extraordinary collection of more than 200 items gathered over the decades by classic tv fan john azaryan. >> i started collecting because i'm a child of the '60s. these are the shows i grew up with, that i loved as a child, and i still watch today. and for me to own some of the pieces from these shows was just beyond words. and once i was able to acquire and start buying these pieces, it just built up in me and i had to keep buying more. >> reporter: azaryan's collection may be the fine nest the nation, covering a slew of classic shows. there is gilligan's hat, and the skipper's too. >> hand me that bamboo pole. perhaps a little worn from all the times he used it on his first mate. and other costumes from wonder wom woman, the flying nun, "i dream of jeannie". >>ow is it going, master? >> reporter: and "star trek." azaryan collected items from all the shows he loved, but his first love was "batman", the campy and ps

the american presidency, which is one of the smithsonian's most popular exhibitions. it is also published books with the same titles and many more publications. he is working on a biography of thurgood marshall. gloria is a professor of constitutional law at john jay college of criminal justice. she has authored many books and articles. two books that have really made a mark are the voting rights for andy the naacp ongoing search for justice. i chose that book because it is a groundbreaking work, connecting racial justice over 400 years in the area of education, voting rights, property rights, criminal justice, a host of themes that involve african-americans, latin americans and native americans. she is almost done with a book that is coming out called she took justice about black women and the law. she is also working on a documentary of the same title that will accompany the book. as she has already told you, she is a u.s. supreme court correspondent. she is a member of the national press club and is also on television. you might have seen her as an analyst for msnb

fighter school held by the smithsonian associates this is 1:45. >>> good evening. i'm lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates and i'd like to welcome to you tonight's program. to our members, i'm so glad that you're here. it's your support that makes events like this possible. and if you're joining us for the first time an equally warm welcome and explore the wide range of programs we offer at

fighter school held by the smithsonian associates this is 1:45. >>> good evening. i'm lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates and i'd like to welcome to you tonight's program. to our members, i'm so glad that you're here. it's your support that makes events like this possible. and if you're joining us for the first time an equally warm welcome and explore the wide range of programs we offer at smithsonian associates. now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. thank you for doing that. this past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u.s. navy fighter weapons program. we are thrilled to welcome the program's founder, dan pedersen. he entered the u.s. navy in 1953 and went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navy's legendary top gun program at miramar in march 1969. he served in combat during the vietnam war with the flying crews on uss hancock and three on uss enterprise. he retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 105 carrier landings

my hand is going in the smithsonian.artstrings. take a look at this. >> i came by here earlier this morning. he's looking for you asked him why? he said with a very specific smile that it's personal of course i couldn't help noticing his wedding ring. >> okay, yeah, i am fooling around with a married man. stupid thing to do i won't do it again. >> well, honey, you do kind of have a history of running around with men that are married or jerks or both. >> yeah, well, that's all i seem to get, babe. >> no, it's all you seem to take now, i know your daddy wasn't worth a plug nickel. but you don't have to settle for anything i mean, you're beautiful you're talented. >> all right, we should really get ready to open. >> well, you're a grown woman. i can't tell you what to do. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: come on. dolly parton, everyone [ cheers and applause the greatest her new series, "dolly parton's heartstrings" is on netflix starting friday. and her tv special, "dolly parton: 50 years of the grand ole opry" airs november

krewasky salter, i work for the smithsonian. you talk with them and make a connection.they had nothing to give, we do not know. the second visit after they called me, they said you know what? charles has been keeping his father's revolver from world war i. dr. salter: oh, man. i said you gotta be kidding me. make a long story short, i go up there and collected. the pistol, they pulled out that image and i've never seen that image before. the reason we know while those individuals are, is that they had it in written on the back. that is his father and he was in the odd fellows. they gave us for objects. and there are stories like that for just about all the objects in the exhibition that people donated to us. and they did not want to give that up because they do not want his father to be seen as a militant with a weapon, that is what they told me. but i said because of this museum, and that is one thing this museum is doing, it is convincing people to give up artifacts they have had for years tucked away somewhere. so i'm ever getting that. dr. carr: a lot of trust. dr.

many of those fossils went back to the east coast to large institutions like the carnegie, smithsonianale/. -- or yale. 1970's't until the late that we found a site, thanks to landowners who were real when ands in montana, family found these fragments of baby dinosaur bones. and dinosaur egg shells as well. phenomenal discoveries. not just babies, but nestlings that had clearly been cared for. research, science thought that dinosaurs were like crocodiles and alligators, that they would lay their eggs and peace out and not be present to lay their ops -- raise their offspring. the presence of these eggs and nestlings really change what we would thought about dinosaurs and put the rockies on the map. this is focused on fossils from the hell creek formation, which preserves the last age of the dinosaurs in the last of the non-avian dinosaurs that went extinct. is hell creek formation famous because of two types of dinosaurs in particular. that is triceratops, the horned dinosaur, so that is where we get the hollow horns -- hall of horns, and the teeth come from t-rex. formation has produce

they were wind and dine at the smithsonian and had a very elegant dinner. they weren't not quite all that heavy with everything they ate because they were served rice with sugar and butter on it, and they were horrified. >> nowadays you would not offer them that. it was considered to be a successful visit. and with the last visit with the president, he gave them what was a gold coin that had been engraved by a gentleman who worked at the rent who came up with the design and a number were struck to commemorate the visit. >> you can see the profile of president buchanan, and on the reverse commemorates the visit. it says, in commemoration of the first embassy from japan to the united states 1860. again, the embassy meaning -- >> meeting people, not the actual building. >> the secretaries of state travel. a big part of their time in office is traveling and meeting with foreign counterparts area part of those meetings and trips involve an exchange of gifts, and our secretary works closely with the office's protocol for the giving and receiving. >> they can't ke

you mean getting rid of the electoral college yeah absolutely i think it's such a belongs in the smithsonian museum look if there's anything sacred it seems to me that we could all should all be able to agree on is that whoever gets the most votes wins the election that should have that should be the case. and i think it's appalling that in this young century we've already had 2 presidents elected or you know who ended up being president because without winning the popular vote that the american people did not choose to be the president of the united states george w. bush and donald trump they both happen to republicans i don't care was republican or democrat my position has always been the electoral college. is an anachronism and we have to get and we have to get rid of it just simply one man one person one vote and whoever gets the most votes wins the election bill thanks is always great to see you spending time we covered a lot of time a lot of territory there larry good service and thank you audience for joining me on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on

freedom center in cincinnati, ohio, and later working at the national museum of american history smithsonian institution for 20 years. he brought there the innovative exhibits and the creative exhibits which have been important and memorable. the one that people probably remember best from field to factory. afro american migration 1915 to 1940, and he also co-curated the exhibit, the american presidency, a glorious burden which is one of the smithsonian's most popular exhibitions. he's published books with the same titles and many more publications. he's currently working on a biography of thurgood marshal. gloria brown marshal is from john j college of criminal justice. she's authored many books and articles. her two books that have really make a mark, the voting rights war, the naacp and the ongoing struggle for justice, and "the race law and american society 1607 to the present". and i chose that book because it's a ground breaking work connecting racial justice over 400 years in the areas of education, voting rights, property rights, criminal justice. a host of themes that involve africa

eagle slows still more, breaks to a touchdown on the lunar surface. >> from the smithsonian national and space museum, our program is based on the influence of apollo 11. joining us, ellen stopan. >> good morning. >> from a museum perspective, this is one thing you have to memorialize. how do you do that? >> we hold the apollo collection for the nation and the world. when you have an anniversary that's a big one like this one, you try to say how do you bring apollo to a generation where more than half were border patrol post apollo. how do you bring that sense of excitement and achievement. you have to go big. >> how do you go about it? >> first of all, a combination of going over the history, what was it that happened, how did it happen, why did it happen, making sure people understand it is very much in context of the cold war. really talking about a lot of origins. what i have been trying to come back to, all of the celebrations again and again, it took 400,000 americans to make this happen from the seamstresses who made the space suits to engineers that designed rockets to of cou

of the national underground railroad freedom center in cincinnati ohio and later working at the smithsonian institution for 20 years. he brought there the innovative exhibits and the creative exhibits which have been important and memorable. the one that people probably remember best from field to factory, after roe american 19 -- migration 1915 to 1940. and he also cocurated the exhibit, the american presidency, a glorious burden, which is the one the smithsonian's most popular kpib baigss. he's also published books with those same names, tieltsz, and many more. he's currently working on a buy ography of thoreau good maushlg. gloria browne-marshall is at the constitutional law. her two books that have made a mark, the voting rights war, the naacp and the on going struggle for justice, and her book, the race law and american society 1607 to the present. i chose that book because it's a groundbreaking work connecting racial justice over 400 years in the areas of education, voting rights, property rights, criminal justice, a host of themes that involve african americans, latin americans, lati

dock with the international space station jonathan mcdowell is an astronomer at the hub of the smithsonian sense of astrophysics he says it's an agent setbacks about being well apparently what happened is what it was far you said just to get into orbit it was pointed in the wrong direction. and so that added the right amount of loss today but not in the right way that did raise its orbit just enough that it didn't come screaming back down in a ball of fire and crash in the ocean so it is in orbit apparently but just not the right orbit and that's going to be tough because it's going to make it very hard for them to reach the space station on this test flight so we're just waiting for more details about this would be very bad if the rationals on board i think they're going to have to figure out what went wrong it may be as simple as a software issue and that's easy to fix if it's a hardware issue that's going to take longer and so that it's going to delay getting belling to fly american nationalists on american rockets to the space station now you know space x. has its own spaceship that th

. >> the question is, boeing in the smithsonian focus on stem education programs for girls. the question was whether there were programs like that for you. >> no. zeroprograms. however, i had great teachers. my math teacher, who was also the basketball coach, saw me doing my homework in class while he was teaching that chapter. he looked at that, and i will never know whether it made him mad over he thought, i need to give this girl more work. he would go over five chapters. he would say, your homework is to find the problems with chapter eight. i think i'm getting ahead, instead of doing it on the school bus, but i had all this other work. i had teachers like that. my biology teacher let me and my sister dissect an armadillo instead of a cat or a dog. it had seven perfectly formed babies when we dissected it. we were in the laboratory crying cause we were murderesses. for me, the teachers and our parents, my dad gave me a chemistry set. i believe the concrete on our patio. my mom and dad did not fuss. they said, how did you do that? between between wonderful parents and gre

marc's articles have appeared in many publications including the smithsonian magazine, civil war times, america's civil war, the civil war, the washington post, and the wall street journal. his television interviews include the today show, all , thes considered, cnn history channel, bbc news, the diane reames show -- the diane he has been a guest speaker at georgetown university, george washington university, college of william americom mary, tulane university, and the university of notre dame. marcte his busy schedule, has always made time for community service. he has served on the boards of many organizations including the virginia state library, the middle berry library, the lounge and theibrary system goose creek association. and most of these organization he served not only as a trustee or director, but as a chair, president, treasurer, or secretary. he has served as an announcer with our chairman, lanie .orrison who is here he has been a longtime leader in our special events committee and there is no question the success that we have had over the last is due to mark's steadfast

you're in competition with the smithsonian. could get into many of the smithsonian museums for free and they're across the strit from the museum. how big of a loss is this? >> this is a tremendous loss. at middle state tin ten university at the first free speech center, we try to teach the next generation about the value of the five freedoms of the first amendment. that building did so much. 10 million people came each and every -- over the life, 10 million people. every day people access the online version of the museum. more than 11,000 students and teachers made great use of those resources. >> yeah, it was a fascinating -- what will happen to -- you have a helicopter there, a satellite truck. what will happen to those relics? >> i have no direct affiliation with them anymore. i do know they've been talking about storing that in hopes of creating a new version of the museum. i'm confident they will take the good work they have done there for so long and it will translate into digital content. also they have exhibits of two m

and it takes great forms now in the smithsonian and others, but what is interesting is that up until that point, the national mall was not an area for war memorials. then you get the vietnam memorial, and that sparks the korean war memorial in the world war ii memorial. there are a couple of things that are interesting about that. we have these great memorials and monuments on the mall, but don't necessarily have the information and understanding. there are wonderful military museums across the services, excellent military histories in those museums, but we don't have the same place where you go and learn. on the other hand, these monuments are very much veteran theyn, getting them are and they take different forms, vietnam being one of the most famous, a place of healing. by the time the world war ii generation came around and the energy for that memorial is built up, it is monumental and a place of reflection. so we have the national mall being this beautiful place where there is discussion about war, but very much crafted by the people who served in those wars. and is all of you s

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i am lauren rosenberg with the smithsonian associates. i would like to welcome you to this program.it's your support that makes events like this possible. if you are joining for the first time, an equally warm welcome and invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer. now is your perfect time to turn off your cell phone or

i would like to begin by quoting my first boss at the smithsonian institution, the secretary, robert mccormick adams, a distinction anthropologist. here's what he had to say at the inception of the national museum of the american indian. this is a national museum that takes the permanence, the authenticity, the vitality and the self-determination of native american voices at the fundamental reality it must represent. we move decisively from the older image of the museum as a temple with its superior self-governing priesthood to a forum committed not to the promulgation of receipt was dumb, but to the encouragement of a multicultural dialogue. -- not the promulgation of received wisdom, but encouragement of multicultural dialogue. embedded art difficult memories in particular. i want to talk about them with two aims. first to discuss from the perspective of a museum director, the process and substance of memories and difficult ones. essential, i want to discuss the transformative impact of the invocation of a voice in memory, as i will describe it, uneasy m's and that when he first ce

eagle slows more and breaks to a touchdown on the lunar surface. >> from the smithsonian national air and space museum, our program is being based today as we talk about the influence of apollo 11. good morning. >> good morning. i guess from a museum perspective, this is one you have to memorialize. how do you do that? >> we hold the apollo memorabilia not just for the nation but for the world. more than half of our population was born post-apollo. how do you bring that sense of wonder and excitement and achievement that we do, so you have to go big. >> how do you go about that? >> it is a combination of history. making sure people understand it was in the context of the cold war, talking about a lot of the origins. what i have been trying to come back to again and again, it took 400,000 americans to make this happen from seamstresses who made the spacesuits to engineers who designed the rockets to the astronauts who ultimately flew on them. it is that idea of teamwork we have been trying to get across this summer. we have been doing a lot of events at the museum, a lot of lectures. w

you point out, his handwritten notes on display for years at the smithsonian.ss and what did james roggin share with you? >> james roggin, one of the few people in history who have been part of this historic process to build a case against a sitting president and he basically told me, number one, it was really exhausting. number two, as a former prosecutor it was also extremely exhilarating for him and "it was the time of my life," as controversial as that may seem. he described late nights with a small group of his fellow republicans and then chairman henry hyde going through the starr report and pulling out the 11 potential impeachable offenses and narrowing it down to four. >> with the current situation, one point of discussion for democrats whether they broaden out the articles to include the mueller report. interesting is what roggin told you about the political discussions happening in '98 among republicans, right? members of congress would say, hey, i'm in a marginal district. throw articles i can vote against? tell me more about that. >> right. so right

the smithsonian did computer modeling to show the hope diamond fits perfectly inside the french blue.its inside tavern gaze original. in 1912p or cartier sold it to washington socialite evelyn walsh mclean. it was for $180,000 plus some diamonds she traded. and cartier seems to have vented a curse that went with that. >> mclean ward everywhere. it's hard to find a picture of her after she purchased the diamond in which she was not wearing the diamond. they donated the hope diamond to the museum in 1958. where it now sits in an impregnable glass vaults. that is except for this week. when jeff took it out and gave us an extraordinary look at it. >> while chris, here's the hope diamond. and it's not often as closely as we are here. chris: mag? >> go ahead. chris: the hope diamond. it is only 1 inch in diameter but has been an object of fascination for centuries. peeking technically, how good of a diamond is that? >> it is a diamond with great clarity, is a near flawless stone, the combination of the size, the color, and the clarity of it make its unmatched diamond. it really is one-of-a-

the question is boeing and the smithsonian really focus a lot on s.t.e.m. education programs for girls. so, the question was, were there any kind of programs like that for you, any of you? >> you want me to go first? >> sure. >> no, there were zip, zero programs when i was in elementary, junior high, high school. however, i had great teachers. my math teacher, second year algebra, who was also the basketball coach, saw me do all my homework in class while he's teaching that chapter. and he looked at that and i don't know -- i never know whether it made him mad or he just thought, i need to give this girl more work, so he would go over five chapters -- you know, if we were on chapter 3 go, joanne, your homework is all the problems that's chapter 8. so, i'm thinking i'm getting ahead doing my homework so i don't have to do it on the school bus riding to mims, florida, but then i had all this other homework i had to do. but teachers like that -- my biology teacher, who let me and my sister dissect an armadillo instead of a cat or a dog. we weren't going to dis

that includes running start she should run and the association for women business centers and the smithsonian in the newest impact partner the james. foundation and then we will be in davos switzerland next month we hope you will be informed in these conversations with actionable take away that you yourself could take to elevate women everywhere and i hope you will share what we talk about today on social media throughout the day of the moderators #rule with us the feminine agenda and program can be found in the women rule on the app store and google play by searching life and then we encourage you to login and connect with people around you. first i'm delighted to bring to the stage three members of congress to discuss the new wave the women on the hell have had to date please join us on stage. [applause] >> i'm thrilled to take off today's summit when it is a hallmark of women rule i'm joined by representative susan brooks and the recruiting chair in the democratic representative lauren underwood from illinois. [applause] and stephanie murphy from the blue dog coalition and a member of the

susan: it made the smithsonian's top 10 history books for 2019.hank you for spending an hour with me. prof. jackson: thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] a programs are available on our website or as a podcast that q&a -- as he's c-span.org. " a professor"q&a of medicine at columbia university takes a look at cancer treatment and how patient care can be improved. that is next sunday on "q&a." former secretary of state john kerry has endorsed joe biden for president. the former senate colleagues spoke at a campaign stop in new hampshire. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. very friendly faces. >> good morning, nashua. it is sunday morning. he slept yesterday, right? back in theto be granite state, a second home for me. i have two second homes, iowa and new hampshire. [laughter] i love the state. going up, i have great memories of visiting here

so i encourage people to volunteer, be a docent at the smithsonian, at the kennedy sender. you can do to give back to the country. you'll live longer, be happier and a special place in heaven for those who do that. i can't prove that. why would you want to take a chance that i'm wrong. >> that's right. that's why you should get the book. the american story. a great read, conversations with master historians, david rubenstein, welcome back any time. >> thank you, bret. best wishes for holidays. >> you too. >> the fight over impeachment. the battle for the democratic nomination. candidate casino. and this week's winners and losers. u have high blood pressu. most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. coricidin hbp is the... ...#1 brand that gives... powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. billions of problems. sore gums? bleeding gums? painful flossing? there's a therabreath f