she e-mails the smithsonian in washington, d.c.omeone there will show some interest...right? >> 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. [music] vo: your girls have been with you through every moment of your life. they were with you when you felt unbreakable. with you that time you felt the most alone. and with you when you realized you would never be. they were with you when you shared your love with the world. and with you when she became your world. your girls have never left you. they're still with you right now. but... how well do you know them? knowing your breasts can save

i just made up nonsense. >> seth: right, nothing would be worse than the smithsonian taking a scriptn the margins totally. you just drifted off >> not even that >> seth: yeah. >> it's like you thought i was gonna tear everybody else's lines out. kei wod have been --you for eight years and i 'tthout they'll get mad 'cause the show did -- the reason the show had a second run is because the set moved to emerson college for ten years. it's in the library there. >> seth: right >> so i thought, "i can't let them know that i'm stealing," but i took this ceramic dog that sat by the couch in the tv room. and years later, somebody said, "did you ever take anything? i said, "the ceramic dog." and they were like, "the what? [ laughter ] and i said -- everybody i told, the cast no one remembers the ceramic dog. >> seth: yeah. >> the set decorators went, "what ceramic -- i thought, "oh, this is -- [ laughter ] hardly memorabilia >> seth: you got away with a crime. >> yeah. >> seth: it would be like if you broke into the smithsonian and stole one of the like, museum maps >> exactly >> seth: so like

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he sent his car to the smithsonian, saying it was the first car made in the united states. now we are in global indiana. that looks at the cultural explosion, economic growth after world war ii. you have the baby boom, the rise of youth culture, new consumer goods from transistor radios made here to popular music, all varieties of culture and of everyday life. one of those things central to indiana, which predates the postwar period is indiana basketball. we were one of the first states where basketball really took off. 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." "hoosiers" fictionalizes the story of 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 shot was made by a man named bobby plumb. [applause] here, we have the backboard off bobby's barn, which is the quintessential indiana basketbal

>>well the official portraits of the obamas will go on a national tour next year the smithsonian nationalortrait gallery made the announcement today. the official portraits of president barack obama and first lady michelle obama painted by the wiley and amy for all since the portraits were unveiled 2 years ago they have been wildly popular attracting thousands of tourists beginning in june of 2021 those portraits will be displayed at 5 museums across the country. you can see them in chicago, brooklyn los angeles, atlanta and houston lawrence. >>and we've seen a lot of clouds around the bay area me for a beautiful sunset this evening now those clouds continuing, although likely going to see some patchy fog begin to form again we saw some that early on this morning that of some of that ground fog so watch out for that. late tonight early tomorrow morning, otherwise cloudy skies out there right now not much in the way of rain although doppler radar is picking up on little weak a branch moisture that is moving in brothers normal part summer in county right now maybe light showers there but bo

people keeping an eye on those satellites was the astronomer jonathan mcdowell, from the harvard—smithsoniantellites didn't hit each other. the radar tracking, post the encounter, has confirmed that they are both still carrying on in their orbits. and i was watching with a friend from the roof of the harvard 0bservatory and we didn't see any nasty flashes as they passed each other, so that was really a relief. but, you know, no collision today, but there is a lot of space junk out there. so it is going to happen at some point in the future. given that, are you surprised that they didn't? no, one in 20 is still i9 chances out of 20 they don't, right? i would not have been surprised if they did. i am relieved. but at any one time you don't know if it will happen, all you know is eventually collisions like this will happen, like the one we had back in 2009. jonathan, how common a situation is this, how big a problem is it? it's a problem and an increasing problem. right now we are running at about one major collision every 10—15 years. and that has increased the amount ofjunk that other satelli

the paintings have been a popular attraction at the smithsonian's national portrait gallery in washington in china now save 25 people are known to have died from the outbreak of the new coronavirus. they have imposed strict travel restrictions on more cities across the province. a number of chinese patients suffering from the illness has risen to 830. much more on all the news for you anytime on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. hello. six hours of sunshine in sheffield on thursday. much of the uk couldn't even manage six seconds of blue sky, with scenes like this. there are weather changes on the way over the weekend, and that will shake things up a bit, but until then, plenty of cloud. the big picture shows high pressure giving way to this weather front, which will spread rain southwards across the uk during sunday, wind picking up as well. behind that, skies will eventually turn brighter, but it'll feel colder into the start of next week. but not looking at any frost, certainly not widespread, to start friday. plenty of cloud, damp, driz

he had blueprints from the smithsonian institution, and if they didn't exist, he would draw his own setf blueprints. >> down to the finest detail. >> he was a fanatic about it. >> was your mom applauding his efforts? >> not really. i recall her not being all that thrilled with dad spending a lot of time in the shop. >> but he wouldn't stop. >> oh, no. it became an obsession. >> by the time william retires in the early 1980s, he's churned out more than 500 ships. that's when the hobbyist decides to share his fleet with the world. he built an annex on his property, next to the family home in arcadia, louisiana -- his very own civil war naval museum. let's be honest -- most people would build, maybe, an addition to their house. your dad told your mom, "i'm gonna build a museum for the ships." >> you know, for lack of better terms, i think he didn't really listen to much about what my mother had to say. >> william doesn't even let his son touch his delicate crafts. not that larry's interested. >> as a young man, i didn't pay as much attention to what he was doing. when you're 16 or 17 years

one of them was giving money and time to the smithsonian national museum of african- american history. that meant so much to him. attendees reflected on brian who died sunday in that helicopter crash in calabasas. >>> is an african-american there is a heaviness that you feel. it ties your emotion. then you hear the news of somebody like kobe bryant. a tremendous loss. >>> still ahead >>> continuing our coverage after the death of kobe bryant. after the break we are learning about the helicopter he was flying in. our continuing coverage will be next. >>> get ready for a beautiful mild day across the region. tracking our next weather system a week weather system that will bring showers. it will time it out coming up. >>> taking a live look out the meeting lights are on. there was a stall earlier. he tried to when it comes to health coverage, it helps to have someone in your corner. that's why there's covered california. we're the only place where you can get financial help to pay for your health insurance. new this year, almost a million people could receive additional financial help fr

part of the original counter is on display at the smithsonian american useum of history here in washington. on saturday of this week, 1, the museum will commemorate the 60th anniversary f this historic event at the greensboro coliseum. past award recipients prb numerous. they include oprah winfrey, esse jackson sr., president nelson mandela, and many, many others, and the reward this year will be president barack obama, the sharpton, dr. linda brown, mrs. emma washington. the resolution that ms. adams and myself introduce of the encourage all states to include in their educational curriculum the contributions of the greensboro four. it is imperative that we learn he lessons from the past and reaffirm that ethnic and racial diversity of our country nation. our we're always stronger together. we must never forget in all demand justice and equality for all. congratulations to the greensboro four. to the lations international museum, and i look forward to participating in the gala that they will have this weekend in greensboro. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the yields back.

the marines would guard smithsonian institutes. some of this is complete nonsense. by the way the u.s. armed forces would not carry out a strike in clear violation of international law. they won't do it. then they'd engage congress and we bid it a constitutional crisis. the problem is at the end of the day the iranians have an diminished capacity to strike us. we'll replace a general an hour later. the iranians want us out of iraq. it's likely that's going to happen. the shiite plurality of the country is hostile to u.s. interests. we're vulnerable. we stopped the anti-isis fight completely. and by the way the iranians are tooling up the nuclear program again. so we're in a very bad position in the long run. >> and just to keep general mccaffrey's articulate description of where we are alive, a monumental blunder followed by a speech today at the succeeded in deescalating last night's crisis where it could have gone either way. where are we right now? >> well, here's where we are? what has changed since soleimani was killed? we have united the shiite factions in ira

. >> laura: put it in the smithsonian. how is a sham impeachment with zero convincing charges at all making progress with the american people? it's not. there is one person making progress for the record people today. it was donald trump. while nancy was trying to pass herself off as a second betsy ross, trump was signed in phase one of a trade pact with china that will directly benefit you, the american workers, and our industry. this is a deal no one thought was going to happen, but a tackles intellect or property theft, enforcement triggers, and keeps tariffs in place to keep the chinese honest. >> we are going to work together for the benefit our countries, but also very importantly, for the benefit of the world. so this is a very big day for the united states. >> laura: sorry, mr. president, but pelosi was not going to be bested by some historic trade deal. no, she had her own signing ceremony of the articles of impeachment. platters of hors d'oeuvres that were, i guess, brought out to commemorate the occasion. which

leaders and staff of different cultural at institutions across washington, including secretary of the smithsonianonnie bunch. [applause] the -- and the archivist of the united states, david. [applause] ourour library staff and live.s on this is being livestreamed right now. i have to tell you we are radiating with joy and pride because it is our pleasure to open this beautiful land compelling exhibition about one of our country's most beloved civil rights icons, rosa parks. the collection resonates strongly with me. after i was sworn in as 14th librarian of congress in 2016, the first collection i was able to see was the rosa parks papers. manuscript specialist, who was carter g didn't of woodson, the father of black history, showed me the collection and she carefully presented to me the different photographs and letters on private notes handwritten by rosa parks. adrian is here tonight and is proud curator of the exhibition. [no audio] [applause] -- [applause] from the first moment i saw her family bible, letters and writings, i felt the overwhelming power of the collection. wrote afterr she the

film, he wanted to own a team, is foundation donated $1 million to the african—american museum smithsonianf how you can transform yourself in basketball —— from a basketball player to eat and goal and business—wise on how you conduct your business —— from a basketball player to eat mogul. it‘s really a sad day. it is more thanjust on player to eat mogul. it‘s really a sad day. it is more than just on the court what he accomplished. tremendous run with the la lakers, the championships, titles, all of that, that is all great, but he was so much more than that. fantastic to speak to you. thank you for your time and thank you for being with us. thank you for having me. let‘s bring it more under breaking news, the health secretary at matt hancock saying people who have returned to the uk from wuhan in china should self isolate even if they have no symptoms of coronavirus. in ramping up of the proportion in the uk about divide virus hancock said officials could not be 100% certain that the virus is not spread by people who are not displaying symptoms, around 1500 people have returned from wuhan

marines guarding the smithsonian institute? unprecedented adolescent view of national security interests of the united states. >> mike pompeo says we're safer today than we were a week ago, but today, u.s. maritime website warns of, quote, multiple maritime threats near iran. if the whole point of killing soleimani was to stop an imminent threat, isn't that exactly what we're facing now? >> that is exactly what we are facing now, why we should question whether this was aimed at preventing a threat indeed. if there was a threat imminent, how does the killing of soleimani change that? none of these things have been explained by the administration. i suspect, i don't want to go into it too deeply, but i suspect that perhaps the thing that's changed between the posture of trump six months ago when he decided not to go to war with iran after they shot down an american drone and what we are seeing now where he actually seems to be wanting the iranians to retaliate so he can escalate further, the only big change between those two mome

and staff of the different cultural institutions across washington, including secretary of the smithsonian dr. lonnie bunch. [ applause ] and the archivist of the united states, mr. david fariel. [ applause ] and our library guests and staff and our viewers on live. this is being live streamed right now. and i have to tell you, we are radiating with joy and pride tonight because it is our pleasure to open this beautiful and compelling new exhibition about one of our country's most beloved civil rights icons, rosa parks. the collection resonates strongly with me. after i was sworn in as the 14th librarian of congress in 2016, the very first collection i was able to see was the rosa parks papers. and library manuscript specialist adrian cannon, who was a descendant of carter g. woodson, father of black history, showed me the collection. she carefully presented to me the different photographs and letters and private notes, handwritten by mrs. rosa parks. and adrian is here tonight and is the proud curator of the exhibition. [ applause ] from the first moment i saw her family bible followed by

i will be interviewing the founding director of the smithsonian's national museum of african-americantory and culture as 6:00 at busboys and poets. noon, nermeen shaikh will be moderating a panel with the squad at howard university. the four congress members will be with her at howard university at noon february 7. you can get all the details at democracynow.org.

i mean the whole notion that here in the united states we'd have the marines guarding the smithsonianou know, museum. so the president's judgment has been appalling. hopefully tomorrow -- i think he got scared to death on what transpired. he watched that funeral for general soleimani, and it scared him. hopefully tomorrow we'll take a reasonable course. we don't want war with iran, and politically it will be devastating to him personally. >> hey, shannon, there in the oval office was the walkback on the cultural sites in realtime as the president explained he likes to follow the law. >> yeah. it was almost like we got a sense that he didn't realize that that was the law or that bombing cultural sites would have been a violation of international law. he seemed to say something to the effect, well, i suppose that's against the law. i like to follow the law. you know, but he continued to say, but, you know, these guys can do all sorts of bad stuff to us, but we're not allowed to bomb their cultural sites. okay, well, so be it. that's fine. so he did take a big walk-back from what he had

and this was curtis's famous quote, the b-29 had as many bugs as the entomology department at the smithsonian. it was full of problems, basically because it was being tested as it went into combat, literally. it was going so fast. and the biggest problem of the airplane -- it had many problems. it had many things that were very exciting, but all those things that were exciting were also risky and many of them were problems, including the landing gear, and a variety of other things, but the biggest problem was the engines. these were very complex, huge, wright r353 engines that were cooled, but, unfortunately, there was not coolh air going through to the engines, so they were prone to engine fires, and engine fires began to appear pretty much right away, but they were particular a problem in the early test flights in december and january of 1943. has anyone been an airplane that was on fire? ok. a few of us out there. you will recall, those who have done it, it is character building. [laughter] but you can hardly fly b-29 without having an engine fire. said, i got pilot the most to engine time

the smithsonian national portrait gallery made the announcement today. the official portraits of president barack obama and first lady, michelle obama have been wildly popular traction since they were unveiled 2 years ago, beginning in june of 2021 the portraits would be displayed at 5 to sam's across the country. they will be in chicago brooklyn, new york, los angeles, atlanta and houston well social media went wild as it can over this video that appears to show. >>the uk's prince charles snubbing us vice president mike pence this is at the world holocaust forum in jerusalem. but the vice president's team as we slow it down here for effect says that is not quite what happened. look at the eye contact here. they say the 2 men actually shook hands and spoke briefly backstage british officials are confirming that account tonight as well the stall mode helps a little bit maybe he just didn't. recognize him, but they cite other before as long as they don't play megan. she is taking a lot of heat these days rise for sure well that wraps up kron 4 news at nigh

this is a famous quote, the b-29 had as many bugs as the entomology department at the smithsonian. it was full of problems because it was being tested as it went into combat, literally. it was going so fast. as the biggest problem the airplane-it had many problems. had many things that were exciting but all those things that were exciting were also risky and many of them were problems, including the landing gear, and a variety of other things. the biggest problems with the engines. huge,were very complex, r353 engines that were ir cold and they -- air cooled and the nicelle openings are not big enough to call the engines and they were prone to engine fires. engine fires began to appear right away but they were a particular problem in the early test flights in december of 1942 1943 -- ande of january of 1943. has anyone been an airplane that was on fire? a few of us out there. you will recall, those who have done it, it is character building. [laughter] but you can hardly fly b-29 without having an engine fire. mostpilots said i got the to engine time i ever had in the b-29. is the

let's speak to jonathan mcdowell, an astronomer at the harvard—smithsonian centre for astrophysics.n we be sure that these two things won't smash into each other? we are not sure at all. it is entirely possible that we could get a coalition. the real problem is you don't know exactly how to predict with perfect accuracy where that satellite will be an hour from now, and the uncertainty of that makes it within the past that we may get a horrible cushion like we did in 2009 between two major satellites that created thousands of pieces of space junk. i want to come back to what the effect would to be. but first of all, what sort of size are we talking about with decent satellites because i did read somewhere that one of them might be the size of a truck, can that be right? the astronomy satellite that i used data from back in the day in the 1980s is about one tonne. it's a serious piece of kit. the other satellite which is a spy satellite that the us navy put up in the 1960s is much smaller, but it has long sticking out booms that are about 30 feet long. so they are both quite sizeable

smithsonian associates, it is my pleasure to welcome you here today for classical music and american foreign relations, the complicated duet. support keeps us going all year-round. thank you very much. we are going deep into december before the holidays, so it is a pleasure to have you. if you are not yet a member and are curious about our membership orgrams, you can speak to me any of our volunteers. you can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you don't have it already and find us online at smithsonianassociates.org. please take a moment to silence any mobile devices. housee c-span in the .onight just an additional note, our exit, generally we have one in the back and one to your right. you may have noticed there is a lot going on in the ridley center today, and that backdoor is blocked, so please, for your safety and others, use this door to your right as the exit. i think that is all the announcements i have for you, and again, thank you to c-span for being here today. finally, let me tell you about our guest today, jonathan rosenberg. jonathan rosenberg teaches 20th at the u.s

neil armstrong spacesuit restored by the smithsonian. kick-starter is a silly project. one of my favorites as father and daughter in atlanta wanted to conduct a census in all squirrels of the park. they raised $2500, and they documented 80 some squirrels that lived there. you can imagine pitching this idea to an investor and probably not getting very far. in a universe like kickstarter whered with are funded because people want them to be a project like this is possible. kickstarter is optimizing for a purpose. all parts of of the bento as a public benefit corporation. these are examples of ways people and companies not just capturing value for themselves but creating it. still supplying for now me needs. they're making sure they are running in the black, but they have what they need today, but leaving that room for tomorrow and others as well this is part of what makes them successful. the way we think about value is such a limited way of seeing things. we only see financial value as rational value but reality the world of value is much, much larger than that. i believ

this is curtis lemay'ss famous quote " it had as many bugs as the department at the smithsonian." it was full of problems because it was being tested as it went into combat. it was going so fast. the biggest problem -- it had many problems. all of the things that were exciting were also risky and many were problems including the landing gear. the biggest problem where the engines. huge,were they complex, our 3350 engines that were air cooled. there was not enough air flooring -- flowing over the so they were prone to engine fires. they began to appear right away but they were a big problem in the test flights in december were 1942.nie has anyone been on an airplane on fire? a few of us. you will recall it is quite character building. [laughter] you could hardly fly a b-29 without having an engine fire. a lot of pilot said i got the most engine time in the b-29. here is the right cyclone engine. it is forward leaning but very problematic. quote itnother famous should never have been destined to power aircraft without investigation and trial again. it was so ordered. it was ordered

on behalf of smithsonian associates, it is my pleasure to welcome you here today for classical music and american foreign relations, the complicated duet. thank you to our members. it is your support that keeps us going all year-round. thank you for going deep into the december before the holidays. it's a pleasure to have you. if you are curious about our membership programs, feel free to talk to me or any of our volunteers. you can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you don't have it already and find us online at smithsonianassociates.org. just as a quick reminder, please take a moment to please silence any mobile devices or your cell phones, whatever you have with you. always good to double or triple check, especially because we have c-span in the house tonight. your ring tone will be saved in perpetuity. [laughter] thank you. just an additional note. generally we have exits in the back and one to your right. today, please just use the right side door. you may have noticed we have a lot going on in the ripley center tonight and the backdoor is blocked. for your safety and other

guano and the guano islands act -- >> it was a very good exhibit at the american museum of -- the smithsonian of american history. >> i stole the pictures. >> i recognize the the pictures as far as if you go to that one and the one on the mound. >> so one thing that's interesting is it seems to me that environmentalism which is never talked about, environmentalism, is it is very much connected to warfare. if you look at sweden they prevented cutting down the oak trees because oak trees were necessary necessary for the war effort, back in the middle ages, were tied to a, kind of curious your comments on that is. well in 1957 there was an afghanistan, geological survey that identified the rare battles enough to understand. it is one of the reasons that we are there now. are there any additional surveys that were done in india previously. that caused them to know that hey, we also saw that in the middle east, as far as the rothschilds understood there is a role elsewhere, change foreign policy 20 years later, they got the jump-start on that. >> i'm getting three really good questions here, i'll

no attempt to reissue the smithsonians or retroactively attempt to authorize them. there will then the subpoenas for witnesses who were senior advisers to the president. the president advised the committee that those senior advisers had absolute immune and were not produced for testimony. those three senior advicers. then subpoenas for witnesses to others who the house managers -- the house democrats insisted would be required to testify without the benefit of agency counsel and i've explained that principle. the office of legal counsel advised those subpoenas attempting to require executive branch officials to testify without the benefit of agency counsel were unconstitutional and so those witnesses were not produced. still there were 17 witnesses who testified, not including the 18th witness, the icig, whose testimony is still secret there was quite a bit of testimony and there have been subsequently some documents relevant to this produced under foia, and i just want -- i rates that because it makes clear that if you follow the law, and you follow the rules and y

no attempt to reissue the smithsonians or retroactively attempt to authorize them. there will then the subpoenas for witnesses who were senior advisers to the president. the president advised the committee that those senior advisers had absolute immune and were not produced for testimony. those three senior advicers. then subpoenas for witnesses to others who the house managers -- the house democrats insisted would be required to testify without the benefit of agency counsel and i've explained that principle. the office of legal counsel advised those subpoenas attempting to require executive branch officials to testify without the benefit of agency counsel were unconstitutional and so those witnesses were not produced. still there were 17 witnesses who testified, not including the 18th witness, the icig, whose testimony is still secret there was quite a bit of testimony and there have been subsequently some documents relevant to this produced under foia, and i just want -- i rates that because it makes clear that if you follow the law, and you follow the rules and y

his name is enshrined on the wall of honor in the smithsonian air and space museum. mr. dunn: colonel doby's record of service is emblematic of why we all revere the greatest generation. now at 5 years old, he's -- 95 years old, he's still the cheerful warrior, he lives in florida near his son, who has been my friend for over 25 years. i was honored to serve them both thanksgiving dinner at the air force base this year, and it was a time of great camaraderie. mr. speaker, please join me in saluting a living hearo from our father's generation -- hero from our father's generation. colonel doby. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further requests for one-minute speeches? the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. aderholt of alabama for today and the balance of the week, and mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona for today. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from texas, mr. flores, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr.

the exhibition, the staff of the different culture with situations, including secretary of the smithsonian. and, the archivist of the united states, mr. david farrell. and our library guest, and staff and our viewers online, this has been livestreamed right now, and i have to tell, you we are radiating with joy, and pride tonight because, it is our pleasure, to open as beautiful, and compelling new exhibition about one of our countries most beloved civil rights icon, rosa parks. the collection, resonates strongly with me, after i was sworn in as the 14th librarian of congress, in 2016, the very first collection i was able to receive was a rosa parks papers, library bang script specialists, angering cannon, was a descendant of, carter gene watson. father of black history, showed me the collection, and she carefully presented to me the different photographs of letters, and private, notes handwritten by mrs. rosa parks and is the proud curator of the exhibition. from the first moment, i saw her family bible, followed by all of her personal letters and ridings i felt, the overwhelming power of