i am which the, the smithsonian's ambassador at large. first and foremost, i would like to extend a welcome to our colleagues and friends from the u.s. army, distinguished leaders and of course, our officer graduates, and they're rightly proud and maybe loud families. we i'd like to welcome distinguished guests from the monuments family foundation, including members of the board, and relatives of the world war ii monuments officers. this is a very special occasion, i don't usually wear this every day to work at the smithsonian. but i'd also like to welcome, a guest from bank of america, who supported the initiative from the beginning, and finally my smithsonian colleagues, and those from sister organizations involved in cultural heritage protection, like the department of state, the fbi, the national council museums, and others who have participated in this program as instructors, guides, and enablers. the ceremony today and what it stands for is especially significant. and since we as a museum study and present history all of the time, l

came to the smithsonian. and amidst meetings with lynne nichols nicholas, who had written a seminal study rape of europa about work to protect cultural heritage, world war two viewed our collections at the archives of american art, where we keep the monuments officers materials, photographs from their mission, notebooks from monuments, officers. and we signed an agreement reestablishing the of monuments officers. we then faced training in the midst of covid, but worked closely together with the military, with the situation in in afghanistan, trying to protect both artifacts and people. i remember those days. 24 seven scott, corey and i were on the phone emailing texting, trying to do right by the heritage of afghanistan. now, with ukraine, we've been getting supplies and materials into our colleagues who are post-civil war, who is trained. corey and the team was a smithsonian fellow during the time of the haiti project. he is now a leader. ukrainian cultural heritage protection efforts in light of the russian

lynn is a curator at the smithsonian national postal museum. she specializes in the use of the u.s. history postal service. -- as well as my fellow soldiers, letters from world war i from which you can see at the smithsonian secretaries research prize in 28 1918. thomas pay own creates a lighter than air collection with balloons, lamps and air ships at the smithsonian national air and space museum's research focuses on -- in the civil war as well as the u.s. air ships and blimps in america. he's the co-author of milestones of flight, the epic of aviation the national air and space museum. >> in december 1863, lauren walters sat down to write a letter from her home in northwestern indiana. she opened up -- -- she wrote, quote, kind and affectionate companion i want to again try to draw with silent language upon. >> four months later, her sister dolly wrote him and used very similar versions shot david as well to meet up with the family connections. she wrote, in -- dear brother, after shameful silence i want to get dressed to with the silence of a pan. although rachel and phoebe say

they donated it to the smithsonian in the first few items that came to the smithsonian in 1964, donated by arthur walters, the grandson of david and rachel walter's, and his daughter, june walters. leonard donated the bulk of the collection of the letters in 1991. the picture here is of willard and amelia. walter's this willard being the son of david and rachel walters. so it's through their family line that we have these letters to share with you and share with american public in this donation. it becomes clear why the walter's family valued these letters. there's 180 letters and papers, mostly of the use of envelopes that show the way that the mail travel, the cost of that mail. when the address had to change, to find somebody who h relocated and the postmarks of the wo thathe post office was doing to to process those mail. we have abo 100 of those envelopes and about 80 or so letters and a few items of ephemera that the family enclosed while trying to communicate with each other, including the item in the middle here, which is a special order that was issued in 1863, and that david h

harry rubenstein, the smithsonian. yes, positively.e's been we interviewed him a couple of times as well. love harry and so he very he's been great to me the years and i wanted to see everything that the smithsonian had that lincoln had touched and one of the things that emerged from is in the gardner photograph, you would know this i certainly didn't. i always kind of wondered who's to wear bow ties. i always wondered. he managed to tie the tie exactly that freakishly every time, very consistently. well, the answer is he didn't that that is what the victorians called a stock and so it clicks behind it wasn't a clip on exactly but the that is actually a bow of ribbon sewn on to a strip of black cloth that's then hooked around the back of his and so that was and so harry pulled it out and i was fascinated by it. one of the reasons they did that in, that age is that they didn't want the bow tie to cut off the head as if it's on a platter. oh, interesting. they put like this so that it wouldn't be there right then. of course, the lincoln'

well, here again, another interesting object that is in the smithsonian's collection of.it does tell us a little bit american women's leisure time, some american women had time to do fancy work. and this particular object was used for that purpose. a goatees lady's book at the time in the thirties provided a lot of interesting instruction about accomplishing these this fancy work. and it's fascinating you go through goatees ladies book, you see them talking about chinese exercises and making work boxes in the chinese style and applying chinese pattern papers to the surface, these work boxes. so the whole aspect of china and activities that associate with china are very important this point and certainly play into the way in which people are perceiving afar my but i'm sure that our film i found these fancy work exercise is pretty curious and outside of here for its in china she wouldn't have any idea how to present these objects to the public so she probably would have needed some help from someone to figure out how could use it and present it since was not something that

i wanted to see everything at the smithsonian hadn't had touched. one of the things that emerged from it is in the garden or photograph, you would know this but i certainly did not. i always kind of wondered, i used to wear bow ties, i always wondered how he managed to tie the tie exactly that way every time, very consistently. the answer is he did not. that is what the victorians called a stop. and so, it clicks, it was not a clip on exactly. that is actually a bow, a ribbon, so it onto a strip of black cloths. harry pulled out the. >> one of the times they did that not age is that they did not want it to cut off as if it was on a plane. >> oh, interesting. >> they put it like this so that it would not be there. >> right, then of course the lincoln's pockets, the pocket watch and those items that are so well-known. the other objects that captured my imagination was the coffee cup that lincoln left on the windowsill. >> i saw that recently myself, unbelievable. >> and the coffee on good friday, and then the coffee cup and goes off to the theater. >>

." >>> we will take in a moment entertaining new exhibit at the smithsonian, with john dicker son.e learn about the newest offspring of the acorn, the becorn. robert costa tells us about finding from the january 6 committee and twitter in the age of elon musk, a story from steve hartman and thoughts from rabbi steve leder. it's the first sunday of dec december. we'll be right back. ♪ sometimes a cough isn't just a cough so it's better to be prepared. keeping binaxnow handy makes it easy to test. and self test kits may be reimbursable with no copay through your health plan. with binaxnow, you'll have reliable results in 15 minutes with the self test that features the same technology doctors use. and detects multiple variants, including omicron ba.5 so you can always be prepared with binaxnow. the #1 covid-19 self test in the us >>> in the weeks since elon musk acquired twitter, the modern day town square has been shaken to its core. will the blue bird find happiness when the dust settles? here is luke burbank. >> reporter: twitter may not be the biggest social media platform out the

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in recent years, some institutions have begun to return the treasures, including the smithsonian whicheld a ceremony in october to hand over 29 objects to nigerian officials and a member of the royal family of benin. smithsonian secretary lonnie bunche. >> this is a reckoning for museums, for museums to no longer collect things because we think it's right. it's about not so much what we correct. reporter: the penn museum, founded in 1887, holds some one million objects spanning 10,000 years of history, and is also a leading research center. it has been undergoing a major renovation in recent years, updating its exhibition spaces, reevaluating its collection and the information it offers the public while also addressing several controversies surrounding its holdings. one involve, the morton collection, more than 1300 human skulls gathered in the 19th century and used to advance racist eugenics theories. it came to the penn museum in the 1960s. more recent research suggested it includes the remains of 13 black philadelphians. plans for a reburial are ongoing. another recent revelation, t

i am with smithsonian associates and thrilled to welcome you to today's program on visual thinking with dr. temple. to our members, a sincere thank you. now more than ever is your support keeps us going. as many of you know, smithsonian associates is not federally funded and relies entirely on donations and membership support to bridge gap between program expenses and ticket to anyone who might be new to smithsonian associates. welcome. and i invite you to explore the wide range of programs that we offer and to consider becoming member to support our work in bringing you hundreds of trusted learning experiences every year, you can find out more about these events on our website, smithsonian associates org as well as on facebook and twitter. while supposed to link in the chat box. which brings me to my next item of business. i want to quickly mention a few features of zoom. so clear about how we run our programs. first, look for the chat box at the top or bottom of your screen. we'll be posting relevant links and messages here throughout the program. there's also a q&a from which will tr

i am with smithsonian associates and thrilled to welcome you to today's program on visual thinking with dr. temple. to our members, a sincere thank you. now more than ever is your support keeps us going. as many of you know, smithsonian associates is not federally funded and relies entirely on donations and membership support to bridge gap between program expenses and ticket to anyone who might be new to smithsonian associates. welcome. and i invite you to explore the wide range of programs that we offer and to consider becoming member to support our work in bringing you hundreds of trusted learning experiences every year, you can find out more about these events on our website, smithsonian associates org as well as on facebook and twitter. while supposed to link in the chat box. which brings me to my next item of business. i want to quickly mention a few features of zoom. so clear about how we run our programs. first, look for the chat box at the top or bottom of your screen. we'll be posting relevant links and messages here throughout the program. there's also a q&a from which will tr

nancy davis, the curator emirita's at the smithsonian national museum of american history. as a curator, she worked on exhibition focusing on material culture, asian influence on american culture, migration and immigration, and business history. her scholarly work focuses on women's history, asian influence on american culture, and american trade she has a ph. d. in american studies from george washington university in washington, d. c.. and taught at the graduate level at numerous colleges and universities. her book, that chinese lady, afong moy in early america, came out from oxford university press in july 2019. she is currently working on a another book based on the english woman harriet -- 1834 to 1836 america. our moderator is my colleague, and mellon foundation perpetual award in history and public history at new york historical she is currently a doctoral candidates in the american studies program at harvard university. she writes about asian american visual culture, -- u.s. multi ethnic literature, and immigration policy. and his research was supported by the socia

so to enshrine this in the history books, to have this in the smithsonian is important.etropolitan police, as well as the capitol police, can add their names to the list. >> then there's the poll politi surrounding it all. there's news from bennie thompson. there is kevin mccarthy vying for speakership in the house, does not yet have the votes there, who has said we will be investigating the investigators. in his speech here, he said, we honor the officers that served on january 6. but we honor all officers across the country. i couldn't help but wonder if he was doing that to make sure the folks that he was vying for those votes from heard him, considering their opinions such as marjorie taylor greene, on january 6. >> that's right. kevin mccarthy is tiptoeing a lot these days. he does not want to anger hard-core trump supporting conservatives in the house republican conference. at the same time, he has to be careful. there are a decent number of new centrist numbers in the house republican conference. if he goes too far to the right, he could lose some of them. this is

. >>> the smithsonian is adding an iconic outfit worn by the queen. >>> ♪ [ music ] >> we had to waiteat. enter termination features around 200 objects that honor theater, television, music, and sports. that does include the leather jacket and satin brassiere worn by selena. the family donated the rockstar inspired outfit in 1998. i love to see that happening. >> she still has such a huge impact. people adore her and her music. >> she is one of the people whose legacy will live on. there are little kids growing up listening to her music and wearing selena shirts. even at e francisco symphony, they came to honor her, we are seeing so much of that. i am glad this is happening. >> i'm glad she was a celebrity to launch the entertainment exhibit. >> have you been to the smithsonian? >> i have not. to make that is a bucket list thing for me. check it out with the kids. >>> it is 5:27, bay area scientists said they made an energy breakthrough. how nuclear fusion could replace ugh, this rental car is so boring to drive. let's be honest. the rent-a-car industry is the definition of boring. an

the smithsonian secretary. >> what this really is is a reckoning for museums.o say we no longer collect things just because we think it is right. we married a relationship for the communities and as we collect to we are ultimately doing a better job. it is about not so much what we collect but what we preserve. >> the penn museum founded in 1887 holds some one million objects spanning 10,000 years of history. it is also a leading research center. it has been undergoing a major renovation in recent years. updating its exhibition spaces, reevaluating its collection and the information it offers the public while also addressing several controversies surrounding its holdings. one involved the morton collection. more than 1300 human skulls gathered in the 19th century and used to advance racist eugenics theoes. it came to the penn museum in the 1960's. more recent research suggested includes the remains of her team black philadelphians. plans r a reburial are ongoing shared another recent revelation , that the museum held the partial remains of dems killed in the 19

i also want to give a special thanks to the smithsonian cultural rescue staff. they have supported this vision for such a long time. other smithsonian staff supported the training. they worked hard to realize this important program. i want to thank my boss for believing in the aid and supporting us 100%. my heartfelt thanks to my husband, paul wagner. he has supported my dream for this course. he continued to support everything as a volunteer and chief logistics training officer. [applause] -- present the 2022 class of the officers. [applause] >> weekends on c-span two are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america story. and on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span two comes from these television companies and more. including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communicati

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the first event today features the undersecretary for museums and culture at the smithsonian institutionnd in conversation with pulitzer prize winner david baroness about the new biography with jim thorpe sit back and enjoy and have a wonderful day at the library of congress national book festival thank you. [applause] >> thank you for joining us it's my honor to be here so let's get right to it. you have been biography before why did you choose hamlet as a subject for your latest book? >> i think of this as the third book of the trilogy of sports figures the first was vince lombardi not only a great football coach for what it takes and what it cost and then so many athletes are called heroes and very few are but he really was the way he lived his life and then died delivering humanitarian aid to nicaragua after earthquake in a plane crash. so the third part of the trilogy not only a stunning athlete that offered the opportunity through his life to e explore from 1887 from 1853 such critical years and i want to say first it means a lot to me. >> so 1887 and 1953.are important of policy.

president biden signed a bill last year to put the medals on display at the smithsonian, saying quote so all visitors can understand what happened that day. on capitol hill chad program, fox news. the suspect accused in the mass shooting at a colorado lgbtq nightclub was charged today with 305 criminal counts, including murder and hate crimes. 22 year old anderson lee aldrich appeared in a colorado springs courtroom. aldridge is charged with opening fire with an ar 15 style rifle inside the club on november 19th , killing five people and injuring several others. we also have filed bias motivated, uh, charges in this case. meaning that we think that there's enough evidence to satisfy our burden on bias. motivated offenses were not going to tolerate actions against community members based on their sexual identity. those types of things members of that community have been harassed, intimidated and abused for too long. aldridge did not enter a plea. the prosecutor says it is likely even more charges will be filed in the case. the shooting at the nightclub came more than a year after aldri

president biden signed a bill last year to put the medals on display at the smithsonian, saying quotetors can understand what happened that day. on capitol hill chad program. fox news a new legal setback for former president donald trump's company, the trump organization, was convicted of tax fraud today for helping executives avoid taxes on lavish perks such as manhattan apartments and luxury vehicles. a jury found to corporate entities at the trump organization guilty on all 17 counts, including conspiracy charges and falsifying business records. the former president himself was not on trial. the trump organization could be fined up to $1.6 million. sentencing is scheduled right now for january. 13th trump organization lawyer vowed to appeal the future for former fcc dublin warden ray garcia is in the hands of a jury closing arguments wrapped up today. prosecutors reiterated that garcia used his power to abuse women who were jailed there. but garcia's attorney calls this a classic, she said. he said case chris ktvu cristina rendon is more now from federal court. he was a fox guardin

the capitol building, the dc police departments and in the smithsonian. >>> subpoenaed officials in four states for communications with or involving former president trump. they are located in wisconsin, michigan, arizona, and pennsylvania. the special counsel also lost records from's campaign is a list of allies involved in his efforts to potentially overturn the 20/20 election. meanwhile, manhattan jury has to trump companies of tax fraud . the trump corporation and trump payroll corporation were charged in a 15 year scheme in which top executives failed to report and pay taxes on perks like apartments and luxury cars. the former president was not charged in the case, but his companies could face up to $1.6 million in fines. >>> more tech layoffs in silicon valley. intel says it plans to chop nearly 200 california jobs to cut costs. they included more than 100 positions in fulsome, and 90 in the company's santa clara headquarters. the semi conductor giant says job cuts are expected to be permanent, and will happen over a two-week period, beginning january 31st. >>> live look at the san

] >> unquestionably, and there are two examples here, at least, you must know harry reuben, the smithsonian -- >> we interviewed him a public a couple of times as well. >> it's been great to me in the years, and i wanted to see everything that the smithsonian had that lincoln had -- and one of the links that emerged from it is in the garden or photograph, you would notice -- i certainly did not -- i always kind of wonder, i used to wear bow ties. i always wondered how he managed to tie the tie, exactly the same every time, very consistently. that is what the victorians called a stop. and so, it clicks -- it wasn't a quid on, exactly. but that is actually a bow, a ribbon, sewn on to a strip of black goff that's been hooked around the back of his neck. and so, harry pulled it out, and i was fascinated by it. >> one of the reasons stated that is that they didn't want the vote i took him off the head -- [inaudible] >> oh, interesting. >> [inaudible] so that it wouldn't be there. >> right. and then, of course, you know, the pocket wide and those items are so well-known -- another objects that ca

capitol police headquarters, the metropolitan police department, the capital of south and the smithsoniantion. and there was some drama on the several officers refusing to shake hands with senator mitch mcconnell. but i responded to senator chuck schumer. mcconnell was ignored by several medal recipients. bakersfield congressman kevin mccarthy did not appear to be extending a hand. >> coming up tonight, a san francisco landmark is getting a little bit of a touch up. we'll have details on the plans to renovate the plans to renovate the transamerica tower. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. i'm karen. i'm living with hiv and i'm on cabenuva. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. it's two injections from a healthcare provider. i really like the flexibility. and for me, it's one less thing to think about while traveling. don't receive caben

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our first event today at the smithsonian institution and conversation with two time prizewinner about his new biography. please sit back and enjoy and have a wonderful day at the library of congress book festival. thank you. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. david, let's get right to it. why did you choose him as a subject for your latest book. >> well, i sort of think of this as the third book in a trilogy of sports figures. the first was vince lombardi who not only was a great football coach but also a representative of the success in american life and what it takes and what it costs. the second was roberto clemente the beautiful ballplayer. some of the athletes are called heroes, but he really was in the way that he lived his life and the way he died delivering humanitarian aid. so, it seems to me the natural third part of that trilogy and that he not only was a stunning athlete, but also offered me the opportunity for his life. it is such critical and the lives of all native americans. first of all, i am honored. it really means a lot to me. >> they were, as you

our first event will feature the undersecretary for museums and culture at the smithsonian institution and a conversation with two-time pulitzer prize winner david maraniss about his new biography about jim thorpe. please sit back, enjoy, and have a wonderful day at the library of congress national book festival. david: it is my honor -- >> is my honor to be here. why did you choose jim thorpe? david: i think of this as a third book in a trilogy of sports figures who transcend sports the first was vince lombardi, who is not only a great football coach but representative of the mythology of competition and success of american life and what it costs. the second was roberto clemente, who so many athletes are called heros and he was in the way he died in a plane crash delivery military aid. it seems the national -- natural third trilogy that he was not only a stunning athlete but also offered the opportunity through his life to explore the native american experience from 1887 to his death in 1953, such critical years in the lives of all native americans. i am honored to be here with you. i

. >> and at the smithsonian's national zoo in washington, d.c., zoo lights has returned after a two-year to the tradition of the holidays, to the delight of so many communities across the country. >> gorgeous. >> i love lights. i'm a 5-year-old. >> nice to see that. thanks so much for watching. i'm linsey davis. david muir right back here tomorrow. good night. >> abc7news, four consecutive days of rain in the bay area, and we are not done yet. the latest on the timing of that. also, dangerous driving. the rain means of snow in the sierra and lots of it. the winter weather in effect right now. >> i love the fact that somebody bothered to do this. >> a look at graffiti art found in the north bay, and allegedly signed by elusive artist banksy. everyone is wanting to know, is it real? abc news at 6:00 starts now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> parts of the bay area, waterlogged. we are feeling the effects of several rounds of rain with more to come. think you for joining us, i am j.r. stone. we begin on storm coverage tonight. live do

but when the smithsonian board of reagents indicated that they would need a legislative fix to proceedefore meeting the deadline, members of this body decided to stall the effort in its traction. -- tracks. let me be clear. the legislative fix qtd by the -- requested by the smithsonian would have added zero dollars to our federal spending. zero. it would have sir circumvented number of the processes that we follow under regular order. rather, it would simply permit the museums to be built where the smith smithsonian considerse the best location, on the national mall. so, mr. president, i asked my colleagues, why? why are we letting opaque closed-door negotiations get away with telling the story of millions of latinos in this country. why are we telling them they don't deserve to be on the national mall where our most iconic museums are? make no mistake, madam president, we belong on the mall. we belong alongside the museum of the american indian, the national museum of african american history, and we belong in a place where millions of visitors come to learn about their history and th

family sold the nearly 900-carat stone to local merchants, and in 1984 it was exhibited at the smithsonianm of natural history in new york. so it took about 5 years to cut this huge diamond and as a result it turned into 15 gems, one of which was a diamond called the golden canary, if you are interested in these quarantines , you know that they will be auctioned this week. you you can make it. i was more interested in what it was possible, it turns out, to find it somewhere. well, in fact, in the garden, it may be necessary to take a closer look. maybe we are missing something here too, or we still need to live in some specific locality. well, i don’t know, you need to figure it out, but the beds about the field next time are more attentive. well, by the way, about the auction. yes indeed. they will take place very soon and it is still impossible to predict the exact value of this diamond, but they really say that this will be one of the most expensive jewelry, but they don’t agree to any auctions our correspondent, danil myshkavets, only bare facts, exclusive details and the lives of bela