on behalf of the smithsonian, i would like to thank mrs. obama for highlighting the significance of this presentation. and we thank jason wue for his beautiful design that we will add to our collection. as brent said, flag hall is this museum's and america's public square. it is our public square on the national mall. where history is made and celebrated. and more than a million people were on the national mall, of course, for the inauguration of president obama. who can really ever forget that moment? at the smithsonian, of course we're dedicated to making sure nobody forgets it. and we had nearly 750,000 of those individuals in these museums during that time. as you can see from this beautifully restored portion of this building, we present some of america's greatest treasures, including the stars spangled banner. we tell the story of all americans to all other americans and those who come from other countries. the first ladies' collection is a display of the creations of talented designers such as jason wue. it is also the story of the ch

. >>> it seems like an unlikely partnership but the smithsonian institution is teaming up with the homeork, qvc. the museum of natural history today announced a licensing agreement allowing qvc to sell jewelry collections inspired by its own priceless gems. the move will introduce smithsonian trinkets to 180 million households worldwide. >> reporter: the dazzling 45 1/2 karat hope diamond, earrings owned by marie antwonette, the queen of france who was guillotined in 1793 during the french revolution, a necklace napoleon gave to his wife and soon mere commoners can own a replica of the historic jewels as the stayed smithsonian partners with the late night shopping hub qvc. >> danger, danger. >> reporter: allen sherman is already in a panic. >> shutting down the computers, you can't get on. >> reporter: his wife likes the idea but not the price. >> if they start at 85, woo, that's a little pricey for the average person. >> reporter: the collection will include 30 items inspired by the national gem and mineral collection. >> so they will use some of the stones including smithsonite which

happen so close and nobody was hurt. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4. >> a lot of people contact the smithsonian about rocks, but few of the items have any real value. >>> still to come on "news 4 this week" -- a surprising new study on cell phones. and how they affect our health. the d.c. born teacher is showing students how hip-hop and >>> so if you've ever flown out of dulles you probably had that long walk to the main terminal to the gate. there is rest for the weary. the airport unveiled its new $1.5 billion aerotrain system moving passengers in 72 seconds and they run every two minutes. they will replace the mobile lounge units that will take passengers to their concourses across the runway. >>> there is a unique literacy program that got national attention it is helping students improve reading and comprehension by using hip-hop lyr lyrics. jim haney shows us how it made a difference at belew high school. >> reporter: students are listening to the work of rapper ti. it is part of a program called help, hip-hop educational literacy program, a series of supplemental reading workbooks design

your inaugural gown to the smithsonian and helping us tell the continuing story of the people who were first ladies. we hope that you and your family will visit again often, and you have of course an open invitation any time. . . >> concludes the formal part of your ceremony and we are going to invite members of the media escorted by our press office to come forward for photographs. and mrs. obama, if you would do us the honor of joining us at your inaugural gown. . . >> staffers for former senator bob dole discussed his career. also the legacy of ronald reagan. then remarks from andrew sullivan about the politics of homosexual eddity. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> today on "newsmakers", republican governor mitch daniels. he talks about the economic impact of the health care bill on indiana and on other states. >> we are continuing to discover new costs. it is not just the cost that will be visited on some future governor to pick up hundreds of thousands of new people on our medicaid system. we have a

. >> another piece of history has been added to the smithsonian, it's a cane that president john f. rld war ii. ted robinson lived with kennedy on a pacific island when both were recovering from war wounds. robinson gave the kaine to the museum of history today. >> jack kennedy was a real hero to every one of us out there. he was in terrible shape after he lost his boat and it starved for a week and was burned. >> it was world war ii and lieutenant commander, ted robinson tells the future of the future president, john f. kennedy. kennedy's now famous boat, 109; was attacked by a japanese destroyer. >> he hadn't lost his great sense of humor yet. he said, where have you guys been? i've been standing at this bus stop for a whole week now. actually, where he was, he was behind enemy lines. >> robinson would be wounded. he ended up living with kennedy on a tent on a pacific island for two months. the island's village chief gave him a cane as a gift. >> first, he used this cane when he was first walking. >> robbinson kept that cane for years. >> the cane remained under my bed. >> today ro

and the smithsonian's got jewels on qvc. >>> but today tiger woods made his much anticipated return to professional golf. news4's john schriffen has more on how the local fans are reacting to his comeback. >> golf fans circled today on their calendar after waiting 144 days, tiger woods is back. are fans ready to welcome the golfing great? >> you know, that's between he and his wife and whomever else is involved. as far as i'm concerned, if i watch him i watch him because he is a great player. >> reporter: like so many others at the potomac golf course, leeane picked up the game four years ago, the tiger woods success. but despite all that woods has done for the game of golf, the chairman of the masters blasted woods yesterday for his off-the-course activity. >> our hero did not live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children. >> reporter: despite the strong words woods received a round of applause from the fans at the masters today. after teeing off, these golfers blew to the tv a lengthy golf course liked what they saw. >> i hope he does well in the tournament an

the clothing donation was first offered to the smithsonian but the museum declined. the suit is expected to arrive at the newseum april 17. >>> a welcome home party for the national guard. >> storms are coming to cool things down. >> perfect golf weather. tiger woods plays at the masters. the redskins introduce their new quarterback. is he the answer? mike shanahan think so. what if it snowed chocolate? what if sweet mocha fell from the sky? [ male announcer ] mcdonald's new mccafé frappe. a creamy blend of ice, coffee and mocha. or caramel. mmm. sweet. ♪ ba da ba ba ba always well made always well designed now with extraordinary savings come in to save or log on now ethan allen. extraordinary savings. limited time ethan allen redefines traditional with modern comfort and timeless design the new traditional at ethan allen now with extraordinary savings come in to save or log on now. >>> it was an emotional return home from members of the d.c. national guard. they spent three months in iraq. family and friends welcome them home at andrews air force base. >> only pictu

and then first lady michelle obama to name her inaugural gown to the smithsonian institution. >> the minute that the wall street firms were in the business of harvesting middle class and lower middle class americans for their home equity value and making loans to them against it, there was a natural risk of abusmse >> tonight, michael lewis on the subprime mortgage crisis, his latest is "the big short." he's also the author of "liar's poker," the "new, new thing," "moneyball," and "the blind side." michael lewis at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> this morning we'll talk with the editor in chief and daily the editor in chief and daily caller reporter jonathan strong

9 news now returns, some private items from the kennedy's safe deposit box are on display at the smithsonian. >>> we will look at the low visibilities and talk about the weekend. a lot of issues coming up. i will tell you all about it. 9 news now will return after this. es now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> good morning. i'm joined by person ben and he's joined by. >> master phillip take your child to work day. it is not just earth day but take your child to work day. >> i like the way you are complementing each other in dark suits and red and blue tie. >> did you choose that or did mom. >> mom. >> talk about the weather headlines. let's get to the weather graphics. phillip will help with the headlines talking about a lot of things going on here. >> here are the weather headlines. >> an unsettled pattern is kicking in the next week or so. >> starting with a dense fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. >> and stray shower is possible because a front is approaching. >> nice friday. >> and showers and storms on saturday, more likely in the afternoon as we go through the weekend. looking at

senator dole was involved in organizing evening events for senators and their spouses at the smithsonian, the national archives, just to get out and get away from the office, and to see each other in a setting where they could relax a little bit. but to the airplane has made it possible for senators to not spend a lot of time on the hill when congress is not in session. that has weakened the stability. >> many americans are justifiably concerned about the lack of civility and bipartisanship in of the senate. based on some of the stories you have told us, how would you say that this period of time stacks up historically. >> right now? not good. how about that for a two board answer -- a two word answer. but, if you sit around with other historians, you can immediately come up with a long list of other bad times. when things are not going well for the nation, it is reflected on the floor of congress, and i think even more so honest the united states senate -- even more so in the united states senate. i would not deny that we are in a uniquely low point in of the cycle, but i am a firm beli

riding, in terms of the best allusion to history, admit to a wonderful phrase that a woman at the smithsonian brought to our discussion last night, at the center for african-american history and culture, through an african-american lens. henry louis gates called the book of blackness. i think it ought to stand and i feel much better because it is alongside this. and if kendall doesn't take us into a new land of avatar people would still be reading books and we are all out. >> i want to say red on the radio today in talking about how this is a book that people may dip in and out and he was working on this for 40 years, a really great thing to bring to our attention not only in seeing this explicitly but having people cover that especially when you think about his identity as a jazz musician because often people get hung up on what the final document was and it was refreshing to see the amazing intent that went into 40 years of work and even though we all grieve about it, it never came out until now. so thank you very much for doing that. my question is in the familial sense and going through h

been put in place by a variety of nationally known organizations, from the kennedy center to the smithsonian where we have lesson plans with supporting material online and schools are using that and the results are very good. so you have tools that can be made available for students. last point i'd make is this in the special education arena, we have done a remarkable job of creating -- first of all, identifying how students, special education students can learn, and then creating a climate which allows them to learn given the skills that they do have. but with our mainstream students, we treat them all the same. we are in a world where we treat them all the same. using the technology that is available too, we can figure if a student learns better visually or by hearing. we know whether they learn better at 8:00 in the morning or 3:00 in the afternoon. we can create the climate which actually is most favorable to that student if we use technology and we do that for a small segment of our population, but not for most of our students. those are three observations i'd make about changes that ch

the smithsonian institution is teaming up with tv shopping network qvc to produce an "historic jewelry" line this fall. it'll be based on the gem and mineral collection at the national museum of natural history. it includes these diamond earrings once owned by marie antoinette, and the famous 44.5- carat hope diamond. some of the items sold on qvc will be replicas of pieces in the museum, while others will be "inspired" by its collection. tom? >> no prices on what these replicas will be but the real hope diamond n case are you interested, is $250 million. >> susie, you know mother's day is coming up, this is a announcement coming just in time, i suppose. >> very good idea. are you such a good husban husband/father. >> . >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, april 8. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. >> reporter: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station

he wanted to see the monuments and the smithsonian and i wanted to see the cherry blossoms. >> a beautiful day. >> the timing is so perfect. the festival runs through april 11. abc 7 is a proud sponsor every year of the national cherry blossom festival. if you're going, you should go first thing in the morning. >> the earlier the better. >>> 5:12. tablefuls day. a new way to pay for your morning cof carol loves to rescue dogs, and spends a lot of her time and money doing that. [ carol ] they're all rescues, yeah. thank you. thank you. so i decided to make my home their home. it just makes it a little harder to save for myself. we showed her how wachovia's way2save program can help. when carol uses her check card to make a purchase, a dollar is automatically transferred from her checking to her savings account. and she gets a bonus just for saving. the more i can save for me the more i can give to them. [ male announcer ] with you when it's time to save. wachovia. a wells fargo company. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist

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after the civil war, was published in 1995 by the smithsonian institution press when she was assistant program director for the national historical publications and records commission. her second book, you ready for this, testament to union: civil war monuments in washington d.c., at. in 1998, published by johns hopkins university press when she was the deputy director at the american jewish historical society. it is now my pleasure to introduce you to kathy jacob who in turn will introduce all of us to the most influential man about washington in the gilded age. kathy. [applause] >> thank you, john. thanks there much for coming. so lamentations that special interests by spending obscene amounts of money were strangling the voice of the people. fears that the nation was going to hell in a handbasket carried by lobbyists. these were something i today, but the same stories to the press and the capitol capital building in the 1870's. in the gilded age, when wave after wave of scandal uncovered congressman who sold their votes and ruthless men like samuel colt and collis huntington who arr

. >>> an exhibit celebrating harlem's apollo theater opens today at the smithsonian's american history museum. michael jackson's natt, ellicott gerrell's dress, louis armstrong's trumpet. the exhibit runs through august and many of the exhibits will be at the museum that will open on the national mall in 2015 for african-american culture. >> i loved hearing ella fitzgerald and michael jackson and louis armstrong. >> coming up, the ad that was too racy for dancing with the stars. and a former super model, naomi campbell, running after a news crew. >> he could have had an asthma attack. >> a mother amanda >> you are watching abc 7's good morning washington. with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washington, on your side. >> welcome back. our top story, prosecutors have dropped all charges against a 14-year-old boy accused of taking part in the mass shooting in southeast that left four dead, after authorities received new evidence that clear to the teenager. police have made two more arrests in the case. >>>

it is a jewelry line inspired by the smithsonian gem collection. they license the collection to qvc. the shopping network plans to launch the line this fall. some designs will be based on pieces while others will be inspired by the collection. >> that is very pretty. the first space walk scheduled for the discovery mission got under way. astronauts venture out to repair the shuttle's coolidge. they planned to do a battery work, but nasa scrapped that because of concerns they might be shocked. the crew will remain at the station until next friday, and may spend an extra day there because of the failure of the shuttle's main antenna. for more on the shuttle mission, log onto our website, wbaltv.com. a father accused of keeping his kids in a car for two days. follow the orioles after the home opener by clicking on sports. five celebrities you thought were dead but are not. click on entertainment. in annapolis, more debate over same-sex marriage. coming up, the intense argument that caused the house speaker to hand over his gavel. >> an outdoor adventur

. >> discovery has already been promised to the smithsonian's air and space museum in d.c., and leaveshe nasa prize. it won't come cheap. each must be ready to pay 28.8 million dollars for preparation and transportation costs and have an area to display the massive shuttle to even be considered. seattle's museum of flight is taking what some consider a pricey gamble. they are going to build a 12 million dollar facility even before knowing if they're chosen. >> i'm confident that this will make the money back, but that's not our primary concern. our concern here is the museum is in preserving the history of air and space flight. >> and new york wants a piece of the action as well. instripped sea and air space museum says if they were to be awarded a shuttle it would generate 106 million dollars for the city each year. >> i think that new york is a no-brainer because it is the perfect choice of all of the things nasa's looking for, it's a perfect home. there's no place in this country that has 45 million people coming to visit it every year. >> other museums pushing for a shuttle include

we work close with the park police and park service and basically the smithsonian institution. so if we do see inclement weather, thunderstorms that might be threatening with lightning, we've got somebody in the production trailer, that their so job is to look at the doppler radar. i won't tell what channel but we focus on that throughout the day and we'll make announcements from the stage as well as information on jumbotrons to allow the people that are tending to act at the mall safely. >> as he said, this is about more than music. jesse jackson, alf cole president richard trumka and the author margaret at wood. it's a good cause if you're coming down, definitely bring an umbrella to put on the ground. it is free. the bands start to play early afternoon. sting and the others get on later in the afternoon. hopefully the weather will hold out. back to you. >> thank you, derrick. still ahead this hour, hi-tech news from the holy land. why ipads may soon be the hot new item in israel. >> and jason campbell is heading west. west. hear li west. where is it written hear li that the o

. >> the smithsonian's natural museum received some items from the kennedy era that have been sittingt box for years. one of the items is a cane used by president john f. kennedy during world war ii. retired navy captain made the donation. he and j.f.k. were boat commanders in the south pacific. we'll have more on president kennedy's world war ii story coming up at 6:00. >>> right now, let's talk about the cool, damp weather out there. does it continue tonight? topper shutt on the terrace with your out and about forecast. >> notice the first time out without the umbrella. showers are diminishing. here's your out and about forecast. it's going to be damp, but showers will be tapering off, kind of on the cool side. temperatures from 52 to 60. good news, winds will be light. ready for your closeup, here we go. we will start out in the west, start with fairfax county and temperatures will be very nice around 70, yes, there will be a chance of a shower late in the day, but we are in good shape with temperatures either side of 70. we'll say 71 in fairfax, maybe 72 at lorton and 71 in old to

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. >>> now you can wear some the bling from the smithsonian. line with qvc and you can see that this fall and including earring, rings, bracelets and broaches. >>> and this is down in florida. watch the man in the wheelchair. three men and one decided as a woman, and the man in the wheelchair jumped up and smashed glass and made off with half a million dollars in rolexs. police hope somebody will recognize the suspects from the video. >>> and prince george's county need help identifying a man wanted for a robbery in forestville. police officers say he robbed employer at the back of a steak house last month. anybody with information should give prince george's county police a call. >>> this is just in now to the fox 5 news room. russian's foreign minister is urging a freeze in child adoption to u.s. after a boy was flown back to russia on his own after an adoption to the united states. there are reports an 8-year-old russian boy was flown back to russia saying his adoptive mother was returning him. >>> fashion icon and take a look, would you dre

morehouse college, spellman college, and the university of georgia, and he is currently a trustee of emory university. he is a member of that council of smithsonian institution's, the national museum of african- american history and culture, is my pleasure to introduce him now. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to dr. law -- dr. michael lomax. [applause] >> thank you very much, david. good evening. i am deeply honored to be here, and after watching that clip, all intimidated. as we have seen from that clip of then-senator obama's speech delivered here two years ago, it was an extraordinarily elegant and thoughtful speech on the subject of race. and in id, he found the path through the national mine field, and for a brief period managed to put the subject of race on hold and find the space to pursue his candidacy without being mired in the turmoil that often attends that subject. even a year ago, his election seemed to have ushered in a new age -- a post-racial era. but today, with the economy still staggering, but partisan politics again ascendant, but tempers short, so many americans and black americans hurting as usual more than

at the kennedy school of government and 2004 to 2007 chief operating officer of the planets greatest office at smithsonian. roderick, a senior leader. he served as deputy secretary of labor in the george h.w. bush administration. he also came up with the acronym tefra, for which people are still angry at him. our old friend has served senator dole in a number of goals from his graduation from ku in 1986 and 2000. those include intern, senior advisor, and body man. in the last capacity, he handled the logistics. every single one of them both in the senate and during the elections campaigns. as we know from mike's visit here last year, he served as the director of vice presidential operations for the mccain mccain/palin director, a position that has enriched him with stories. please help me welcome sheila burke, roderick dearment, and mike glassner to the institute. >> thanks to all three of you coming tonight. it's a great night to talk about senator dole and his accomplishments and him as a an individual. i'd like to ask each of you how you came about working for bob dole and the various roles that you ha

>> it's at the smithsonian. >>> today we have a special guest that represents many in the biofuel communitywood, great to have you back. we had you on when people couldn't talk about anything else. we did a summit in one of the other studios. we didn't know where it was headed then. now that it's law, what's your feeling about it? >> it's a mixed bag for us. the things we cared about most, the things we wanted turned out well. what was important was if we're going to attract investment into the future of health care in many ways, you have to get a decent return on that investment. we were convinced it would take 12 to 24 years after fda approval for us to recover our investment before the generics come in and use our data and replicate our products. the president said that should be seven. some people thought it should be zero. congress ended up putting it at 12, which means it is great for the patients because now companies will invest in this cutting edge medicine. >> big picture what do you think about the bill? >> it's a mixed bag big picture. 32 million more americans will have access

was a secretary and chief operating officer of the planets greatest constellation of museums the smithsonian institution. she's currently at john fletcher and public policy at harvard kennedy school of government. wo 1986 and spent time at the chief of staff in '85 and '86. his specialty in finance and issues led him to positions on the u.s. senate committee on finance and he served as deputy secretary of labor in the george h. w. bush administration. he's currently a partner of the influential law firm covington burleigh. he also came up with the acronym tefra for which many people are still angry at him. [laughter] rolph friend served senator tefra and a staggering number of roles that men graduation of tebeau in 1986 and in 2000. those include in terms, senior adviser and body man in his last capacity handled the logistics every single one of them both in the senate and during the election campaigns. as we know from his visit last year might serve as the director of vice presidential operations for the mccain palin 2008 presidential campaign. a position that has enriched the lifetime of s

we have a museum collection is second only to the smithsonian. we have thousands and thousands of structures, thousands of miles of road. just managing and maintaining all of that so that it is safe and accessible for the public is one of our number one priority. host: as the, republican, burlington. caller: hello, good morning. guest: good morning. caller: here is the thing -- the national park service's plan, but the bureau of nland management owns too much land in this country. it is a travesty, because they take over the line and just let it sit there. rest regular americans, people like me, -- whereas regular americans, people like me, put on a piece of property and we could make it better than the -- and we could maintain it better than the blm dies. it is a national treasure, but listening to what you just said about people of color -- you cannot say that. you are trying to say that they are brain-dead and they don't know national parks? please don't hang up on me. you sound like you are going on the european and model where we provide invi

we have a museum collection is second only to the smithsonian. ve thousands and thousands of structures, thousands of miles of road. just managing and maintaining all of that so that it is safe and accessible for the public is one of our number one priority. host: as the, republican, burlington. caller: hello, good morning. guest: good morning. caller: here is the thing -- the national park service's plan, but the bureau of nland management owns too much land in this country. it is a travesty, because they take over the line and just let it sit there. rest regular americans, people like me, -- whereas regular americans, people like me, put on a piece of property and we could make it better than the -- and we could maintain it better than the blm dies. it is a national treasure, but listening to what you just said about people of color -- you cannot say that. you are trying to say that they are brain-dead and they don't know national parks? please don't hang up on me. you sound like you are going on the european and model where we provide invitatio

american business owners, joel and ruspira, for that i donation of significant collections to the smithsonian of natural history. the items they're donating notes the technological advancement and energy-saving inventions in the history of electric lighting. the collection tells the story of american innovation and the 50-year history of a company that has transformed the use of electricity. joel is the inventor of the electronic dimmery device and chairman and founder of his company located in my district. a family-owned business, lutron has five principles, take care of the customer, take care of the company, take care of the people, innovate with high-quality products and deliver value to the customer. it is known to creating energy-saving products each year. the installation of their products saves approximately $1 billion in utility costs. mr. speaker, i ask you and my colleagues to join me in congratulating joel and ruspira for this record of accomplishment and for their many contributions, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the g

my own agencies, edie a, gsa, the smithsonian and, in number of a federal agency is, precisely because a known of late by holding them accountable but the whole chairman is looking at them just as hard have proceeded in ways that i found satisfactory and if you have continued in the way have done not only those who come to these hearings know that this money has been put to good use as the press focuses on how you are putting blacks and figures before the public it will be impossible of to underestimate what the stimulus funding that came to our committee has done an american people. i think again mr. chairman. >> again, i repeat my appreciation and admiration for your persistence in holding the accountability hearings which have served to spur on the federal agencies and stay on course, stay on track or be shown to the public for failing to do their job and the first series of hearings, first three months of hearing showdown great inconsistencies among the states and federal agencies. but after the information that was made public and reports to members and calls into state and the fe