at the smithsonian in washington, d.c.. there is a photograph of the late charles schulz will be on display at smithsonian museum several months showing him drawing a sunday chomic page. it's on loan from the shults museum. his wife is in washington for the celebration. i talked to her by satellite. >> when you got the call or letter from the smithsonian, what did you think? >> who would have even thought it was a possibility? i thought it's just old president autos jenny says it's a huge honor and believes it's because her late husband beloved characters are timeless. >> they came from sparky's heart. they speak to the ordinary thing that's we all feel. our ordinary emotions and our hopes and fears. our insecurities. our dreams. >> i first met jenny when she's supervising the construction of the shults museum. charles passed away from complications from colon cancer the year before at 77. jenny told me back then her husband, sparky was a gene wrus and yes, famous but so modest. >> sparky wasn't that interested in having a m

cheryl jennings has more. >> a photograph of the late charles schulz will be on display at the smithsonian it shows him drawing a sunday comic page. jeanie schultz is in washington for the celebration. >> when you got the call or the letter from the smithsonian, what did you think? >> we would never thought it was a possibility. >> she says it's a huge honor and she believes the tribute because her late husband's characters are timeless. >> they came from sparky's heart and they speak to the ordinary things we all feel, our ordinary emotions, our hopes and fears, our dreams. >> she met jeanie when she was supervising the construction of the museum. charles had passed away from colon cancer the year before. she said back then that her husband was a genius and yes, famous but he was so modest. >> sparky wasn't that interested in having the museum because, it's how his life and how his work could be any more than this comic strip in the newspaper. >> imagine what sparky would say today about being immortalized in the smithsonian. >> today, the museum in santa rosa will celebrate with free adm

this morning on "access granted" inside the smithsonian institute. artwork and artifacts but only a fraction of them are on exhibit at a time. the rest are in storage in secret warehouses waiting to go back on display. but you don't have to wait to see them. here is our all-access tour. >> name is abraham lincoln, and you, sir, are in a heap of trouble. >> reporter: presidential giants and pint-sized warriors. that's how hollywood sees the smithsonian. but nothing beats the real thing. our insider's tour begins here, several miles outside the capital, and inside these warehouses. for security reasons, the location is secret. what they hold is historic. >> this is the granddaddy of the tractor trailer. it's a 1912. >> and from 1913 a model-t ford. right next to a 1990 corvette race car. curator roger white is my tour guide and takes me from roadsters to dare devils. this is one of evel knievel's bikes. >> ipt a harley-davidson. he customized it a little bit and jumped this particular bike over 14 greyhound buses in 1975. >> reporter: with that, we jump

. >> beloved comic strip peanuts is celebrating 60th anniversary today at the smithsonian in washingtonuts museum in santa rosa. carolyn johnson has more. >> a photograph of the late charles schulz created of the peanuts gang will be on display at the smithsonian museum. it showing him drawing a comic page. jeanie shuttle's is in washington for the celebration. >> when you got the call -- schultz. >> what did you think. >> i thought it was just something else. >> she says it's a huge honor because her late husband's beloved characters are timeless. >> they came from his heart and they speak to the ordinary things we all feel. our ordinary emotions, our hopes and fears our insecurities and our dreams. >> she met him when she was supervising the construction of the museum. charles had passed away from complications from colon cancer the year before at the age of 77. she told me back then that her husband was a genius and yes, famous but he was so mod left. >> he wasn't that interested in having the museum because it's how his life and how his work could be any more than comics in the news

. >> a photograph of the late charles schulz will be on display at the smithsonian museum for several months. it shows him drawing a sunday comic page. it's on loan from the schulz museum in santa rose a. his wife is in washington for the celebration. i talked to her by satellite. >> when you got the call with the letter from the smithsonian, what did you think? >> who would have ever thought it was a possibility. >> jeanie says it's a huge honor and believes the tribute is because her late husband's characters are timeless. >> they came from sparky's heart and speak to the order things we all feel, our order emotions, hopes, fears, insecurities, our dreams. >> i first met jeanie when she was supervising the construction of the schulz museum in 2001. charles has passed away the year before at the age of 77. jeanie told me back then that her husband, sparky, was a genius, and, yes, famous, but he was so modest. >> sparky wasn't that interested in having a museum because i don't think he could see how his life and how his work could be any more than the comic strip in the newspaper. >>

. >> the comic strip peanuts is celebrating 60 itself anniversary in a very big way at the smithsoniane locally at peanuts museum in santa rosa. >> a photograph of the late charles schulz, creator of the peanuts gang will be on display for several months. it shows him drawing a sunday comic page, it's on loan from the schultz museum. his wife is in washington for the celebration. i talked to her by satellite. >> when you got the call or letter from smith sonya. what did you think? >> we didn't think it was a possibility. >> it was a huge honor and her late husband's characters are timeless. >> they speak to the ordinary things that away all feel, our ordinary emotions, our hopes and fears our dreams. >> they met when they were building the museum. charles had passed away. she told me that her back then her husband was a genius and famous but he was so modest. >> sparky wasn't that interested in having the museum because he couldn't see how his life and work could be any more than this comic strip in the newspaper. >> imagine, what he would say today about being i mortalized in the smit

. >> at this point the smithsonian remains closed with no water because of the break. >>> new this morning, outgoing d.c. mayor adrian fenty and school chancellor michelle rhee reach out for a last push of school reform. in a washington post editorial out today they say in part, quote, we've made tremendous strides. we've gone from the worst to lead the nation in grades. we can succeed with your support. we ask to you learn from our mistakes, stand by the commitment to continue the momentum of the past three and a half years and believe our children are capable of blowing your minds with their achievements. >>> well the mid terms are a little over two weeks away but d.c. voters can go to the polls early. it started tomorrow -- it starts tomorrow even though votes doesn't start. polling places will open on saturday. do you have to vote for mayor and other offices. >>> president obama continues to thumb for democrats. he's talking about his first two years on the job. in a new york times article out today, the president said he's accomplished a lot but admits to making some mistakes. mike em

as we said, the smithsonian institution and justice department areaffected me. joining me is the general manager of d.c. water. you're telling me -- what kind of work is going on out there now. >> w had a 24 inch water main break right here at 10th and constitution. big water line. we had to get the water off first which is for the most part so we can dig down. before we dig in the street we want to make sure where every utity lines is. we don't want top get that wrong because you don't want to dig down and make a mistake. at the moment we're digging test holes see where in fact the break will be so we can build. we'll go down, find the hole in the pipe and fix it. >> you expect that this work will continue through the better part of today and possibly into tomorrow. >> yes. we'll be out here today. the easier part of the project is fixing thepipe. we won't know for sure unl we get in the street. there's been so much water with a water main of this size undermines the street itself. we'll have to do a lot of reconstruction of the roadway. the reason why it's bloc

it caused traffic problems throughout the day and shut down the smithsonian museum of natural history today. now crews say it will take until monday to fix that problem. >>> if you are afraid of driving over the chesapeake bay bridge, you are not alone. travel and leisure magazine ranks it as one of the scariest in the world. it earned the ranking because of frequent storms, limited visibility. other structures include bamboo bridges in vietnam, a bridge in pakistan, and the seven-mile bridge in the florida keys. >>> big stars join forces for the new movie "red," and arch campbell tells us that the star power adds up to a hit. >> retired spies play it for laughs in the new comedy "red," which includes bruce willis, morgan freeman, john malkovich, and mary louise parker. somebody wants to kill bruce willis, so he goes on the run, grabs his girlfriend, merrida weast parker, and reassembles his old team, including morgan freeman, and john malkovich. >> are you trying to kill me? >> that was a long time ago. >> some people hold on to things like that. >> i think i see an extra point in th

on a class trip and seeing the moon rock in that capsule at the smithsonian museum. eally is an extraordinary and historic moment, kerry. hold on to that moon rock. >> yeah, he's got that. >> i'm keeping it. i am definitely keeping it. it's one of the rocks that was taken out of the crush -- i have another piece, i'm not sure where it is, that you can see the smooth portion of the bore when they went down in the first hole that was five inches. so it's -- >> a good souvenir. when i was here two weeks ago, i picked up a bunch of rocks like that. and thought there was actual gold in it. but i guess fool's gold. but you know what? chris, you know, this is exactly what these guys are going in there for, but for the real thing. >> exactly. >> when we saw mario sepulveda, he dropped a bag on the ground and began giving out rocks just like this. it was a moment that really captured the nation here. because they all know how much this rock means to the country. it's not just a way of life for these men, a very good way of life, but in fact the primary industry here in chile.

it was discovered at the dinosaur park in prince george's county and sent to the smithsonian. >>> toyota says repairs have been made to millions of vehicles. more than 5 million vehicles recalled over safety issues have been fixed. the repairs fall under three categories, sticky gas pedals, and unintended acceleration. nearly 10 million cars have been recalled for various problems. >>> verizon is paying customers charged with a mystery feet. some 15 million users word -- mystery fee. the only problem is those customers did not have data access, so they are getting a refund. they could beat bowling out $90 million. -- they could be doling out $90 million. >> verizon should be commended for coming clean. >> but will they pay interest? the fcc called verizon last year but the investigation is not over. more penalties could be coming because many want to know why it took so long to acknowledge it. >>> there was a time when flu shots were only essential for the elderly and children, but these days it is recommended for everyone. >> this year the cdc is recommending that everyone should get a

. >> not exactly what visitors to the smithsonian national history museum wanted to hear. that absolutely disappointed. >> the massive brick left buildings in the area without any water pressure. many disappointed visitors did not find out until the walked up to the doors. >> the kids are disappointed, but i guess we will have to find something else. >> d.c. police have been directing massive backups. >> is taking a long time. >> easier said than done it for some commuters who ran out of patience. >> it is d.c. i have been living here three years. got used to it. >> the change in temperature could be part of the problem, but the main culprit is old infrastructure. a spokesperson for the d.c. water said this old pipe was installed before the great depression. live in northwest, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >>> the traffic headaches continued in northern virginia. a construction crews have shut down part of route 123 for the beltway for the weekend. they will remain closed until 5:00 a.m. monday as crews demolish the old northbound bridge as part of the beltway hot lanes projec

this is an aurora bore alice at the smithsonian national museum. that will beonday evening, 6:45 to 9:00. there will be wonderful photos and videos of the aurora that evening. for today, partly cloudy and windy. afternoon highs in the mid-60s. a small chance of a passing shower. winds gusting over 30 miles per hour this evening. windslustery on saturday. chilly in the morning. sunday aches bit milder. upear 70 during the afternoon. good weather for the skins/colts game. highs mid-60s. a chance of a passinghower tuesday and wednesday next week. should dry out into the weekend. softball temperatures. jerry, how is the sflafk. >> looking good on a friday morningment we travel along i-270. northbound, southbound through clarksburg. both directions, frederick to rockville, travel lanes. a little construction on the northbound side that. should be out of there before too long. 66, no hangups. all lanes open and dry pavement. aaron, eun. >> thank you, jerry. >>> 4:53. one of the country's hottest chefs could be opening in our area. >> also ahead. >> does i

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the smithsonian rejected an off to display o.j.'>>> another rally is set to take place on the national mall this weekend. the one nation, working together group is calling for job creation, quality education, and justice. it's scheduled to start at noon tomorrow at the lincoln memorial. radio talk show host tom joiner and al sharpton are scheduled to speak. >>> look at the weekend forecast. >> should be good for any events you are doing tomorrow. tonight also high school football and if you are going to the games, go to dc.high schoolsports.net. weather will be crisp and you will want a jacket. falling from the 60s in to the 50s by the time the gamesnd and a big thank you to everyone who submitted photos and storm reports through wusa9.com. makes it better to have your eyes out there for us, and thank you for that. let's get going on this nice, turning out to be a nice friday afternoon. although a little breezy. the day at a glance, 73 or so at 3:00. 70 still at 6:00. by 9:00, clear, 66. here in town, we could be talking upper 50s f

the curator of dinosaurs at the smithsonian said it is theefirst jaw bone from a meat eating dinosaur found in maryland. >> a travel alert, about a possible terror threat in europe. coming up, more aboot why it was issued by the obama administration. and which other countrres are issuing similar alerts of heir own. >> it is definitely mental. i call it innanity. but it is definitely mental. >> tired of your ring routine. coming up. what one utah man is doing to >> tonight, an alert is ssued for u.s. citizens traveling abroad. white house as more details today. >> while the alert issued sunday is not a travel warning it is a step below it. and a statement for americans t3 be extra vigilant while in europe. today japan and sweden join the similar statement. craig boswell reports from washington. >> the state department said that credible information led to a general travel alert for u.s. citizens in europe, but not for specific countries. >> continue with your raael plans.3 but, ou know, beecautious because we are aware of, you know, active ploos against the u.s. american citizens. and

in a ceremony today a photo of peanuts creator charles schultz name sparky will be added to the smithsonian'sly the dog sparky had as a child, a dog named spike, but then he became i think everyone's imagination. >> the comic strip now appears in more than 2200 newspapers in 75 countries. >>> and another beloved american cartoon marked a milestone in its own this week. richard schlesinger reports on bedrock's most famous family. >> reporter: anyone born in what the kids today consider prehistoric times remembers the >>. ♪ the flintstones >> a stone-aged family. anything else, kevin? >> a thing right out of history. >> reporter: the stone-aged story ushered in a new age of tv, the first animated series ever in prime time and one of the first series to show husbands and wives sleeping in the same bed. >> relax, fred. >> reporter: the flintstones. came off the drawing board known as the flagstones in this pilot. they were also called the gladstones. >> back to the drawing board. >> reporter: before claiming their place in history as the flintstones. >> when the flintstones was launched, they wer

. >> because the main supplies at the smithsonian museum of natural history, it had to be closed saturday. >> it's closed for an emergency. i wanted to go in and see the hope diamond. >> hopeless on that one. >> the massive water released by the break heavily damaged places of constitution avenue itself. >> even after we get the pipe fixed, there's a separate repair for the street. >> reporter: those repairs have been put on hold because a second water main break was discovered a few hundred feet away and crews are now having to deal with that. so this is what constitution avenue and tenth street northwest looks like right now. is it going to get fixed? as you heard, they first have to deal with the water main break before the crews can come out and clear all of this rubble and then put in new pavement, new asphalt. so will it be ready by monday? right now, your guess, bruce, is as good as mine. reporting live, i'm armando trull, back to you. >> thanks a lot for that report. >>> expect delays for metro this weekend. they're slowing part of the orange, green, red line. some delays could be

people at the smithsonian says he found a fossil dating back about 160 million years. it happened at a dinosaur park in laurel. although the boy found a 1 1/2" jaw bone last month officials have now confirmed it was part of a juvenile meat-eating dinosaur. this isn't the first time that someone has found a fossil at the park. last year a 9-year-old from virginia found a dinosaur tail bone. >> >> let's check out how the drive home is looking to be the. you're looking at 195 north of -- 95 north as traffic is moving but moving kind of slowly. storyteller: little miss muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. along came a burglar who broke into her home, and ransacked the place making off with several valuable tuffets. fortunately, geico had recently helped her with homeowners insurance. she got full replacement on her tuffets. the burglar was later captured when he was spotted with whey on his face. call geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. , abc 2 news is brought to you by aaa. use it for all it's worth. >>> all right. how is it looking

those clothes go on display today at the smithsonian. ed by judge it o. a mute button. vie >>> >>> the death of a new jersey college student is raising questions about online abuse. >> such a sad story. two dozen students gathered last night to remember tyler clemente. he committed suicide after a roommate and another person recorded him with a web cam. his body was identified yesterday. >> it is an unspeakable tragedy. those people who helped to lead him to that bridge are going to have to bear that responsibility for the rest of their lives. >> the people accused of clemente -- g people are calling for manslaughter charges, as well. >>> there is a lot more still to come in our second hour. >> millions of tricycles, toys, and high chairs are being recalled. we're on your side with the details. >> the rain came and went. we'll talk about the aftermath >> the rain came and went. we'll talk about the aftermath when "good morning washington" what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you

if nobody has that power, you can take this document and we will put it in the smithsonian and hang it on the wall. and then people can and myra as they might admire a painting. it will mean nothing because everyone looks upon it his own way. someone has to review it. who should be? the president? the president refuses, he has too much power. congress? congress is an expert at who is popular. if -- they would not be doing their jobs if they did not know what was popular. what should we do with me, cross protections for people's liberty. they are not needed when you are popular. they are needed when you are unpopular. congress will not do that, not very often. they will not pass a law that is not very popular and then turn around and say that it is unconstitutional. the judges to not have the power of the sword. there week. perfect. we will give them this because there -- they are professionals and will not go too far. that his reasoning in my paraphrase. that is a question that you can only ask of history, these people are so weak and if they do what is unpopular, why would anyone do w

. >>> a new portrait has been added to the smithsonian national gallery and won't make you say good grief's a photograph of charles schultze the artist who created charlie broken and the whole peanuts gang. he died ten years ago. his comic strip don't appear in newspapers around the world. in fact today marks the 60th annirsary of peanuts and to celebrate the portrait gallery is holding a free family festival from 11:30 until 3:00. oopy will thereabout. there will also be a screening of the halloween classic "it's the great pumpkin charlie brown." you can tornado watch ryder cup right here on nbc 4. the u.s. and european teams are back on the course in new port soh wales. p coverage begins at 8:00 this morning. as a result of that coverage no "the today show" and a whole new hour of "news4 tod" begins in just a few seconds. >> sure does. >>> if you're driving in maryland and you want to talk on phone you need a hands-free devi or you can face a fine. a new law is now in effect that could save lives. >>> and be prepared for metro delays today. getting around the area could be slow going. g

a photograph of schultz will be presented to the smithsonian's national portrait gallery at a ceremonyht. the charles m. schultz museum in santa rosa will have free admission tomorrow to celebrate the 60th anniversary. schultz died in 2000 and repeats of his strip still appear in many newspapers. >>> time now 6:20. there could be some really loud noises coming from china basin this evening. up next, the san francisco giants we want is arizona diamondbacks. now they are one win away from make the post-season for the first time since 2003. ,, ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it's a universal gesture... ♪ a way of telling the world "you did it!"... without saying a word. introducing the mercedes-benz sls...amg. [ engine revs ] ♪ the best or nothing... that is what drives us. >>> this weekend the sonoma county harvest fest kicks off at noon, going on saturday and sunday. three days of wine tasting with more than 150 wineries. conditions in the upper 70s. your bay area forecast for today along with your weekend temperatures coming up. >>> the san francisco joints are just one win away from returning

they should transport this to the smithsonian, along with our set. >> is it a package deal? ry: take them together. for longevity. all right. you were great together as weekend update co-anchors. watch. >> really? really, cdc, the next time you want to give something to goldman that should be going to students, how about an economics textbook? >> yeah, really. >> give yourself a big fat nugie, goldman sachs. >> yeah, really. >> larry: is that your bit, seth? >> it was both of ours. i will give credit to -- andy was the one. i talk like that a lot. i'm incredulous about a lot of things. >> larry: your idea was really? >> i talk like that all the time. andy actually had the idea. >> it was borne of his personality. my impression of seth was he would always walk in a room when he was po'd about something and go, yeah, really? >> it could match incredulosity with you? >> larry: is this a fun place to work? >> no. >> larry: it's not? >> no. >> larry: this is serious business? >> it's the most fun you could ever imagine. you're just around smart and funny people all the time. and y

. >>> a new portrait has been added to the smithsonian national gallery and won't make you say good grief photograph of charles schultze the artist who created charlie brown, and the wole peanuts gang. he died ten years ago. his comic strip don't appear in newspapers around the world. in fact today marks the 60th anniversary of peanuts and to celebrate the portrait gallery is holding a free family festival from 11:30 until 3:00. snoopy will there be. there will also be a screening of the halloween classic "it's the great pumpkin charlie brown." some good viewing there folks out at the national gallery. >> a lot of fun. who doesn't like snoopy. even cat people like snoopy for the most part. >>> the rydecup coming up next. programming note no "news4 today" sunday tomorrow because of the golf tournament coverage, so i'm going to have a long weekend. >> i'm gog to slee in. i'm turning my alarm clock off for tomorrow morning. back here 6:00 and 11:00 tonight. >> have a good day. we'll see you. >> bye now. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less?

i work at the smithsonian. struck and i have heard about the project through various colleagues. my first question is do you think art museums are failing across the united states? you're creating a container that's going to go and travel, too. you talked about the lack of visual literacy. for those of us who work in regional, small museums, i am a curator as well as an administrator, i must confess. the whole thing has been trying to tempt people to see the art museum like a library for visual ideas. i think the fact that this is coming from the artists gives you a kind of freedom that there is not sort of an obvious curatorial stance. i guess i'm asking what is the long-term goal or hope you hope will come out of this. you can have interventions and artists are fantastic about interventions. they are create sieive in the w they create this. art train has something to talk about containers. how will you connect with those places? i think the power you have is to validate the creativity going on. when you leave

a photograph of schultz will be presented to the smithsonian's national portrait gallery at a ceremonythe charles schultz museum in santa rosa will have a free admission day tomorrow to celebrate the 60th anniversary. >>> well, comic book collectors and superheros will continue to gather annually in san diego. this morning, comic con international which puts on the convention will announce a five- year contract with the city. a key factor in the city was an offer of discounted hotel rates. the group has been meeting in san diego every year since 1970. >>> more than a decade of work has finally paid off for an astronomer from uc-santa cruz. he discovered a new planet the most earth-like ever found. it's bigger than earth and has a rocky terrain. so far, there are no signs of water or life. as for climate, however, the weather seems, well, not too hot, not too cold, basically just right. and although it's considered our cosmic neighbor, if we leave now, we can get there in 220 years. >>> time now 5:55. and here's a check of traffic with elizabeth. how are the roads? >> the roads are look

lights seminar will talk all about the you a error ra on this coming monday in the evening at the smithsonian national museum of theamerican indian, 6:45 to 9:00. should be some wonderful video and photos. as we take a look what's happening in the last 12 hours, we do have high pressure moving into the midwest. that will be in he for the weekend and settling things down. we got to get this storm out of here first. it will continue to spin away here for another 24 hours. as it does pull away we'll see our within diminishing by tomorrow afternoon. a bit blustery tomorrow. this high pressure will give us delightful weather for sunday. here's how it wll look for friday. partly sunny sky. small chance of a passing shower. temperatures around the region reaching the mid-60s. winds gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour. winds blustery tonight. 50s through the evening under a clear sky and by dawn tomorrow shld be just near 40. chilly start saturday morning. during the day tomorrow mostly sunny, afternoon highs reaching the low to mid-60s and the winds will diminish by the afternoon, sunny sunday, afternoo

>> it's in the smithsonian. >> i have been waiting for halloween to land on a sunday since i started the job. i'm very excited. >> we look forward to getting outside with everyone. we have a lot of news to tell you about. coming up, new details on the terror plot against the u.s. oh. officials say the target may have been a u.s. aircraft. we know cell phones may have been involved. we'll get the latest on the arrest of a mother and daughter in yemen connected to the investigation and we hear from their attorney. >>> also the president and vice president will be campaigning together in ohio later today. we'll have insight and talk strategy with david gregory. >> we begin with the terror threat. investigators say it may not have been a dry run but the real thing. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the latest. >> reporter: these pictures taken by police in dubai show what was inside the printer cartridges. the explosive known as petn, the same substance in richard reid's shoe box and in the underwear on the christmas day flight. this is the force of the petn. now we hear the t

. >>> the smithsonian national portrait gallery is home to portraits of every american president. collection includes two iconic paintings of george washington painted by gilbert stewart. the gallery also contains images of many other notable americans. today there was a nut portrait added. it is a photograph of charles schultz. he is the artist of course who created charlie brown and snoopy and lucy and linus and sally, and the rest of the peanuts gang. schultz died ten years ago. his peanuts comic strip continues to appear in newspapers around the world. tomorrow happens to mark the 60th anniversary of peanuts. to celebrate, the gallery is holding a family festival. snoopy will be there, as he was today. there will also be a screening of the classic halloween movie" it's the great pumpkin charlie brown." it was lucy that kept moving the ball away. >>> on the broadcast tonight, hitting home. as millions of americans struggle to keep their homes, three huge lendersuddenly stop foreclosures.

if nobody has that power, you could take this document, and we will put it in the smithsonian and hang it on the wall. and then people can admire it as they might admire a painting. but it will mean nothing, because everyone will have gone his own way. he said somebody has to review it. who should that be? the president? if the president reviews it, he'll become a tyrant. too much power already, if anything -- that's the thrust. congress? because the congress is an expert at who is popular. they wouldn't be there in their jobs if they didn't know what was popular. and so what do we do when we come across protections for people's liberty, where the protections are needed? they're not needed when you're popular. they're needed when you're unpopular. he says congress won't do that -- at least, not very often. they won't pass a law that's very popular, turn around and announce it's unconstitutional. let's try the judges. the judges are obscure. they're sort of bureaucrats. nobody's ever heard of them. they don't have the power of the purse. they don't have the power of the sword. they're w

. >> and his picture is going to hang in the smithsonian for the next couple of months. >> such a part our culture. everyone knows the peanuts. also another big anniversary. the flintstones. their 50th anniversary. all these great cartoons. kathy is done for now. >> 34 years. >> all the comics are go announcer: there is a place not so far away. a place where you don't have to keep the volume down. you'll find all sorts of creatures in this place without "have to." the silly you, the proud you. you may even meet the curious you. it's tickling me. you! you! you! announcer: ask your parents to o take you to this not so far away place. come to the forest. where the other you live but first, stop by discovertheforest.org. >>> record rainfall all along the east coast. >> we needed rain, but this is ridiculous. >> for parts of the northeast, more is on the way today. >>> then, recall outrage at one of the nation's most trusted companies. >> i know that we let the public down. >> the head of johnson & johnson takes the heat on capitol hill. >>> and -- >> is that a joint in that? >> california'

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i work at the smithsonian. ruck and i have heard about the project through various colleagues. my first question is do you think art museums are failing across the united states? you're creating a container that's going to go and travel, too. you talked about the lack of visual literacy. for those of us who work in regional, small museums, i am a curator as well as an administrator, i must confess. the whole thing has been trying to tempt people to see the art museum like a library for visual ideas. i think the fact that this is coming from the artists gives you a kind of freedom that there is not sort of an obvious curatorial stance. i guess i'm asking what is the long-term goal or hope you hope will come out of this. you can have interventions and artists are fantastic about interventions. they are create sieive in the w they create this. art train has something to talk about containers. how will you connect with those places? i think the power you have is to validate the creativity going on. when you leave ho

we're going to take you inside the smithsonian institute, and show you the prized possessions that areyou forget. we honestly thought we couldn't top that, but then halloween fell on a sunday. >> that's not the one and only time i wear that dress. but that's a different story. >> all that and more this weekend on "today." >> we look forward to it. it's going to be fun to see what you guys have. we're not going to give it away. and now we want to talk to you about the weather. we're going to have a super weekend? >> some area also have a little bit of kryptonite. show you what's happening on saturday, rain in the pacific northwest, mountain snows out west. showers in northern new england, sunshine on the gulf coast, halloween day on sunday, rain and snow showers up in northern new england, a wet northwest. rest of the country looking pretty good. halloween night, clear and spooky in the northeast. mounta >>> golden gate bridge, some showers a mile or two off to the west. radar view, you see rain pushes into marin county across the north bay and showers to the west of the golden gate bri

. >> on his anniversary, his picture is actually going to hang in the smithsonian for the next couplenes. their 50th anniversary. >> wilma! ut this is ridiculous. >> for parts of the northeast, more is on the way today. >>> then, recall outrage at one of the nation's most trusted companies. >> i know that we let the public down. >> the head of johnson & johnson takes the heat on capitol hill. >>> and -- >> is that a joint, man? >> california's proposition 19 a smoking debate on this friday, october 1st. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> we couldn't find better ambassadors for the pot debate that cheech and chong. we had to kind of include them in the debate. it is interesting to see what california is doing because it could set the trend for the remainder of the country. >> always something interesting on the ballot out there. and tempers are high over the issue. so we'll see. that was a bad joke. really bad. >> good morning. welcome to october. i'm vinita nair. >> i'm rob nelson. good morning, everybody. >>> a major storm is pounding the northeast with flooding rains a

chrysler, if we had not bail them out, you would have had to go see a new gm or chrysler car in the smithsonian. aig is a very successful insurance company that somebody decided to put a 100 -- put a hedge fund on top of. it turned out to be a bad decision. i think, left to their own devices, these companies would not have seen a turnaround. i think there were some important management decisions that we impacted, and because of that, we see companies moving in the right direction. we see taxpayers that will recoup their money and then some. i think that is important to know. >> could you talk about how you see the white house changing in terms of strategy, culture or atmosphere? >> there is no doubt that there is a personality difference between pete and rahm. that is the understatement of the day. that being said, pete has been very involved in this organization and this president -- with this president since late 2004. i remember having dinner with pete and then senator-elect obama. the president said, there are two names on my list for a chief of staff. you are the only name on one list and

chrysler, if we had not bail them out, you would have had to go see a new gm or chrysler car in the smithsonian. i think, left to their own devices, these companies would not have seen a turnaround. i think there were some important management decisions that we impacted, and because of that, we see companies moving in the right direction. we see taxpayers that will recoup their money and then some. i think that is important to know. >> could you talk about how you see the white house changing in terms of strategy, culture or atmosphere? >> there is no doubt that there is a personality difference between pete and rahm. that is the understatement of the day. that being said, pete has been very involved in this organization and this president since late 2004. i remember having dinner with pete and then senator-elect obama. the president said, there are two names on my list for a chief of staff. you are the only name on one list and there are a bunch of names on the other less. pete has been important to this office for more than six years. i think in many ways you will see important continuity ove