commissioner wynns: you happen to know where in the smithsonian exhibit is? >> it is in the african american. president mendoza: thank you again for joining us. we appreciate it. [laughter] our next item is the consent calendar resolutions. there are nine tonight. the vote on the consent calendar was moved and seconded under section f. roll call? commissioner fewer: yes. commissioner maufas: yes. commissioner murase,: yes. commissioner norton: yes. commissioner wynns: yes. vice president yee: yes. president mendoza: yes. there is a superintendent's proposal for first reading. i have a couple of speakers i will bring up after each motion and second. >> i want to vote yes on the consent calendar, except for items on page 51. i am sorry. >> it is the items that are public secrets? >> f8. i apologize. president mendoza: the superintendent proposal for first reading. we will take each of these individually, which will get referred to committees. we have a speaker on two of the four. the first is the authorization to grant or deny the renewal petition for city arts

so if you went to the smithsonian, you still wouldn't see a lot of the things we have here. we have tied the exhibit here into the theme for black history month, which is blacks in the civil war. so you have in your materials there the cards we handed out. the card you have is an actual poster that was recruiting african-americans for the union army in the civil war. we also have an example of an african-american who served in the confederacy, which is also a part of the exhibit you have there. it is a broad-ranging exhibit of african-american art and historic documents that span one of the key elements of the exhibit of the kinsey, and they had trouble leaving it with us, is a schedule of slaves that was part of a family that filed for bankruptcy, and they had to document. it was so big, a listing of 500 slaves that were being put on the market for sale. it is the original document. so we have documents there. it is a copy of brown versus the board of education signed by all the justices of the supreme court. it is a way of making it real for all of us. opening comments. co

we do not expect our advisory boards to agree with everything at the smithsonian on a daily business. i appreciate what the hirshhorn board had to say. i think the dialogue was good. i think we learn from that experience. i think they appreciate that. they appreciate a number of things we propose to do, including developing an advisory. it will be very good and the hirshhorn will participate in developing that forum. >> is a small point, but their leadership is also helping shape the public forum identified as an important discussion. in that process, again, they're getting to express the issues that they want to talk about. and they will be able to express them publicly because they will be participants in that. >> rich simon with "the l.a. times." even if there was no error, the exhibit could still be removed if there were objections from capitol hill, for example. but your new processes that there will be greater consultation. could you walkthrough the protocol in little bit. say you have a controversy again involving capitol hill. congressional leadership begins calling. then you

back to the smithsonian. us they did find an american manufacturer of presidential busts but it nearly doubled the price. so, they're sticking with the made in china presidents. and the elvis bobbleheads, too. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> and, we'd like you to join our made in america challenge at abcnews.com/worldnews. sign on, here we go together next week. >>> thanks for being with us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. e >>> bay area weather two. days of cold conditions and more snow. much more, is the question. take a look at the forecast. >> there are a number of people in prison that shouldn't be there. yeah. >> and he was one of them. a man spent 18 years in prison on a faulty conviction. >> we have to have a plan. we need a solution. >> there is history in sacramento tonight. >> and the tahoe ski area could become an elite resort offer occasions of the biggest fans. >>> good evening, everyone. we have cameras trained on weather tonight there. is another storm approaching bringing us bon

and look at it could look at it within ten minutes he was escorted out and is now banned from the smithsonian for life but he says it's worth it these things are done in the name of the taxpayer but when people are coming in you know they see museum of censored art and they want to know what the government is trying to hide from them this is just the latest attempt by government officials to censor the expression of artists though sometimes they're more upfront about what they want to keep it in. at washington d.c. as union station an artist back in one thousand nine hundred seventy contributed roman soldiers and was told they would need to cover up their quote personal items with shields and then there was the one nine hundred eighty nine robert mapplethorpe exhibit shown at the washington project for the arts after being banned from the corcoran art gallery once again after government intervention senator jesse helms put a stop to it being shown there after threatening the national endowment for the arts he's conservative he wants to control people he wasn't told what people think he wants

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after that shuttle could be ending up in the smithsonian. stay with us. we will be back after this break. live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >>pam: oakland police are once again having difficulty with radio. there were not working over a shooting incident this weekend. this left

one of them, we gave to the smithsonian. one of them i have. gary marshall must have. >> jimmy: right. >> i don't know -- >> jimmy: we have to find the other jacket. and what could that thing be worth? maybe $100,000. >> is that true? and i'm holding it in a closet? >> jimmy: you better find a place for that thing. safety deposit box. now, you're on "royal pains." you were a fan, and how did you wind up being on the show? >> i wish i could have used the queen. but my dentist, joel reams, was having dinner with his wife kathy and one of the executive producers was there talking about, they're looking for a dad for mark and polo, who play the two sons. and she said, you know who should do it is henry winkler, he would be a great father. and i had a meeting with them. we went to a restaurant and i ordered pancakes. and we're eating our pancakes and having a really great time and i got -- i poured my sere run all over my pancakes, i'm talking, i look down, and it was the milk for my coffee. and so i said, well, you know, they're butter milk and this

. >> in tribute to the former charlie angel, memorabilia was donated to the smithsonian, including thec red bathing suit. here's claire shipman. >> reporter: she was the golden girl who defined an era. >> good morning, angels. >> good morning, charlie. >> reporter: from her role on "charlie's angels" to that iconic swimsuit poster. 12 million copies sold. the best-selling poster in history. and a year and a half after her death, her long-time love, ryan o'neal is on a personal and public journey. >> it is definitely an honor. >> reporter: he's brought that red swimsuit and some other quintessential farrah fawcett memorabilia for an exhibit at the smithsonian museum of american history. i don't know any gentleman of my era who did not have one of those posters on his wall. >> she would never wear a bikini because she had a scar on her stomach from some early childhood surgery. so she never wore a two-piece. >> reporter: do you remember when you first saw the poster? >> no. >> reporter: no. >> no. did i have it in my room? no. >> reporter: you didn't have it in your room. >> i do now. >>

"discovery" will likely end up in the smithsonian after the mission and replaced by two other spacecrafts, "endeavor" and "atlantis." >> there is civil war in libya. rebels rule the east while moammar gadhafi controls the capital in the west. but for how much longer? by phone today on state tv gadhafi rambled that osama bin laden is behind the revolt and al qaeda is drugging the young libyan protesters. foreigners, including a cousin of mine who managed to get out of tripoli are describing a chaotic scene at the airport, people shoving and climbing over each other to get on airplanes. a lot of foreigners have made it out to libya to nearby boats in the island of malta. prices of gasoline around the world continues to rise and airline tickets, the cost of airline tickets will also rise. back to you, jessica. >>> typing our health watch, they are bumpy and bulging and blue. we're talking about varicose veins, while you may have lived with them for years, new technology is helping patients get rid of them in just minutes. maryann tells us about this and it's a lunchtime treatment. >> it is,

we are very fortunate that the smithsonian institution discovered him, told the story and on the internet one day we found it, the story that here is a san franciscoan who has done these tremendous deeds and none of us know about it. so we invited him out here and now he's here today. it is with great honor i would like to present major kurt lee. [applause] >> thank you, roger. to me, it is a distinct honor to be here to observe the city's government in operation, number one. i'm considered a native son of san francisco although in all hopsy i lived here for only two days when i was born here and my parents took me back to the sacramento river delta area where it was -- he was farming back in 1926. and technically i was brought up in the sacramento area. but i am very happy to be here and to recognize the civic motivation of the chinese americans in this particular city and to see how well they're doing and how this is america in operation. thank you very much for the honor of being here. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. major, and our veterans today. our next commendation will be offe

it will be donated to the smithsonian museum by her long- time partner. r charlies angels scripts and doll will be donated. >>> coming up on the news at 5:00, nasa scientists based here in the bay area have made an historic discovery in space. a previously unknown solar system 2,000 light years away. that kepler mission also found dozens of earth-like planets. why that discovery could pose an interesting decision for our grandchildren. that's when our next newscast is, the 5:00 news. thanks for watching. have a great day. Ñz ;

the smithsonian museum of history will receive a donation including the red swimsuit from farrah fawcett's sports illustrated picture. >>> and on this day in 1953, the dutch incorporated new amsterdam. about a decade later, the country renamed the town new york city. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. al roker is live from chicago with his storm forecast and tips for dealing with the ice and know. >>> and find out the latest details on halle berry's bitter custody battle. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> the smithsonian is asking you to get in the game, video games.ing for the public's help to pick video games that should be included in their first exhibit on the topic. it will be displayed at the museum next year and if you'd like to vote, we have a link at our website, >> today on oprah at 4:00, celine dion's miracle babies make their tv debut. you heard about smart meters increasing electric bills. now a new report claims they may be bad for your health. plus who is taking advantage of the bay area snowfall on this three-day weekend. those stories later today at 5:00. >> japan hopes two giant pandas will help territorial ties and give the economy a lift. >> the boy and girl arrived in japan today completelying a nearly 30 hour journey in the szechuan province. >> the first since the death of ling ling. they've been gearing up for the arrival for a week with banners carrying panda cartoons and shops selling novelty goods. >> expected to make their public debut in late march. >> you going? >> sure, of course. >> we'd all love

. >> the smithsonian is asking you to get in the game, video games. asking for the public's help to pick video games that should be included in their first exhibit on the topic. it will be displayed at the museum next year and if you'd like to vote, we have a link at our website, oprah: all new. the tv debut of celine dion's miracle twins! then -- six tiny treasures hit the jackpot-ola! wow! and -- today's your lucky day! >> today on oprah at 4:00, celine dion's miracle babies make their tv debut. you heard about smart meters increasing electric bills. now a new report claims they may be bad for your health. plus who is taking advantage of the bay area snowfall on this three-day weekend. those stories later today at 5:00. >> japan hopes two giant pandas will help territorial ties and give the economy a lift. >> the boy and girl arrived in japan today completelying a nearly 30 hour journey in the szechuan province. >> the first since the death of ling ling. they've been gearing up for the arrival for a week with banners carrying panda cartoons and shop

they were donated to the smithsonian institution, the museum in washington, dc, and, again, i don't thinknybody had seen them since 1960--i mean, who had the time to flip through-- so i went, i actually took my mother, and we went again-- i was on crutches at this time-- and i read every one. so here this is the year in which i'm thinking about death and in some ways trying to leave behind the story of my life if that's what was going to happen. and it turned out thamy grandfather collected death epitaphs. it was an astonishing discovery. and then i went after this to baltimore, maryland to look at his gravesite where... he had no epitaph! - that's the punch line. - my brother was, like, "it's the greatest example of writer's block you can think of". but for me it was, again, a way to connect to him, kind of doing these big projects, sort of like all-consuming, words and stories, and thinking about dying, and i think that one of the points that he makes--and there's a little introduction to this book--is about the value of this kind of experience of thinking about epitaphs because it take

today the bathing suit she was wearing in that picture was enshrined in the smithsonian institution. fawcett, who died in 2009, would have turned 64 today. i'm harry smith in new york. katie will have more from cairo right after this. this. vzñ ,, fate of the historic claremont hotel. next on cbs 5 >> couric: back now from cairo. antigovernment protesters first took to the streets on tuesday of last week, inspired by the overthrow of tunisia's dictator but the roots of this egyptian uprising trace back further to that, to last june, when a young man was murdered in alexandria. chief foreign affairs correspondent lara logan picks up the story from there. >> reporter: this is 28-year-old khaled said. and this is what can happen to you in egypt if you try to expose corrupt policemen. he was beaten to death last june by two policemen on a public street, retaliation, his friends believe, for this video khaled posted on the internet. it shows policemen allegedly sharing the spoils of a drug bust. >> we can face or might face the same destiny at any point of time. >> reporter: this man agree

been on tour to six city as -- cities and opened at the national museum of american history at the smithsonian institute and we anticipate more than 2.5 million folks will visit that exhibit. how's that for success? terrific. their wonderful book it that documents the kinsey collection has been selected by the florida department of education for the curriculum to team african-american studies to 3.6 million students throughout the state. so that's also a wonderful accomplishment. it's indeed mip pleasure to welcome a man to waves a wonderful cultural narrative of a people. please, give a warm welcome to bernard kinsey. bernard? [applause] . >> first of all i want to make sure you can hear me. who has the sound in here? just bring it up a little bit so we can do this. first of all, luis, thank you so much to the san francisco public libraries, stewart, shaw, and carroll. up guys have done a super job. you've got to come down to the san francisco african-american historical society. we have about 50 pieces of the kinsey collection there that documents the frick american experience from 1600 thro

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>>> actor ryan o'neal has donated some of his late partner's memorabilia to the smithsonian, includingmore on all this. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we all remember that swimsuit. but in the end, farrah fawcett became so much more than a pin-up. and ryan o'neal is determined to keep all of her spirit alive for the american public. she was the golden girl who defined an era. >> good morning, angels. >> good morning, charlie. >> reporter: from her role on "charlie's angels" to that iconic swimsuit poster. 12 million copies sold. the best-selling poster in history. and a year and a half after her death, her long-time love, ryan o'neal, is on a personal and public journey. >> it is definitely an honor. >> reporter: he brought that red swimsuit, and some other quintessential farrah fawcett memorabilia, for an exhibit at the smithsonian museum of american history. i don't know a gentleman of my era that did not have a picture on his wall. >> she wouldn't wear a bikini because of a scar on her stomach, from a childhood surgery. so, she never wore a two-piece. >> reporter: do you remember