. -- ove>> the smithsonian is remembering steve jobs in an exhibit. it features the technology patented that he created including an apple macintosh computer and an ipod. the exhibit is about patents and trademarks and steve jobs will be on display. it will be at the ripley center near the smithsonian castle. >> he is a big debtor for the nationals although he is only 19 years old. bryce haprer - harper took some time to take some slow pitches by the washington monument. he already has some impressive numbers. >> nice >> coming up tonight, the lowdown on how to save box of the gas pump. we will tell you which destines give you the best bargains tonight at 5:00. >> sign up for a chance to win one of our facebook contests. you could win a new ford fiesta. i go to wjla.com/free car and follow the directions. we had a first finalist yesterday and will pick another one at 5:00 this week. we will pick one lucky winner from the final 15 next month and a good luck. i hope it has air-conditioning because of what we will be dealing with the next couple of days.

it is a fabulous partnership with the smithsonian institute. it explores the intersection of travel migration and immigration in harford county. we're watching a cultural marathon with 12 speakers and over 50 programs. >> this saves you a journey down to d.c. we are standing out front of the out west exhibit. so many other journeys we're talking about. >> we took pieces from the smithsonian exhibit here and we explore the many local way. you can learn about the underground railroad in harford county. even the canning industry. >> this is available through july. there are so offshoots of this in other locations of harford county. you can find more online. we will go back to tony in the weather center. you can play a game here. this was the first computer game i ever played. >> kind of cool. if you're a history buff, maryland is a good place to live. thank you very much. things have calmed down. kind of interesting what happened last night. watch these thunderstorms fall apart after they come out of the mountains. now there are a couple sprinkles

david coke is donating $35 million to the smithsonian's national museum of natural history to pay for the building. it's the single biggest gift in the museum's 102-year history. coke gave the smithsonian $15 million in 2009 for a new exhibit hall about human revolution -- evolution. >> that's going to be cool to have just a dedicated dinosaur facility there. part of the smithsonian. >> going to be awesome. kids love dinosaurs. >> coming up on 5:51. tom kierein is here, also a science fan. we know. we're glad about that. >> i think kids like dinosaurs because they act like them, many of them. >> monsters. t-rex -- >> destroying everything in their wake. >> they eat everything, too. >> here comes the toddler-saurus. here this morning, we're starting off with a few clouds lingering from the overnight storms. if you're traveling today, there could be some delays in chicago, detroit from thunderstorms, as well as perhaps between here and boston. and perhaps down toward atlanta. otherwise, no travel delays around the rest of the nation. locally, under a partly cloudy sky. approaching in th

briefing and discussion yesterday with ambassador derrick mitchell about what the smithsonian is doing in burma with the environmental and con ver -- conservation research. on the artifacts with the baghdad museum and that issue, is there anybody in your office looking at that issue? thank you. >> the answer is not specifically, no. i would like to be able to say and i think we are working on to really understand these cases, you better not approach them from just a political optic or economics optic or anthropolitical optic. when this breaks down this badly, it is usually a witch's brew. to understand it, you have to have all of those disciplines at play. that is part of what we're trying to build at cso. i hope our talent, to be respected and trusted, will have that breadth of understanding. whether the culture issue would rise to be one of the two or three top priorities in a place is difficult to say. it's possible and it shouldn't be excluded anymore than it should be the default position that we take. i'm really hoping we will have the freshness of analysis that will be sensitive

>> on detail to the smithsonian. >> great. >> i want to ask if any part of your office is working on cultural recovery issues? smithsonian did a lot of work in haiti after the earthquake. but in addition i was thinking we had a briefing and discussion yesterday with ambassador derek mitchell about what the smithsonian is doing in burma this kind of environmental and conservation research there which for the last 20 years has been building a foundation that can be helpful now. particularly on the cultural artifacts issue? thank you. >> the answer is, not specifically, no. but i would like to be able to say, and i think we're working on this, to really understand these cases you better not approach them as from just a political optic or economical optic. i met more than on any other place on earth when i was working there. or as a sociologist. when you get the convergence of violence in a society and it breaks down to this extent it's usually a witches' brew. you need all of the participants in play. that's part of what we're trying to build and i hope that our talent to be respected an

. >>> the smithsonian will get a million dollar overhaul. the donation and how they plan to honor the generous donor. it's a case one year wedding anniversary. ,000 get in on the action. details straight ahead. you are watching good morning maryland, what's new, now and next thank you for starting your friday off with us. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> new dinosaur hall is come to the smithsonian museum of natural history. david coke is donating 35 million dollars for that project. it's the singeling largest -- single largest guest in the 200 year history. he is a billionaire in new york city. the dinosaur hall will be named in his honor. >>> and happening today, dolphins show at the national aquarium in baltimore is ending and today the dolphin program will be opened all day. spend as much time as you like watching them play eat and train. before that you had to pay extra to watch a scheduled show. you won't have to pay extra anymore but the aquarium israising the regular admission price by a few dollars. >>> the second day of

those remains actually are in an exhibit at the smithsonian. have any of you heard about the written in bone exhibit at the national museum? you have? good. you ought to see that. because it's about what forensic anthropologists can learn from modern murder cases on back to the boy and one other person i mentioned earlier we'll talk again about. right over here. as we were looking for the west wall of the fort, we went out here, mathematically it seemed like the fort was bigger than we thought. we started trenching in this area. interesting artifacts, on display at the building with the front glass wall. and we also discovered a burial out here in a strange way but we thought that it was -- we found that it was parallel, laid parallel, to what turned out to be the west wall. we dug down maybe two feet, and we found what looked like a spear laying parallel to a row of nails which was pretty clearly the coffin. took it and x-rayed it and saw that it was a decorative spear point, we were able to identify as a captain's leading staff. the captain's

out the newck exhibit at the smithsonian. merican display the apple 's patent in a new expanded exhibit opening this month. it includes a series of panels t iphones.e gian dick morgan chase is offering a living social rewards visa card. partnership lets users earn points to be revealed as deals on the daily deals website. a way to show support for small local businesses. maybe you've noticed your cuts at thek meat and chicken grocery store. is growing in popularity as as a cheapereen to boneless chicken breast. the usda says dark green and white me now cost the same. a supermarket chain says dark the sales in parts of risery have been on the possibly because of the milder weather kicking off an early season. the growing -- usda says dark meat and white meat now costs the same. >> for me there's no such thing as growing season. even in north dakota in college be growing right in 20 below.oor there's some rain today, heavy town thisuth of severe and possibly on today.ter that is something we will keep in the afternoon and evenin

. >>> the smithsonian zoo is welcoming its newest edition. e baby cheetah cubs came into the world two months ago. the cubs are now being hand raised by zoo staff. if all goes well they will make their public zoo appearance this summer. >> very cute though. >> some awe to ouch. >> very quickly, right? >> yeah. >> thank s for watching. >> see you tomorrow.,,,,,,,,,,,,

the smithsonian is sponsoring a special event with betty white. the 90-year-old will discuss her advocacy work on behalf of animals. you can see white there. ticket prices are $30. that will be a big turnout, betty white. some are calling recent college grads generation boom rang. we'll tell you why. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ >>> some changes. >> changes on the way. we need the rain. the rain will be coming. >> the green blob behind it. >> off to the west. yes. we had 26,000 hits on this. take a look at it on our website, wjla.com. you're asking yourself, was that house built that way, or is there something a little more to the picture. click ahead on that picture, get your answer. you can get the full details. the clouds are here. with the clouds, the showers are pushing in to the west of d.c., abc-7 live super doppler radar in just a second. 80 for the high, 75 fo

firsts often go to the smithsonian. the spokesperson told me that my question whether space x would end up there is, quote, premature. it will be a museum piece somewhere. cricket wireless will be the first prepay phone company to offer the iphone. you can sign up at target and best buy. no contract, $55 a month. i talked to a sales person. he says the sales department had not been briefed so it's unclear if you can bring your own iphone in or buy theirs. it's not subsidized so a $500 iphone. general motors which is famously not advertising on facebook or the super bowl has made an advertising deal with the most popular team in the world, manchester united. not on the jerseys but on stadium signs et cetera. it's owned by american, the same who own the tampa bay buccaneers. facebook shares down better than 3% on another stock slide. some investors wondering if mark zuckerberg should come back early from his honeymoon. the dow industrials just turned positive after a fairly lousy day, up a single point. tomorrow we get the

. >>> an exhibit featuring patents received by steve jobs goes on display at the smithsonian. he received over 300 in his lifetime. the exhibit is on display through july 8 at the smithsonian's riply center on the national mall. >>> look up in the sky. it's -- no, it's a plane. a boeing 787 dreamliner is leaving town. it's been on display at national airport and now heading for texas. it's impressive to see in the air. >>> a happy ending to a frightening story this morning. two sisters kidnapped in tennessee are found alive and well. >> the man police say took them and killed their mother and sister is now dead. andrew spencer has more on this developing story. >> reporter: sisters alexandria and kyliyah bain are now recovering after being taken from their tennessee home last late month. adam mayes, the man accused of kidnapping them and killing their mother and older sister is now dead. police found mayes in union county, mississippi thursday night. mayes who was on the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted list killed himself. >> preliminary reports indicate mayes shot himself in the head

apple's steve jobs is making his mark at the smithsonian. why more americans are choosing dark meat chicken over white meat. like and limber, reporting for abc 7 news. >> we will see you in a little bit. 65 degrees. >> more than 100 people are wondering what is next after a huge fire destroyed their apartments. the latest on their investigation. >> last night, bryce harper made his home debut. could he help them snap a four day losing streak? >> traffic and weather every 10 minutes. do w >> time for a look at traffic and weather. >> then maybe some rain on the way. >> there is some heavy rain moving into stafford county. this is where we have a heavy downpour. in northern and eastern leg gumimontgomery county, we have a we care. >> this is moving toward week heaton. this is where we have the shower. 270 as well. this is northwest of staffer. this is pushing eastward pay it it is approaching manassas. right now it is moving into prince william county. a little bit of rain. scattered thunderstorms later. they could become strong and severe. th

. >> the "discovery" is piggybacking to its new home in washington, d.c., the smithsonian institute. > "discovery", the oldest of the three remaining orbiters flew 39 missions, 148 plus million miles. >> bad, too, because we won't see it again. >> stephen: it's more than sad. it's embarrassing to see the old shuttle caught on camera getting petty sex from a 747. (laughter) that, folks, that is not even the nastiest. they have also announced they are decommissioning space book, the social networking site for nasa employees. we have lost the space book race! (laughter) this is the worst news in interstellar social network since the downfall of my myspace.com. (laughter) according to an internal nasa memo, participation been as high. on average, only 14 users log in per weekday and zero on the weekend. yes, space book averaged zero users on the weekend. some weekends three users logged in, others, apparently, negative three. (laughter) although it is gone, i'm certainly glad we had space book for as long as we did. i will never forget as a child being inspired by neil armstrong's famous

she has an american flight currently displayed in the smithsonian museum. she started folding origami at the age of 5. please welcome linda mahara. >> thank you. is this one working? good evening. thank you for that wonderful introduction. thank you to ed lee. this is such a wonderful event. it does become a wonderful event for us. i would like to introduce my sister, linda avery, who is also an origami artist. we got a call from the director jeff carter. he had a wonderful idea. we had the opportunity to do it in city hall. because we're known for origami work, we became kind of like the directors in helping get the project started. now it is here, and it has grown. it is the world tree of pope. i do not know if any of you know this, but last year, the tree was named one of the top 10 most beautiful trees by american express traveler. the word is getting out about history, filled with wonderful wishes. we were asked to say a few words about why origami and why trees. i will turn it over to my sister. >> the inspiration for the origami crane, the cream is a

johnson has more. >> reporter: a crowd of 1100 gathered at this courtyard at the smithsonian's art museum3 piece orchestra. it wasn't the music of baetoven, but arrangements for video games, like sonic the head hodge. it was part of the largest dedication ever. >> games are real hybrid of a lot of different forms of art. you can have a beautiful game with a wonderful story, but something is going to seem off. >> joel plays trombone for the university of maryland's gamer symphony orchestra. which has struck a cord among its loyal followers invoking the power. >> in addition to always being a fan of games, i have been a fan of their music, too. >> a far more serious gamer. >> how into video games? are we talking up until midnight in the dark by yourself on hours on end? >> there have been many instances of that. it's pretty much my past time of choice. >> made up of mostly nonmusic majors, it is more club than conservatory. still, for several years now, they packed their campus concert hall with some of its biggest audiences. an accomplishment the school director can't be ignored. >> they u

. >>> coming up -- the smithsonian is bringing a little funk to this year's folk life festival on thel. >> up next why one city's new parking meters aren't sitting well with short people. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced. is this right? right here, like this? ♪ turn that off! plants can smell our fear then miracle-gro expand'n gro made things a lot easier for us. it expands when you water it. and improves your soil. for big beautiful plants that grow up to three times the flowers and vegetables. guaranteed. we were so bad at this before. particularly you. [ laughs ] everyone grows with miracle-gro. >>> we've got a bit of a commuter alert for you. some weekend construction work on everybody's favorite main street. otherwise known as the beltway. thursday night, crews will begin closing lanes on the inner loop between the wilson bridge and telegraph road. now this is only the through lanes not the local lanes and by 8:00 on friday night, all of those through lanes will be shut down. and they'll stay that way until monday morning. delays are expected to begin on the

>> this is shony, and shonty lives at the smithsonian national zoo in d.c. day we affixed a harmonica to the wall so she could play it. >> she's 36 years old and the zoo keepers realized she loved making noise so she decided to give her instruments. >> she likes to tap on things with her trunks, flap her ears against things that make noise. so we thought, why not get harmonicas and horns and toys she could blow and make sound with? >> she is a bit of a composer. her keepers say that she has a beginning, middle and end to her songs. it's not just making random noises. ♪ >> so there's some sort of a beat that you can follow, right? >> oh, yeah. she's got rhythm going. ♪ >> isn't that the greatest thing? >> i'd be clapping for her every single day. the woman plays instruments. >> this is pretty darn awesome. waiting for shonty's first album to drop on itunes. ♪ >>> this guy daniel park uploaded his sort of unusual talent to youtube. i can't figure out if it's funny or not. [ laughter ] his talent, apparently, according to him, is laughing without smiling. >> at

tomorrow wyck will visit the smithsonian. as a longtime advocate of using sous to save endangered species she is excited. >> i love every animal in the zoo. >> white recently endorsed barack obama for reelection. she says politics are not why she is in d.c. >> i spoke my opinion. >> betty white says do not expect to see her on the campaign trail unless she is campaigning for animals. loving my job in northwest, d.c. >> i bet you are. [laughter] also but a recount the school officials honored tonight those who made a difference. it was the annual president's and principal's dinner tonight. it recognizes the hard work of school principals and volunteers who give so much of themselves. i was honored to mc tonight's event. >> you were in bethesda and i was in northwest d.c. the advocate people with a -- disabilities and -- disabilities. easter seals members honored people are their work with early hot -- early childhood education. a great event in the city today. >> lucky to be outside between work and out there >> beautiful. it

guide at the sackler gallery in washington was james ulak, senior curator of japanese art for the smithsonian institution. the artist was kano kazunobu, and his paintings are not only interesting to look at but also reminders of basic buddhist ideas. >> these are the designated closest disciples of the living buddha in the time in the fifth century before the christian era when he preached his message in what is now northeast india. these close followers who later received the canonical number of five hundred became known as the "worthy ones." in sanskrit, the language of the day in india, sanskrit calls these people arhats. you hear different names applied to these 500. the point of buddhist fascination with these five hundred followers is that they take the role of intercessors and messengers from the buddha, teaching compassion, showing that the buddha's life can be lived on earth, and they take on throlef supeen. the idea was that they were enlightened but yet living among us. and so they were able to show us how to live but yet also conduct these intercessory miraculous acts to save us f

space shuttle is called interprize, it was a test vehicle that spent the last 10 years or so at the smithsonian, enterprise will be part of that exhibit that opens to the public in new york in july. >>> and still to come at 5:00 -- >>> the avengers is smashing records at the box office for the second straight weekend. >>> no records being smashed in our weather today. it was chilly outside. we had a good strong sea breeze flowing keeping temperatures in the 60s and 70s. tracking not just a chance of drizzle but slight risk of mountain thundershowers as we start in the workweek. we'll have a look when we come right back. as when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> if nb has its way, you can expect to laugh a lot. new comedies starring familiar faces, mark barger has a sneak peek. >> are you serious? >> reporter: former friends star matthew

later today she will visit the smithsonian national zoo for a book signing. >> the redskins quarterbackrance with jay leno. >> i graduated seventh in my class. >> i was 700. >> he represented the burgundy and gold by wearing "catch your dreams" . he also brought stocks for a jail and no -- socks for jay leno. he said when he gets his first paycheck he wants to buy two bed and a massager. he promised to is seeing a song on his next appearance. that is one way to get him back. >> i never heard of that. that is something new. >> it is 65 degrees. >> a crazy day at the ballpark. details on an invasion. that was not all [ female anuncer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done... i'm going to read one of these. i'm going o read one o of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust ra swiffer 360 dusters extender gets into hard to reach places so you can get unbelievable dust pick up in less time. i love that book! can you believe the twinid it? ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] swiffer. great clean in less time. or your money back. ♪ ♪ [ mechanical humming ] [

we're building our local audience, which is awesome. >> reporter: we love to hear the smithsonian hasnce. let's talk about the activities of what people can find themselves to involve in to feel like they're in hawaii. >> one thing we're doing is making leis using tea leaves. actually we're using about half of this tea leaf to make a lei. so i have one prepared already here. if you wouldn't mind helping me, that would be really great. >> reporter: when you say prepare, what did you do? >> basically all you have to do is split the leaf down the center. they tear easily. you can get two bracelets out of it. >> reporter: nice. >> if you could hold it in the middle, and i'll start the twist for you. you want to twist it the same direction basically. and then you just keep twisting and crossing. do you want to try it? >> reporter: i do. twist and cross. >> yep. that's exactly right. >> reporter: it looks so easy. this is fun, because obviously this is something that both boys and girls can wear and take home with them. >> yes. the important thing with any lei is you never throw it away. yo

the temporary exhibit is open at the center near the smithsonian. >>> and hot on the web tonight, a newspaperorter fired for stripping is claiming gender dediscrimination. sarah filed a formal complaint with the equal opportunity employment commission. the paper claims she never disclosed her past, but she says she shouldn't have to. >> i feel that women should not be deafened other employment because they have worked as exotic dancers. some young women will use dancing as a way to make ends meet while they study to prepare for the career that they hope to be able to have for the rest of their lives. >> pay for her master's degree in journalism. she plans to keep on reporting, no comment tonight from the newspaper. brian. >>> plenty of people have gotten into an argument at the checkout counter. that's the story coming up.  >>> police found the body of a new jersey radio host shot to death in her own home. 47-year-old april hosted a weekly radio program on wond. she was also known for her activism. she and her husband live near the jersey shore in lin wood. investigators aren't releasing

a brand-new exhibit at the ripley's center near the smithsonian castle on the ional patents and trademarks over the years including the first macintosh computer and the first ipod. no. 3, they say the eyes are a window to the soul. researchers say women found squinty eyed guys were less appealing for long term relationships and heavy lidded men were more appealing for flings. no. 2, soon you may be able to learn your status at home. the fda is considering approving the first over the counter hiv test. reviewers believe the quick at home test could play an important role in slowing the spread of hiv, but it only has a 93% accuracy rate. no. 1 could be a huge break-through in preventing hiv. an fda advisory committee endorsed the use of the drug truvada to prevent infection. a final decision is expected in june and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >> let's get to this all important mother's day weekend. >> gorgeous day obviously. it looks like tomorrow not too terribly bad. i hope you were able to step out this evening because it was good. it's continued to be pretty mild here in the city. s

. >> and it will be in the smithsonian and it will show off steve jobs' work and how he'll be honoredtoday. >>> 190 feet above ground and how the firefighters were able to get these guys down from this monument. >>> there's a live look. >> that is the philippines. it looks nice. >> warm thoughts. >> warm thoughts on this wednesday morning. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> man arrested while dressed as frosty the snowman during a parade has been arrested again. he was yelling profanities at the sidewalk at police in no he was dressed as frosty and allegedly kicked a police dog. >>> a person was hit and killed by a marked train in rosedale. it happened just before 7:30 where shave

. -- a final salute before going on display at the smithsonian. >> the shuttle served its purpose. it was a very, very successful program. i love the shuttles. i have a very wonderful place in my heart and for all the people that worked on them. but it is time to move on. >> all four shuttles will retire to museums around the country. for "teen kids news," i'm heather childers, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> frankenstein, the statue of liberty, and a bald gold guy named oscar. these are some of the images you'll find covering the hallway walls in a rather unusual school project. christian has the story. >> the mural's a great place. it's the friendly place that everyone goes to when they have an inspirational feeling, and everyone's just so nice, and work gets done here. they actually get, boom, boom, boom, work. >> here is where students at william mckinley junior high school go to learn on their own time. >> we mostly come at 7:00 in the morning, and sometimes we stay after school. we've even spent our lunch periods in mr. buxton's class, trying to get in as much work as

when lindbergh woke up and came to his senses, he saw the telegram from the smithsonian asking for the aircraft, and he said, yes. it took a while to get it. he said i don't own the airplane, i'll have to get the approval of my backers. well, they had already given him the airplane because they were so pleased with him. and he and his backers sold the airplane to us for a dollar. so somebody offered me $5 for it the other day, but i turned them down. [laughter] it's been in our collection since 1928, and that's it being pulled up the road. the wings were taken off, and it was literally towed through the streets from bolling air force base, army air service base at that time, through the streets of washington up into arts and industries where it was suspended in may 1928, almost a year -- actually, it was about a year to the day of his flight across the atlantic. and this is a shot our photographer, eric long, took with his brand new fisheye lens. he was very proud of picture. it shows you all of our aircraft from a unique perspective, underneath the right flyer. and there's the spirit

she's visiting the smithsonian today to talk about her love for animals. tomorrow she's getting a private tour of the national zoo to see their research efforts behind the scenes. >> look forward to that. it is the count downnow to preakness 2012. >> the beautiful blankets that will adorn the winning horses. we'll show you that. >> and temperatures will be near normal today but another warmup is on the way. those details coming up. >> cars blocking a southbound lane of 895 at the harbor tunnel toll plaza. everything you'll need to watch out for and expect as you head out the door in my time saver traffic report. you're watching good morning maryland. >> good morning. topping america's money, mixed news on foreclosures. nationally fewer homes received by banks last month down 7% from the previous month and 26% from a year ago, but about half of the states saw a big jufrj in activity. and jp morgan trades gone bad are up to $3 billion. it's reported that the trader at the center of the scandal will leave the country. >> the uda says 96% exceeds the limit for

. >>> the smithsonian's national history museum received the single largest gift in its history. the executive vice president of coke industries david coke has donated $35 million. that money will be used to build a new done saur hall. coke is also a major donor to conservative political causes. >>> variety at mcdonald's is good for business. they are expected to increase their number of limited time -- not offers, limited time -- you know i got mcrib on the brain. sorry. on the menu like the cherry berry chiller or chicken mcbites. mcdonald's says the research shows that loyal customers want variety and it also brings in new business they say. >>> pepsi teaming up with the king of pop or his estate at at least. they struck a deal with the michael jackson estate to use his image for a new global marketing push. it is called live for now. it will include special cans with pictures and a chance for fans to win special jackson merchandise. you remember that ill-fated commercial where his hair caught fire. >> amazing the estate is working with pepsi. >>> there are new details about w

and this is a book off my own shelves, her first book "capital elites" was published in 1995 by the smithsonian institution press where she was an assistant program director for the his attorney and records. "test meant to union" appeared in 1998, published by johns hopkins university press when she was the deputy director of the american jewish historical society. it is now my pleasure to introduce you to kathy jacob. kathy? >> thank you, john. thanks very much for coming. so la mentations that special interests by spending obscene amounts of money stranglie elg the voice of the people. fears that the nation was going to held in a band basket caried by lobbyists. the stories filled the press and the capital building in the 19 -- 1870s. ruthless men like samuel cole and collis huntington, a swauf new yorker was the "king of the lobby." he transformed what it meant to lobby. bribes of railroad stock weren't for him. the king of the lobby exchanged information. at his table, the outlines of a new modern lobby, a lobby easily recognized today took shape. "king of the lobby" is about lobbying, poli

publicly owned big city streetcar, it almost certainly qualifies to be sitting on display at the smithsonian, but we in san francisco had a better place for it than that. because we put our history to work. we embrace our hats, but we give it a job to do to benefit our present and helped enrich our future -- we embrace our past. we invite the world to use our streetcars as part of our regular transit service to get to places they want to go to and to have fun in the process. these museums in motion have proven their value here today, the f line is america's most popular street car line and attract as many rides every -- riders every day as our other lines combined. senator feinstein gave me too much of a role in this. this would not have happened without the mayors who have been involved in this through the years, starting with been near feinstein -- then mayor finds that appeared when i was in her office, she looked, listen, and said, "alright, i will do it, but i do not want to see any junk out there." we have watched the street cars go by. i think we have done a good job of keeping it cla

this tent in recent negotiations with the smithsonian institute will be traveling to washington for potential display at the national african-american museum in the civil war exhibit of the african-american experience in the civil war. so that we're excited about that. the conservation and the exhibition of tents is very difficult. they're quite large. this is a huge tent. and they've got all kinds of issues on their display because they're heavy, they're cumbersome. we're talking about old canvas and we're talking about old threads. stress points are weak, and they're going to be strained more with the exhibition. so we are making available the sibley on loan for the exhibit. it's going to be conserved. so it's going to receive some much-needed cleaning. but we're excited that it will be in front of the public at least for a temporary exhibit, maybe a year's time frame and they'll be able to get some benefit from it. henry sibley got the pattern for these in 1850s. the mid 1850s. they were first used in the utah expedition, commanded by albert sidney johnston of the united states army in 185

i saw the exhibit at the smithsonian called written bone and it's one of the most fascinating things i've ever seen. i noticed you showed the captain gosnold reproduction. the one that really captured my imagination, you had a video of a woman and there was a interpretive reconstruction of a woman who would walk away from you in the video. you would see how you started with her skeleton and then the forensic reproduction. she walked with a limp. it was stunning. it was stunning. and i was wondering if you could tell us a little bit more about who you think she was and the other reproduction was of the head of a woman who was believed to be a slave and you determined that based on the shape of her back which would have been bent in such a way over years and years of literally back-breaking labor. if you could tell us about those people, i'd really love to hear it. >> those individuals actually aren't from our site. they're from other 17th century sites in virginia. so, we don't really know particulars about them. but it is a fascinating exhibit. just to learn -- to see what you can le

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we mentioned muir and bureaus, spencer fulton baird, head of the smithsonian institute caring about wildlife. william hornaday bred buffalo at the bronx zoo, roosevelt was a founder of the zoo. repopulate the plains with buffalo. dr. c. hart miriam who ran the biological survey. these aren't household names i wanted to inject them in the main stream history i didn't want to be relegated to a specialist it's not just roosevelt i'm writing about but a circle about him. >> how many other places did you spend time in to research this book? >> almost all. not all of his national forests there are way too many, just hundreds going down, but all his national parks, his monuments i've visited, i travel the country a lot, this has been my hobby visiting vo roosevelt's p. what was exciting for me, i'll pick a place, pine knot is a cabin in virginia outside charlottesville, in the wild, and roosevelt as resident saw the last alive passenger pigeon, there used to be 100 million passenger pigeons in america. it's an extinct species, roosevelt wrote the last ons observation in the wild. pine knot shows yo

. >>> the magic of science helping the spring mating season at the smithsonian national zoo. ht, staff artificially inseminated may jong for a second time. apparently her natural mating with the giant panda tien-tien is not working. she last gave birth to a cub in 2005. that cub now lives in china. >> the national zoo's live tweeting the artificial insemination. i felt bad for her. >> some things are supposed to be private. >> she's under the microscope. all the pressure to have a baby. i'm feeling bad for that girl. >> maybe tien-tien needs a different cologne. try the old-fashioned way. five minutes -- go ahead -- before the top of the hour. >>> another reason to get extra shuteye. coming up, why a good night's sleep could help you keep those unwanted pounds off. >>> first, paying more to get out of town. how much plane tickets are right now in the district and why area airports will cost you the most to fly out of. >>> and more problems for a troubled transit center. how much construction mistakes are driving up the price for taxpayers. >>> welcome back. it will cost you mo

those remains actually are in an exhibit at the smithsonian. have any of you heard about the written in bone exhibit at the national museum? you have? good. you ought to see that. because it's about what forensic anthropologists can learn from skeletal material, from modern murder cases on back to the boy, and one other person, i mentioned earlier i will talk again about. right over here. as we were looking for the west wall of the fort, we went out here, mathematically it seemed like the fort was bigger than we thought. we started trenching in this area. interesting well, the artifacts

communique every three months on all the programs that are coming and that would include things like the smithsonian series. that's a good way to get early notification of what's upcoming and what you might want to attend. so we have this morning another celebrity spy. celebrity spies are always controversial, because the way we use the term, either people who worked in intelligence and later became celebrities like julia child, or somebody who was, in fact, a celebrity and used that to conduct espionage like the ballplayer mo burr. hemmingway is a different kettle of fish, if i can say that. i must say at this point i don't have a good handle on hemmingway's intelligence activities, and i think speaker does and i think he has a surprising insight into hemmingway's -- some of his earlier activities and i'll leave that to nick to bring it to your attention. nick, by the way, is presently our speaker, dr. nick reynolds, a ph.d. from oxford. he is presently, by the way, the historian for the museum of cia at the central intelligence agency, worked specifically on the history of oss, which they had done