the smithsonian is much more than our nation's attic. it plays a role in making accessible our nation's history and culture. while the institution encompasses renowned museums of the national mall, which all our constituents appreciate, it also includes research facilities in panama, and astrophysical observatory's in massachusetts. traveling exhibits across the u.s., and a strong international presence across the globe. the size, and scope of these as sodium present in opportunity. this committee commenced as the sony and for that -- the smithsonian for their unrelenting efforts to leverage the efforts to inspire lifelong learning. education is fundamental to the smithsonian's mission. the committee is very interested to hear how these missoni and is -- the smithsonian is revitalizing especially with access. an intense immense value. this committee held a hearing last converse -- congress. it is one of the most pressing issues for the smithsonian. management indicated work was ongoing to improve collections management. we look forward to

, we want to get the smithsonian to you. one of the start gis to do that is through digitization. all of these wonderful objects we have, we're trying to digitize all of them make them available to people across the country, in fact across the world for students k through 12 higher education lifelong learners, provide these objects so they can be studied and worked with in a classroom and not only in our spaces in washington dchblgt we're working on 3d printing so that not only can you render 3d objects online but also transfer them to printers and have your students create their own models of right flyer or space shuttle. we're, in fact in the middle of digitizing space shuttle at this current time. so all of these activities and many, many more we're focused on again, to try to play important role in forwarding education across the country. >> could you tell us a little bit, i guess the national zoo are biggest visitors. you have more visitors there than any other things but museums, air and space i believe. visitors. >> ai

i am the chief curator at the smithsonian museum. we are in the process of building our new building that will open in 2016. in the meantime, for the last several years, we have borrowed this gallery from the national museum of american history, our sister institution, where we have presented a series of exhibitions related to the work we are doing and the museum we are preparing to open. and that has to do with african american history and culture. this exhibition is called "rising up." hale woodruff's murals from talladega college. and it is a very special show for us. the murals come from an historically black college in talladega, alabama. in 1938, the college commissioned a well-known artist even at that time, to produce these murals that would commemorate the amistad and mutiny and also provide a concise history of the college. hale woodruff was already know n not only as a very accomplished artist. he had managed to go to spend several years in paris, learning about the new, avante garde styles and directions from artists like

david: it was reconstructed and is now in the smithsonian. brian: what kind of competition was there back then to be the first people flying an airplane? david: there was a lot of experimentation going on but no real competition, they were ahead of everybody. most of all of that was in france, not here. there is a claim that amending connecticut flew first, but there is no evidence or proof. if he did fly, he never flew again. when he went to fly a plane he built, it would apply. even his own family said he never flew. in france, it was taken rather seriously. when finally the time came when wilbur went to france to demonstrate what he had achieved , all the french aviator said, we are but children, they are way ahead of us. that first demonstration took place on the eighth day of the eighth month of 1908, at le mans, farance. the astonishment was beyond anything anyone can remember. tens of thousands of people were coming to watch them fly. the whole world knew that the airplane was a real event. that man could fly. the wright brothers instan

tom crouch is a leading authority on the history of aviation, he is a curator of aviation at the smithsonian. senior curator of hte air and space museum. a wonderful man who was very helpful to me. what the wright brothers developed was what they called wing warping. they arrived at that solution by studying birds. in other words, birds that could get in the air and then they just ride the wind. they don't flap their wings. they would watch these birds by the hour in dayton, but even more so when they got down to kitty hawk, where the soaring birds were in multitudes particularly the gannet, which is a giant soaring seabird with a wingspan of five or six feet. i would like to read you a line. john daniel was a local guy in kitty hawk who, like many of the people there, thought they were crazy. "we couldn't help thinking they were just a pair of poor nuts. they would stand on the beach for hours at a time, just looking at the gulls, flying soaring, dipping. they would watch those gannets imitate their movements with their wings and arms and hands. we thought they were playing crazy. we just h

wired to explode or something. >> jimmy: and fonzie's jacket is in the smithsonian. would be most exle siecited would be to see jacket. >> and there's archie bunker's chair. it was very early in the morning. we had to get up early. it was a very early morning thing, but that's cool. >> jimmy: you've been shooting a movie in atlanta since the finale? >> yes, indeed. >> jimmy: with your -- >> with former sidekick zach galifianakis. it's impossible not to have fun. he has family all over the south. and so getting more than one galifianakis in a room? amps up the chaos level by, you know, by sort of an exponential degree. so i got to see a lot of his cousins and uncles and aunt. galifanaki is the plural. >> jimmy: you were at a big music festival. >> in tennessee. >> jimmy: in tennessee. >> close to georgia. >> woo! >> all right. good enough. >> jimmy: we have the video. you were throwing gummy bears into -- >> sure. >> jimmy: into a singer's mouth on stage. >> yeah. i don't know why that's weird. >> jimmy: why were you doing this? >> zack and i were really bored on set.

left in the wild. >> they are adorable. >>> straight ahead, why demonstrators protested outside the smithsonian museum of national history today. >> as the manhunt grinds on, the woman charged with helping two convicted killers escape from a prison appears in court. i'm don champion in upstate new york with the very latest coming up. >> keeping their feet in the stand. i'm scott broom in ocean city. coming up, how people here are reacting to reports of shark attacks in north carolina seriously? you're not at all concerned? about what now? oh, i don't know. the apocalypse? we're fine. i bundled renter's with my car insurance through progressive for just six bucks more a month. word. there's looters running wild out there. covered for theft. okay. that's a tidal wave of fire. covered for fire. what, what? all right. fine. i'm gonna get something to eat. the boy's kind of a drama queen. just wait. where's my burrito? [ chuckles ] worst apocalypse ever. protecting you till the end. now, that's progressive. ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank

. >>> the smithsonian takes action. the institution issued a reminder to its employees to obey no parking signs. they did so the day after our report showed a smithsonian vehicle illegally parked in a busy food truck zone in d.c. the driver was a woman who refused to tell the i-team why she parked there last month. food truck operators say federal vehicles park illegally in their designated spaces. a parking attendant is not allowed to ticket or have the federal vehicles towed. >>> if you want your children to attend full day kindergarten in loudoun county you have to enter a lottery. loudoun county is expanding the full day program in the fall. 59 students will be added to the program at 11 schools. you can find the application on the nbc washington app by searching kindergarten lottery. the drawings will take place june 25th. right now only low income students and those who speak limited english are eligible for full day kindergarten. >>> if you live in the district you're among the most well read in the nation. the di

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the smithsonian conservation staff are hand rearing them. they are endangered and the boom boo eating animals look more like -- bamboo eating animals look more like a raccoon than the the adults. leon: doug, what is the weather word? doug: it's quiet. we are under the severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 tonight. the doppler radar is showing downpour north of downtown frederick. lighter rain on the north side of town south of walkers walkersville. conditions are such that it is a possibility for a few more hours. the bigger pi thunderstorms in pittsburgh moving out of northeastern ohio. we'll see if this hangs together. if it does it will be tonight before it approaches the area. we whether track it for you -- we will track it for you. 88 in richmond and maryland. 83 in charlottesville. 76 in pittsburgh with showers. we will get the showers out of here tonight and 66-72. more showers in the thursday and friday period. good news for the holiday weekend. partly cloudy. temperatures in the mid-80's saturday and sunday. slight chance of the afte

we talked about bill gross' term in this month -- terminal in the smithsonian. akers in. i am signing off. we will be back at our new time at 8:00 with more big interviews including the former head of the u.s. treasury auto task force. stick around. we have a lot more to cover on bloomberg t.v. thanks for watching. ♪ olivia: manufacturing rebound we have seen a sharp decline in factory activity over the past year but we will get the latest read in a few moments and we will hear from a manufacturing ceo. erik: fixing the olive garden with breadsticks. my conversation with the ceo jeffrey smith. olivia: south carolina senator lindsey graham is about to become the seventh official republican candidate. he will make his announcement this hour. olivia: good morning and welcome to the bloomberg market day. i'm olivia sterns. erik: i'm erik schatzker. manufacturing and construction. julie: these numbers looking better than some of those we saw earlier today. the personal spending numbers that came in worse than estimates.

you can get off the buss just steps away from the capitol, the smithsonian museum as well as the lincoln memorial. the cost to ride the circulator is just one buck. >>> all right. you have a few things to look forward to in the week ahead. start with tomorrow. community discussions to add bike lanes to a busy fairfax county street. county leaders looking to hear from you on this issue. so planners want to narrow the driving lanes on franconia road between kraft road and south van dorn. this is in the alexandria section of fairfax county. it's happening tomorrow at edison high school at 7:00 p.m. >>> on tuesday, a former fbi special agent is going to be in court. davis faces assault and resisting arrest charges for allegedly trying to crash a gate at the cia. this happened last month. investigators say davis tried to reach toward a security officer's gun and threatened to shoot. >>> tomorrow, jeb bush is expected to make a big announcement as to whether he'll run for president. if he enters the race bush becomes the 11th republican running for president in 2016. >>> right now, if you're p

you can get off the bus just steps away from the capitol, the smithsonian museum. lincoln memorial. the cost to ride the national mall circulator is just one buck. >>> the party continues in the district today as capital pride held over 40 years. the theme is flash back. today, you can catch a concert on pennsylvania avenue that's present by live casino. the concert starts at noon. or held to the capital concert stage at 1:00. the official pride closing concert sat 10:00. be sure to share some photos on twitter. tweet us @nbc washington. >>> if you were hoping to buy yourself a ticket to watch this guy, prince, perform tonight in the district, sorry. you're out of luck. both shows are completely sold out. that's not a shocker. it was announced earlier this week. he has spontaneously announced concerts across the country. you might recall baltimore also louisville. tonight's takes place at the warrener theater. >>> look at your week ahead. go to a community meeting to discuss adding bike lanes to what is a very busy street in fairfax county. so planners, they want t

we show you how a national zoo and the smithsonian are working to save them. >> and then forgery, it know him as the lead singer of fun. but now nate ruess is launching a solo career. we'll hear more in our session. >> there was a prayer vigil in charleston last night. thousands of mourners turned out to remember the victims. dylann roof was seen in court friday by video link. he's facing nine counts of murder, plus one count of possession of a firearm. they are all felony charges. his bond was set at $1 million. jeff pegues is outside the church in charleston with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the accused killer may be in custody and charleston may be relieved, but it is still a city that is grieving this morning. 21-year-old dylann roof made his first appearance in court by video link on friday. he stood emotionless as he heard the charges against him, nine counts of murder three men and six women, that he gunned down friday night. family and friends talked about those they lost. >> we have to forgive. i pray god on your soul and i also thank god that i won't be around when

it stops at the smithsonian museums along the way too. it's the first public transportation route than takes you to monuments and only $1. to see the specific stops you can go go to the nbc washington app and search circulator. >>> the virginia department of education is developing a way for your student to get the high school diploma online. it will accept 100 students on a first come basis. students would receive lessons through the virtual virginia online class program. that program will launch in the fall. >>> crab season in maryland is off to a slow start. you may see crabs on the menu but they may not be from maryland. why bother eating them though? they're shipping them in from out of state and causing the prices to go up. it may not look like it at the wharf but there's a shortage of the blue crab. up until a month ago, they were saying they were up about 30% from last year. >> more people are selling soft shell crabs on the menu more than ever. i don't know what they're charging on the menus but they're playing us a good price. >

so spectacular and we have some cool footage caught by the smithsonian channel. check this out. exploding flowers. a violet as it opens up. notice all the little pods. as the pods dry out, it creates this unbelievable pressure. and seeds just explode from the plant itself from that bud. and that way others will grow. >> it's like popcorn. >> hoping to see it in slow motion. >> isn't it cool. like bullets shooting out and more violets. >> there's the slightest bit of contact will do this. >> wow. once one goes it will impact all the other ones. nature i'm with you. >> it's brilliant right? >> show me more. >> i am going to show you more. >> this last one -- >> that poor bee is going to get it. >> you have no idea. >> another dramatic display comes from this unassuming plant. the squirting cucumber. >> are kidding me? >> no. there they are. >> wow. >> wow. >> it just take as little bit of vibration in order for this to happen. >> like an animal walking by. >> possibly. >> i wonder if an earthquake would cause this. >> vibration. >> that's fascinating. >> how many other squirting cu

kellye: the smithsonian national museum of african american history have items from a slave ship thatere recovered by divers off the coast of south africa. it sank on its way to brazil with more than 400 slaves on board. half the people on board made it asked to shore, only to be sold into slavery. the museum will open next year. one woman's trash could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. a woman dropped off a box of old stuff at a california recycling company, but she did not realize it contained an apple 1, one of 201st-generation computers from 1976. the company is now trying to find the original owner. >> i asked if she wanted a tax receipt, she said, no. kellye: the company wants to honor its policy by giving her half the proceeds from the sale. her husband passed away recently. they think the money from the computer could really help her. the recycling [baseball crowd noise] ♪ ♪ [x1 chime] ♪ ♪ [crowd cheers] oh! i can't believe it! [cheering] hi, grandma! ♪ kellye: another look at the radar? devon: a shower developed close to our studio, between route 50 and columbia pike

. >> also doing five local furies of the smithsonian. >> i thought it was -- [inaudible conversations] >> i am doing one thing that. [laughter] . [laughter] king change i am on this for a while. >> how are you? >> books available? >> outside. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you so much for bringing it. >> you look so good. >> congratulations. >> hi, how are you? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i think i told you this, had a woman who was declined for the association of fellowship and she was riding her thesis on some many men -- the answer turned out to be a misquote. >> oh oh oh oh! >> it is true. [inaudible conversations] >> geraldine ferraro, someone yelled out -- >> i remember that. >> so miranda or something -- my gosh. >> that would be -- >> mary richards. [inaudible conversations] >> there shouldn't be any alliance this summer for my uncle's. let me tell you about the name. [inaudible conversations] >> maitland has the same story. her father, hazmat map of the world and australia. [inaudible conversations] >> they all got married. [inaudible conversati

also, his advisers were from the smithsonian institution who also believed i've left out the part aboutoosevelt talking about castrating all the germans. that would've taken a lot of effort. he had other things on his mind. charlie: that's what the nazis talked about before they talked about it. richard: in tokyo and berlin this wasn't a big story in the united states. most people do not know this was going on. it was a big story in berlin and tokyo. what are we doing that different from the americans putting all these people under machine guns and tanks and barb wire? in the end, it is an american story on both sides of the barbed wire. in this case, we resolved it. charlie: who are the heroes? richard: the heroes are the young attorney at the aclu who resigned when roger baldwin, the founder said they could not bring any cases that mentioned race. these young guys quit and represented these people for free for years, including the latin americans, the peruvians and whatnot that we had kidnapped and put in the camps to trade for prisoners. when the war was over, we try to deport them a

madam manoury made three gowns which you've -- one at the smithsonian, is another of the pink one and the robe de chambre, and the blue gown at the smithsonian survived. but it was very unusual for her. now, this order for clothes, lots of accessories, cost about $450. dolley madison's order in 1811 costs $2,000. ms. swain: wow. mr. hunt: to give you an idea. ms. swain: $2,000 in dollars of those days? yes. mr. hunt: the pink gown that you saw, it was -- had more lace on it which has now taken off, but that costs $100. the blue -- the green gowns were about $25 made by seamstresses in washington. but of course, the fabric would have been extra. ms. swain: so, she was trying to find that sweet spot between frugality and image? mr. hunt: but she did it so well. everyone said that she was beautifully dressed. she had beautiful deportment. she carried herself like a lady, acted like a lady and was very gracious. ms. swain: paul finkelman, at the same time we're learning about sarah polk and her sort of modern approach to being a political partner, what's happening to women at large in the

describes mckinley's troubled family life, the key events of his presidency, and his assassination the smithsonianssociates posted this two hour event. >> thank you all for coming tonight. this is the third in a four-part series and hopefully it will never grow beyond for discussing the essential assassinations beginning with lincoln and last week we looked at garfield and today, we will look at william mckinley. next week, we will look at john kennedy. as i mentioned

>>> and a pregnancy watch at is the smithsonian national zoo. here we go folks. zookeepers posted this photo on instagram today showing giant panda mai jong getting an ultrasound. she went through two rounds of artificial insemination in april. veterinarians plan on giving her several ultrasounds over the next few months to see if they can spot a fetus. she is already a proud mom of bau-bau and tai shong. >>> a viewer snapped this photo of an unusual animal. that would be a goat. others spotted it in germantown. that goat gets around. so now we're on goat watch here. and if you spot the goat and can safely take a picture safely is the key word there send it to us at isee@nbcwashington.com. do not take any pictures of raccoon. >> no, don't. especially if they're foaming at the mouth. >> we learned that today too my goodness. >> warmer temps on the way? >> we're talking than heatwave again. high temperatures tomorrow 95. 94 on friday with a heat index between 98 and 100. get ready. you're going to hope for some showers out there to help cool you off. >> all right.

that needs a bridge that the smithsonian has. ast it's a museum that's reached prominence but not the ability to reach a lot of people. this is an opportunity to boost the smithsonian in order to ensure that we have that kind of outreach. i reserve my time. the chair: the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. calvert: i rise in opposition. and i rise in reluctant opposition to the gentlelady's amendment. only because of the offset. the offset that we're talking about is taking money from the inspector general's office, which is our auditors. and we desperately need auditors in the federal government. and we -- appropriators are very reluctant to cut the inspector general's office in general. but i want to work with the gentlelady. i recognize her passion to make sure that the good work that the smithsonian does gets out to the general community throughout the united states. i'm a big supporter of the smithsonian we've level funded the smithsonian this year obviously we're ormenting under difficult budg

. >>> well with the smithsonian museum, thank you for your time. te significant the discovery of this wreck is? >> well, most people assume that the africans who were brought to the americas, at least 12 million between 1500 and 1850 were from west africa. this is from east africa around cape hope being brought to the americas. many were brought from mozambique around the coast of cape town. >> i gather it's a difficult area to access. >> yes it went down in rough seas and it's difficult to dive. they can only dive it a few weeks a year. the ship is broken up, so they have found ballasts, i was learning earlier that slave ships needed ballasts to weight down the ship because people do not weigh as much as cargo. so ballasts were brought there have been pieces of found of the 18th century ship. >> what have you been able to learn about the ship and the slaves on board. do we know much about them? >> well, we're very fortunate that this is one of six ships that left mozambique. and on the mozambiqueen side we know the ethnicities of the people. we kno

lot of people who grew up in the 1920's believed in that stuff but also, his advisers were from the smithsoniantution, who also believed -- i have looked at the part about roosevelt talking about castrating all the germans, and that would've taken a lot of effort, but he had other things on his mind. charlie: that is what the nazis talked about it -- talked about before they talked about the holocaust. richard: in east tokyo and berlin -- this was not a big story in the united states -- it was a big story in berlin, and a big story in tokyo what are we doing that is different from the americans, putting all these people under machine guns and things and barbed wire? at the end, it is an american story on both sides of the barbed wire. in this case, we resolved it. charlie: that is one reason why john mccain was tortured. richard: on torture, right. ask a man who knows. charlie: who are the heroes? richard: the young attorneys at the aclu who resigned when roger baldwin, the founder who was friends with roosevelt said they could not bring any cases that mentioned race. these young guys quit and

. >> it's the smithsonian folklife festival. more than 150 participants from the country will demonstrate peruvian food and craft and dance. >> these aramerican stories as well as peruvian stories, a way to connect. >> this year's folklife festival is take place next to the national museum of american indians and it runs through the 28th and july 1 through the 5th. >>> new details how a prison worker smuggled tools to the escaped killers. >> and a student who swam at an ivy league school as a woman and will now compete as a man. >>> and at >>> as the ntsp's investigation into the smoke incidents at the metro station, governor mcauliffe blasted the agency. >> i find it unacceptable we still do not have a manager of the metro system. i am sick and tired of waiting for this. we need a strong effective leader. this interim manager doesn't cut it. bring in someone who is an effective manager and has long- term strategic goal thinking. this is unenacceptable. >> mcauliffe was on radio this morning and you remember the incident that kil

. >>> happening today, the smithsonian folk life festival -- the wet weather is probably going to leadanges. it will starts a 11 a.m. as planned. but the schedule may be modified, moving events inside to the theater at the museum of the american indian. the event includes music and dance performances. >>> the first day of competition in the police and fire competitions. 60 countries have sent participants. archery to swimming and karate. the games run through july 6th. >>> on the roads this weekend. all lanes of the 16th street bridge over military road are closed until 10 p.m. this is so crews can put the finishing touches on the reconstruction project of the bridge. the 16th street bridge is expected to open july 1st and that's two weeks ahead of schedule. >>> d.c. has one of the highest rates of hiv in the nation. health officials will be working to lower the numbers of national hiv testing day. >> reporter: as a nation we're making great strides in combating the spread of hiv and aids. today is hiv testing day. it serves as a reminder that there's more to be done. getting tested is

you can get off the bus just steps away from the capitol, the smithsonian museums and the lincoln memorial. the cost to ride the national mall circulator is just $1. >>> the party continues in the district today as capital pride celebrates 40 years. the theme this year -- flash back. today you can head to a ladies tea or catch a concert on pennsylvania presented by live casino that concert starts at noon or head on over to the capital concert stage for the 86 at 1:00 p.m. and the concert begins at 10:00 p.m. don't forget to share your photos with us on twitter at nbc washington. >>> and if you were one of the people hoping to bag yourself a ticket to watch prince perform tonight in the district, well, you're out of luck. both shows are completely sold out. the concert was announced earlier this week as part of a hit and run concert series. it's concerts across the country and he has been popping up in places like baltimore and louisville. tonight's concert happened at the warner theatre. >>> let's get you set for the week a ahead. a community discussion to add bike lanes to a busy fairfax

it's the first time the smithsonian will have a swing dedicated to invention. ou can look at galleries featuring inventions, money and hands on activities. it's the first piece of a six-year process. >> how cool? i love it. intense summer heat. chuck, bell. what's going on? >> we need to find out who invented the air conditioner. that's who we need to be thanking at the museum. a nice day outside today. no weather-related slow downs for the remainder of your monday afternoon or evening. tuesday morning is green light but tomorrow afternoon may have some weather slow downs courtesy of shower and thunderstorm chances coming our way tomorrow mid to late afternoon. some of those could be strong to severe. keeping a close eye on that. sunny and hot today. tomorrow near 98 and again the chance for storms tomorrow afternoon. you'll appreciate it. a little bit cooler and nicer toward wednesday. highs in the 80s and lower humidity. >> we love that. especially for our hair. assessing the damage after a weekend of rough weather. where people in our area are cleaning up fro

. >>> well, starting next month, you can take your family to a brand new wing at the smithsonian americanistory museum. the museum is opening an exhibit dedicated to business history in the united states. it's called american enterprise. you'll be able to see eli whitney's cotton gin, a diner's club credit card and some of the early google servers. that's kind of cool. >> i know. this is an exhibit that we haven't seen before. >> right. >> where they celebrate, you know, the world of business and commerce and the economy and all in an interesting way. >> right. >> so i can't wait to check it out. but we do want to move right along because this week we have another wednesday's child to tell you about. >> that's right. we have a date with destinee. she is our wednesday's child this week a very sweet but shy 12-year-old who loves dogs and animals and we are going to get to that report from barbara harrison in a second when we get it queued up. >> if you have room in your heart for destinee, call the special adoption hotline. call 188 to adopt me or go online and you can find more of the wedn

the world's most valuable stamp is now on display in the smithsonian national postal museum. no postage stamp is more rare than the british e.on at one cent magenta. basin weight and volume, this could be the most valuable object in the entire world. stuart wiseman owns it and is lending it to the museum. alison: a one cent stamp is worth $10 million. leon: would you be tentatively get? -- tempted to makelick it? [laughter] steve: a lot of money there and hopefully people will not be wasting money for the nationals. i am not optimistic at all. this is video that we shot earlier from the arc. -- park. not a good sign. you can see the tarp on the field. heavier rains are about to move into the district and will spread pretty much inside the capital beltway over the next hour. gametime forecast, if you are potentially going, it is not going to warm up a whole lot. temperatures in the lower 60's. moderate rain expected over the next couple of hours. the heaviest rain will slowly begin to end around 11:00 tonight. i do not think it will help things for the basal game. the heaviest

after that, a house hearing on funding at the smithsonian museums. on the next washington journal washington post reporter discusses his journey to charleston south carolina. former deputy assistant attorney general talks about a crime laws and policies in the u.s.. and former health and human services secretary michael leavitt discusses the work on state contingent plans if the supreme court rules against the administration on the health care law. as always, we will take your calls. washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> some were sitting kind of front left of the chamber so it becomes into the chamber becomes into the center doors and sits down and is almost looking directly at sumner. the problem is sumner is not looking at him. sumner's head is valid. he is literally signing copies of the crime against kansas speech. the professor gets up, walks down the center aisle with this change came, approaches sumner who is again totally oblivious brooks reaches them, this is cane over his head, and says mr. sumner i have read your speech o

15 stops, including ones that are just a few steps from the lincoln and jefferson memorials, the smithsonian museums and the capitol. >> we expect that visitors will continue to choose narrated bus tours that have different -- that have a different level of service, but certainly, while they are here, they can go from point to point and use the circulator as an option. >> tickets for the mall route are just $1. buses start at union station and run every ten minutes until 8 p.m. >>> if a sign in montgomery county says no smoking that now means no tobacco or electronic smoking. beginning today, e-sigs are banned in -- places where traditional cigarettes are prohibited. although they don't contain smoke, they contain nicotine and other harmful chemicals. >>> the debate over a silver springs' couple's parenting style prompted a change in policy. officials will not investigate unless children are harmed or at substantial risk. they say allowing children to be out in the world without adults is a parenting choice rather than neglect. the state's updated policy reads, in part -- >>> when we heard t

lot of people who grew up in the 1920s believed in that stuff, but also his advisors were from the smithsonianstitution who also believed -- i lost the part about roosevelt talking about castrating all the generals. that would have taken a lot of effort. but he had -- you know and he had other things on his mind. >> rose: that's what the nazis talked about before they talked about it. >> absolutely. well, in both tokyo and berlin, this wasn't a big story in the united states. most people did not know this was going on but it was a big story in berlin, and it was a big story in tokyo. you know, what are we doing that's different from the americans, putting all these people under machine guns and tanks and barbed wire? in thed, en it's an american story on both sides of the barbed wire, and in this case we resolved it. >> rose: that's the reason john mccain is opposed to torture. >> right. i disagree with him on most everything, but on torture, right. >> rose: okay. ask the man who knows. >> rose: exactly right who's been there. who are the heros? >> the heros are the young attorneys at the aclu

. >>> the smithsonian will put artifacts of a sunken slave ship underway. the slave ship sank off the coast of cape town in 1794. the objects were retrieved this year. among them things that you'll be able to see are iron balusters used to weight the ship down. >>> we have breaking news right now that's making a mess of your morning commute. you're looking live at the scene on king street. this is near 395 where a water main break has a busy highway off ramp closed right now. we're tracking the problems this closure is causing with your first 4 traffic next. >>> and road work will have lanes closed today along a busy bridge. plus severe weather on the horizon that has a flash flood watch in place. stor >>> breaking news on the roadway in chevy chase this morning, east-west highway at beach drive we have a car into the trees. chopper 4 over the scene. it looks like the driver is with police. doesn't look like there's serious injuries. elsewhere in alexandria we have a water main break that has the southbound 395 ramp to westbound king street closed. that wate

a panda pregnancy watch is in full swing at the smithsonian national zoo. they posted this photo. ve a look at it here. showing the giant panda getting an ultrasound. she went through two rounds of artificial insemination back in april, so apparently t worked. veterinarians plan on giving her several ultrasounds over the next few months to see if they can spot a fetus. she is already the proud moreover of bobo and maybe i spoke too soon. maybe they haven't actually found the fetus in there. >> we're all hoping, though. >> amelia, what's going on with the weather? >>> well barbara, i'm here with our nbc 4 washington app looking at the radar. of course, no storms showing up right now. we're going to be dry today. but hot and humid. mid-80s right now. 86 when you factor in the humidity. feels like temperatures for the most part low 80s to high 90s. guys saturday looking like a little bit more of a better chance of storms cooler and more comfortable and dry on sunday. >> all right. sunday looks good. we just got to get there. >> yeah. >> that's going to do it for news 4 midday. thanks

you can get off the bus, just steps away from sites including the capitol the smithsonian museum and the lincoln memorial. the basic fare on the buses just a dollar. good way to get around the city. >>> just in to the live desk, we're keeping an eye on the situation in louisiana. where the release for the last of the angola three is set to expire. kristin wright has the details on that and will bring us the latest. >>> the final moments of a north west family's life as more documents are unsealed in the mansion murder case. the gruesome evidence that police collected from the scene. >>> looking live outside as the sun starts to come up. we're expecting another hot day and some places could see some storms. tom's taking a look at your hour by hour storm timing and will have that in the next weather and traffic on the 1s. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> "news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> breaking news in southeast washington, this is the live picture, megan mcgr

agencies already working on this problem this bill would bring together programs from this -- from the smithsonian to the pentagon to homeland security to a new body with a single coordinator. it would improve congressional oversight to make sure we're efficient in the way we're addressing this challenge. these steps will not replace the authorities of existing bodies but will help ensure their programs work together effectively. this bill represents the newest chapter in a long tradition. since world war ii, america has led the world in protecting historical property from those bent on its destruction. that leadership is needed today. we must act swiftly to confront this threat, to cut off a critical source of isis fund, to stand up this barbaric brand of psychological warfare and stop those determined to rewrite history. i urge all colleagues to support this legislation, i thank mr. chabot again and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. chabot: we continue to reserve our time and also reserve the right to clo

national zoo is saying about an ultrasound that they >>> hopes are high right now for a new panda at the smithsonian national zoo. zookeepers posted this picture on instagram today. it shows the giant panda getting an ultrasound. the veteran nair yaps gave her two rounds of artificial insemination back in april. they plan to give her several ultrasounds over the next few moments to see if they can spot a feet us it. mei xiang is the proud mother of bao bao and ti shang. >>> prince will perform this sunday at the warper theater. ticket goes on sale at noon tomorrow, live nation.com. prince held a rally for peace concert in baltimore last month in response to the protest and violence after freddy gray died. he gave a portion of those proceeds to some of the city's youth programs. >>> the tony award-winning musical "news sis" in the middle of a two-week run in washington. the show is based on a true story about a group of newspaper delivery boys who go on strike to battle corporate greed. i sat down with the two leads in the show, dan deluca and stephanie styles. they talked about what a thrill it is t

an artist as well, he has completed projects and been recognized by organizations such as the smithsonian, civil war trust, nasa, several other national organizations. he has published a number of books and is a living history interpreter for the civil war and world war ii periods. we are thrilled to have him with us. jared: good afternoon. i am glad to be here for the 10th annual conference in waterford, virginia. like shawn said, for a number of summer seasons, i've had the pleasure of serving as a park ranger. and as i work of their more and more, i found out how complex and how fascinating the story of the battle of gettysburg was. we think of it from the military perspective and also from a social perspective as well. i try to delve into a lot of that. something that has been overlooked by many historians until recent years is the story of the women, the civilians and children who called gettysburg home. when many people go, they think it will be a big open field. it was a thriving, bustling community in 1863. people's lives were dramatically shaped by all of that. like most communit

. >> the smithsonian's museum of african-american history and culture will put artifacts from a sunkenp on display. the museum is still under construction and is scheduled to open in the fall. the ship sank along the coast of south africa. the objects were retrieved just this year. you'll be able to see used weigh the ship down, the artifacts you'll see. also copper fastenings that held the structure of the ship together. >>> after the >>> this just in. an american woman has died in a lion attack in south africa. we're just getting media reports out of johannesburg that the woman was in a passenger seat of a personal vehicle driving through a lion park, a popular tourist spot there in johannburg her window was apparently open and according to witnesses a female lion reached in and bit the woman. she died while she was being treated by paramedics there. the driver also hurt trying to fight off the lion. the park says there are directions and signs posted all over the property telling visitors to keep their windows closed. the u.s. embassy is aware of the incident and said it's prepared