i welcome our two witnesses, the secretary of the smithsonian and the undersecretary for finance and administration and chief financial officer for smithsonian, albert or vath. this is the first appearance of secretary skorton. he has served since july of last year and we welcome you both. congress established the smithsonian in 1846 to carry out the will of english scientist james smithson. smithson sought to create an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. since that time, the smithsonian has developed into the largest museum and research complex in the world with 19 museums, nine research centers and the national zoo. a major responsibility of the smithsonian is to collect unique artifacts which have shaped our nation's heritage and showcase those items so they may be used as educational resources for today's generation and generations to come. the committee on house administration works closely with smithsonian staff in its oversight over the smithsonian's operations. in that role, we are holding this hearing today to discuss the current plans to renovate the n

louis to the smithsonian. it stays on display throughout the history of the old national air and space museum and that is on display in 1926 with the opening of the national wall museum which has been on display ever since. the artifact that you see behind me if the original spirit of st. louis. that is the original fabric, it is one-of-a-kind, original artifacts that makes the smithsonian aviation collection so important and why you need to see. lindbergh's flight from new york to paris is a very important moment in history of aviation. there are aviators and aircraft that paula that show how their plane involved in this idea of reinventing the airplane and pushing the higher, faster, farther equation that builds to a crescendo in 1930. a few months after lindbergh flight across the atlantic, on july 4, 1927, the first lock yvega takes the air. this is the result of a self-taught person. not being educated in engineering school, he has a feel for what in a pointed look like. what you see behind me is his idea

the supreme court and the smithsonian have long had close ties. nce the 19 century, the chief justice is served as the smithsonian board of regents. i am indebted to chief john roberts for his work in this capacity and the guidance he has provided me and my transition in the first year at the smithsonian and the education hist the smithsonian and ongoing leadership. justice sotomayor and justice ginsburg, i thank you for your crucial work which underpins our democracy. thank you. [applause] speak for everyone when i say you are pioneers, role models, and exemplar the simple thinking which undergird the american law, and i am glad to say, friends of the smithsonian. shared their fascinating stories with us as part of our smithsonian associates program and they are both represented in the national portrait gallery. the painting also features justice kagan and former justice o'connor. i encourage all of you to see it , it is on display through october. the national postal museum has stamps that feature stamps -- legal giants. say itm proud to features

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the letter is now back home at the smithsonian. >>> the sign said, don't touch. but you can't help yourself, can you? a visitor just couldn't help but fiddle with a sculpted wooden clock at the national watch and clock museum in columbia, pennsylvania. who knew there was such a place? well, the guy messed with to the point that the whole thing came -- crum crumbling off the wall. the museum says it will not press charges because they don't have the time. ba-dosm-bomp. >>> a real tough time. i'm not too concerned. i'm more concerned for tomorrow afternoon. and sunday especially. the yellow weather alerts issued. this, by the way is tropical depression bonnie. back over but going away now. out to the west, seeing the activity having a difficult time. we had an easterly wind. but west, this is where we're seeing showers and storms and heavy downpours. you can see nothing near the immediate metro. you also notice the last couple of hours, how the activity has moved east. and it's falling apart here. western maryland. from hancock west. scattered showers and storms. i

. ♪ announcer: on july 1, 1976, the smithsonian's air and space to theopened its stores public with presidentald ford on hand. friday marks the 40th anniversary and c-span's live coverage begins. spacel see one-of-a-kind artifacts, including the spirit of st. louis and the apollo lunar module. learn more about the event as we speak to the direct or, the curator, and the chair of the museum's history department. conversation.he ate friday evening beginning 6:00 eastern on c-span3's american history tv. announcer: the hard-five riemer he season is a with historic conventions to follow this summer. watch c-span as the delegates considered the nomination of the first woman ever to make -- had it a major political party. watch it live on c-span. listen on the c-span radio app. atget video on demand c-span.org. you have a front row seat to both conventions on c-span, all beginning up on monday. july 16. coming up next, justice ruth bader inspired and sonia sotomayor shared information about the supreme court food tradition. including topics of conversation at shared meals. we will also hear from th

>> the smithsonian air and space museum opened 40 years ago. leading up the anniversary, real america is showing a series of massive films. marsxt, from 1979, "planet ." this film documents the search to understand our solar system positive most earthlike planet. it includes an overview of the mariner flyby of the red planet from 19 six four and 1971 and the viking mission that crashed on the surface in 1970 x. -- 1976. ♪ >> of all the planets in solar system, earth and mars are the most similar. despite the similarities, mars is like no other planet. it is a unique world. it was elusive for hundreds of years. human telescopes show it was a red sphere. it was estimated to be half the size of earth. one of the earliest known representations of the planet was drawn in 1559 indicating markings on the surface. it was shown that mars rotated on its access. about 24 and one half hours. it was observed to that the tilt of its access exposed to the polar regions ultimately to the sunlight. each hemisphere has a summer and winter. since mars rotates the

we got an early look at the smithsonian's national museum of march-- of african-american history and culture that is redefining what it means to be an american. >> this is a story of slavery and freedom. we tell the story of slavery.>> and early 1800s slave cabin where families were both shattered and cemented by the times. >> within these walls they forged relationships, love one another, had aspirations even if it was just to read but still held onto their humanities. >> curators are determined to broaden the story of america's foundation, sharing a history of the lens of the people were also founding fathers mothers and families. that african-americans have been involved in the making of the nation all along, politically, demographically, culturally and economically. >> they take visitors on the journey through more than 40,000 artifacts, more than half of them donated by people who wanted to do-- document the struggles of their ancestors and achievement. >> one donor brought 32 items that were from the estate of harriet tubman. >> then he showed us what he had been given by queen

incidentally, george, the smithsonian denies any interest, you stupid (bleep). lause) all right? they're not interested. okay. now it looks like the auction site has been taken down, so yea america. but here's why this gets me so angry -- every time george zimmerman is a trending topic on twitter, every time his name pops up on the news, every time he takes up any real estate in my brain at all -- it's a reminder that he's a free man who can do whatever dumb (bleep) he wants, while trayvon martin doesn't get to grow up. (applause) so tonight i'm thinking about you, treyvon, and not the asshole that killed you. and george zimmerman... you can go to hell. (applause) oh, and actually, on that subject, let's go live to hell to see how this news is being received. (cheers and applause) thanks for joining us, satan. very nice of you. >> thanks for having me, toots. >> larry: toots? d.c. police down here, pal. >> larry: oh. by the way, loved you at the corporate dinner. edgy stuff. >> larry: thanks, i guess. what's the reaction to this zimmerman story been like down the

the smithsonian folk festival is under way and consider it the opening act in a weekend chock full ofvents. the security analysts maintain we don't need to stay home per se but we should stay aware in light of the fact that isis has america as a top target. >> as they continue to find the vulnerables in the security systems that we have, know where your exits are and family is and communicate with authorities if you see something suspicious. >> dc police sent a statement saying they will have an enhanc s the weekend. and people attending the big concert, they will face screenings to get on the national mall. it is a pretty lengthy list of road closures ahead of the event. larry miller will keep you post and you can find that information on our wusa 9 mobile app. >>> we wanted to pass this along to you. metro just released its service plan for july 4th. and trains will operate from 7:00 a.m. until midnight. and if you're going to the national mall, the smithsonian station will be open. but metro recommends you use other stations, knowing just how crowded that one, at least should be. >

but the letter began to say, what happened to the smithsonian i loved. it used to be a place that celebrated america. that looked at the achievements in our history in a very positive way. and now, your museum will raise issues that are better not remembered. then writing a line that i always keep, he said, after all, don't you know that america's greatest strength is its ability to forget. so a lot of us are out of a job. but he went on in the letter to talk about how it was horrible to build a national culture and those like me should be fired from the smithsonian, but he did sign it, best wishes for your continued success. but in many ways, the letter raises issues about whose memories, whose history does one privilege. how can public history, how can museums, historic sites, really change the sort of long held historical frameworks and historical imaginations, historical memories held by our pub lick publics. i was struck more by something that happened in 2012. we just had president obama's speech for the ground breaking and i was walking to the muse

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on july 1, the smithsonian air and space museum will commemorate anniversary. and un-american artifacts -- upin 1976, we were wrapping a golden age of human exploration with the apollo missions to the moon and we were launching into the first golden age of planetoid exploration with the missions of the 1970's to mars and the outer planets. we are now in another golden age of planetoid -- planetary exploration, particularly on mars. >> we tour the museum with the head of the space department and we learned about the story of human space exploration, from the moon to mars. and at 8:00 on the presidency, the former deputy assistant to president reagan and author of the book, "true reagan." thishave come to see that, relates again to president nexen, that a great -- nixon, that a great leader is a person that can discern the future and lead a people to it and threw it. >> for the complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. obama ononth president lgbt right and activism in his weekly address. then senator richard burr response, focusing -- response, focu

jonathan: stolen letter written in 1875, was taken from the smithsonian 30 plus years ago. w it's back. look at the signature. can you tell who wrote it? the story behind the century old letter up next. jonathan: breaking news in newsroom now. a blue angels crash that took place in tennessee. michelle: chris papst is in the newsroom with the images coming in from the scene. chris? chris: the condition of the pilot and the people on the ground, we don't know that yet. we are wait information. this happened at 3:00 in the afternoon. blue angels crashed after take-off for a practice show for this weekend in nashville, tennessee. this is nashville, tends, the city. we are a few miles southeast of the city. pictures coming in from the people on the ground watching this. this picture taken after it was crashed. this is a magnificent picture of what the scene did look like. afterwards, you can see the plume of smoke rising up in the air. people are calling out the blue angels plane crashes as we watch in nashville, tennessee. we have video from the helicopter over the scene. if we

the smithsonian's air and space museum will commemorate its 40th anniversary and sunday on "american artifacts" -- in 1976, we'll wrapping up a golden age of human exploration weh the apollo mission, and were wrapping up with the missions to mars and the outer planets. we are now in another golden age of planetary exploration, particularly on mars. tour -- we tour with natalie o'neill. , author james rosebush of the book "true reagan: what made ronald reagan great and why it matters." see that -- this relates to president nixon -- a great leader of character is a toson who has the ability observe the future and lead people to it and threw it -- through it. for the full schedule, go to www.c-span.org. britain'siscussion on decision to leave the european union. from this morning's "washington journal," this is 40 minutes. host: our guest is daniel griswold. program on the american economy and globalization where he served as codirector. thank you so much for joining us today. guest: i'm very glad to be with you. host: we are trained the conversation to brexit. we want to talk about the

this happenede near the museum of natural history today.stor you can see what happened here to the smithsonian sign. it was the middle of the the afternoon. a lot of people walking and wal driving in this area.s a truly verifying situation v because this hads not your typical tree branch.tree take a look at this thing so bio and so heavy that the crews working outer here for hoursou today weren't able to clear it t way. people who witnessed this come down realized moch work it could have been. >> when i saw that tree fall i i thought for sure someone was probably killed: educate witnesses say the snapping bark sounded like gunshots. gunsh >> it went pop pop pop. >> reporter: out of nowhere, timber and leaves over street signs stoplights, crashing down right on to constitution avenue. >> that's where it got everyone started screaming and running in which ever dreck. >> they were about 50 feet away. they watched people scatter thet joined the crowd running back toward the treatment realizing t someone was trapped. >> i think there was like maybee 30 or 40 people trying to push it up to try to ge

1976 the smithsonian's national air and space museum opened its doors to the public with president gerald ford on hand for the dedication. friday is the 40th anniversary of the museum and american history tv's live coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we will follow live events at the front of the building. learn more about the museum as we talk with its director and curator. and you can join the conversation as we will be taking your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets. 6:00 friday evening on c-span3's american history tv. c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next a look at our recent visit to nashville, tennessee. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> we're here at the tennessee state library archives in nashville, tennessee. this is the chief repository of tennessee's history. there are 3 presidents who stayed at tennessee. the earliest is andrew jackson, one of his successors, james k. polk, and a president that succeeded abraham lincoln, andrew johnson. we'll be looking today at some of the items in our collect

announcer: the smithsonian national air and space museum opened on july 4, 1976. leading up to the anniversary, we are showing a series of massive films. up next, planet mars. the film includes an overview of masses maryland flybys of the 1971lanet between 1964 and and the viking mission that landed in 1976. >> fantastic. >> we have a test of 12 hours, 12 minutes, 07 decibel one seconds. >> very well done. outstanding navigation. everybody is fabulous and could not be more pleased. thank you. seconds after landing, one of the two cameras was initiated and scanned the first pictures --the martian service surface. >> at about a half mile later, lines one first seven the tv monitor and you could see gray and white light levels. we knew there was something there. !> that is a beautiful rock >> and all of a sudden, we were looking at the surface of mars and it was clear. not dusty. it was sharp. in, when we got to the end of that first picture was the dust and small pebbles in the foot paths. -- it was a miracle. announcer: in an instant, the picture was wiped off the t

i have a friend of mine that works the smithsonian. back he took me behind the scenes and pulled out a drawer, it was muhammad ali's robe. >> that's awesome. >> that will be part of this. >> i'm not sure part of this exhibit or another exhibit in 2018, but nonetheless, they have it there. neat to see what's coming out. >> amazing. >>> good museum day, because it's just -- so humid outside. my goodness. >> sticky, cloudy. we've got rain in the forecast. not only this afternoon, but also through the overnight and then through much of tomorrow, unfortunately. but next week looks fantastic. go ahead and get to the news at the seven day. unsettled weekend ahead and boy is it hot and humid. next week looks pretty much summing everything up again. i want to let you know that the week of monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday of next week, i mean, it's going to be southern california-type weather around here. not today, though. difficult d.c. weather. waking up to temperatures right around 70 degrees with fog in place. stickiness will st

. >>> it's an exhibit never seen before and it's coming to one of the smithsonian museums on the national mall. in october the sackler gallery will have an exhibit that represents a broad range of countries and eras. there are believed to be some as old as the early 8th and 7th centuries. >>>bly bring on the heat. tom is upda the week ahead. >>> and unique honor for a fallen prince william county police officer. the creative way her memory will liven. o >>> great day for the pga golf tournament going on in bethesda for the final round today, afternoon temperatures will be ge and upper 80s. if you'll be out there in the gallery, make sure you have the sunblock on, have a the hat and low humidity will be with us through the afternoon. so it will be comfortable in the shade. and the light winds will not have a problem with those long tee shots, that should be all right. just wind around 5 to 10 miles per hour. a look at maybe stronger winds here tomorrow and your fourth of july forecast doing right up. >>> and the republican and democratic conventions are quickly approaching and there is a l

announcer: this weekend on american artifacts, we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum in washington, d.c., to see the artifacts that tell the story of air and space exploration. p is preview. >> when children look at this spacecraft, they say that doesn't look like a spaceship and because we tend to think spacecraft are always streamlined and maybe they look like rockets more than anything else. spacecraft has an interesting design. in many ways, it is fairly primitive given the job it had to do. to be streamlined on the outside because it was not going to operate in the atmosphere. it would only operate in the vacuum of space. and it would not be subject to strong gravitational field on the moon. it is actually fairly flimsy in some areas. the legs are obviously strong. enginent to the rocket is strong. but the craft itself and particularly the crew cabin was fairly spartan. it had to windows. two windows. standing,em were fully suited in their space suits. they pretty much filled that interior volume in that position with the space suits on a it was not really design

this is american history tv only c-span 3. 1976, the smithsonian ational air and space museum opened gerald ford on hand. anniversary 40th and american history tv live p.m. ge starts at 6:00 eastern on c-span 3. we will tour the museum and see ne of a kind aviation and says artifacts including spirit of st. louis. and live events. the museum as t we talk with the director kenny j.r. daily jeremy and valley neal. the conversation and we will take phone calls, e-mails and tweets. anniversary of the smithsonian air and space museum on c-span 3 g tv.rican history >> >> next, author garland tucker iii talks about his book "conservative heroes." leaders in his book have shaped conservative thinking from the time of the founders to the modern era. this was recorded at the john locke foundation in raleigh, north carolina. it is about 50 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. you.afternoon to welcome, everyone. and a special welcome to those watching us

of ulysses s grant and the origins of the lost cause. 40ththe approach of the anniversary of the smithsonian air and space museum, we will show a series of nasa films. we will look at the 1966 film, science reporter. a couple of our earlier models. this is the mercury suit. after the mercury suit is the gemini. this is a suit very similar to this, in fact identical to this was warned by white in his extravehicular excursions. >> it does look different from that gemini suit. >> it is one of our earlier models of the apollo suit. >> tracing the development of spacesuits. 6:00, curator at jeremy kenny takes us on a tour of the smithsonian air and space museum to show some of the one-of-a-kind artifacts in the quest to go farther, higher and faster. miles inlue the 3600 33 hours from new york to paris. pilot,an unknown male his goal was to win the prize of $25,000 for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. what it represents in the theory of aviation is transformation of the airplane from what the wright brothers created and how it transitioned over the 20's and 30's to what we would c

the 50th anniversary of the smithsonian folk life festival. kick off today and runs through july 4th. second phase picks up through july 7th. and will run through the 10th. >>> we are just getting started on wusa 9news at 5:00. we hear from an a.u. student who says the school mishandled her sex assault case. >>> and how can we make metro better? what many of you are saying one day re hour town hall special. >>> and right after the break. donald trump wants to bring back water boarding. what the candidates are saying about terror, after >>> on the campaign trail, talk about terror in the deadly attack on istanbul. donald trump called americans weak for not doing more to stop terrorism. he says america needs to bring back water boarding. >> i like it a lot. i don't think it's tough enough. so we can't do water boarding, but they can do, chopping off heads, drowning people in cages, they can do whatever they want to do. >> i understand why people are frustrated and even fearful. but don't look for easy answers and misleading cannot deliver what yo

. >>> the smithsonian boat life festival is open on the national mall. the theme of this year's festival is resilient community. visitors can explore the vast culture that spans northern spain and southern france and the diverse traditions of southern california. the festival runs until july 4th. and then again from july 7th. >>> another steamy one for us today. >> not so steamy today. >> yeah. dew points in the 50s. yesterday bawas >> that's the barometer, right? >> that is the barometer. really is. it will start to get steamy as we go through the rest of the week. and by fourth of july, yeah, a typical fourth of july. let's talk about the 3-degree guarantee. we're in good shape. temps did not exactly shoot up today. we went 85 for a high. we'll let you know how we did tonight at 11:00. 81 right now. just almost perfect. i mean, for the tail end of june here. about as nice as it gets here. humidity only 42%. dew points in the 50s. remember yesterday? dew points were in the 70s. that's miserable. duplicates in the 50s. that's good. winds west/northwest a

the smithsonian and national air and space museum celebrating a milestone by unveiling new a renovating milestones, a flight gallery, the boeing milestones of flight will now boast an interactive touchscreen display, the uss enterprise from star trek and a lunar module like the one that lande celebration of the museum's 40th anniversary. space, open floor hopefully it is lighter and more attractive and more inviting, not to say the other was not. we are in the future. we now have a lot more exhibits along the walls. free-floating exhibits. jummy: the museum will hold a special ceremony for the exhibit on friday night at 8:30 and hold activities throughout the exhibit until 10:00. coming up, the fight against the zika virus waged in montgomery county, we will tell you about a new multimillion dollar effort. >> i have been to the emergency room. jummy: a viral video that cost a babysitter her job, she is telling her side of the story. jummy: the badly damaged fight it are recorded from egyptair flight 804 have been repaired, egyptian investigators said the memory chips of the black boxes

conversation and we will take your phone calls, e-mails and tweets through the ported anniversary of the smithsonian national air and space is you live friday evening meeting at 6:00 eastern on c-span three american history tv. one-on-one conversation with democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders. he talks about the presidential race, his own campaign and what

they have used the emergency protocols and had people go in the smithsonian museum because of inclement weather. in the last 25 years they have not canceled the fireworks because of a weather situation. live there the national mall, richard reeve, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, richard. the abc7 instapoll is up and running tonight. we want to know how concerned you are about security for july fourth. weigh in now on wjla.com/votenow. you will also find a guide on what you should know i mall on the 4th. that is on wjla.com. leon? leon: there was no shortage of concern this morning. for 90 minutes fear this morning after someone reported seeing a gunman at joint base andrews. >> the messages that were coming through on my phone were this is not a drill. this is real. if you are on base, shelter in place. if you are trying to get on base, turn around and leave immediately. leon: that call triggered an immediate response as the police swarmed the area, searching for a gunman. but it all turned out to be a false alarm. blamed in part on simple miscommunication. tonight many are questioning h

. >>> a mistake at the smithsonian has come to life. boxing gloves have been on in play in in now, theyhe acknowledged the mistake, it has then then its review process. >> maybe their from another fight, i don't know i don't know. surprising. >>> all right. what are we doing next still ahead to do i read this. your children are they always on their phones well if you answered yes we have a few tips to help them unplug and ease teak a did kicks. >>> it was big day for, the press and first lady took a back seat to their daughter malia.ia. >> going to reach hottest days of theea season so far i'll let you know how long its going to stick around stay with us . into it is a problem that is all too common these days teenagerse and children addicted to electronics. >> get their children unplug, lydia has the story. >> reporter: for many children the flow that lights up theirhts faces now comes from theirir electronic device, especially their cell phones. >> more than 10 feet away from it, its my life line i don't know what i would do without it

at the smithsonian museum of american history. e museum acquired a pair of ali's boxing gloves back in 1976, and they've been on display at the museum ever since. people we talked to today said they took a few extra seconds to pause in front of the gloves to remember ali's contributions to sports and society. >> boxing's never been the same, i don't think, since he was the champ. i remember as a kid. i'm 53. i remember him as a kid. just amazing how he commanded the media, how he commanded everything. >> you can take a look at some of muhammad ali's most memorable quotes on the nbc washington app just by searching "ali." police department simultaneously called to an apartment fire in langley park last night. just moments ago police told us that fire may have been started by a man accused of assaulting his fiancee. darcy spencer is live in langley park tonight with new details we're just getting into the newsroom. darcy? >> reporter: well, erika, this fire caused a lot of damage. let's show you that damage right here. you can see a

after the flyover the aircraft proceeded to the smithsonian udvar-hazy center near dulles airport. they will be on display there tomorrow. you couldn't ask for better weather today. big change from this time yesterday when a hailstorm blew through the area. the clean up still underway in middleburg. it destroyed several cars and homes. residents reported seeing hail two inches in diameter. alison: middleburg seemed to be the target. >> the one family, eight of the cars were all where the windows broken out. alison: if it's anything like today it's perfect. steve: it will be even better. this looks good in ocean city. water temperature on the chilly side. lower to middle 70's saturday and sunday. you can extend the weekend by a day. 65 to 70 degrees. temperatures closer to town in the lower 80's north and east of d.c. cooler south and west of us. luray, culpeper, fredericksburg in the middle 70's. the cloud cover stick around for the rest of us. middle clear. lower 60 it in downtown d.c. so any plans that you have tomorrow morning to exercise or grab a cup of coffee, go to the farmer

at 10:00, with the approach of the 40th anniversary of the smithsonian museum in july, real american will showcase a series of nasa films. we will look at the 1966 film "science reporter: suited for space." >> some of our earlier models. this is the l shepherd suit. this is the mercury suit. this is the gemini. this is a suit very similar to this. identical to this was worn by white in his extravehicular excursions. >> it does look quite a bit different than the gemini suit. tracing the development of spacesuits from the mercury program to the apollo moon mission. that is sunday evening at 6:00 -- we go on a tour of the smithsonian air and space museum. , in may 1927,ne flu 3600 miles in 33.5 hours from new york to paris, flown by charles lindbergh, an unknown male pilot. his goal was to take the $25,000 prize for the first nonstop flight from new york to paris. that was the in the test for the flight. the it represents in history of aviation is part of the telling of the airplane and transformation of the airplane from what the wright brothers created and how it transition to what we

this week, the opening of the smithsonian's air and space museum. leading up to the july 1 america willreel be showing films. next, science reporter: food for space travelers. this is a 1966 nasa tv program, one of 13 produced in cooperation with massachusetts institute of technology. announcer: when john glenn god hungry during his flight, he popped a pill from his helmet into his mouth. than he actually needed for the 4.5 hours in orbit. it was to prove whether or not to a man could really eat while on a mission. it was more sophisticated the in the brown paper bag and thermos diet, and to the early in-flight feeding. have been hard at work studying and developing needs and measuring their effect upon man. the problem even for short a problem. been as we launch longer flights into space, new situations must be dealt with. how space food scientists are doing this is our story today on science reporter. ♪ john: hello, i am jon fitch, m.i.t. science reporter. we are at the national aeronautics and space administration where they are researching the ca

. >> reporter: paris may have the louvre and washington the smithsonian, but quaint little austin, minnesota the mona lisa of luncheon meat. >> spamtastic. >> reporter: the spam museum is a slice of america. the delight made right here in austin for nearly 80 years has fueled everyone from our troops fighting overseas to our families around the dinner table. >> cold or hot, spam hits the spot. >> when i eat it, it reminds me of home. >> spam is part of america. >> spam is simple ingredients, pork, water, salt sugar, sodium nitrate, that cease it. >> reporter: it's up to you what you do with it. spam oriental bites spam bites, spam cheesecake. it's sold in more than 40 countries. >> we're spamming the globe is what we like to say here in austin, minnesota. >> reporter: british funny guys monte python immortalize the stuff. all this talk of spam has made us a tad peckish. >> sam fries and a spam burger. >> reporter: so it's across the street for a bite of deep fried spam. >> deep fried spam. >> it's a spamful. >> reporter: back at the museum, samples to the faithfully. proof this spam is no fl

. >>> the milestones of flight gallery has reopened in the smithsonian space museum. e newly interactive exhibit hall features the. ss enterprise from star tech and the one that landed on the moon. and on friday, the air and space museum celebrates the 40th birthday by staying open all night. >>> coming up, on wusa 9 news at noon, more problems for the summer games. a multimillion dollar lab designed to make sure olympic athletes don't cheat is suddenly shut down. we will have details ahead. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mrs. wagner's car to arrive for the airport, she can use fios to download the movie "up in the air" to watch while she's...up in the air. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and downloads speeds, ne. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. >>> ikea, the

the annual smithsonian folk life festival is under way at the national mall. two week long festivals highlight the years in basque region of spain and france and california. ♪ >> reporter: music. a conga line of masks. and more music at the opening of the 50th year of the folk life festival. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> reporter: over two weeks diverse communities from california and the basque region that straddles spain and france. elizabeth perk of howard county is happy. she's a first american. her mother is basque. >> people don't know what basque people are. >> reporter: inside the marketplace the festival was a sharp contrast from the troubles of the world. >> to celebrate what we have in common and learn from each other. smrks smithsonian organizers say there is a simple message for all. >> how the communities rejuvenate. how do they sustain themselves. >> we are working closely with security both at the smithsonian and national park service. we feel confident we are well prepared. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4. >> an attack at a d.c. day care and

this week marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of the smithsonian's air and space museum. leading up to the july 1 celebration, "reel america" will be showing a series of nasa films. up next, "science reporter: food for space travelers." a half-hour 1966 nasa tv program, one of 13 produced in cooperation with massachusetts institute of technology and wgbh boston. this program deals with the problem of feeding astronauts in weightless and on the anticipated long-duration missions of the apollo program. announcer: when john glenn got hungry during his flight, he simply lifted the visor on his helmet and popped a pill from his helmet into his mouth. this was more than he actually needed for the 4.5 hours in orbit. it was to prove whether or not to a man could really eat while in the early in-flight feeding. food scientists have been hard at work studying and developing needs and measuring their effect upon man. the problem even for short flights has been a problem. as we launch longer flights into space, new situations must be dealt with. how space food scientists are doing th

the smithsonian is celebrating this museum's 40th anniversary with the newly renovated exhibits opening the cong weeks. > very cool. it's right here in our own backyard and we can go and see it any time we want.ant it's time for a staycation.ycat my husband started doing that into the too long ago, visitingn landmarks that we saw as kids. thank you, sue, thank you guys for joining us tonight. we will see you tonight at 10. tmz is next. and we just couldn't say thno to that face.ns then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. >> today on "tmz" -- >> lil wayne is back on lean and i hate to say this, but this story is going the way of prince. >> lil wayne had make an emergency landing in his

. >> happening today the smithsonian museum of american history is hosting naturalization ceremony. > people will become u.s. citizens today. also happening during the ceremony founder and ceo of amazon will be hond order and museum is presenting with james smith bicentennial medal honoring business leaders. >> council on islamic relations is releasing a report titled confronting fear and talks of negative impact of islamic phobia on american communities and the report shows that more than 200 million was provided to 33 islamic phobic groups nationwid care is the organization dedicated to enhancing understanding of islam. >> happening today get a free skin care screening on capitol hill. >> 10:30 to 1 rayburn gold run independence avenue southwest. general public and staff are able to get a fuel screening. mike schmidt will be here. he survived stage three melanoma. that is the deadliest form of skin cancer. if spotted early it's treatabl treatable. >> bill murray is honored with the nation's top prize for comedy. kennedy sent area announced murray will thb year's recipient of the mar

it broke down at the smithsonian and federal center steps, but those systems will be back online tomorrow. help others navigate the maintenance work. download that free wusa9 app. >>> a local firefighter and his young son are in the hospital again for a second truck. >> brayden bam a firefighter a month ago, now he's learning what it really means to be a part of the fire family. >> reporter: brayden is supposed to be working in this fire house today. he's on the schedule, his gear is here, but he's not. >> he has been, had surgery the night of. goes in for surgery tomorrow. >> reporter: his wife works in the operating room of a pennsylvania hospital, but even with that kind of experience, she says the past 24 hours unbearable. >> reporter: he left his job at a carpenter, and joined the fire department in september of 2015. once he finished all of the training, they assigned him his one month has been impressive. >> reporter: the details of monday night are still murky. >> i know he was involved an accident. >> reporter: his wife says her husband ran an errand with their 1-year-old son in

. >>> here in dc muhammad ali made two big donations to the smithsonian. pete takes us there where one has big crowds today. >> reporter: dorothy's red slippers and the original elmo for now are pale in comparison to this. >> he was a champ. >> he was a legend. >> he was the greatest. >> reporter: these are muhammad ali's gloves. they're on display in the american history museum's exhibition. >> it's cool to pay our respects and remember who he was. >> reporter: visitors are flocking to the display. the cobs came here from cincinnati. >> i grew up and idolized him. a great hero, american hero. >> we need to tell our children that you define who you and that's what muhammad ali did. he defined himself as the greatest. >> as he donated the gloves in 1976, ali said one day they'd be the most famous thing here. and today it's certainly true. >> amazing to see his gloves especially on this special day when he passed. it makes you reflect on the greatness he's done in his history. >> reporter: the greatest of all time memorialized here for all time. >> it's just

if you are headed to the national mall the smithsonian station will be open, just know it will be awfully crowded. so you may want to walk a little bit. be sure to join us tomorrow at 7:00 for a live metro special. i will be hosting an hour long town hall style event. the agency's new boss will be right here with us along with local leaders and commuters just like you. post on our facebook page or twitter with the hash tag wusa9. >>> we're working hard to make this happen. >>> for another show coming up this weekend or monday, how is it looking for the july 4th festivities. >> it hasn't changed anything. remember, nothing is in stone but right now for the 4th and that's when the celebrations are going to be at the mall, just know there will be thunderstorms in the area. we're not telling you that to cancel your plans just yet. just kind of be fluid and stay with us and one way you can be with us is download our app. you can track the thunderstorms right along with our radar and of course 7 day outlook. we will come back and talk about the holiday weekend in a bit. >>> now to the child's c

a pair of his boxing gloves are on display at the smithsonian museum of american history. play since 1986. people visiting saturday say they took an extra second in front of the gloves to remember ali's contributions to sports and society. >> boxing has never been the same i don't think since he was the chachl. i remember as a kid, i'm 53, and i remember him as a kid and it was amazing how he commanded the media, how he commanded everything. >> and you can take a look at some of muhammad ali's most quotable quotes on the nbc washington app. >>> we could get a vote as early as tuesday to raise the minimum wage in the district to $15 an hour. according to the "washington post," under a proposal by mayor bowser, the district would join new york and california in their efforts in leaving the $10.50 minute hum waning federal minimum wage of $7.25 paid to workers will 21 states including virginia. >> a new report says that several youth and detention facility lack supervision, treatment and educational opportunities. the report was put out in may by the attorney general's office.