jang, cbs news, washington. >> for 100 years, first ladies have donated their inaugural gowns to the smithsonian but the decision to continue that tradition is totally up to mrs. trump. she has not given any clues about who she is working with to create the dress. on election night, she wore a jumpsuit by ralph lauren. >>> well, if you can't be in washington, dc on inauguration day you can still get up close and personal with the president- elect. or his likeness at least. before president-elect donald trump moves into the white house, this wax figure of him will be moving into madam toussaud's, the artists were making final touches on the sculpture today before its debut on inauguration day. they will be unveiling figures of president-elect trump at the museum in new york, washington, dc, and orlando. >>> heavy rain and severe storms moved through southeast texas this afternoon causing dangerous flooding. you can see parts of houston are completely flooded. rising waters forced some drivers to leave their cars behind. and a good samaritan came to this houston bus driver's rescue. she climbed ou

. >> how does the smithsonian get these dresses quick. > in 1812 to solicit to ask if they have something to give to this collection. the first person to date of -- bodoni her own was sawhorses taft so now a letter is sent to the secretary's office to mrs. romp we will introduce -- trump and we will introduce ourselves and the collectionand ask if she would be so generous to dinner -- a donate a piece of clothing we are happy to have anything but the public is fascinated with the inaugural gown spirit as any then refused to have you been nable? >> the only first lady that refused was edith roosevelt when it was first established anything she thought that might be silly but she also said she

he donated and it is in the smithsonian. is a president and first lady dancing here and the building again. you could see the military honor guard in the background. it is interesting, in the foreground we can see people taking pictures. that is what it looks like. that is the story of the national building museum, how it the to be an installed in pension building. its purpose is to celebrate the built world, and how that built world started out as a government office building has come to represent the inaugural events of each president for the last 40 years. next on american history tv, we look at the history of white house transitions with terry walters, former white house chief usher from 1980 62 2000 seven. he talks about the work of the

this is the front of the capitol faci facing toward the smithsonian mall and capitol house. this morning answering question webs amy harder shows the scene in the confirmation hearing for epa pick scott pruitt. where coal miners and activists sended up sitting together. here are questions mr. pruitt faced from senator bernd. >> my office has received a great deal of items from people in the state of vermont which takes environmental protection very seriously, as well as all over the country. my fear is mr. pruitt is a nomination designed to protect the fossil fuel industry and not the environment. i would like to ask mr. pru ate questi pru ate question. as i understand it, you said mr. trump is wrong in stating over and over again that climate change is in fact a hoax. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> as you may know, some 97% of scientists who have written articles for peer-reviewed journals have sited that climate change is real and caused by human activity and is already causing devastating problems in our country and around the world. do you believealready causing d probl

louis came to the smithsonian in 1928. and it was stored and on display in the arts and industries building where it was hanging over the traditional oak and glass cases and other objects, not just aviation artifacts. so it was there more or less over the years on display in the arts and industries. but what you can still see today, that was -- this in a lot of ways, this building was intended to put the spirit of st. louis in that very important spot in the milestones of flight gallery display. >> think about this for a moment as we listen to dave from new york. but what questions, what things are unanswered in terms of aviation history history? think about that. let's go to dave in new york. >> hi, jeremy, just had a question, two questions, actually. i visited the museum in 1976. and i remember it very well when it first opened. how have the artifact, have any of them degraded over the past 40 years? that's my first question. the second question is what is on your most wanted list as far as things that you want to collec

things i am doing now is i go to the smithsonian museum of american history. part of it to her is we have actuals of the surrender. those are at the smithsonian. the table, if anyone has seen the show mercy street. atwas a furniture maker mission green. he was portrayed on the show, he made the table. >> thank you. the only thing you missed about l.a. i'm sure. [laughter] very short questions. i want to continue on that but i will stop. you look at the roles of joshua chamberlain? grant the next stay for the surrender ceremony that took place. he appointed joshua chamberlain, he gave him instruction in the spirit of reconciliation. that is what joshua chamberlain tried to do. that is another moving example, here is the thing. newnow that the confederate they had to give up their arms, they were not happy. they did not embrace that. the overwhelming feeling was, this is over. we do not have to die. at least in battle. that was a relief. from letters written at the time from confederate soldiers, we know that many of them appreciated that they were not humiliated

sunny arrived at the virginia zoo last may from the smithsonian's conservation biology institute in front royal. she's 19-months-old. by the way, another red panda named rusty was reported missing from the national zoo back in 20-13. that panda turned up hours later in adams morgan. http://virginiazoo.org/2017/ 01/virginia-zoo-red-panda- missing-habitat/ at xx time for weather. toss to eileen feeling mild near 60 - super nice for late january - cold front moves through early thursday - temps fall off & winds pick up again - back to winter this weekend today: mostly sunny and mild highs: 55-60 winds: west/southwest 5-10 mph thursday: mostly cloudy to partly sunny, breezy highs: 52-57, feeling chilly with wind winds: west 10-20mph, gusts 30-35 coming up-- since his time in then white house is over-- a game company is offering president obama a new job. but it's definately not politically correct. we'll expain.. coming up. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half a

rusty lives at the smithsonian conservation biology institute in front royal. the entire habitat has been rebuilt for security. larry: every time i hear the stories i think of requested madagascar." they are on metro somewhere. rolling around. alison: the red pandas are sneaky. larry: ask the penguins. they will know. if you have seen the movie. cute addition to the smithsonian national zoo. the animal is doing well and bonding with mom. at 33 years old, kara is the oldest gray seal to give birth in a zoo. yesterday the pup weighed 37 pounds. alison: look at that face. adorable. larry: i love that. the bronx zoo has a way to creep out the valentine. alison: if that is what you are going for. it can name a madagascar, speaking of that, hissing cockroaches in honor of someone for valentine's day. the zoo started in 2011 to raise money for the wildlife conservation society. so for just $10, you can have a certificate e-mailed to someone telling them an insect from the world's largest roach species has been named after them. larry: after all, what says i love you li

that was the end of it until we also found out that the smithsonian american museum of collection of these, not the entire collection. it is a nice sized collection of this artwork, though. many of us tumbled out to washington dc, curators were very kind and knowledgeable. they showed as many original pieces of artwork. it was stunning. back,e time we got someone would look at the photograph and i was going to write about it. that is how we started out. one of the people working closely with me had other things he wanted to work on. he left in the middle of the project. but that is ok. that is a little stumble, we carried on fairly well. the stumble was, i have so much material to work with for this one artist. the cause of the way i went about it. it to be a long, long time to get through it. finished and the article was locked, i was breathlessly waiting for responses from the public saying yes, now, tell me that you like it. tell me anything. there was nothing. there was no response at all. i said why am i doing this? a few weeks later i committed to doing it. i said i was going to

the other at the smithsonian. >>> the surprise of his life. this was a sweet moment to watch. vice president joe biden got to the white house yesterday with president obama surprising him and draping an historic metal around his neck. awarded him the presidential metal of freedom with distinction. highest honor. born in scranton. lives in new castle county. leave office next week. he and the president exchanged compliments to cap off eight years of working together. >> i can say i was part of, part of the journey of a remarkable man who did remarkable things for this country. >> this is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service. >> both the president and vice president referred to each other as my brother. >>> outgoing delaware governor, jack markell, has laid out recommended budget and folks in the first state potentially could face several tax hikes and cuts to services. state has $350 million deficit. one of the proposed tax hikes is on cigarette, cost a dollar more a pack: one item on the chopping block, funding for paramedics. markell leaves off

. >>> on inauguration day, the smithsonian museums welcome visitors in normal hours. regularly scheduled tours and public programs will be canceled because of crowds. the smithsonian has participated in inauguration since the 1800s. >>> a sea of pink hats will fill d.c. streets the day after inauguration, but these hats have kitten ears. this is part of the women's march on washington. the pink represents women's rights and they're also in reference to trump's comments on the leekdz access hollywood tape where he talked about grabbing women. knitters who cannot make it to the march are shipping hats to d.c. >> these are hats from all over the world. we've had denmark, belgium, japan, australia, canada. >> d.c. council member charles allen says there have been more bus permits issued for the women's march than for president-elect trump's inaugurati inauguration. about 200 bus parking permits have been issued for the swearing in compared to about 1800 for the women's march. >>> on the heels of president obama's farewell address, the first lady made her final late night

the smithsonian made advance passes for than a day. you can still try to get some of the same-day passes online. every morning at 6:30. or in person at 1:00 p.m. on weekdays. advance time passes for the month of may will be available on the 1st of february. >>> driving around reverse could soon get a lot easier if you use wave. the navigation app is teaming up with the virginia department of transportation to share information. that means drivers will now have access to more comprehensive traffic data, including construction zones and incidents reported by the site. in turn, waves will share its anonymous data with v-dot. >>> next time you head to ruston town center be ready to pay when you park. the center's new initiative started this week. a limited number of restaurants and businesses say they'll offer validation. there's also now an app you can use on your smartphone to pay for parking. the town center originally planned to implement paid parking in ste tenants. >>> speaking of parking, it's going to be at a premium on inauguration

up next, we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum, located on the national mall in washington, d.c. our tour guide is valerie neal, head of the space history department at the museum. who shows us artifacts that tell the story of space exploration, from the moon to mars. >> i'm valerie neal. we're in the boeing milestones of flight hall at the center of the museum. this is the hall where we display the spacecraft that transformed the modern world. when this museum opened in july of 1976, almost every space artifact on display had recently been in the news. this was very much a museum of contemporary space flight and it was for most people their first chance to see what had been lauded in the 1960s and early 1970s during this heroic age of space exploration. when the united states and soviet union began spending craft out to explore the nearby planets, all the of this was exciting, thrilling and people just flocked into the museum to see it. in the 40 years since the building opened, we have continued to acquire trurz of spa treasures of space history. we have thousands of arti

it has been on display at the smithsonian's natural history museum. rter: the story of the foxfire diamond began 2 billion years ago when it was forced by fire and forces deep beneath the earth. now the largest uncut diamond from north america is being studied by scientists at the national museum of natural history. >> it looks like a lump of coal. -- of quartz. >> i think a lot of people would agree with you but i'm sure a lot of people who saw that laying along the side of the road would not even think about picking it up. reporter: diamonds as army -- are as mysterious as meaty rice, both travel through time and -- as serious as meteorites. both travel through time and space to offer clues about the origins of the universe. most are destroyed by the volcanic action that propels them to the earth's surface. >> we know by looking at these flat surfaces, there was more to this diamond at one time. that during either this violent ascent or the mining operation, something cause this diamond to be broken. these flat faces are the broken cleavage services.

up next the smithsonian air and space museum. our tour guide is valerie neil, head of the space history department at the museum who shows us artifacts that tell the story of space exploration from the moon to mars. >> i'm valerie neal. we're in the boeing milestones of flight hall at the center of the museum. and this is the hall where we display the pioneering aircraft and spacecraft that transform the modern world. when this museum opened in july of 1976, almost every space artifact on display had recently been in the news. this was very much a museum of contemporary space flight. and it was for most people their first chance to see what had been lauded in the 1960s and early 1970s during this heroic age of space exploration when humans first ventured off the planet into space and all the way to the moon, when the united states and the soviet union began sending craft out to explore the nearby planets. all of this was exciting, thrilling, and people just flocked in to the museum to see it. in the 40 years since this building op

kate fleming works at the smithsonian. >> i don't really know the details about it yet. but i don't feel good about it. that's for sure. >> you're concerned? >> yeah. yeah. >> do you feel like you'd be short-staff federal you couldn't replace people? >> yeah. absolutely. >> the president's executive order freezes new hires outside of the military and national security. for the next 90 days, until the office of management and budget develops a plan to cut the size of the work force through attrition. >>> new at 6:00. tonight, a wait tress -- pate ress -- waitress and bus boys and poets. received a nice size, tip, way above 20%. >> nikki burdine said it came from someone the waitress did not expect. >> monday was a pretty average day for her. but by the end, she not only walked away with a nice tip, but a whole new perspective. >> i could tell from their attire, their hats. i'm like, you're not from the city. [ laughter ] >> reporter: rosalyn harris remembers the table as well. >> it's an interesting situation. because it is a liberal, democratic kind of feel to the entire

vernon square station city pentagon station and the smithsonian stations. the riders can expect rolling street closures when dignity tears -- there may be times where we may restrict actress to a metro station do to overcrowding or the stations my be an entrance only station or exit only station and we doing that to meter and flow to the crowd. safety is paramount. encourage anyone to go to our web site and also you can subscribe to our text alerts on gnawings addition which is potus and we'll have service upsets. captain glover from the metropolitan police department. >> thank you for allowing to us come out here and demonstrate to you all how personality it is in core collaboration. on behalf of the mayor and the chief, assistant chief and commander have been very instrumental and supportive of the process. we cannot do this in a box. we are encouraging our citizens to have patience. they have availability to all the mapping and closures, information on our d.c. government home page, www.dc.gov. there is lives that will take you to all that information. th

from the smithsonian national museum of african art in washington, d.c., i'm jeffrey brown for the pbs newshour. >> inskeep: finally, another installment in our brief but spectacular series where we ask interesting people to describe their passions. tonight, we hear from pianist jeanne stark. her career spans seven decades, from sold-out performances at carnegie hall to lincoln center and throughout the u.s. and europe. stark turns 91 this month and shares with us now her passion for music. >> i am born in belgium and what do you want to know about this? >> well, when did music enter your life? >> music entered my life before i knew it, my father, he walked around with me and, sang and then i stopped crying, and i smiled. he made up his mind, this is a musician. the queen elizabeth in belgium she was very fond of music, she decided that i should have a special scholarship because she felt that there was a lot of potential there. i made my debut in carnegie recital hall in the year 1959. my teacher was edwin berry. she never charged me for anything so i remember i asked i said thank you

that was the end of it until we also found out that the smithsonian american museum of history has a collection of these. they do not have the entire collection, but they have a nice sized collection of this artwork. toy of us went out washington, d.c., where the curators were very kind and knowledgeable. they showed us many pieces of this original artwork which was just stunning. but the time we got back, someone would look at the photographs and i was going to write about it. that is how we started out. it ended up that one of the people working closely with me had other things he wanted to work on. he kind of left in the middle of the project. then it was me, but that is ok. i was very interested in it. except for one little stumble, carried on fairly well. the stumble was i had so much material to work with for this one artist that it took me a long time to get through it. by the time i finished and the article was posted i was , breathlessly waiting for responses from the public saying yes, no, tell me that you like it. tell me anything. there was nothing. there was no response a

dheepthika: it is martin luther king day in the u.s., and donald trump was meant to spend the day in the smithsonian museum. he will not because he got into a war of words because the commerce man from georgia, who incidentally marched with martin luther king. john lewis sold that john lewis said that he does not think trump is a legitimate president, and that it will be almost impossible to work with him. trump reacted rather fiercely to those comments, saying that lewis was all talk and no action. ofple have taken a lot offense to those comments, lewis being a similar rights -- a civil rights hero. donald trump has canceled his visit, losing a much-needed chance for goodwill. annette: there's criticism from the cia director over comments about the u.s. intelligence agency. dheepthika: while donald trump has been prepared for his inauguration ceremony, the u.s. president-elect has been scolded johns scolded china and brennan lashed out at him over , calling them offenses. he says trump now has to do something concrete for national security. it is his opportunity as president, as opposed to talking

the smithsonian's american history museum tweeted it is collecting signs from the largest inaugural protest ever. new york magazine reports other museums and libraries across the u.s. are doing the same. so are some overseas. the oakland museum of california tweeted, thanking people who left signs at its community wall. >>> if you like beer, you may have this popular california brew in your fridge right now. the issue with the glass you'll want to know about. >>> it is the end of the road for the highway bump that tells you when you were drifting out of a lane. >>> just look at this. a woman trapped in her burning car. a police officer goes above and beyond to rescue her. that is all ahead. >>> first, this morning's tech bites. >> samsung reveals more details about what caused the galaxy note 7 smartphones to explode. >> the tech giant blaming battery manufacturing and design flaws for the fiasco. samsung was forced to recall the phones and stop production over the problem. >>> dubai has a fire fighting system for the waterfront that combines a jet ski and jet pack. >> the civil defense dir

professor clinton was on the committee -- excuse me -- the smithsonian summit for putting a woman on the american currency. and i'm sure she's going to share some of her experiences on that summit. so without further ado, catherine clinton. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> i do want to say it's so great to be here at the 101st meeting being here last year for the very rousing 100th celebration i was especially heartened by the recognition of african-american women's history, its inclusion and this panel today is something i'm very grateful for and very grateful to be able to come here and talk about a subject about which i'm so passionate. i want to contextualize a bit my role in this. when i began my doctoral degree in american history at princeton, it was celebrations of the u.s. by centennial. and working on african-american subjects. and on women's subjects during an era when they were teaching us the age of jackson was something quite a struggle. debora is laughing here because we know women's history hadn't cracked the curriculum. and she and i were engaged in populating a womenles

a new documentary airing later this month on the smithsonian channel -- >> in titanic the new evidencealists say a fire in the bunker which had been burning for days weakened the ship's structure making the iceberg crash more devastating. >> look at this anomaly in the hull. >> points to newly discovered photos of the ship taken before its yil-fated voyage with a mark on the hull of the ship. >> what do you think the mark in those images show? >> i'm convinced by what the scientists are telling me now is a deformity caused by a heat source. >> the fire itself is not a new discovery, but experts are divided over what role it played. in fact, park stevenson thinks because of the fire a lot of coal had to be moved to the other side of the titanic which after hitting the iceberg helped to stabilize the ship long enough to launch lifeboats. >> everyone who was saved from titanic in my view owes their lives to that coal bunker fire. >> 1500 lives were lost when the supposedly unsinkable ship did sink more than a century ago. a source of fascination ever since now with a new debate over wheth

. >> reporter: hundreds waited to get into the smithsonian national mall metro stop. ficers temporarily kept riders out working to maintain crowd control. on the inside, there was a strong security presence. >> very safe. very secure. lots of friendly people. lots of friendly police officers. we said thank you. >> reporter: crowded platforms. >> we decided to try to leave early. but had to wait probably 45 minutes to get onto a train. >> reporter: and for some, smooth sailing. >> great. just had to walk in and had our tickets. so, we are on our way. >> reporter: on the whole, riders were impressed with metro's service. but for one little girl, the train was moving a little too quickly. >> the train was too fast. >> reporter: that is a complaint most but in her defense, she could not reach the top step for support. it was slammed. only a handful of riders were able to squeeze into the car. everyone was shoulder to shoulder. >> all the years i have lived in washington, i have never seen the likes of this. >> reporter: despite the crowds, riders, shall we say, remained fe