. >> reporter: the airport is sending dna of the bird to the smithsonian to be checked to find out what bird was involved in this accident. >>> wow, scary moments. >> yes. >> let's check on the forecast now. >> the bat forecast. >> yes. >> the caped forecaster right here. sate bat channel, same bat forecast. looking at clear skies across the bay area now we have had clouds passing through but at the moment skies are mainly clear. looking along embarcadero from our roof top camera. temperatures 58 in san francisco. 60s in oakland low to mid 60s in redwood city. 54 in half moon bay. santa rosa. then low to mid 60s in novato. and one more live view, beautiful view looking west. you can see soon to be setting sun reflecting off bay waters this, is a forecast. partly cloudy skies. chilly in spots. breezy overnight. mainly sunny day too mild 66 inland. >> thank you. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 4:00 something else to be thankful for. how much it will cost you to serve at that turkey dinner. >> and this is melting hearts world wide. >> drivers in the east bay could be just hours from the ope

they were when we the last time this happened the smithsonian agreement one nine hundred seventy one and some subsequent meetings china was his around of course but it was not a big factor in the international monetary system this time they will be a player so what does that mean so look at the future of the international monetary system and thing. about what some of the alternatives would be the current dollar system now jim we have to go to break but you've got to stick around for us because coming up how realistic is a return to the gold standard jim rickards is going to stick around to talk about why such a shift in monetary or gene isn't so farfetched also with the greek islands at bargain basement prices is now the time to invest i mean who doesn't want a greek island owing to your own fears about homeric landscape it may be more of a headache and it's actually worth though rachel prisoners and i discussed this very matter in today's big deal and as we had to break here's a quick look at some of today's those numbers of the bell on that. people are. already has something to sho

kennedy identical to the one at the smithsonian. david wallace was at the ceremony 50 years ago. he was waiting to catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade. and what he saw was much more. >> i saw the president after he was shot. i was about eight feet away. it was horrible. i seen the president so vie vashus, full of life at the airport, then to, seat first person i ever saw was killed with a bullet wound. it was crushing. >> wallace and his friends followed the motorcade all the way to the hospital. he grabbed a rose left in the car and he still has that flower to this day. >>> the pink suit first lady kennedy wore that day will be hidden until 2103. it has not been cleaned and no one has seen it except for national archive workers. it was sent to the archives by the kennedy family on condition it would not go on display until the 22 nd century. >> still ahead, fed up commuters and nothing to do with a bart strike. a glitch that stranded drivers for hours. >> legislation preventing toy gun tragedies. >> michael finney still taking your questions and will answer them here l

they were when we the last time this happened the smithsonian agreement one nine hundred seventy one and some subsequent meetings china was miserables of course but it was not a big factor in the international monetary system this time they will be a player so what does that mean so look at the future of the international monetary system and thing. about what some of the alternatives would be to the current dollar system now jim we have to go to break but you got to stick around for us because coming up how realistic is a return to the gold standard jim rickards is going to stick around to talk about why such as shipped in monetary or gene isn't so farfetched also with the greek islands at bargain basement prices is now the time to invest i mean who doesn't want a greek island owing to your own fears about homeric landscape it may be more of a headache and it's actually worth though rachel prisoners and i discussed this very matter in today's big deal and as we head to break here's a quick look at some of today's those in numbers of the bill on the back. of the. it was a. very hard t

that military were on every corner of independence avenue as we went down the side of the mall by the smithsonian and to the capitol. and you'll recall that in those days there was a big parking lot on that east side, across from the supreme court. and there were people everywhere, just a sea of people that were outside the gates of the parking lot. and they were being let in on that side and funneled eight abris across and up the capitol steps and into the rotunda and out by another way. so when we get close to the capitol, the motorcycle outriders are clearing the people away, and it finally gets down to a crush of people and people are putting their nose up against the windshield and taking pictures of this important person in the vehicle. finally, the gates swing open, and i hadn't really thought about where i was going or what i was going to do. i told you i didn't have any specific orders. i was just told to go to the rotunda. then i thought -- and there's a vast parking lot with people taking pictures. and i'm alone in the car with the four motorcycle outriders. and they look at me and say

my works are in smithsonian because of bill. >> reporter: arnett introduced thornton diahl to the art world. >> i think the work is incredible. >> i think he's work is as great as picasso. >> the extraordinary contributions-- >> reporter: arnett had his critics. those who accused the white art connoisseur who ripped off black artists. >> those who accused me of ripping off black artists or profiting from them hurt me. >> my dad went through many years where it was hard for him to get out of bed. >> reporter: lonnie holly made it clear what he thought of the charges against bill arnett. >> bill arnett did not take advantage of myself. as far as i'm concerned no other artist. for me he was coming in our lives. he was giving us more for our works of art than we ever received before. he gave us time to actually develop, and also he was taking the time to take the work to the next level for us. >> reporter: but the rumors scared off the galleries and museums which were about to feature the work that arnett had discovered. >> the next thing you know diahl can't have a show anywhere, it gets

jon: and the one that you have been testing, i understand, is bound for the smithsonian. >> certainly the smithsonian has been very interested in what we've been doing and has asked us to protect it until they could have it rabl to them after we've completed our flight tests. jon: i read you have 850 horse power getting this off the ground. where do you get that kind of power? >> that is really the key element of this whole thing. you put your finger right on exactly how it's possible. it's because we put together an engine. this is an example of it. an engine that puts out as much power as your lawn mower engine and you can see the size of it. of course, we scale that up on our aircraft. you have a engine that weighs 65 pounds and we have eight of them. we have 1600 horse power on the vehicle if we need it for emergency purposes. jon: wow. and you're going to invite people to get involved in funding the rest of this thing as you head toward the finish line? >> certainly raising money has been our biggest problem as we've gone along because people are -- certainly people with a large

coral reefs, mangrove forests, and grass beds, including a biological reserve being studied by the smithsonian tropical research institute. ecologist jeremy jackson is one of a group of scientists working there hired to study the ecological effects of the spill. dr. jackson: we worked all the way down the coast for something like 50, 60 miles to get to places that were less and less affected by the spill. and so we had what were in effect control reefs that were along the coast, and we were monitoring the condition on the coral reefs and the mangroves and everything here and then further and further and further away from where the spill was. narrator: the results of the study were not surprising. the area affected by the spill was severely damaged compared to the unaffected, or control, areas. but for jackson, it was the findings made in the control areas after the initial study that would be much more alarming. dr. jackson: two years later, almost all the corals died in the control areas, and they died for reasons that had nothing to do with the oil spill. they died because of disease, becaus

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the structure would be below the smithsonians and help to relieve traffic congestion on the roadways including getting rid of the idoling buses. >> it's been difficult and challenging for many people to find parking on the mall so it is worth consideration. >>> the projected structure could also make blooding a thing of the past on the mall. the coalition says the $200 million price tag would be footed by private money if the plan gets approval from congress. >>> new video of a man that gave passengers a big scare on board a flight. his rant that got him kicked off a plane, next. >> and oh my goodness, chuck, it is coming. we're talking about the cold. >> oh, yes, indeed. it's not so bad outside right now but don't you worry. old man winter is knocking at our western doorstep. i'll let you know when ♪ me and you... ghirardelli squares chocolate... ♪ a little rendezvous savor our luscious filling combined with our slow melting chocolate. ♪ that little reward for all the things you do. ♪ only from ghirardelli. >>> new details about the evacuation at los angeles international ai

that military were on every corner of independence avenue as we went down the side of the mall by the smithsonian and to the capitol. you'll recall that in those days, there was a big parking lot on that east side across from the supreme court. and there were people everywhere, just a sea of people that were outside the gates of the parking lot, and then they were being let in on that side and funneled eight abreast across and up the capitol steps and into the rotunda and then out by another way. so when we get close to the capitol, the motorcycle outriders are clearing the people away, and it finally gets down to a crush of people, and people are putting their nose up against the windshield and takitake ing pictures of this important person in the vehicle. finally, the gates swing open. i hadn't really thought about where i was going or what i was going to do. i told you i didn't have any specific orders. i was just told to go to the rotunda. and then i thought -- there's a vast parking lot with people all around taking pictures. and i'm alone in the car with the four motorcycle outriders, and t

. >> just last month, smithsonian magazine published a photograph of the scene and a former disney animator believed he has identified president lincoln in that crowd. if confirmed, it would be the second photograph of the 16th president on this site. >> thank you. >> well, at the top of the hour. stick around for this. texas senator ted cruz will be here. first, do you know what the word of the year is? >> we asked some of fox news's best talent to demonstrate it for you. you don't want to miss this. ♪ do you want to since i won't remember ♪ and our networks are getting crowded. t if congress, the fcc, and the administration free up... more licensed wireless spectrum, we can empower more... people to novate, create new technoloes and jobs... and strengthen the economy. america is the world's leader in wireless. free up linsed spectrum today, so wireless... let's keep it that way. can do more foamerica tomorrow. ♪ >> all right the oxford dictionary naming the world "selfy" as the word of the year. self portrait with a cell phone. >> look at this. shannon looking great. from our washin

sitting down voluntarily with the volunteers from the peace corps, and later today he will speak at smithsonian museum of history talking about jfk's legacy. >> thank you very much for the update. >>> happening now, the u.s. coast guard is searching for victims after a small plane crashed off the coast of florida. the plane carrying four people was headed to cozumel, mexico, when it went down about three miles from ft. lauderdale last night. rescue crews recovered the bodies of two passengers. the search for the other two is expected to continue throughout the morning. >>> new details this morning. san francisco's board of supervisors making a decision that will disappoint a lot of tourist tourists. >> people all over the world know this scene made famous by the tv show "full house." among the landmarks show, alamo square. those painted houses there. thousands of tourists show up every year to take snapshots of that neighborhood, now it will be tough to get there. "today in the bay's" christie smith has details. what's going on? >> reporter: good morning to you. this neighborhood is to famous i

these are folks like judge wilkins that fought very hard for the african-american museum for the smithsonian. congressman watt who knows the material like the back of his hand. there's no reason he shouldn't be confirmed to head the federal housing finance agency. these things have to be put in their proper context and place. the cbc is standing with many others saying it's time to move forward. you can no longer protest the president just because he doesn't look like the rest of those presidents before and you can't shut down 82 of his nominees through the filibuster process. >> when there's only been 85 done in history. i make it simple, krystal. it's a yes or no vote. it's just that simple. now it's a yes or no vote. 51 yes, it goes. if it's lower than 51, it's no and it doesn't pass. no games in between. and this is only a nominee. this is not legislation. >> right. >> and it's not even on supreme court nominees. so when they play this game, the republicans, that the sky is falling, it does not mean legislation and it does not mean supreme court. it means on administrative and judicial n

clinton and over year bob miller, professor miller, of course professor kevin goldberg currently at the smithsonian's, patti ferguson bonnie as well as carl and i just have to commend the school for such an all-star lineup of indian law professors, part of the faculty of his meeting ranking law school and i'm so glad to be here. i've been inspired by the scholarship, the innovation and the leadership provided by this program here at the university. therefore, i personally feel it's very fitting to present my first law school book collector in support of my new book "in the light of justice" here at this small school. this book is fresh off the press released last month in all august and we have done a domestic book launching the event in june and to mexico as well as an international book launching the event in feg in the south pacific. i am now on a national book lecture tour in support of this book beginning right here in the great hall as it should be. but this book is about a brand new legal framework for defining native american rights in the united states. it examines the landmark u.n. declarat

. >>> two sumat rarn tigers make their debut at the smithsonian zoo in washington, d.c. and boy, did they make a splash. first cub had to prove he could not only swim, but climb out of water to safety. see, he's got assistance there, just in case. then his sister, sucasitta, took a dip. she didn't like it as much as her brother. but both cubs did pass the test. they will be part of the exhibit, beginning november 18th. she's like, get me out of here. enough. just washed my hair. can't do a thing with it. >> any cat i've ever known doesn't like water. >>> scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> scientists have never seen greenhouse readings like what they had today. john blackstone from san francisco on the cbs evening news. >> thanks, scott. here's a look at tonight's closing nu,, [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley... delicious granola

tonight's he's going to be presiding over a ceremony at the smithsonian institute with the medal of honor presidential medal, i'm sorry presidential medal winners. so he's having a very active role in in memorial. >> he certainly is. maureen orthis with us, as well. you see the kennedy family and the children, the grandchildren when they've gone on and done all sorts of stuff. >> they're really very much defined by service in terms of what they do. kim shriver, for example, you know has -- he, would with intellectual disabilities and special olympics. and then his brother mark, would for save the children. and kerry kennedy, would with human rights and throughout the whole generation, that is what's preached to them, they are supposed to serve. so and it's now going down to the third and sometimes the fourth. >> he inspired maureen to join the peace corps 50 years ago and he's inspired a current generation of young people are inspired, yell nor, by jfk. >> right. and bobby kennedy was cut down on his way to claim the mantle of the presidency and ted did not pick it up but went on to becom

tavis: the next two years to commemorate the end of the civil war, the smoke finian -- the smithsonian is dedicating a including aat time, program called fight for freedom and hosted by actor dennis haysbert. take a look at the clip from the series. >> every ship had a list of all the goods and he was on the ship. this one is taking 83 people from virginia to natchez to be sold in the cotton and sugar plantation. documenting the people. it has people's names, their coloring, their age, where they are from. sometimes people were sold multiple times. i'm going to make an assumption. i doubt you have done any project where you learned more. i could be wrong. further.d go a step artifact iow what was going to be discussing until the cameras were rolling. >> they cap you in suspense? can understand how that would have an emotional impact on what i was doing. it's really interesting shooting. this is going to be a fascinating show. i was watching ashley judd last night. i was happy go lucky. a lot of this was kind of dour for me. it hurt, and i was kind of liberated in my thinking of all the

and for all the smithsonian does to enrich our heritage and to jack, i have to say our new ambassador to japan, i'm sure would be pleased with how you performed this evening. i'll give her a full report. to all the family members of the kennedy family, we are grateful for your presence and your enduring contributions to the life of our country. for centuries, awards have existed for military valor. 50 years ago president john f. kennedy awarded civilian virtue. contributions to our country. service to our democracy. a dedication to our humanity that has advanced the common interests of freedom-loving people both here at home and around the world. since its creation, the presidential medal of freedom has paid tribute to the creativity of artists and writers and entertainers. we've recognized the leadership of elected officials and civil rights organizers, the imagination of scientists and business leaders, the grit and determination of our astronauts and our athletes, because there is no one way to contribute to the success of america. what makes us great is that we believe in a certai

and to the smithsonian for ouren riching our heritage. i'm sure the new ambassador to japan will be pleased. to all the members of the kennedy family, we are grateful for your presence. and your enduring contributions to the life of our country. for centuries, words have existed for military valor. and 50 years ago, president john f. kennedy established a way to award extraordinary civilian virtue, contributions to our country, service to our democracy. dedication to our humanity that has advanced the common interests of freedom-loving people both here at home and around the world. since its creation, the presidential medal of freedom has paid tribute to the creativity of writers and artists and entertainers. we've recognized the leadership of elected officials and civil rights organizers, the imagination of scientists and business leaders, the great determination of our astronauts and our athletes. because there's no one way to contribute to the success of america. what makes us great is that we believe in a certain set of values that en

watched this figure stride and you looked at it, i'm inclined to agree with the late john napear from the smithsonian who remarked famously i can't see the zipper. and i think that's the most concise way to view what happened. >> everything can change in an instant. >> everything can change in an instant. >> outside i could see the trees kind of coming up towards the wing. >> forcing people into extraordinary situations. >> i put my arms out and said catch her, don't miss. >> when survival hangs in the balance. >> it was more action than i'd seen. >> shocking -- >> translator: his hands were bleeding, but he wouldn't stop digging. >> unexpected -- >> i felt like at one point i was questioning were there any dolphins left to respond to. >> and death defying moments. >> you touch that, that would be a fatality.

while i was working on towten, i was on a team with the smithsonian institution that went in to do some human rights work in former yugoslavia. we were asked to work in croatia because he had so many mass graves come out that the path i'll just asked for our help in training in both excavation and some severely decomposed remains. mass graves of a different sort but nonetheless ealing with familiar features that we saw. u.n.. oversight by the working with them on how to excavate the graves and how to deal with massive bodies and try to get i logical profiles. here you see something that looks like it is a body. a leg and here's a lake and here is a head and here are some arms. now,happened, that we know is that many graves were exchanged, which damaged the remains. i have been given one minute so i will finish up. we did not see much trauma beyond the head, but we saw extensive trauma in the grave, .hich is not surprising notice the shattered in the lake -- notice the shatter in the leg. things back together again, you can actually find entrance wounds, exit wounds, trajectories that wi

-- $ went to the smithsonian. the national endowment for the --s, 146 million dollars $146 million. pay -- 40% of our budget goes to state arts agencies. every state has a state arts agency for grants in their own states or arts related projects. doy may prod -- partner to and arts initiative. that is the way the money gets spent. 60% is from grantmaking. the numbers uput on the screen because we want you to participate. we have divided our numbers a little differently to get a sense of where people are coming from. we have divided them by age. for those of you who are 18-30 and want to talk about arts in america and the federal government's role in those arts, 202-585-3880 is the number for you to call. .f you are 40-50, 202-585-3881 and if you are 50 and over, 202- 585-3882. ?re these museums guest: we are talking about the nonprofit arts sector. your symphony, your dance organizations, your arts education organizations. that is where the government dollars are typically invested to basically make sure that we a

and for all of the smithsonian , with our rich and cultural heritage. and to jack, i am sure the new ambassador of japan will be pleased with how you perform this evening. i will give her a full report. to all the family members of the kennedy family, we are grateful for your presence and your adoring contributions to the success of our country. for centuries, awards have existed for military valor. 50 years ago, president john f. kennedy established a way to award extraordinary civilian virtue, contributions to our country, service to our democracy. thatation to our humanity has advanced the common interests of freedom loving people both here at home and around the world. since its creation, the presidential medal of freedom has paid tribute to the creativity of writers and artists and entertainers. we have recognized the leadership of elected officials and civil rights organizers, the imagination of scientists and business leaders, the grit and determination of our astronauts and athletes. way to there is no one contribute to the success of america. w

i came in to washington decades ago and went in to see the smithsonian. there in front of me was the hope diamond. i thought, the night before there had been on abc television, the curse of the hope diamond. i said, the curse of the hope diamond? and i came out and my car was missing. [laughter] >> the harding presidency, we begin to hear about the scandals that were building, including the so-called teapot dome scandal. the attorney general daugherty. the veterans bureau scandal, which was many hundreds of thousands of dollars. on the positive side, the first radio broadcast from that administration. he was also the president who appointed former president taft as chief justice of the united states. i am wondering, alternately, about mr. harding's reputation. one viewer on facebook asks whether or not he was the most corrupt president in history. there are others who suggest he does not get his due for some of the things that happened during his administration. where would you put him? >> i do not think he is corrupt at all. a definite canard. that is ju

she was on the board of the banks, national geographic, smithsonian. she would keep large envelopes on her sofa with either the title are the dates on them so that she could pick them up, work on them and close everything back in them. if she worked on her desk with letters she was processing, when she was processing, which he -- when she completed things, she would put them on the floor. but she stayed at the office most of the day, making phone calls are working on projects3 that she loved so much. she loved this office because she could look out at her alma mater and then a quarter through to the capital. in the city she looked so much. she would stay here all day and that was pretty much monday through friday. when we were having guests at the ranch she would sometimes go out a few days early and stay in the different guestrooms to check on the water and the lights to be sure everything was working like the tv in the different rooms. we would also make a stop on the way out to the ranch to the store to pick up magazines that were just specific for

to the -- play mouths was taken off and given to the yet to be opened african-american museum at the smithsonian. and i would just like to ask both of you if you really seriously think that harlem can avoid becoming a praise where the schomburg -- a place where the schomburg is sort of like a synagogue in china town. [laughter] >> real. >> yeah, that's very real. >> michael, i've heard you express that before, and i think it's absolutely something anyone who cares needs to have their eye trained on. i also think as long as there are black people in the streets of harlem -- and i'm just hike, even as i say that, all these encounters i overhear and pass through and cross through in the most amazing poetic ways, like that is its own space making. and i have my own inner debate about, you know, i had a conversation with a friend about the -- we were looking at the renaissance ballroom, and you know really well the story of what's happening and what's happened there. i don't even know the up-to-date story of what's happening. but the renaissance ballroom being a space that was deliberately created by

and for all of the smithsonian, with our rich and cultural heritage. and to jack, i am sure the new ambassador of japan will be pleased with how you perform this evening. i will give her a full report. to all the family members of the kennedy family, we are grateful for your presence and your adoring contributions to the uccess of our country. for centuries, awards have existed for military valor. 0 years ago, president john f. kennedy established a way to award extraordinary civilian virtue, contributions to our country, service to our democracy. dedication to our humanity that has advanced the common interests of freedom loving people both here at home and around the world. since its creation, the presidential medal of freedom has paid tribute to the creativity of writers and artists and entertainers. we have recognized the leadership of elected officials and civil rights organizers, the imagination of scientists and business leaders, the grit and determination of our astronauts nd athletes. because there is no one way to contribute to the success of

she was on the board of the banks, national geographic, smithsonian. she would keep large envelopes on her sofa with either the title or the dates on them so that she could pick them up, work on them and close everything back in them. if she worked on her desk with letters she was processing, when she was processing, which he -- when she completed things she would put them on the floor. but she stayed at the office most of the day, making phone calls are working on projects that she loved so much. she loved this office because she could look out at her alma mater and then a quarter through corridor throughcorridor door to the capital. in the city she looked so much. -- city she loved so much. she would stay here all day and that was pretty much monday through friday. when we were having guests at the ranch she would sometimes go out a few days early and stay in the different guestrooms to check on the water and the lights to be sure everything was working like the tv in the different rooms. we would also make a stop on the way out to the ranch to the s

usually the tradition is to give it to the smithsonian institution. for those who had the one term, that's where the gown goes. the second term, the presidential library will keep that second gown. and she wore this at the 1973 inaugural. this beaded dress and aqua marine was her favorite tone. she loved this. one thing she would ask for if her gowns were designed, she asked to have pockets put in. people would slip notes to her. she could give it to her husband after the event. here what she have, the mother of the bride dress designed by priscilla of boston, a famous wedding gown maker. she also designed mrs. nixon's daughter's wedding gown. you can see here the gown. and behind her is a photograph of a gazebo that was made on location in the way inside the rose garden at the white house. that is on display here at the grounds of the nixon library. >> so i wanted to show this video because it struck me that pat nixon's clothing was often a political issue. you mentioned the speech where richard nixon talked about her -- fashion and politics, can you

she was on the board of the banks, national geographic, smithsonian. she would keep large envelopes on her sofa with either the title are the dates on them so that she could pick them up, work on them and close everything back in them. if she worked on her desk with letters she was processing, when she was processing, which he -- when she completed things, she would put them on the floor. but she stayed at the office most of the day, making phone calls are working on projects that she loved so much. she loved this office because she could look out at her alma mater and then a quarter through to the capital. in the city she looked so much. she would stay here all day and that was pretty much monday through friday. when we were having guests at the ranch she would sometimes go out a few days early and stay in the different guestrooms to check on the water and the lights to be sure everything was working like the tv in the different rooms. we would also make a stop on the way out to the ranch to the store to pick up magazines that were just specific for w

you probably read the smithsonian article and this is your question to hear the interpretations first hand. >> thank you. >> i am a member of the press. >> why don't you get your -- >> i am a member of the press so i did get an advanced copy about two weeks through and i'm trying to get absorbing and eliminating particularly the way that you present him in the context of the later world. but as you said yourself there are many questions and mr. visa out him and i see that in the book that you pose various questions and draw conclusions, which i'm feeling are your own but supportive. >> and i am wondering how much supposition you yourself had to create in writing this book and how much were you able to verify? >> i think there is very little speculation in the book. i did a lot of work digging through archives. i gathered as many letters as i could and i also was able with a huge resources to go through the newspapers which are now online although they were not when i started this again i did that going to the library and then from arlington, but you gather as much basic information as

leon joins us, senior astro fizz shift with the harvard smithsonian center for astro fizz six. thank you for joining us. what exactly is a hib rid solar eclipse? >> yes. first of all, i should explain what an eclipse is. an eclipse of the sun happens when the moon in its orbit around the earth passes between us and the sun. so it seems to cover up the sun. now, despite appearances, the sun and the moon are not the same size. the sun is actually 400 times bigger than the moon and is 400 times further away. so it's just a - an amazing coincidence that they look the same size. >> the amazing coincidence, i'd tlov see -- love to see it, and where in the u.s. will it be seen. >> you won't be able to see totality from the u.s. what you will see is a partial eclips. you'll be able to see the end of this event from the east coast of the united states. when it comes up, when it rises the eclipse will be in progress. you'll see, if you look with e precautio precautions, you'll see the sun with a piece of it cut out. >> why are these rare. you said if i look with proper precautions, why a

you curt johnson is director of the smithsonian museum of natural history. he said anything made on dinosaurs are based on speculation. >> it looks like a great fossil put but it remains for the scientific work to be done. it will only be done if this specimen ends up in a private museum. >> reporter: the pair are expected to sell for up to $9 million. once the purchase is complete, the newly discovered relic might once again disappear for many years to come. for thz thz"cbs this morning" elaine quijano, new york. >>> anjelica huston is with us, a two-part memoir called "a story lately told: coming of age in ireland, london and new york." he's part of lee cohen's profile. >> reporter: she was born heir to a hollywood dynasty. >> you're so dumb there's nothing to compare you with. >> reporter: it started with her grandfather. he won an oscar for "the treasure of sierra madre." directed by john huston who took home an oscar, too. >> growing up did you feel that the family name was a burden? >> no i always liked being a huston. i always felt it was my right. my

while i was working on towton i was part of the team with the smithsonian institution that when introducing human rights work within the former yugoslavia with the break up into smaller units in the 90s. we were asked to work in croatio many mass graves coming out that the pathologist asked for our help in training in both excavation and to analyze the severely decomposed remains. again, mass graves of a very different sort of nonetheless dealing with familiar features that we saw at towton. coal mingled individuals with the u.n. and so working with them on how to excavate the graves and also how to deal with masses of co-mingled oddities and try to get biological profiles from them. here you see something that looks like it's a body and you can see there is a lag and here is the leg and here's a head and here are some arms. what happened that we know now in yugoslavia is that many graves were exchanged which damaged the remains as it went through. i have been given one minutes i'm going to finish up just to illustrate against the more the trauma. we didn't see much trauma beyond the head a

she was on the board of the banks, national geographic, smithsonian. she would keep large envelopes on her sofa with either the title are the dates on them so that she could pick them up, work on them and close everything back in them. withe worked on her desk letters she was processing, when she was processing, which he completed things should put them on the floor. but she stayed at the office most of the day, making phone calls are working on projects that she loved so much. she loved this office because she could look out at her alma then a quarter through to the capital. in the city she looked so much. she would stay here all day and that was pretty much monday through friday. when we were having guests at the ranch she would sometimes go out a few days early and stay in the different guestrooms to check on the water and the lights to be sure everything was working like the tv in the different rooms. we would also make a stop on the way out to the ranch to the that to pick up magazines were just specific for whoever was coming to the ranch for the

to the -- play mouths was taken off and given to the yet to be opened african-american museum at the smithsonian. and i would just like to ask both of you if you really seriously think that harlem can avoid becoming a praise where the schomburg -- a place where the schomburg is sort of like a synagogue in china town. [laughter] >> real. >> yeah, that's very real. >> michael, i've heard you express that before, and i think it's absolutely something anyone who cares needs to have their eye trained on. i also think as long as there are black people in the streets of harlem -- and i'm just hike, even as i say that, all these encounters i overhear and pass through and cross through in the most amazing poetic ways, like that is its own space making. and i have my own inner debate about, you know, i had a conversation with a friend about the -- we were looking at the renaissance ballroom, and you know really well the story of what's happening and what's happened there. i don't even know the up-to-date story of what's happening. but the renaissance ballroom being a space that was deliberately created by

work that i have not read yet is i'm not a member of the press but i did manage to breeze through the smithsonian magazine because i am troubled about the insinuations that rockwell was gay. i was reading the connections that you tried to make for the docks -- the dots that you try to connect and we don't have the benefit of your research material but i did find it a thin the and i am troubled again by you're throwing out that he slept in the same bet as his assistant. we know none of us likes things taken out of context but the rest of the sentence talks about the other people who were on a camping trip who also shared. so when you just mentioned that as if he was the only one to do it, i thank you do a disservice to your supposition of the reputation and i am concerned so i hope you take the opportunity to talk about the mysteries and uncovering of mysteries in his work work and don't let that to hang out there and out of context. thank you. >> i hope that the book will hold you will dash help you to think i put it into the proper context. you read an excerpt of the magazine which is a very lim

she was on the board of one of the bank, national geographic, smithsonian. she would keep in large envelopes on her sofa with either the title or the dates on this emso she could pick them up, work on them, and close everything back in them. as she worked on her desk with letters that she was processing of things, when she completed things, she would put them on the floor. she sat at the office most of the day, making phone calls or working on projects that she loved so much. she loved this office because she could look out at her alma mater and then to the city she loved so much. she would stay here all day and that was pretty much monday through friday. when we were having guests a the ranch, she would go out a few days early and stay in the guest rooms to check on the water and then the lights, the el electricity to make sure that everything was work right, the tvs in the different rooms. we'd make a stop on the way out to the ranch to the store to pick up magazines that were specific, whoever was coming to the ranch for the weekend. very thoughtful, meti

but one time, years ago, when they opened the first ladies exhibit in in the smithsonian, they had a big plexiglass display of jackie o. and nancy reagan, the covers of the book. i didn't know about this, but a reporter from "the associated press" called and said ms. kelley, i want to get your reaction. your books are displayed in the first lady's exhibit as showing how powerful these first ladies are that they can get looks like this written about them. she wrote an article and i sent it to my father. and my father was then 85. he said he was going to come back to washington to see it. he was very proud. i went down to the first lady's exhibit with my godchild and we took a picture of it. drag about it. my father travels all the way across the country. he goes to the exhibit. he comes back and tells my husband and myself. i said daddy you can't miss it, it's huge. it wasn't fair. so we all went back and it wasn't there. and my husband filed freedom of information to ask what happened. and god bless whoever is handling the freedom of information. you know, i said you'll never get a r

original neon sign was taken off and given to the yet to open african-american museum in washington, the smithsonian. and i would just like to ask both of you if you really seriously think that harlem can avoid becoming a place where the schaumburg us were like a synagogue in chinatown? [laughter] >> that's very real. >> i ever get expressed that before, and i think it's absolutely something anyone who cares needs to have their eye trained on. i also think as long as there are black people in the streets of harlem, and it just like even as a civic, everything i passed through, the most amazing poetic way, like that is its own space making. i have my own in a debate about, yeah, i had a conversation about you looking at the renaissance ballroom and you know really well the story of what's happening and what happened there. i don't even know the of the data stored what's happening. the renaissance ballroom being a space that was deliberately created by black people to have a place to socialize and have a business. being blocked from landmark status to something michael thought against in order that th

she was on the board of one of the banks, national geographic, smithsonian. she would keep in large envelopes the title or dates on them so she could pick them up and work on them and close everything back in them. as she worked on her desk with letters that she was processing or things, when she completed things, she would put them on the floor but she stayed at the office most of the day making phone calls or working on projects that she loved so much. she loved this office because she could look out at her al a mater and then a quarter to the capitol and the city she loved so much. she would stay here every day, and that was pretty much monday through friday. and when we were having guests at the rampnch, she would sometimes go out a few days early and stay in the different guest rooms to check on the water and the lights, the electricity to make sure that everything was working, the tvs in the different rooms and we'd also make a stop on the way out to the ranch to pick up magazines that were guest specific for whoever was coming to the ranch for the week

but one time, years ago, when they opened the first ladies exhibit in in the smithsonian, they had a big plexiglass display of jackie o. and nancy reagan, the covers of the book. i didn't know about this, but a reporter from "the associated press" called and said ms. kelley, i want to get your reaction. your books are displayed in the first lady's exhibit as showing how powerful these first ladies are that they can get looks like this written about them. she wrote an article and i sent it to my father. and my father was then 85. he said he was going to come back to washington to see it. he was very proud. i went down to the first lady's exhibit with my godchild and we took a picture of it. drag about it. my father travels all the way across the country. he goes to the exhibit. he comes back and tells my husband and myself. i said daddy you can't miss it, it's huge. it wasn't fair. so we all went back and it wasn't there. and my husband filed freedom of information to ask what happened. and god bless whoever is handling the freedom of information. you know, i said you'll never get a r

nbc's kristen welker has the latest from the smithsonian's national zoo. >> reporter: nbc news got an exclusive look at the national zoo's newest kittens, experiencing water for the first time, and preparing for a very important milestone. >> for us humans i would relate this to the first day of kindergarten. >> reporter: wednesday was the big day. zoo staff dropped the two sumatran tiger cubs into the outside moat where knee never been before. first up, the male. then his sister's turn. while it's cute, this dip is serious. it's a swim reliability test. the goal? to make sure the cubs can get themselves out of the water, a key factor in whether they're ready to go on public display. >> we want the cats to show us with this exercise that they have that instinct to get out of a dangerous situation. >> everybody gets an a-plus. everything went really well. >> reporter: caring for the cubs who live here is a top priority. sumatran tigers are critically endangered. it's estimated there are only 400 to 500 in the wild. the cubs, born in august, are healthy, and enjoy play time with each ot

this human will be the newest addition to the smithsonian and is scheduled to open in 2015 between the museum of american history and the washington monument on the national mall. judge wilkins continues his pro bono work to this day. he cowrnl serves as the liaison to the standing committee on pro bono legal services of the judicial conference of the d.c. circuit. he is committed to public service. he is committed to equal judge under the law -- justice under the law. as a judge since 2011 he has presided over hundreds of cases including both jury and bench trials. he sits on a federal bench which hears a annual unusual number of cases of importance to the federal government, including voting rights, environmental and administrative law cases. judge will will coins cins has been nominated for the appellate court that would hear appeals from the courts on which he currently sits. he understands the responsibilities of the court he's been nominated to by president obama. the american bar association gave judge wilkins a rating of unanimously well qualified to serve as appellate judge wh