smithsonian associates has been doing for 55 years through high quality in-person programming and we're happy to extend that tonight. and particularly excited about this event because we have two fabulous people appropriately the singular occasion spotlights associate justice stephen breyer and also cnn legal analysts joan john biscubic. let me first start by introducing justice breyer. the smithsonian has a long and valued connection with the supreme court. by tradition the chief justice is a member of the board of regents. and our collections encompass countless holdings that make that help us tell the story of the courts vital role in shaping our democracy. justices set sonya's hot. so tomorrow ruth bader ginsburg, sandra day o'connor antonio have all taken part in memorable smithsonian associates events. and justice breyer joined that esteemed list in 2016, and we are honored to invite him back. justice breyer as you probably know has a long history as a legal educator. and a continuing affiliation with harvard university in fact the book that he will discuss tonight the authority o

bell has presented many outstanding programs for smithsonian associates on topics relating to early american history and the american revolutionary period over the course of the past several years. most recently a program last month on baron vonn stove venn and the fally forge winter. dr. bell is professor of history at the university of maryland. he holds a ba from the university of cambridge and a phd from harvard. he has won more than a dozen teaching awards including a 2017 university system of maryland board of regents faculty award for excellence in teaching which is the highest honor for teaching faculty in the maryland state system. in addition he has held many research fellowships at yale, cambridge and the library of congress and is the recipient of the 2018 national endowment of the humaniies public scholar award and the 2021 andrew carnegie fellowship. he is author of the book "stolen why three boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home." this book was a finalist for the 2020 george washington prize and the 20 to harriet tubman prize. dr. bell is a trustee of

>> i think someone is trying to get me fired from smithsonian associates. i'm going to tread very carefully. >> tread carefully, but i think people can see that there are connections, definitely, here. >> i think that's right. all i will say is that across all places at all times in all centuries, new ideas face great scrutiny. and some people embrace them, perhaps because they seem like the right ideas, or perhaps because they seem like they personally might benefit from going in a new direction, and other people push back against new ideas, perhaps because they're new or perhaps because they're going to affect them adversely. and it seems that many of paine's ideas can rightly be understood as a challenge to orthodoxy, to conventional wisdom to the status quo. he is, by most 18th century standards, a radical. so, of course, radicals always have a tough time in every place in every century. and in that regard, tom paine is nothing unusual here. if there's anything unusual about tom paine, it's that he keeps at it for decades and decades and never really is

. >> you don't always associate political history with clothing. >> claire is curator at the museum of american history which unveiled some of its items from political-- retreated to law enforcement badges and slashed bulletproof vest. >> it is incumbent for future historians, researchers and the american people to say there were a lot of things happening this day, a lot of things that happen in history, and not all of them are easy to talk about. >> do you think congress has legalled? >> no, not at all. in fact, it has become in some ways a moment that has divided us even further. >> maybe that exhibit can be a first step. >> i think certainly understanding the truth of that day needs to be a first step. you cannot have reconciliation unless you have the truth. >> to set the country free, nikole killion, cbs news, washington. >> duncan: well, next on the cbs weekend news we remember a concert promoter who helped conceive the 1969 music festival at woodstock. >> duncan: to north carolina now where skiers got an unexpected shock while on a chair lift. at least two skiers were hospitaliz

she is a certified manager to the international facility tymanagement association. kathy helm has served as the inspector general of the smithsonian's since thousand 14. her office conducts to investigate related to smithsonian programs and operations. she keeps the board of regents and congress about efficiencies, she promotes efficiency and effectiveness within thehe smithsonian that detects cases of fraud, race, abuse and makes recommendations regarding the existing policies and regulations at the smithsonian. prior to this inspector general home on deputy inspector at the gao and the assistant director for the office ofhe inspector general. she was the assistant director for the capitol office and assistant director to the natural resources and environment team. she graduated from george washington university with a masters in public administration in 1980. and she earned her bachelor's degree in 1978 and kentucky. finally but not least, currently works as a senior project manager at home to north america. in his 20 years in water resources, engineering, project

kathy helm has served as inspector general of the smithsonian since 2014. she conducts audits related to smithsonian operations. she keeps the board of regents and congress informed about problems and -- she promotes efficiency and effectiveness within the smithsonian and -- cases of fraud. prior to this role, she was deputy inspector general at the -- and assistant director of the office of inspector general. she was the assistant director for the human capital office and assistant director for the national resources and environment team. she graduated from george washington diversity with a masters in public administration in 1980 and earned her bachelor's degree in 1978 at western kentucky diversity. finally, -- currently works as a senior projects manager at atkins north america and has 20 years experience in water resources, engineering, project management and national flood resilience policy. in his current role, he provides technical support as a subject matter expert in federal, state and local governments on future conditions and climate science ap

the hell has served as inspector general of the smithsonian since 2014. her office conducts audits and investigations relating to smithsonian programs and operations. she keeps the board of regents in and congress informed about problems and decisions. she promotes effectiveness within the smithsonian and prevents and detects cases of fraud, waste and abuse and makes recommendations regarding existing policies and regulations as the smithsonian. prior to this role inspector general told deputy inspector general at the gao director for the office of inspector general she was the assistant director for the human capital losses and the assistant director for the natural resources and environment team. she graduated from george washington university with a masters in public administration in 1980 and she earned her bachelor's degree in 1978 western kentucky university. finally but not least, it's set mono works as a senior project manager at athens north america in his 20 years experience in water resources engineering, project and program management national

her office conducts audits and investigations related to the smithsonian programs and operations. she keeps the board of regents informed of problems and deficiencies found and promotes efficiency and effectiveness within the smithsonian and prevents and detects cases of fraud, waste and abuse and makes recommendations regarding existing policies the assistant director for the office of inspector general -- with a masters in public administration in 1980 and earned her bachelor's degree in 1978 at western kentucky university. finally but not least, senior project manager at atkins north america with 20 years experience in water resource engineering, project and program management and national flood resilience policies. in his current role he provides technical support to the subject matter experts in state and local governments on future conditions and claimant approach and hazard mapping, strategies and resilience policy. prior to joining, he was a former district of columbia national flood insurance program coordinator and flood planes and cofounded the interagency flood managem

of american medical colleges also the, was the secretary of the smithsonian institution and the former presidentcornell university. >> a pleasure to be with you and your crew. thank you. >> thank you, sir. i was saying, five states have 40% or more of their hospitals reporting staff shortages. we know that some of this is the pandemic, burnout from doctors and people leaving their careers. but what's the rest of the source of the problem and how do you fix it? >> well, first, let's go back and underline something you already said that's very important and can't be overemphasized. the pandemic is still with us. some areas definitely are showing some decrease in cases of omicron. other areas are still rising. that's number one. number two, we've had shortages predicted of physicians and shortages of nurses for some time. we're predicting that the association of american medical colleges as many as 124,000 positions short in the next 12 years, and the nursing shortages in this country since the early 1900s. that's setting the stage. on top of that, you have covid. on top of that you have

national museum of american history it was a gift of libby custer and also let's associate chris i forgot the libby custer connection. >> didn't share it should give it took custer to give to libby? isn't that weird? >> custard was not in the room. right. or back in the parler. we've heard stories that sheraton did not want to sell his furniture and he threw it $20 on the ground that either keep the money or don't and taking your furniture. that is just one of the many stories i heard. let's keep going though with the shout outs. one is thanks for this program i enjoyed the book. what is up next in terms of book projects? we will get to that. after that that is from hampton's and lots of great stuff. [laughter] wrote that so we have here now i'll check it again before we sign off. i want to get back on the road because those confederates were having a good time in interesting times up there on the road. this is something that's really interesting in your perspective of the book. okay start from appomattox but the new look out and suddenly the story appomattox in the posted days starts to

dwandalyn reece, associate director for territorial affairs. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> i thought i would start with you, dr. reece and if you can just give us a sense of why the smithsonian felt it was important to put together this anthology. what was the impetus for it? >> well, the impetus of it, it ties a lot to the philosophy smithsonian folklore records and the national museum of african american culture, and our museum is about the past but also about the present and the future. and hip-hop is been around with us for 40 plus years and so it's a natural outgrowth of looking at the african-american experience through contemporary lens. smithsonian folkways, a lot of desire around r this project is really seeing hip-hop as community, music, looking at its birth and its origin stories, really coalescing around the idea of community and finding a voice to express joy, sorrow, anger about the current circumstances. >> the anthology consists of both essays, photography, and also the music itself. and in many