as this debate continues, the smithsonian is completing a monumental project, the $500 million national museum of african american history and culture. the idea was authorized by an act of congress, which called it "a tribute to the negro's contribution to the achievements of america." the words are jarring because the act was written in 1929. as we first told you last spring, building this museum has been a long struggle, just like the story it hopes to tell. beside the monument to washington, a slave-holding president, the museum is breaking free of the ground on the mall's last five acres. eight decades after congress then failed to fund it, the dream is being written, this time in steel and stone: ten floors-- five above ground, five below; its complexion, rendered of color against history's white marble. now. it's a big job. >> lonnie bunch: well, as i tell people, at 8:00 in the morning, i have the best job in america, and at 2:00 in the morning, it's the dumbest thing i've ever done in my life. this is a romare bearden from the 1950s. >> pelley: sleepless nights are all in a day'

smithsonian and state councils all over the country and local museums. we help bring it to florida communities by selecting six communities each year to host a revolving exhibit that the smithsonian puts together. we are currently in apalachicola . in 2017 we will look for sites.>> who is eligible? >> libraries, museums, historical societies, churches. anyone that is organized as a nonprofit. >> whoever is elected received a $5000 community grant. >> in addition to receiving the smithsonian exhibit for six weeks you get a $5000 award to implement programming. >> thank you for coming in and it is a fascinating to hear about this. if you would like to put in your request you have until march 11. 2000 one. go to the florida humanities.org website and click on the museums on main street program or you can email alex directly, bu el l at fla h >>> coming up today, a mistake happening at an animal shelter that could be costing dogs their lives. >>> a walk on the wild side. today. oh my gosh. we are talking about gray here today and why it is considered a new t

music to cherish the smithsonian center. its mission to present the many flames of the audience. >> through a recent c.d. to the virgin islands. songs with latino tunes, and mexican out of california. records with a worthwhile clientele keeping the label afloat. >> the total of reported music declined. luckily we maintained and grew or collections that we require to support the nonprofit emissions. >> reporter: but the smithsonian keeps a guard of the musical past of the u.s., and more than 108 other countries. >> they sold 2200 albums. it was acquired by the smithsonian with 10 other labels, growing to 3200 albums, 45,000 tracks. >> now is the most optimal time to preserve it. threatened by the ravages of time. dave walker's job is it save them. [ ♪ ] like this tape of protest songs recorded half a century ago. the priority is to go back in time, and prepare based on fragility, and content. >> part of what we do as an archive is ensuring that the material is preserved for immediate use. just as they documented it, the smi

smithsonian authentic american music to the widest public audience. through recent cds including melodies from the virgin islands and mexican ma mariachi out of california. >> the total value of recorded music has declined, but for smithsonian folk ways, the revenues we require to support our nonprofit mission. >> reporter: but the smithsonian also keeps a vigilant guard over the musical past of the u.s. and more than 180 other countries. these shelves hold the 22 albums of moses ash, acquired by smithsonian, growing the collection to 3200 albums, 45,000 tracks in all. >> now is the most optimum time to preserve it. >> reporter: tracks threatened by the ravages of time so dave walker's job is to save them. like this tape of soviet protest songs, recorded a decade ago. >> it is interesting to preserve on basis of fragility and content. not only for immediate use but for future generations. >> the smithsonian staff say they intend to do the same for other nations and to keep it all for posterity. tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> that's it for thi

but he stayed on and he served and he survives, and the smithsonian thrived because of him. so that's why thank yous, but if you want to also tell you why i wrote this book and what this book he means, at least to me. i began writing this book as a young child, standing up as about five and six years old in the back of my father's 1946 studebaker as he drove from philadelphia to virginia, and would come in on what i later realized was new york avenue into the capital, and i would see it and be quite stunned by it. and then later as a young, and indolent schoolchild, i had a little bit of an argument with my high school teacher who said, who told me that washington people could not vote. and i said, that doesn't make any sense, sir. because he they are american citizens. well, he said, they don't vote because there are not many of them. [laughter] and they don't really live there. they just go back to their states to vote. this didn't sit well with me. it rankled me and bothered me for many years. later in the 1980s and 1990 1990s, i did a variety of projects which brought me

smithsonian's warehouse in maryland, where the story is being written. and these are a few of the lines. "received by grigsby e. thomas, the sum of $350 in full payment for a negro boy by the name of jim, about ten years old, this 31st day of december, 1835." jim would have been familiar with these-- shackles dating before 1860, bondage that might have been broken if the keeper of this bible had succeeded in his bloody rebellion. nat turner had said that god commanded him to break the chains. his bible was taken away before his execution. paul gardullo is a leader of the curating team. >> paul gardullo: i think many of us who know the story of slavery know about nat turner; know about nat turner from the perspective of perhaps a freedom fighter, perhaps a murderer. religious person. we know this is a person who can read, and when you begin with that, and those ideas, suddenly, the person of nat turner and your understandings of nat turner take on a whole new light. and i look to do that again and again, ways that we can see well-worn stories, stories we

and we proved that we could fly. >> pelley: time is the enemy of history, so smithsonian working for years restoring america's heritage from textiles to trains. this 1920 railcar had two sections-- "white" and "colored." the same number of seats, but "colored" was compressed in half the space-- physical, touchable, jim crow confinement just like the guard tower from the prison in angola, louisiana, notorious for cruelty. >> carlos bustamante: it's about 21 feet tall. and this is cast concrete, so it's an enormous object. >> pelley: from monumental to miniscule, carlos bustamante is the project manager building a place for 33,000 moments in time. >> bustamante: so when you had the railcar, the railcar pieces, the guard tower, and all the support equipment, we had a convoy of about 12 semi-trucks six states to get here. and it took them about three days. >> pelley: how do you get those things into this building? >> bustamante: so we set up two very, very large cranes. and these cranes are... are rare, there's not a lot of them this size. and we picked up these two objects, and basicall

music that's cherished by the smithsonian center for folk life and cultural heritage, it's mission to preserve original music to the widest public office. melodies from the u.s. virgin islands, by lingual children's tunes and mexican mariachi out of california. that who have a worldwide clientele and keep this afloat. the value has declined, but luckily we've been able to maintain and grow our collections and the revenues required to support our nonprofit mission. >> this was recorded 1958. >> the smithsonian also keeps a vigilant guard over the musical past of the u.s. and more than 180 other countries. these are the 2200 albums collected by the founder of folk ways records. it was acquired by the smithsonian, growing the collection to 4200 albums, 45,000 tracks in all. >> now is the most optimum time to preserve it. >> tracks threatened by the ravages of time. dave walker's job is to safe them. ♪ >> like this tape of soviet protest songs recorded nearly half a century ago. >> it's high priority for us to go back in time and preserve based on fragility and content. part of what we

i want to take rebecca for introduction in the smithsonian associates for inviting me i am delighted to be here and honored to be here and also james nissen and john quincy adams and joseph henry. you'll also but it is good to remind ourselves that he gave 100,000 pounds that translated into a 500,000 of the u.s. currency and ultimately 105 sacks of cold and he said that money should be used in america for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. and we have to think john quincy adams he is under rated as the president in and congressperson he shepherded that money through with an often resistant and reluctant congress. calhoun wanted to reach her nominee to england because it would expand the role of the federal government in the state's and also unwise to take money from a foreigner. [laughter] once he got it through congress he had to persuade them again to take the money because it fell into the his temporarily and of president kim purine secretary of the treasury and he lost most of that in the shady arkansas bond deal in the now john quincy adams has to get congress t

posted by smithsonian associates in washington, d.c., this is an hour and a half. >> our guest tonight is tom lewis, professor of english at skidmore. he does not live here in town. yet he knew to take metro on tree lighting night. and he came down from saratoga springs so despite the fact he is evolving a new yorker, i should say that no less a local source than the "washington post" has praised this book by saying lewis exceeds in showing us the human face of washington and to washington, too often perceived as baseless, that is achievement enough. ladies and gentlemen, tom lewis. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm glad that you knew to take the metro. >> microphone. >> i'll be getting to it. i'm glad that you knew, glad that you knew to take the metro. i want you to know that i invited several people to come tonight as my guests, and i've been in the back of the green room and i've gotten frantic messages from them saying we are stuck in traffic. and i said ditch your cars, grab a metro and get off at federal triangle. so they will be coming in late and i expect some others, too

it was acquired by the smithsonian along with 10 other labels, growing the label to 45,000 tracks in all. >> now is the most optimum time to preserve it. >> tracks threatened by the ravaging of time, so dave walker's job is to save them. like this tape of soviet protest songs recorded nearly half a century ago. >> it's high priority for us to go back in time and preserve based on fragility and content to assure this is preserved not only for immediate us but future generations. >> the smithsonian staff intend to do the same for other nations and to keep it all for prosperity. tom ackermann, al jazeera, washington. >>> there is a new top dog this morning. the winner of the westminster dog show. >> best in show dog tonight, 2016 is the german shepherd. >> the short heard pointer known as c.j., short for california journey. his owner said he has a sparkle that makes you want to stop and look at him. >> his grandmother carley won in 2005, strong blood line, that short haired pointer. >>> ahead, america's tainted water, west virginia residents may get the justice they want for the chemica

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side the five stories of this xi &ho 400,000 square foot smithsonian museum of african-american history and culture. >> one of those storiesfá celebratq at the museum is that of muhammad ali. tonight at 5:00 i'll show you something he syz9ñ the glove with a prediction on it that came to be. very, very interesting story. you will love to see muhammad ali back when he was >>> the good news is the rain is easing up right now. we're not going to have to deal with that s were dealing with this morning. just light showers, even a bit of drizzle. still moderate, that's what we expect as we continue through the afternoon and even for the evening commute. you can see it getting out of here quickly. thank goodness. not a lot more with this storm. i will keep some drizzle in there, keep spotty showers in there, that's about it. now turn your focus to the deep south. we have a storm system lifting out of texas, moving to the gulf coast. that storm system will shoot up through the tennessee valley. that's the next storm system. it will create a good amount of problems down here. we're talking abou

it was acquired by the smithsonian. along with 10 other labels, growing the collection to 32 under albums. now it is the most optimum time to preserve it. >> threatened by the ravages of time. dave walker's job is to save them. soviet protest songs records half a century ago. the priority is to go back in time and preserve it, basted on fragility, and content. part of what we do as an archive is ensuring that this material is not only preserved for immediate use but future generations. the smithsonian say they aim to do the same for other nation, to keep it for prosperity. >> all right. time to find out why chelsea is holding on to hope. the team has a 50/50 chance of reaching the champion's league quarterfinals. despite losing a player in the first leg of their tie on tuesday. zlatan ibrahimovic owned the scoring in paris with a deflected kick. the shot flying in. they scored the equalizer before half-time. and the first goal conceded at home in the champion's league season. after the break the winner grabbed. they are

just steps away from the washington monument, and it is expected to become one of the most visited smithsonian museums on the mall when it opens its doors in september. we couldn't wait to find out what's going to be inside. objects like this, fragments of times past, are surviving traces of history that will soon be part of a collection at the smithsonian museum. here at one of the secret locations special collections centers, trained curators are sorting through thousands of artifacts that helped tell the thimble sized acorn finial at the top to the hand carved wooden handle and delicately curved spout is believed to have been crafted in the early 1800s in philadelphia. the fine handwork of philadelphia silversmith peter brinson, a man of african descent. >> so he learned his craft in philadelphia, became very, very good at it. while he was practicing his craft, he was able to register as an african-american and get a mark. a makers mark. >> reporter: the story of peter brinson is one of many that will be told through the artifacts being readied for the smithsoni smithsonian's museum of afri

president yet.but the smithsonian's national portrait gallery in d-c has a new presidential portrait...sort of. it's frank underwood... the fictional president on netflix's house of cards! spacey arrived in character for the unveiling of the painting... which will hang in the smithsonian through october and...if you're wondering...the new season of house of cards is available march 4th. coming up on channel 2 news this morning... northern nevada has an updated plan on how to deal with natural disasters...what the washoe county emergency team told us...after the break. "this is channel 2 news, here in nevada... we'll take a look at how the rest of the g-o-p candidates faired in the first-in- the-west caucus. and it was only the second time since switching from our primary back in 2008. how did it go? we spoke to caucus-goers, who had mixed feelings about it all. and the washoe county school district is leading the way in social and emotional learning for children... and is holding a conference this week to promote the program. ky sisson is live to tell us how it can impact schools acro

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the train stopped about 200 feet from the train at smithsonian. and the metro suspended the train conductor and transit operator. >>> more snow is possible but that might not be the worst of it. >> that's right. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking the wind chill. topper? >>> it will get cold and older over the weekend. these are not wind chills, these are temps, 18 in gaithersburg and 19 in fredericks and 21 in fairfax. by morning, most of the suburbs will be in the teens. these are not wind chills. 17 in lee burg and 12 in martinsburg and 16 in sterling and we'll advance again. 6:00 p.m., there are a couple of snow flurries showers in the forecast through tomorrow night. right now, not a huge deal. we'll keep you posted in case we have plans for ad from night and maybe a start for valentine's day. i don't know. wind chill, saturday morning at 8:00, 1 below in gaithersburg and 3 below in frederick and 3 degrees downtown. we'll come back and talk about next week's storm, monday and tuesday. and we'll see if that means snow and/

your role at the smithsonian. chief justice roberts: it might come as a surprise to many people, but the chief justice, by virtue of his office, is also , "chancellor of the smithsonian." that's an even better title than chief justice. [laughter] there areice roberts: some historical reasons why that is so. we have ae reason is and the federal appropriations, and they serve, for a limited time, and they wanted somebody there who had continuity and could tell the .ew regents we're certainly not having any the smithsonian is the largest complex in the and that they are turning it over to me as kind of a surprise. [laughter] chief justice roberts: i do preside at the meetings, but i try to stay out of the purely policy areas and that the people who know what they are talking about discuss it. it takes more work than i had expected, but it is a nice distraction from the legal work. .> about collegiality. -- i wanted to ask you about collegiality. you would think that the members of the court are constantly at one anot

bei bei the panda cub lives in the smithsonian's national zoo in washington. he was born august 22nd to mom mei xiang. not quite six months old yet. the u-s government pays about a half-million dollars a year to host china's giant pandas in the smithsonian. the money goes back into panda research and conservation efforts in china. we will back for an update in 30 minutes. gma is coming up next... look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. angeles >> that's what' >>> good morning, america. the first votes being cast in the nation's first primary right now. donald trump riling up the crowds taking on his opponents. >> she said he's a [ bleep ]. that's terrible. terrible. >> candidates battling, even begging for every vote. >> i want this job because i love this country. >> hillary clinton behind here hoping for a comeback. >> i don't think a little snow is going to stop anybody, do you? >> as bernie sanders holds on to his lead by coming to the rescue of a supporter. >> o

bei bei the panda cub lives in the smithsonian's national zoo in washington. he was born august 22 so we need to cut him some slack when he tries, and tries, to climb this pine tree. patrick: the u.s. government pays about a half million dollars a year to host china's giant pandas in the smithsonian. the money goes back into panda research and conservation efforts in china. allyson: i hope he gives up. he is not even six months old. that was cute. patrick: i'm sure there's a webcam on him. we will have to check them out. allyson: your news continues right now. >> live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. patrick: it's primary day. the very first ballots have been cast as we kick off the new hampshire presidential primaries. allyson: also in this morning's headlines headlines. an upstate school district wants to close three elementary schools at the end of this year. taking action.

now, there's a section of track outside smithsonian called an interlocking. basically it's a place where trains can switch tracks and an orange line train that was right there at the interlocking had a red signal which you're never supposed to go through, and for some reason the orange line train went through that signal and got within 150 feet of another train that was stopped on the platform at smithsonian. it's about two rail car lengths' distance apart. when metro's rail control center realized what was happening, the command center remotely slowed down that train. no one was hurt. there were no passengers on,qa6 train that ran the red signal but the train that was on the platform was in service. it did have its doors open on platform. it's not known how many passengers were on that train. both the train operator and the controller who slowed the train to a stop are out of service for metro now as an investigation is ongoing and the federal transit administration was notified about the issue. back to you. >> all right, adam tuss. >>> a montgomery county c

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