The Smithsonian Associates hosted this event. Good evening. Im so glad youve joined us for tonights program to our members im glad youre here. Its your ongoing support that makes events like this possible. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cellphones or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. 85 years ago this month Amelia Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from honolulu, hawaii, to north carolina. And Charles Lindbergh became if thirst person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean, earhart became the first woman to complete that feat. Dorothy curates the collections of general aviation aircraft, flight material and the history of general aviation and women in aviation. Shes the coauthor of the aviation careers of igor socorsky. She earned her private pilots license in 1884. So now please join me in welcoming dorothy cochran. Well, good evening, everyone. Thank you so much. Its a pleasure to be here. I thank the Smithsonian Asso
Media, 20th century performances on radio, records, film, and television recently published by mcfarland. Among his many accomplishments is a grammy award which he received for a double cd and bro book titled lost sounds. 1890 to 1919. Tim will then be joined in a conversation by fellow historian bill dugget. Our program will conclude with tim and bill taking questions from you, our live audience. Now, please turn off the sounds of your phones, and join me in welcoming historian and author tim brooks. [ applause ] well, thank you. Later on as he mentioned, there will be time for questions. And i hope we have some good ones coming up at the end of this conversation and presentation. But i would like to start with a question for you, the audience. How many people have seen a minstrel show . A live minstrel show. Anybody . Interesting. How many have seen one on film prap . Remember, im talking about a whole minstrel show, not a clip from somewhere, but a full show. Anybody . Okay. If i ha
Correct inland and it could be around 100degree, it has been cool to mild start deaf week but temperatures moving up. You can see the temperature change from yesterday to today. We see expectations in livermoore, instead of the mid 80s we think the mid 90s this afternoon. Here a look at the fog bank. We have still hugging the coastline so it is not a deal where we have warm offshore winds clearing out the fog, it is still out there but becoming less of an influence especially inlisten. Right now, it is in fact, this has changed quite a bit. Nevada reporting visibility down below a quarter of a mile. So close to 0 visibility. This is dangerous. Keep that in mind. One of those deals where you can have clear ask yous and all the sudden, the fog bank out there and an instant drop off in visibility. That fog has a number around portions of the bay area near the coast and near the bay and up toward nevada even santa rouser, right now in the 50s and 60s for this afternoon were expecting mostl
Its you and me yea all that matters. Last night was the first new years eve without the iconic countdown from dick clark. Most people come and go dick clark was here for generations. Someone on twitter said there was going to be a drinking game every time i giggle nervously. Break it down because were on the couch. Well be right back. See you later byebye. Well be right back. Captioning funded by cbs happy new year and welcome to cbs this morning. Starting a new year. Looking forward to 2013. Yes, i am, too. You guys have any new years resolutions . To be better and better and better and better. Thats so funny, thats what i was going to say, be better. Thats a good one. Nothing specific. No. Across the board at everything. Im going to hold boast both of you to it. How about you . I think im going to run a Half Marathon this year, thats my goal. 13 . Yes, 13. 2. Whats the most youve ever run . About ten. You could do that. I wont be doing that. Ill be cheering you on. 2014 watch out. Il
Brad meltzer tax that a series of biographies for children to the latest releases are biographies of Amelia Airhart Abraham Lincoln. Atrophies of rosa parks and opera that will be out later this year. This is about 40 minutes. [applause] be making my love as i i got out here and made all the little kids in the back. They will exclude those little kids. Finally, they said well put you up for a period now its your parent and say i have better seats than you do. Thats right. Well teach you some stuff here in washington d. C. So let me say that most of for doing outlaws to see thank you a thank you are coming up tonight. One special thank you because they need to embarrass him. When i started my career in d. C. , when you do your first attack a man whos going to be there. Her mom, dad, sister and then eventually find some strangers who cant. One of the first rangers was elliotts depot, elliot in the morning. You guys know alia . [applause] will tell it on tv now, cc it to us here. Everythi