Places where the first president lived and worked. This is just under an hour. Our member of the society here at mount vernon. In september 1751, George Washington ordered a ship for his Brother Lawrence traveling to barbados. Arriving on november 2. As he traveled to barbados, he kept a detailed diary, which survives in the library of congress. And partnership with the university of virginia press, a new addition will be released of this journal. Readers will find it an excellent example of insight into a lost world. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association has been a leading supporter of efforts to transcribe and annotate all the papers of George Washington. The opening of the library in 2013, support for more scholarship was increased around the life and legacy of George Washington. This included support for the washington family papers, an effort to transcribe and annotate the papers of Martha Washington as well as George Washingtons parents, his relations, and the inheritor of mount ve
Individual you have all seen but whose name you may not recognize, natalie larson. Natalie larson is the unsung hero of mount vernon. She is responsible for physically recreating beds, curtains, and household textiles that make mount vernon believable as a home. Natalie is widely recognized as on leading american expert furnishing textiles of the 18th and 19th century and is the sole textilesr of historic incorporated of williamsburg, virginia. She began her career as an archaeologist, deeply interested in the ways people lived in the past and how they lived with and expressed themselves through their material possessions. Over the past 30 years, natalie has taken that approach above andnd by studying documenting surviving furnishing textiles to recreate them for use and house museums. An began her career as archaeological draftsman and Colonial Williamsburg before becoming a versions specialist. At williamsburg natalie refurnished nearly every exhibition building, including the most r
Popping up all over america. Inspiring america. Nightly news starts right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. President trumps nominee to the Supreme Court neil gorsuch made big news during a visit to capitol hill today with a headsnapping rebuke of the president over his criticism of the judiciary saying remarks made by the president about the courts are demoralizing. The almost unheard of a criticism of the president by a Supreme Court nominee coming on what could be the eve of a critical Appeals Court decision on whether to lift the stay on the president S Immigration ban. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has details. Reporter unusually strong criticism tonight from President Trumps own Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch about mr. Trumps biting critique today of three federal judges. The president was on the attack barely 12 hours after last nights Appeals Court oral argument on whether to keep
An inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. President trumps nominee to the Supreme Court neil gorsuch made big news during a visit to capitol hill today with a headsnapping rebuke of the president over his criticism of the judiciary saying remarks made by the president about the courts are demoralizing. The almost unheard of a criticism of the president by a Supreme Court nominee coming on what could be the eve of a critical Appeals Court decision on whether to lift the stay on the president S Immigration ban. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams has details. Reporter unusually strong criticism tonight from President Trumps own Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch about mr. Trumps biting critique today of three federal judges. The president was on the attack barely 12 hours after last oral argument on whether to keep enforcement of hiS Immigration executive order
We begin with our weather. No major problems this morning despite a mix of rain and snow. Lets show you images from frederick, maryland, we saw steady snowfall early this morning. That has since stopped. The issue now is the huge drop in temperatures and that cold wind. Storm team 4 meteorologist Sheena Parveen begins our coverage this morning with what to expect the rest of the day. And its on the back side of what we had this morning where the winds coming from. Snow is moving north and east quickly. Snow showers north and west of the district. For the rest of the day today, dont be surprised if you see a quick moving snow squall or flurries. Lookty feels like, gaithersburg, 19 degrees and district feels like 23 and it feels colder now than it did this morning. This is going to be the trend throughout the day today. Temperatures dropping into the 20s. These are actual temperatures as we go through this evening and overnight but feel colder, even like the teens tomorrow morning. Well