Thanks so much for joining us for this joint effort between the american Inspiration Series of american ancestors at New England Historical genealogical society, the state library of massachusetts and as, Porter Square books. Although we are open on light and a person, with limited capacity. We ship into local delivery and have curbside pickups. A special pandemic newsletter and lots of other stuff such as a visit us at Porter Square books. Com. Before introduce our guests and our moderator i want to give you a few quick housekeeping notes but using crowd casts which so much my views before before and maybe many of you have it. First of all the that is recorded so you can watch it back if you wasted for part of the knights talk because your water was boiling or you wanted to share with a friend. It will be here at this crowd cast link as well as on our facebook page. Second of all you can really use this lovely chat window in the bottom right of your screen whats that Say Something nic
Our restaurant is so small, it used to be filled in there, but it was cozy. So, you know, the tables were too close to try to go in there and space it out. Outside here we have the tables, the chairs six to seven feet apart from each other. Reporter retail stores, indoor malls, libraries and offices can now open at full capacity. But with the holidays around the corner and people wanting to gather, San Mateo County supervisor david can he pa wants everyone to not let up. We need are he main vigilant. We need to make sure that people wear their damn mask. We need to make sure that people are socially distant. Reporter in the next tier down from orange is yellow. At this point the only place in that category is San Francisco. Reporting live in redwood city, anoushah rasta, nbc bay area news. Thanks, anoushah. High schools across Alameda County got the green light to open their doors to students. It can begin november 9th. The schools need to come up with a covid19 health and safety plan.
Christmas million optional museum, here in washington d. C. Its just over an hour. So its absolutely a thrill to see so many people here for this kind of a program, my name is johnny gray, and i have the wonderful privilege of being the director of your National Museum of American History. Particularly on nights like tonight, and which we really can look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are really honored to be joined by tonight panel Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applause Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor, applause catherine fit, applause and Supreme Court Society Publications director claire kushner, applause it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, doctor david horton. Hes on Board Certified cardiologist a jazz musician, and doctor scorching with most recently the president of cornell university, and previously served as president of the university of iowa. Doctor gordon has interest in learning as wide
The nations pandemic epicenter gets a date on when it can begin reopening. What it could mean for the nation at large, and the move the president just made about the pandemic thats getting bipartisan backlash. And ready to launch. Hopes soar that today for the first time in nearly a decade astronauts will take off from u. S. Soil. Well go live to the Kennedy Space center on check in on the launch of spacex. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is not a protest. This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther king jr. This is chaos. Reporter the fired Minneapolis Police officer facing charges in the death of george floyd. Outrage spills into the streets across our country. The country with an open wound. None of us can turn away. None of us can be silent. Reporter President Trump defended his tweet on the protests where he said, quote, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Ive heard that phrase for a long time. I dont know where it came from. Repo
For the john and Mabel Ringling museum of art in sarasota and the Sir John Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book, and she resides in new york. So please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. And i very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know that i will be bowing to you i am not shaking hands, per our current instruction. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Soon after i to the smithsonian. Abraham lincolns top hat. And, si