Other. And recognize the common humanity that makes america what it is. [applause] that is a lot of weight to put on one institution. But michelle and i have taken michelles mom and our daughters to see it, we feel confident that it will not just meet expectations, but far exceed them. It would not have happened without all of you. You should be very proud. Congratulations. God bless you. [applause] [cheers] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] now, a press preview of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. We will hear remarks by founder, lonnie bunch of the smithsonian. This is about 25 minutes. [applause] good morning and welcome. What a crowd. We are delighted to have you here and i have good reason to believe that when you spend some time here, you will say that you have been delighted to be i
You can see the storms really kind of changed course here for a bit. They were coming in pretty due west to east all night. Then as they moved toward philadelphia the progress of this line slowed down a little bit. We started to see more of a almost due south to north progression of these storm which meant heavy rain moved across the same area for an extended peer of time thats what led to the risk for flash flooding. I want to call your attention whats happening behind the system. A few showers moving into central pennsylvania most of those will miss out. I cant rule out a stray shower tomorrow morning. The shore missed most of the brunt of the action today. Finally now starting to see few storms lining up over Atlantic City, portions of again atlantic county, Cape May County and central and southern new jersey quiet for now shes showers across southern delaware could move into your region. Were not meetly out of the woods yet the threat for Severe Weather is dying down the risk for f
Township a free tree fell on to a home. Two people were inside but not hurt. Down trees and power lines are leaving thousand in the dark tonight. Its been a wild night of weather and its not over yet. Good evening, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. A live look now at conditions from the mobile weather lab as it drives around center city. Weve Live Team Coverage for you tonight. We begin with meteorologist kate bilo with a look at whats happening right now. Kate. The good news the storms are starting to wind down much the bad news theyve left a loft damage in their wake an lot of rainfall as well leading to the risk now for flash flooding. You can see the storms really kind of changed course here for a bit. They were coming in pretty due west to east all night. Then as they moved toward philadelphia the progress of this line slowed down a little bit. We started to see more of a almost due south to north progression of these storm which meant heavy rain moved across the same area for
In washington, d. C. , and Edwin Henderson is founder and president of the tenner Hill Heritage foundation. Welcome all of you. Thank you. So, why nearly a century after carter g. Woodson, the africanamerican historian established it, are we still debating whether or not we still need black History Month . Well, i think because america really has not fully embraced the contributions of africanamericans. Its the reason why we have to still have this celebration dr. Woodson started in 1926. We are still making history. So were still worthy of study, were still worthy of research and dissemination about our contributions. And its still very important for us. Dr. Whitehead, do you agree with that, and do you think anyone cares about black history other than black people . Well, thats a big issue. I think its important that we still celebrate black History Month. When i travel around the country, if we didnt talk about black history during black mandated, people would not discuss it at all.
Good afternoon everyone. My name is jerry mcclory. Thank you for coming out on this bluthsery washington, d. C. Day. On behalf of the public library, i would like to thank you for coming out today. The peabody room was named after eorge peabody. He was a merchant, finance year and philanthropist who got his start in business in georgetown in 1812. He was 17 years old. He came from massachusetts with his uncle and they opened a dry goods store on m street. Despite his third grade education, he was a financial genius. He moved on to baltimore where the action was in the early 19th century. He was there for 20 years. You have probably heard of the peabody conservatory of music. That was his namesake. Became a multimillionaire. He eventually moved to london and lived there for the remainder of his life. In his will of 1867, he gave his millions away to establish educational organizations. This was a generation before Andrew Carnegie did the same thing with his money. To the community of ge