The Smithsonian American Art Museum allowed me to be i guess what you would call a guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. See i was a photographer myself starting in the 50s and i photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon. Governor brown in california. And then of course john f. Kennedy. Many of the events he was present at and tragically i was in dallas when he was assassinated. Why this exhere in the American Art Museum at this time . Well, its centennial of his birth. 100 years ago, on may 29th, he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . Where do you start . Well, first you start with a few researchers. And we collected, actually, 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months. And it became the basis of a very important book that we published with harper collins. And from those 34,000 pictures and the 400 some odd pictures in the book, we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jfk and his life and
Want to thank you very much. President trump offers a christmas greeting to us troops serving oversees. As christians around the world mark a christmas holiday, a look at all the celebrations. And a christmas miracle. The redskins pull off a holiday victory at home. The news at ten starts right now. And on this Christmas Eve we begin with weather. Taking a live look outside on this holiday evening, the Nations Capital there a little chilly, on the dryer side today. Wree wonting seeing a White Christmas in the area. What will it feel like tomorrow on christmas. Gwen is here with your forecast. Were not getting any snow, but we are getting the cold. It is going to be bone chilling cold as i say. Weve got some artic air headed our way. Absolutely right. Were not talking a white Christmas Eve chicago all the way through into new york as well as parts of pennsylvania they are seeing snow right now. If youre flying in that direction, check ahead. Also take a look to the west coast parts of u
Here as firefighters are on the scene. Theyve got the flames knocked down mopping up. You can see a lot of bystanders looking on, the firefighters not necessarily moving with any sense of urgency. It looks like they do have the upper hand on this fire. Another story breaking tonight, a pitbull attacks a toddler and now that child is in the hospital. This attack happened on hazelcrest drive. Thats east of emery grove road. This is in gaithersburg, maryland. Were told the dog bit the child on the face and the neck and that the toddler is in serious condition. Were still working to find out exactly what happened. We expect more details by the time we go to air with wake up washington beginning at 4 25 tomorrow. You can all get the latest news and information as it comes in on our wusa9 mobile information app. Now wusa9s first alert weather rated d. C. s most accurate forecast. People living in western new york and much of new england got a not everyone was crazy about it, but many still h
Enjoyed a White Christmas yesterday, heavy snow and strong winds have made the trip home hard for many. In areas from portland, oregon, to portland, maine there was snow. Bone chilling cold enveloped much of the midwest with windchills dipping below 40 in some places. And a blizzard warning was issued for maine and new hampshire. The snow and wind created hazardous driving conditions with near zero visibility in massachusetts as well. Yeah, the windows get icy and the windshield wipers dont really arent very effective with the ice. The visibility is quite poor, so its been a rough ride already. At bostons Logan Airport blizzard like conditions caused runways to temporary shut down. That delayed more than 240 flights. And the cold weather is going to stick around for a few taking a look at whats happening across the country on tuesday, we do have much drier conditions as we head toward the west coast. Some snow expected down in the midwest and we could see some snow showers as we head t
Metaphysics, aristotle says quote, in fact, the thing that is been sought both anciently and now and always and is always perplexing is what is being . Does this question apply to the being that is asking to us . If so, and it seems so, then to paraphrase aristotle, the inquiry and perplexity and early times and now and always is at this, what is human being . Er our panelists are christopher tollefsen, dissing a professor of Philosophy University of south carolina. Charles rubin, associate professor of political science,e duquesne university, and author of the eclipse of man humanion extinction and the meaning of progress. Adam keiper of the ethics and Public Policy center, editor of the new atlantis. Christopher. Thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be here. Unlike most of the panelists so far im not a former student ofo leon kass. So i feel the need to ask permission do i call you leon . Okay. Ou leo but that down. Nevertheless, even though im not a student i did feel a special ki