Portrait, the National Gallery unveiled the official ortraits of former president and former first lady, Michelle Obama. This is one hour. [applause] david skorton, the secretary of the smithsonian institution. [applause] ms. Amy sherald, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mr. Kehinde wiley, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mrs. Michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the Smithsonian National portrait gallery. Good morning. Mu name is kim sajet and it is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Every commissioned portrait involves four people. The first person is the sitter, a person with a largerthanlife persona, who may be curious to see how his are her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. In a spirit of building anticipation, i bid a warm welcome to president barack obama and his wife, f
David skorton, the secretary of the smithsonian institution. [applause] ms. Amy sherald, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mr. Kehinde wiley, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mrs. Michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the Smithsonian National portrait gallery. Good morning. Kim sajet. It is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Every commissioned portrait involves four people. The first person is the sitter, a person with a largerthanlife persona, who may be curious to see how his are her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. In a spirit of building anticipation, i bid a warm welcome to president barack obama and his wife, former first lady, Michelle Obama, who we honor today. [applause] the second person is the artist who tries in the face of public scrutiny to stay true to his or her
Deadly bart police shooting. Tonight bart releases this full video. Now at 11 00 the moments leading up to a deadly bart police shooting. Tonight bart releases the full video to defend its use of force. Good evening im allen martin. And im Elizabeth Cook theres still one big unanswered question tonight. Heres the video, we want to warn you it is graphic. Let me see your hands now the footage just released by bart is a longer version of the video from a body camera worn be i a police officer. The video begins with by a police officer. The video begins with the officer hearing gunshots and running towards them. It ends with the officer firing his own shots. January 3, 4 00 in the afternoon the officer was inside the west oakland bart station. Shots fired at west oakland. Shots fire fired. He runs across the street to find two men entangled in a fistfight. He yes, sir for them to put their hands in the air and quickly opens fire. Let me see your hands [ gunfire ] heres a picture of it. Th
Will face a vote of confidence in parliament that he is expected to lose. Jon ironmonger reports. Cyril ramaphosa left a 13 hour meeting of the partys executive committee under the weight of a momentous decision to remove jacob zuma is the head of state. Earlier on monday night, the anc leader visited the president in person, telling him to step down within the next two days. But under that at an unconfirmed report suggests that president jacob an unconfirmed report suggests that president jacob zuma asked an unconfirmed report suggests that president jacob zuma asked for another three months. Since Cyril Ramaphosa was elected party leader in december, jacob zuma has resisted intense pressure to resign. His second term has been something scandal, and the rift within the party has threatened the stability of south africas oldest liberation movement. On sunday, Cyril Ramaphosa told supporters in cape town he was seeking a new beginning, and pledged to tackle the corruption that had marre
David skorton, the secretary of the smithsonian institution. [applause] ms. Amy sherald, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mr. Kehinde wiley, portrait artist. [cheers and applause] mrs. Michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the Smithsonian National portrait gallery. Good morning. Mu name is kim sajet and it is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the National Portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. Every commissioned portrait involves four people. The first person is the sitter, a person with a largerthanlife persona, who may be curious to see how his are her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. In a spirit of building anticipation, i bid a warm welcome to president barack obama and his wife, former first lady, Michelle Obama, who we honor today. [applause] the second person is the artist who tries in the face of public scrutiny to stay true