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Latest history news. Next from the library of congress, we talk with three caretakers of americas treasures. Smithsonian secretary david skorton, librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and archivist of the United States david ferriero. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. We are in the library of congress for a conversation among three people who are responsible for conserving the nations history and treasures, and my opening question is to our host for this conversation, carla hayden, who is the brand new 14th librarian of congress, just starting her job in the fall of 2016. Why did you t...

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I wanted to welcome you and say, listen, what we want to do today is give you an opportunity to see basically the museum as a work in progress. There are about 40 of all the exhibitions are now complete, and were working to make sure that we will be very ready on september 24th. The reality of this is pretty simple, 11 years ago we began with a staff of two. We had no idea where the building would be, no sense at all of any of the collections, unlike almost any other museum, not a single object in the collection. We really knew we had to raise a lot of money, we had no money in the bank, and n...

And in the case of dollree mapp, involve people with a lot of personal strength to really see a situation and to go to the courts for relief and to fight her way all the way to the Supreme Court. So really our case is about individuals that have Lasting Impact upon all americans and any one of us could be that individual. Although frankly nobody could be like dollree mapp. And what are your final thoughts about this case and its importance . That we all have a role to play in the protection of our constitutional rights. We all have to stand up and give voice every day to the constitution or it...

The superstar back in the headlines, and have so many worried that the biebs is bad luck. And good morning, america. Boy, Justin Beiber, not getting a break in boston right now. They really think hes bad luck for the patriots. Fans are like that. The patriots, hanging out with them, they have a good thing going on right now. But youre saying hes done a lot of things that i criticize. But im not sure theres a justin jinx. But well get into that in a little while. I love when you back biebs like that. Also, were going to begin with the record rain this morning on the west coast, creating dangero...