Tonight on 360, the White House lays out plans for getting involved in what's on display

at the Smithsonian with an eye toward enforcing its view of American history.

Also tonight will the man who agreed to a deal that led Jeffrey Epstein off easy face questions

now from Congress, what a top lawmakers said about it today.

And later with troops arriving tonight for police duty in Washington, D.C.,

my conversation with the governor of neighboring Maryland, home to Baltimore, where the president is also talking about the possibility of federal law enforcement takeover.

Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight with the Trump administration spelling out just how deeply it intends to get involved in shaping

or reshaping what we learn about this country in its history and culture.

The place is the Smithsonian Institution.

Today the White House sent a letter to the head of the Smithsonian, one of the great museums

of the world, which is actually 21 museums in all.

In the letter, they made it clear to the Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Birch

the third, bunch of the third, writing that it wants what it wants and why from eight

of their museums initially with more to come.

Quoting now from the administration's letter, quote, this initiative aims to ensure alignment

with the president's directive to celebrate American exceptionalism,

remove divisive, or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.

They're beginning a review of the Smithsonian's plan for celebrating the 250th anniversary

of American independence next year, but that's hardly all.

Even as it says the goal is not to interfere with day-to-day

operations, the White House goes on to demand from each museum a full catalog of all current and

ongoing exhibitions and budgets, a list of all traveling exhibitions and plans for the next three

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