time the mainland saw the solar eclipse. this is director of the observatory peering into a celestron telescope to view the solar eclipse. a little different today, gear more high tech but wonder and amazement of it all not changeing a bit. hit me up on facebook, twitter, snapchat, instagram and let me know what you think about the eclipse and what you think about our road trip outside the beltway. here in maine we're going to nevada on wednesday. thursday we're going to be in texas. yes, it's a little bit of a schedule flip because tonight i'm actually heading back to washington to watch president trump deliver that prime time address. part of our special coverage tonight on nbc news and then back on the road starting wednesday. we will see you tomorrow from d.c. and then outside the beltway for the rest of the week talking everything from infrastructure to jobs to the economy to health care and more. that disit for us for this hour of "msnbc live" from bangor.