platform built for lincoln in 1865. they will put the casket atop that and drape it within my conflict. since president reagan and ford, john mccain at the end of this past summer and the late senator from hawaii in december 2012. i should put as a footnote, richard nixon, when he died in 1994, he did not lie estate which is contrary to typical protocol. some family members did not fill the public would be respectful. and that is what will happen whether be monday, wednesday, tuesday or thursday. they will keep the united states capitol open in members of the public would be able to file through and pay respects. one of the things that always remember and it will be interested to listen for when they do that later this week, the silence of the footsteps filing past the capitol rotunda out of respect and echoing through the big cavern of the
that. here we go. oh, my. oh, wow. this is a real army call. let s keep going this way. look at all this. all the light switches are still here. now you re going to crawl out into this big cavern that was where the actual missiles were and the launcher arms were in here. the missiles were in this room? yes. oh, wow. so right about here is where the missile arm would come up and the missile would have been above the ground and would have taken off. having to shoot an air invasion from russia was the thing of the time. back then you didn t know what was coming over the horizon at any moment. today the threats are different but he still plays a critical role communicating and tracking satellites key to the security of the united states and its allies. he provides a uniquing an until how we command and control satellites. here s our satellite dish. as you can tell, it s a lot bigger than the directv dish or
yet? reporter: ashleigh, we do. let me show you where. right now you can see where the arm, the 80-foot arm of the track is situated. we ve seen that arm go down into what seemed to be the cav earn. maybe we ll see this in a moment. they are trying to make sure they prevent any new debris from going into that hole. they send that arm down and pick up any new debris and bring it back. again, it was quite interesting, quite incredible quite frankly to see that arm go so far and from what we know, it could be 50 feet deep or 20 to 30 foot wide. it s a big cavern. the question is what is that foundation standing on? there s a concern that the foundation itself could collapse into the hole. you do find as you mentioned, a delicate process to remove the debris. it s hard to believe that they can t recover the body.