Injured, two homes destroyed. An investigation under way. And bad time to tweet . New information on that big flub at the Academy Awards. Theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. A and the twitter post that may have led to one of the most embarrassing mixups in history. Today, tuesday, february 28th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, on the hill, with matt lauer, live from capitol hill, and savannah goo guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this special edition of today. Im matt lauer smackdab in the middle of washington. And savannah sackdab in the middle of studio 1a in new york city. There you are. Ive been looking at your beautiful shots of washington, d. C. This morning. And i think, arent they peaceful when they sleep . It looks so good. Such a beautiful spot. It will be a busy night in washington. Im standing just above where the inauguration took place, just about a month ago. And let me set t
Injured, two homes destroyed. An investigation under way. Bad time to tweet . New information on the big flub at the Academy Awards. There is a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. The twitter post that may have led to one of the most embarrassing mixups in oscar history. Today, tuesday, february 28th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today on the hill with matt lauer live from capitol hill and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to this special edition of today on a tuesday morning. I am matt lauer standing smackdab in the middle of the u. S. Capitol in washington. Savannah guthrie is back smackdab in the middle of studio 1a in new york city. How about this for a view . Nice spot. I have been looking at your beautiful shots of washington, d. C. I thought, arent they peaceful when they sleep . Its going to be a busy night in washington. I am standing above where the inauguration took place, about a month ago. Let me set
Put together a board of commissioners in the 1890s and they chose an architect, cass gilbert, to build this third and present day State Capitol. The Building Construction took place and they had the groundbreaking in 1896 and opened to the public in 1905, kind of the first week of january of 1905. It was open for that legislative session. And if you were to walk into the building at that time, this was really a stateoftheart building. It had its own electrical power plant built next door so it was wired with electricity and you had working elevators and you had all the convenience of indoor plumbing as well. So this was really a spectacular public building for the people of minnesota. Cass gilbert was born in zanesville, ohio but as a youngster moved out with his family to st. Paul. He basically claimed st. Paul as his home and in 1895 was selected as the architect for this State Capitol building. And theres a lot of kind of interesting stories behind him. He was a qualified architect
A fire burned to the ground. There was a second capitol built in the same location. It was a functional space but not meeting the needs of expanding State Government of minnesota. The ventilation was not very good. Even a few years after that had been built and occupied, there was discussion among the legislature to say we need to find a building that is permanent and going to accommodate the needs of the public as well as our growing State Government. There was a commission put together, a board of capitol commissioners in the 1890s. They chose an architect to build this third and presentday State Capitol. They had a groundbreaking in 1896 and it opened to the public in 1905, the first week of january 1905 it was open for the legislative session. If you were to walk into the building of that time, this was a stateoftheart building. It had its own power plant next door. It was wired with the electricity. It had working elevators. It had all the convenience of indoor plumbing as well, s
Cbs special report from 1964 that details the findings of the one commission. Coanchored by Walter Cronkite and dan rather, it includes interviews with Lee Harvey Oswalds wife and mother as well as eyewitnesses to the assassination. 22bs special report november and reports sunday at 4 00 eastern on American History tv on cspan3. All weekend long, American History tv is joining our Cable Partners to showcase the history of st. Paul, minnesota. To learn more about the cities on our tour, visit www. Cspan. Org localcontent. We continue with our look at the history of st. Paul. This Minnesota State capitol is the third Capitol Building built in st. Paul. The first was built in downtown even whenn the 1850s labor still a territory. They expanded that space. The 1881, it was a brick and Wood Building that was no longer serving the purposes of minnesota very well. The fire burned to the ground. There was a second capital built in the same location. It was a functional space but not meeting th