3 3 3 we are learning new information this morning about a fire that destroyed a home in woodfin. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live from the woodfin fire department. Lauren, firefighters were on the scene four hours overnight. We are told that dozens of firefighters from multiple Fire Departments responded just after 930 last night, and were on scene putting out hot spots until 215 this morning. 3 from the video, you can see that flames were shooting through the roof of the home on stratford drive. The fire then spread through the attic. As crews were battling the fire, it did not help much. Plus, a woodfin firefighter tells us crews also had issues with the water system because the hydrant closest to the house was not working, so they had to go up the road about 500 feet to find a working hydrant. 3 41 39 21 were having some issues with the water system tonight but we have multiple trucks here providing a lot of water and were getting the job done as best we can. 41 48 39 collins says t
And subsequent financial reforms. Im donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the Senate Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building. Before cspan started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex th, becausee this is where major hearings had been televised coming back newsreels covered it in the 1920s and 1930s, but television came along in 1940. This is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, the kefauver crime investigation, the mccarthy hearings and the watergate hearings. So this was the most televised room until the Senate Chamber was open to television. I bring people in here from time to time. You can hear the echoes. Point of order, mr. Chairman. You can hear the gavel. Of the chairman. My point of order. [gavel bangs] counsel advised the chair that the senator is engaging in a statement im getting sick of getting interrupted in the middle of a sentence. Mr. Chairman, do i have the floor or do i not . Oh, be quiet
Representatives came. In the 1850s, they had to put on the wings. By the 1870s, they were crowded. They couldnt find space for the sn senators to work. Offices were their discs in the chamber. Of course, they were constantly besieged there. So eventually they kept adding space to the capital. They built terraces in the 1870s and added extra rooms and that p wasnt enough. In the 1890s, they bought an old apartment house, which is down constitution avenue about where the taft stands today. For a while, senators moved in there, to the envy of many house members, because that gave senators private offices, at least some of the senators. But the building had been built as an apartment house, not an Office Building. The weight of an Office Building was too much. It began to sink. The elevator shaft was seven inches lower by the time they moved out. That was pulling the floors apart. It was unsafe. It was a fire trap. It was very uncomfortable. People complained about it. It would have been e
Before cspan started covering the sessions, this was where the major hearings were televised going back to news reels covering it in the 1920s and 30s. Television came after long in the 1940s. This is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, army mcarthur hearings, water gate hear agos. This was the most famous televised room until the chamber was open to television. I bring people in here from time to time. You can hear the echoes. You can hear the gavel of the chairma chairman. The story of congress is the story of the nation. Thats a story of growth. The capital started as a very small sand stone square box. It sort of grew as states entered the union and more senators and representatives came. In the 1850s so many entered they had to put on two wings for Current Senate and house chambers. By the 70s they were crowded and couldnt find space for senators to work. Initially senators offices were their desk in the chamber. They were constantly besieged there. So eventuall
Northampton counties and this last until 10 oclock tonight for snow and sleet changing over to rain. On Storm Tracker 6 live 3d looks like were seeing a lot of rain, even a mixed precipitation in lancaster and some light snow but thats not actually reaching ground at this point. The only areas that are wet and they are just wet right now is areas south and east of the city of philadelphia where its very light up near trenton, you wouldnt be surprised to see a little bit of just sleet pellets mixing in here or there. We expect that a little bit more as the day progresses. A wider look at satellite 6 and action radar and you can see theres more precipitation where that came from. Its not going to be a solid line today but some on and off showers that in some spots north and west could start as sleet and were looking right now at temperatures and youre below freezing in mount pocono but hovering right now at the freezing mark in allentown. We dipped to 32. Its 33 in reading. Well above fr