do tours of the capital, not only in english but also in german. today we will hear an english stories about the capital honeymoon that of the 19th century, the at times fraught development of the infrastructure itself, and it often overlooked in violent episode on the senate subway. join us for a unusual tour. robert, take us on your tour. i am indeed a tour. guide i have a lot relationship with the capital. there are a lot of people that worked there. creating, laws lobbying to change the laws or just the hundreds of people that are responsible for keeping the whole place going. and of course than the target themselves. but my job is to take people for whom this maybe they re only opportunity to see the capital, and get them on the tour. and that gives me the chance to talk a little bit about the capital as i get there. but of course the major were stunned by the target themselves. this was all, one of the few female guides back in you can t see but she is actually wear
become a self-taught historian. he s written books about his house as well as emancipation in the district of columbia. he has a collection of stories. he always wished he had time to tell when he does tours of the capitol one of the things you may not know is that he can do tours of the capital not only in english, but also in german. so today we re going to hear in english stories about the capital honeymoon fad of the late 19th century the at times fraught development of the capital infrastructure itself and an often overlooked violent episode on the senate subway so join us for an unusual tour robert. take us on your tour. i am indeed a tour guide. so i have a really odd relationship with the capital. i i mean there s a lot of people that work there. creating laws or changing laws or lobbying to change the laws or just the hundreds of people that that are responsible for keeping that the whole place going. um, and of course then the tour guides themselves, but my job is t
late 19th century the at times fraught development of the capital infrastructure itself and an often overlooked violent episode on the senate subway so join us for an unusual tour robert. take us on your tour. i am indeed a tour guide. so i have a really odd relationship with the capital. i i mean there s a lot of people that work there. creating laws or changing laws or lobbying to change the laws or just the hundreds of people that that are responsible for keeping that the whole place going. um, and of course then the tour guides themselves, but my job is to take people for whom this may be their only opportunity to see the capitol and get them on the tour and that gives me a chance to talk a little bit about about the capital as i get there. but of course the the major work is then done by the tour guides himself, by the way, this is olga rice. she was one of the very few female guides back in 1938 when the guide service was professionalized can t actually see what she is
Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd is up next interviewed by guest host dan balz. Host host chuck todd, welcome to cspan. We have been on opposite sides of the table where you asked the question. Mr. Todd looking forward to it. Host the first obvious question why the title . Mr. Todd i was trying to get at something that got the idea it was an out sider and part of him is a political loaner outsider and i think he would where that with a badge in his political career. It answers the question of why has he struggled running washington . He wasnt a creature of washington which is why people gravitated toward him. Year six, going to year seven, and i think this is to try to figure out, i hope, i am trying to help people figure why he struggled to run washington and it is because he is a stranger. Host do you think he as much a stranger today as when he first came . Mr. Todd in some ways, yes. I think it came through when you saw him struggle to get a small slice of minority to sign off o
It is a website where i detail the accounts, i have the accounts of all my different trips to president ial and Vice President ial burial sites, president ial homes, libraries. Different gravesites. I have interesting facts about the different individuals whose gravesites i have been to showingalso, not just the different sites i have been to, but it is also supposed to be a learning tool. Kurt how old are you . You . An how old are kurt 20 years old. Brian where are you in school . Presently, i am a rising senior at Bryant University in smithfield, rhode island. Brian what is your major . Kurt i am a history major, one of the few at bryant. It is a very small History Department but a very good History Department and i have actually the only history major graduating from bryant next year. I have been so passionate about history for well over half my life. I first got into president s when i was seven years old. My mother brought me this book called so you want to be president . I actua