And it is great to be back here all the time. A few years ago, after agreeing to write a book celebrating the centennial of Grand Central terminal, i casually suggested an audacious but catchy subtitle, how a train station transformed america. And almost immediately i was struck by second thoughts. Individuals and events shape history, but could a single building . Luckily, Grand Centrals 100 year imprint on commerce and culture, its pivotal role in urban development, and codifying landmark and air rights, in shifting manhattans Cultural Center of gravity from downtown in midtownstep manhattan, turned out to validate the subtitle after all. Aell, a building, albeit monumental one, was one thing. Could a single object be transformative . That question arose after the British Museum and the bbc collaborated on the history of the world in 100 objects. That inspired a spate of collections on subjects including bird watching, the first world war, cricket, the future, the beatles, shakespear
J will be looks at the number of people signed up on the Health Care Exchanges since they opened on october 1. The differences between the state and federally run exchanges. Amtrak president and ceo as of portman talks about ridership. Washington journal, live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. The Lou Henry Hoover house here on the campus of stanford university. It is significant because this was the primary residence of the hoovers and it is significant as it relates to hoover because she was the one who designed it. She had such a strong grasp of design and how she wanted the house to look even though she was not an architect. Were lucky to have a lot of the original drawings and documents corresponding to the design and construction. Lou henrys influence came from her travels in the southwest of the United States. Also from her travels in north africa, when she traveled with herbert hoover. It is a great legacy of lou henrys because she designed the house, she created it. It was inspi
The impact of the shutdown on sequestration. Washington journal on cspan. It is significant because this was the primary residence of the hoovers. Lou hoover was the one who designed it to read who designed it. Of had such a strong grasp how she wanted the house to look even though she was not an architect. We have a lot of the original drawings and documents related to the design and construction of how she wanted the house to look. Her influence came from her travels in the southwest United States as well as her travels in north africa. When she traveled with herbert hoover. It is a great legacy of lou henry because she designed the house, she created it, it was inspired by her ideas and she was very closely involved in all aspects of the houses creation. Monday night on cspan. British Prime Minister David Cameron and members of the house of commons returned to parliament after a threeweek recess. The Prime Minister talked about a range of topics during question time, including incre
Ainsley thank you. Brian park in my usual spot. Steve live from super bowl, miami. The day of the big game. Brian i am excited. We have the peewee football team. Ainsley how cute are the little boys. The equipment weighs more than they do. Steve all about the big game today. It is a little chilly. We had really nice weather. Had some rain here. We take the perch on the rental curvy couch. The cheerleaders from Southeastern University. Theyre the cheerleaders from lakeland, florida. And our coverage today, brought to you by our friends at progressive. Welcome aboard, folks, it is fox friends live from miami. Ainsley this is the day that most people think of the best day of the year. Brian why . Ainsley because it is all about football. It is all about family. It is all about competition and the commercials. The only thing, only show, probably, right you would stick around to watch the commercials. Brian i would think so. There is a great spirit here in miami. They have been doing it 10