Welcome to the wisconsin State Capitol. We are standing in the rotunda of the building. This is the public area of the capitol. This is where we have all of our big parties, presentations. A little bit about the outside. You see a big white stone building. That stone is granite we got from vermont. 43 different kinds of stone, stone from all over the world, six foreign countries, eight states. Only a little bit of the stone is actually from wisconsin. Great big dome on the outside covered with granite. We have the only State Capitol to completely cover the exterior in granite. We finish it off with a statue on the top. We call her wisconsin. She has a w on her chest, a helmet on her head. Top of her head is a badger. We have wisconsin facing toward the nations capitol. Shes 15 feet, 5 inches tall, over 6,000 pounds. Then we gave her that nice gold coat. As you look past me behind me, it says legislation on a mosaic. An artist created each of the mosaics with 100,000 little pieces of co
Reaches its first world cup finals in twenty seven yes as they brought their place in russia next year. Good to have you with us here on the news hour now the United States and turkey have suspended Visa Services for each others nationals its the latest in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u. S. Consular worker stumble hes accused of links to the u. S. Based cleric turkey claims was the mastermind of last years failed coup diana estabrook reports now from washington d. C. The u. S. Fired off the first volley in the diplomatic dispute on sunday issuing a statement saying it was suspending all nonimmigrant Visa Services at diplomatic facilities across turkey by the end of the day the Turkish Embassy responded in kind to the u. S. The visa suspension war started just days after turkish authorities arrested a us consulate employee met in tokyo claiming topas was fine for an exiled turkish cleric the u. S. Says those accusations are baseless oh look i was a look are reti
Showcase the history of madison, wisconsin. To learn more about the cities on our 2014 tour, visit cspan. Org localcontent. We continue with our look at the history of madison, wisconsin. This is American History tv on cspan3. Welcome to wisconsins state capital. Were standing in the rotunda of the building. A this is the public area of the capital. This is where we have our parties and presentations. When you walk up, you will see a white stone building. That is stone we got from vermont. Stone from all over the world. Eight different states. Only a little bit of the stone is actually from wisconsin. A great big dome also covered with granite. We have the only state capital to completely cover the exterior in granite. We have a statue up on top. We call her wisconsin. On top of her helmet is a badger. We have wisconsin facing towards the nations capital. She weighs over 6000 pounds. Then we gave for that nice gold coat. As you look behind me, it says legislation. Artists created each