every single beam, every single board. everything that went into that embassy was cut and cast and assembled at the building site under their own people s supervision. and just to be doubly safe, every component that went into building the russian embassy in washington, d.c. was x-rayed piece by piece as it was put together, to make sure there was no funny business, there was no cia bugs for the russian embassy. nothing had been inserted into the construction material somehow. that was the russian side of the deal. the american side of the deal was different. the american side of the deal, for our building in moscow, u.s. government negotiated that, yes, american workers and american officials would be responsible for all the finish work, like, the fine work inside the building, but when it came to the basic guts of the building, like the beams and the concrete and the pre-cast floor panels and all the columns, those would all be prefab manufactured in soviet facilities by soviet worke
architecture which dominates much of the city much of the new work captures the open minded spirit since the two thousand and fourteen my don revolution broke with ukraine s moscow dominated past. emmanuel giarrusso is a street artist from canada with ukrainian roots he s come to kiev to add a little color and variety to the city s grey residential blocks. all around ukraine s capital the communist era prefab facades are getting a new paint job it s a very political process. and victor and his crane are always on hand to host the artist up so he can work at those dizzying heights. it hasn t been anything but a wall for a hundred years and because of open mindedness and you know now it s seven hundred years later there s going to be a mirror on it and it s to do with that. open minded perspective and open the box and open the window on the wall so that s the idea. he s proud to be able to do his
circumstances. what you saw was a category ef2, maybe small ef3 that lasted a long time. i think, chris, i truly believe where you were i believe it s probably even a microclimate that, yes, you had winds but the buildings that you were in were so good and so strong that when you get a away from there and you get into the areas that may be manufactured homes or prefab homes or even into the mobile home communities, you re going to see a whole different level of damage. reporter: well, as soon as we can we ll get out there and we will see for ourselves and we ll help the first responders assess the situation and deal with the people as they need it. the weather vane, which is actually a big crane is shifting again so we re starting to get another phase of the winds here. the president of the united states has just signed a disaster declaration for the state of florida. now, that s not just an official recognition that there was a
these brutalist prefab workers housing complexes are everywhere here, and at first glance, hell at second glance, they look like something you d house animals in. but for many, previously living even poorer, harsher lives in the countryside, these offered something new. each group of buildings came with a doctor, a school. still, they look about as grim as grim can be. yet, santiago is anything but grim. sobani beach is where locals go on the weekend to kick back with family, drink the best rum in cuba, which means the best rum anywhere, swim, hang with family and friends. gentlemen. this is our local fixer.
santiago is a poor city. it s blacker. unlike havana, the symbols and faces of the revolution still seem to mean something. these brutalist prefab workers housing complexes are everywhere here, and at first glance, hell at second glance, they look like something you d house animals in. but for many, previously living even poorer, harsher lives in the countryside, these offered something new. each group of buildings came with a doctor, a school. still, they look about as grim as grim can be. yet, santiago is anything but grim. sobani beach is where locals go