Each week, we take viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Next, don ritchie takes us t building. Har in 1983, it is the newest of the three Senate Office buildings after the russell building and the dirksen building. We are in the hart Senate Office building, which is connected to the dirksen building. They are two halves of the same building, that they are entirely different. The Hart Building is the central building. We are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television booths overlooking the hearing room. This building is large. When they knew that the dirksen building was sufficient, they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building and build an identical twin on the other side. It would not be large enough. What happened between when the dirksen building opened and the Hart Building, was the u. S. Staff tripled in size. Part of that was watergate. Up until then, the executive bran
Dirksen building. Senatere in the hart office building, which is connected to the dirksen building. They are two halves of the same building, that they are entirely different. Building is the central building. We are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television booths overlooking the hearing room. When they knew that the dirksen building was sufficient, they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building and build an identical twin on the other side. They said it would not be large enough. It happened what happened between when the dirksen billing was and the Hart Building, the u. S. Staff tripled in size. Part of that was watergate. The executive branch had provided most of the information that congress was given. When they felt they could not trust it, they felt the need for an independent staff. Every senator was allowed to have at least one staff person on each committee to serve. That was
Takes years into archives, museums, and Historic Sites around the country. Takes usate historian into their hearts on this Office Building. Hart is the83, newest of the Senate Office building. In the hearts and Office Building which is a separate building, there are really two has of the same building but they are entirely different. There standing overlooking essential hearing room which is known as hard to 16. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television boots overlooking the hearing room. That the dirksen building was not going to be , they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building and build an identical twin on the other side. It wouldnt be sufficient. , the u. S. Senate safed triple in size. Part of that was a result of vietnam and watergate. The executive branch had provided most of the information that congress needed. Once congress felt that they they felttrust them, that they needed their own separate independe
As of the three Senate Office buildings. This is a separate building that is connected to this building, they are really two house of the same building. They are entirely different. , we are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television booths overlooking the hearing room. This building is quite large. When they knew that the dirksen building wasnt going to be sufficient, they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building and build an identical twin on the other side. That wouldnt be sufficient, it would not be large enough. What happened between when the dirksen building open and the Hart Building, was the u. S. Staff tripled in size. Part of that was a result of vietnam and watergate. Up until then, the executive branch had provided most of the information that congress needed. When they felt they could not trust it, they felt the need for an independent staff. Also, there were a series of le
Reports of a shooting. We are told that staff in the capitol complex, again, are being told to shelter in place. These reports of gunshots being fired in the capitol Visitors Center. Now, the white house this these situations routinely put on lockdown immediately, as you can imagine. We also hear reports that the north lawn has also been cleared at the white house, and the pennsylvania avenue that runs right in front of the Capitol Building has been cleared as well as Lafayette Park all the way down to h street. We understand that now that there has been one Police Officer shot. Were just getting word on that. So, again, lockdown on capitol hill, the white house in lockdown as are people working inside the capitol complex, being told to shelter in place. At one point they thought maybe this was a drill but, apparently, this is no drill. Again, reports of one Police Officer being shot, other people saying there were injuries, and people are being taken to some sort of shelter. All of th