taxpayer, actually own it. an exclusive tour from the old post office clocktower and washington, d.c., and jenna lee is your tour guide. next let s take a look at some numbers:
unfortunately it did. jenna: it s also an important place in american history. we have some things here that give us an idea of what life was like then. i think one of the most telling photographs is the one here of people who walked away from slavery during the civil war. they found wood and building materials and built themselves saloons right around this area. things were pretty grim right after the civil war down here. the old post office was one of the first projects to bring this area up to a higher level. jenna: and more ways than one. some believe that the old post office is actually the site for the very first flag day. the flag day idea was an outgrowth of the patriotism i was developing in the beginning of the 20th century. because of this new patriotism,
air force base. mixed in, right behind us, i was trying to turn my neck, to see some of the protester signs. we re getting a look at nobody. i was going to say the president, but [ laughter ] i was going to say the president, but there are protesters mixed with with people who want to see the p parade. i m sure they will make noise as they come by and they re all kind of mixed in. and of course the trump hotel, the old post office here in washington is also what maybe 500 yards behind us as well. the crowd behind us is about ten people deep and people already have their cell phones poised ready to get this
entertainers who don t want to be recognized by the liberals in hollywood. who is the biggest entertainer who is coming? toby keith. do we expect any surprises tomorrow? could he do something no one has ever done before? is known for doing things like that. maybe he doesn t even have words. wouldn t that be in surprise, no surprise? what would be a surprise, i wonder if he gets out of the car and walks a little bit. i hope he does but i don t know because there is such security concerns. he s going to go right by the old post office which is, as you know, the trump hotel. i would get out and walk then. you would walk right up the steps made well, no. i hear it s beautiful, the
his businesses, which he is turning over to his sons don and eric, they would go into the treasury if it came from foreign sources. he also is going to hang onto the old post office, the rationale for that comment even though they say an elected official cannot hold a financial interest in that project, he signed that lease before he became an elected official, so they believe they haven t out there. you mentioned that david shulkin, currently with that the apartment of veterans affairs and undersecretary for health affairs will be elevated to head the affairs department, donald trump looked long and hard for the appropriate person, and ultimately found that appropriate person was already inside the organization. jon: the second holdover from the obama administration. interesting in and of itself. john roberts, thank you. jenna: back to capitol hill, former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson taking some tough questions on russia at his confirmation hearing. lawmakers grilling the