(applause) welcome good evening. i am rob fisher, the director of st. john s church. i am thrilled that our friends at the white house historical association asked us to provide space for tonight s conversation. stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. the architect was benjamin henri literal. not only did he design this church but he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed in the war of 1812. in 1818 in 1818, he built what is now the home of the historical association. you see a similar entrance. it was built as a green cross and was an even four sides. in 1822, they expanded the church building to make room for more seating. we do not know who the architect was who did that expansion and built the bell power belltower. tragically, he had already died at that time, in new orleans. there might be some h
she believes she was terminated as retaliation for failing to do favors for city hall. she spoke about her plans to fight back. i want to about the termination itself. if you had a sense it was coming,or if you were surprised? i was surprised. reporter: she believes she may have lost her job because she wouldn t do favors for a member of the panel who terminated her. in 2018, the chief told the st. s hr director that police commissioner, janelle harris demanded she reimpurse harris for towing fees, and was worried about retaliation. you hired a woman of intrigue trite. and by that, i am willing to stand on my values. i m willing to lose a job by standing on my values. no regrets. reporter: harris has not responded to our request for comment. do you plan to sue the city? i have legal options that i am weighing right now. i am embarrassed. those headlines went national. it s painful to me. it s not how i would like to end 38 years. reporter: the police commiss
institution testified on museum programs and operations. before the senate rules and administration committee. secretary bunch outlined his priorities for the institution and efforts to reduce the maintenance backlog. committee on rules and administration will be called to order. good morning. i want to thank my colleagues for attending, and before i get any further, thank secretary bunch for bringing some of their great collection for us to look at. but mr. secretary, we re glad to have you, and several people from your team here to back you up if you need it. but i m confident you ll be able to be the man at the microphone there. this is your first official appearance before the senate rules committee. we re grateful to have you with us. secretary bunch s appointment is historic in a number of ways. he s the first african american secretary to lead the smithsonian institution as well as the first museum director who was then later appointed secretary in at least in around
brian: doug mills, your last visit in 2013, you were photographing a lot of barack obama. what has changed in your life since then? doug: the american people elected a businessman who is now the president of the united states and things are drastically different for us. it is a lot of work. we work nonstop. the president drives a new cycle hourly. therefore, it affects us everyday. the white house is quite an exciting place to work right now. host: how is it different? doug: from a photographer standpoint, we have a lot more access to the president. i see him more on a daily basis than we did with president obama. sometimes three or four times per day. sometimes five times a day. we are able to photograph him in different situations. some meetings, will science, executive orders, things like that. there is a lot of travel involved. not a lot of weekend travel other than to mar-a-lago or bedminster, new jersey. it is exhausting. it is great. it is very exciting. i love what i
it is a lot of work. we work nonstop. the president drives a new cycle hourly. therefore, it affects us everyday. the white house is quite an exciting place to work right now. host: how is it different? doug: from a photographer standpoint, we have a lot more access to the president. i see him more on a daily basis than we did with president obama. sometimes three or four times per day. sometimes five times a day. we are able to photograph him in different situations. some meetings, will science, executive orders, things like that. there is a lot of travel involved. not a lot of weekend travel other than to mar-a-lago or bedminster, new jersey. it is exhausting. it is great. it is very exciting. i love what i am doing. i have the greatest job in the world. being in the white house right now, every time i see someone that i haven t seen in a while, that is the first question they asked. how has your life changed and what is different about it? it is very different. we are goin