australia s vice captain, david warner, likened the fort coming ashes series against england to war, saying that he was looking for hatred to motivate his team mates. hyperbolic language, of course, but it gets under way in a few days from now. our guest graeme swann knows all about pommie bashing. 18 of his matches were against the aussies, eight of them in australia. when he says the ashes are all in the mind, does he believe england are prepared for the mental challenge coming their way? welcome to extra time. first test at brisbane s the gabba. they don t call it the gabba for nothing. it s like being in boundary control in front of the hostile fines? i wouldn t know, control in front of the hostile fines? iwouldn t know, iwas control in front of the hostile fines? i wouldn t know, i was always sensible enough to be in the slips so sensible enough to be in the slips soi sensible enough to be in the slips so i wouldn t know it. but it s true, the noise can be incredible. t
along the way. they documented all this. one by one, the revenue around mitchell disappeared. they fired him. there was a huge headlines and newspapers and big shock along the way. this really showed that there was some substance to charges about irregularities on wall street. stock exchange was like a private club whether than public entity. the democrats had just won the election 1932 and were coming into power in march. the incoming chairman of the committee duncan fletcher said we want you to stay and continue this investigation. he wrote a memoir and gave a long oral history about his experiences. he talked about the time of franklin roosevelt s inauguration. looking at the window and seeing charles mitchell walking by himself with his suitcase to union station. there were hotels all around the plaza here. here s this man that showed up with all this revenue of bank officials and everything else all by himself leaving in the process. that led to him carrying on an extrem
and subsequent financial reforms. i m donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the senate caucus room in the russell senate office building. before c-span started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex th, becausee this is where major hearings had been televised coming back newsreels covered it in the 1920 s and 1930 s, but television came along in 1940. this is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, the kefauver crime investigation, the mccarthy hearings and the watergate hearings. so this was the most televised room until the senate chamber was open to television. i bring people in here from time to time. you can hear the echoes. point of order, mr. chairman. you can hear the gavel. of the chairman. my point of order. [gavel bangs] counsel advised the chair that the senator is engaging in a statement i m getting sick of getting interrupted in the middle of a sentence. mr. chairman, do i have the fl
before cspan started covering the sessions, this was where the major hearings were televised going back to news reels covering it in the 1920s and 30s. television came after long in the 1940s. this is where viewers would have seen the crime investigation, army mcarthur hearings, water gate hear agos. this was the most famous televised room until the chamber was open to television. i bring people in here from time to time. you can hear the echoes. you can hear the gavel of the chairma chairman. the story of congress is the story of the nation. that s a story of growth. the capital started as a very small sand stone square box. it sort of grew as states entered the union and more senators and representatives came. in the 1850s so many entered they had to put on two wings for current senate and house chambers. by the 70s they were crowded and couldn t find space for senators to work. initially senator s offices were their desk in the chamber. they were constantly besieged there.
1909, the russell senate office building was constructed to ease chronic conditions. we will learn about the noted senate investigations held in the caucus room. 12 titanic inquiry to the 1930 s hearings about the causes of the 1929 stock market crash. i m donald ritchie, the senate historian, and we are in the senate caucus room in the russell senate office building. before c-span started covering the senate, this was the most famous room in the capitol complex t, becauseh thise is where major hearings had been televised coming back thewsreels covered it in 1920 s and 1930 s, but television came along in 1940. this is where viewers would have crime investigation, the army mccarthy hearings, the watergate hearings. so this was the most televised room until the senate chamber was open to television. i bring people in here from time to time. you can hear the echoes. point of order, mr. chairman. you can hear the gavel. my point of order. [gavel bangs] counsel advised t