Birds from nesting in capitals. When we started this project, there was a major water event in of 1990 that deposited a large amount of water on the floor of the rotunda and it was through our investigations that we discovered bird nesting materials and debris from eating dome was what clogged the gutter system, caused the water the interstitial space and cascade into the rotunda so weve taken on a series of projects since that time to ensure that the drainage system is never compromised again by debris and it led to the development of the master plan and the study of the iron work and to the project that were now going to get completed years. Next two [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] on the next washington brandus looks at president obamas relationship with the press and his administrations goals for 2014. Then Jonathan Bialosky discusses apprehended from the border will be removed from the country. That, Ri
Just make sure there is someone in front of you. If there is somebody you can focus on it is easier. How far are we going down . We will stop here. One of the things i wanted to point out to you here coming down the steps you will see that the 36 rib trusses that form the superstructure of the dome converge here to the 12 that go up to support the statue of freedom. As you can imagine, trying to merge 36 items into such a small space at the top was too great so every third truss is the one that continues forward and the two that flank it merge into its side for buttressing support. What you also see is the enormous super structure has very slender bands that reach down to suspend the shell below. And it has a very thin element that reaches out to the shape of the exterior dome. The brilliant thing about this design is that the dome is exposed to very harsh conditions on the outside, very cold in the winter, extremely hot in the summer under direct sun. Some plates may approach 130 degr
Caused the water to back up and Cascade National rotunda. Series of en on a projects since that time to that the drainage system compromised again by debr debris. And it led to though the development of the master plan nd study of the iron work and to the project we are now going to get completed in the next two years. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] we will have prime ministers questions live wednesday 7 00 a. M. Watch next sunday at the usual time 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Moments ckup a few charlie cook talks about the upcoming 2014 Midterm Elections. At 11 00 p. M. Q a with economist marty sullivan. And later another chance to see u. S. Capitol dome tour highlighting what will be repaired in a twoyear restoration project. 435 house seats and 35 senate eats will be decided in the upcoming 2014 Midterm Election. Next political analyst charlie Cook Political Report talks about what he expects to see from both P
Technology and the time period that allows this to be built. [inaudible] . Could you describe why cast iron [inaudible] . Has i think walters intent was looked like masonry. Be idnt intend for this to a modern structure. He intended it to be appropriate to the rest of the capitol design. But, because of weight it could not have been built in masonry. Just finished several years earlier the liberal of in the renovation capitol where once it will been destroyed by fire he went in interior roof structure which was made of very elaborate cast iron. That, he proved the resi resilience and economy of cast make multiple can hadnt pieces from a single mold and was able to then create this dome without an extensive cost lightweight gh possible. At it was [inaudible] . The existing foundations wouldnt support a structure so was calculated to what it would have been. Say it would have been considerably higher than the 14 Million Pounds that the decisions were hat was element ultimately ultimately
I would have been criticized for what i did, and i got a lot of criticism, but you learn to live with it. I never let it influence me. Rosalynn carter in a recent interview in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. She attended cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Mental Health issues and even testified before congress. Their partnership continued in the postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to the span series on first ladies. We begin by looking at the lives of living first ladies. Let me introduce our first two guests. They will be in the studio to tell you about her biography. Our guest is a president ial scholar. Faith specializes on the history of the south. I want to talk about the themes. She was gracious enough to grant us an interview. We will post it online so you can hear all she had to say. I want to pick up on things i have learned that she referenced. The carters first visit to the white house was after he had bee