Our hoist machine is located overhead, and this is a traction machine, so it is an evolution beyond the winding from elevator. This is the drive ship. This is the gear box, and this is original from 1913. It is a heavyduty design that we really do not see any more today. That is probably part of the reason why this elevator has already lasted close to 100 years. This is the break for the voice machine teh brake. We have the original controller here. Fortunately, the power is turned off. This room was built in 1913, but the National Elevator cut actually was not introduced until 1921. Tell us about this antique controller. What makes it different from a modern controller . The elevator is running on the original d. C. Power. Really simple in operation. Does not include a lot of the features we would have in an elevator today, Automatic Door operation, dispatching, push button operation. None of those features are present, but this is the original from 1913. On this side, we have all the
Washington. Actually did we lose ashley as i was telling him to wake up. He was telling us about the markets being up for the day. It was quite a finish. Very funny moment. With the dow ending up by 558 points on the day. Were up throughout and we really had a strong move into the finish. As liz claman was talking about it, it didnt necessarily happen on news but happened nonetheless. Back to ashley we hope in a moment. Blake burman in the white house waiting for that News Conference from President Trump i believe at the top of the next hour. I hope youre there, blake. Reporter youre a baseball fan. Call in the righty if ashley cant go. If youre anticipating President Trump right now, within the next hour this, is impromptu announcement the white house said this afternoon saying president will speak from the rose garden at the top of the next hour. The white house not exactly saying what this is about though i am told from a source that the president will be speak about china. Elsewher
In the newsroom, Edward Lawrence is in washington and Ashley Webster is there as well. Well start with blake, who has the latest from the administration on china. Blake. Reporter melissa, connell, youre right. Just a little bit of cleanup from the white house last night after Peter Navarro made some comments suggesting that maybe the trade deal with china was off as navarro said at one point, its over. That forced the president to take to twitter to say, no, the deal with china is fully intact and larry kudlow in speaking with Stuart Varney earlier this morning said that the deal is being implemented just like they want. Ive been to several meet national the oval with bob and Steve Mnuchin and the president and others. You know that has been our view. They have actually picked up their game. It is not just commodity buying although that is picking up too. Some of the structural issues like i. P. Theft. Reporter got some live video now. I believe what youre looking at President Trump in
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Treat those with coronavirus. We are going to reroute our medical Health Experts and people, our nurses, and other Health Support to help manage and maintain and support the people who have tested positive. Reporter for weeks, supervisors have been pushing the mayor to move the homeless into the largely vacant hotel rooms. They say the outbreak was tragically predictable. Nobody should be living in those environments, and so, what i am saying is, move these people now, and we should have moved them a month ago, and the people that you could not move, for whatever reason, should have been sleeping 6 feet apart, should have had temperature checks, should have had masks and gloves. They did not do that, and so now we have an outbreak. Reporter that can house up to 340 people at a time, the supervisor says many of the residents inside the shelter are waiting on the results of coronavirus tests for themselves. Live in San Francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. As we get further out,