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
each week, american history tv s artifacts takes you t each week, american history tv s american artifacts takes you to. museums. opened in 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. from the 1912 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 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 army mccarthy hearings, the watergate hearings. so this was the most televised room until the senate chamber was open to television. i bring p
disaster is explained. that could take days or even weeks. felt like crying, and it s hard to watch the video. a lot of people share those emotions. these are the bleachers that were jampacked last night with spectators for this launch. all of them left here feeling pretty sad about what they had witnessed. coming up, we ll have much more on this investigation. area where this explosion happened is still considered dangerous. so far, we have only been able to look at it from the air. thank you. one more note here amongst of supplies and experiments bound for the iss was a special delivery for a maryland astronaut crabcakes. chief apologized for the delayed launch of the cygnus spacecraft. the rocket was supposed to launch monday night, but the mission was scrubbed by the sailboat that was in restricted waters. weissman is set to return home in two weeks and sent out a tweet earlier this afternoon an is set to return home in two weeks. he included a picture of a sunr
in a labor government that has represented the very best of labor tradition. i personally have always been driven by a deep sense of social justice, and as a labor party member it is my belief we live in a community, not in a corporation. there is a role for government to create wealth working with the private sector, and to spread opportunity around our community and make sure that everyone in every postcode gets a fair go. in my maiden speech to parliament back in 1993, i should say first speech to parliament in 1993, i made the point then that levels of unemployment which were then around 11% were absolutely unacceptable. the social and economic destruction that comes from prolonged and high unemployment, the destruction of communities, something the labor party was formed to fight against. that is why all these years later i am so proud of the record of this labor government in dealing with the challenges the global financial crisis and the threat of high unemployment and
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