Edwin edwards with huey long and with edwin edwards. One of the things we like to do is add some color to the were colorful, and no matter what you think about the donald, you got to say he is spicing it up. Tell him to come on down to louisiana. E would love to see him how about a round of applause for our speaker . [applause] mayor, i hope you come back and see us sometime soon. I would also like to thank the National Press club staff, including its Journalism Institute and broadcast center, for organizing todays event. For a copy of todays program or to learn more about the club, go to that website, press. Org. Thank you. We are adjourned. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] we will take you live now out to the state fair in des moines, iowa. On the soapbox is john kasich, governor of ohio. Its great to be with you. I just wan
Did continue but thats the official end of the construction story. In 1899. Were standing in the second floor of the Old State Capitol on the Mississippi River in baton rouge, louisiana. It was started in 1847 and completed in 1851. One of the only gothic state cap tols in the country. It is a replica of a castle. Mark twain always had a big problem with it. He didnt like it. He thought it was too european or too gothic, so to speak, always very critical of it. Nonetheless. Its one of a kind. In this exact building we had the secession of louisiana from the union. We had one of our past famous governors, huey long, was attempted to be impeached here. Union troops occupied it during the civil war. It was actually interior was destroyed from a fire that the union troops were cooking inside, caught the building on fire and destroyed the entire interior. I wanted to point out to you the famous what we call the umbrella. Umbrella because of the beautiful color scheme of the glass that we ha
Representatives and visiting with the speaker of the house at that time. They were here. In fact, as you like to and you accompany me, well walk to the speakers desk where huey and eleneder had just finished a conversation or were discussing everything. You will get an idea that from there you can see the entire chamber. You have to remember, huey long, while being a handson governor was also a handson senator and never really felt like he was no longer governor. O. K. Allen was the governor at the time, but huey long still wielded great influence in the legislature, even more so, some say, because now he was a u. S. Sitting senator. So, as we walk is where they would have been, and the last known photograph taken of huey long, prior to his assassination. Huey long standing right about where this chair is, and the speaker of the house who was presiding, watching the happenings was leaning over talking to senator, former governor huey long. It was after those conversations were finished
Gothic and was always very critical. But nonetheless its one of a kind. In this exact building we had the secession from louisiana from the union. One of the the famous governors was attempted to be impeached here. Union troops occupied it during the civil war. It was actually the interior was really destroyed from from an invertant fire that the union troops were cooking inside and caught the building inside and sbroid the interior. I wanted to point out to you the famds what we call the umbrella. Umbrella because of the beautiful color scheme of the glass that we have done after the building was burned in the civil war. It laid dormant about 20 years. When it was rebuilt many of the elder legislators remembered how dark it was in the Old State Capitol and insisted that the Architect Build in magnificent glass dome, supported by this post down the middle. Thats why we give it the famous name of the umbrella. If its a sunny day or cloudy day you can see the change in the glass. Its a m
On the date of his asasstation senator he was in baton rouge visiting the legislature, in particular the house of representatives and visiting with the speaker of the house at that time. They were here. In fact, as you like to and you accompany me, well walk to the speakers desk where huey and eleneder had just finished a conversation or were discussing everything. You will get an idea that from there you can see the entire chamber. You have to remember, huey long, while being a handson governor was also a handson senator and never really felt like he was no longer governor. O. K. Allen was the governor at the time, but huey long still wielded great influence in the legislature, even more so, some say, because now he was a u. S. Sitting senator. So, as we walk, this is where they would have been, and the last known photograph taken of huey long, prior to his assassination was huey long standing right about where this chair is, and the speaker of the house who was presiding, watching th