CSPAN Today In Washington February 22, 2011
tight. -- untouched. he authorizes the rebuilding of the entire inside of the white house. a project that would take almost four years to complete. >> how big did it is a it -- is an enduring -- how they did it was an engineering masterpiece. they put in four steel legs. they made an elevator shaft to hold up the top floor. all the way down into the ground below the basement. they emptied the house by bringing all the parts into the shops and out the window -- shafts and out the window openings. they dug down and they had paid taxes -- pick axes. they were going to chop the door wide...