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CBS News From the 60 Minutes archive: Scott Pelley reports on the Capitol Dome From 2013: It s hard to imagine America without the Capitol Dome, but when you hear how it was created it becomes hard to imagine it exists at all. 2021 Jan 07 The following script is from The Capitol Dome which aired on Dec. 1, 2013, and was rebroadcast on May 18, 2014. The correspondent is Scott Pelley. Nicole Young, producer. If you are yearning for something that rises above the dysfunctional politics of Washington, we have just the thing, two hundred and eighty-eight feet above, in fact. Tomorrow marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the completion of the Capitol Dome. It s hard to imagine America without this crowning achievement but when you hear the story of how it was created it becomes hard to imagine that our dome exists at all. We were given amazing access for this story. And you are about to see the dome like you ve n ....