he thought it was too european or too gothic, so to speak. and always very critical of it. but nonetheless, it's one of a kind. in

he thought it was too european or too gothic, so to speak. and always very critical of it. but nonetheless, it's one of a kind. in this exact building, we had the secession of louisiana from the union. one of our past governors, huey long, was attempted to be impeached here. union troops occupied it during the civil war. and it was actually -- the interior was really destroyed from an inadvertent fire the union troops were cooking inside and it caught the building on fire and really destroyed the entire interior. i wanted to point out the famous, what we call the umbrella. umbrella because of the beautiful color scheme of the glass that we have that was done after the building was burnt in the civil war. it laid dormant for about 20 years. and when it was rebuilt, many of the elder legislators who had served or was aware of it remembered how dark it was in the old state capital and insisted that the architect build this magnificent glass dome that is supported by this post down the middle. and that's why we give it the famous name or just the umbrella. it's a sunny day or c

mark twain thought it was too gothic and was always very critical. but nonetheless it's 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. that's why we give it the famous name of the umbrella. if it's a sunny day or cloudy day you can see the change in the glass. it's a magnificent focal point right

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all of the other architects submitted in the high gothic style with the pointed arch. renwick was privy to the point the romanesque, rounded arch style. he designed the building with input from robert dale owen. >> they did it on purpose to get away from the bleak style of the other buildings being built. >> it was the first non-ecclesiastical but also national building in this style of architecture. there were a lot of churches in gothic revival, universities had many buildings, yale and harvard. this was the first and we are not a government the but we're on that level. the federal level. >> what did the public think? >> it was mixed. dorothea dix who saw the building being built and she wrote a letter to the president and said that in a near proximity to the white house stands the smithsonian edifice, massive deficient edifices and went on for a long couple of paragraphs and hated it. other people loved it. the sculptor horacio hated it. he said it stamped itself on the beautiful dome of congress as ink upon paper. it was a blot. >> brutal, weren't they? [laughter]

and european architecture. mausoleum, blending indian, islamic, gothic and european architecture.mplete and the whole structure reflects the opulence and influences of the time. back in the day, under the british raj, there were hundreds of so—called princely states, run by maharajas and nawabs, powerful and wealthy men. there was one such character here. a nawab who made a decision that still has ramifications for relations between india and pakistan even today. these nawabs led lavish lifestyles, in stark contrast to ordinary indians. the nawab ofjunaghadh, mahabat khan iii, was no different. junaghadh state celebrates the marriage of the eldest son of the nawab with all the pomp and splendour of a princely wedding. this man was ten in 1946 and recalls the splendour of the ceremony. newsreel: escorted by the royal guard, the bridegroom drives in state through the streets. before him in the procession goes a costly profusion of wedding gifts. all the princes were there. attired in princely clothes with turbans of a particular type on the head. they used to have all their musician

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mahogany and some kind of ceiling tile, but the room is still grand, and i think, is filled with gothic architecture that leopold favored. if you look at the tall columns, you can see the columns that support the room that they look a little cut off because they're meant to sustain that huge, 56-foot tall ceiling. one of our most notable representatives was theodore roosevelt who served here. and when he started as an assemblyman he had just graduated from college and he was a personal friend of the family. he dressed very well. and because avenues college boy and kind of a dandy, he soon proved he was a lot tougher than he looked. there was a story he was in a committee meeting, and people were coming up to him while he was reading a bill, in order to get it on the record, and as he kept talking, and they kept coming toward him, he reached down and put up a chair leg on the table in front of him and they backed off after that. so t.r. was certainly one of our most famous assemblymen, and another thing that happened to him while he was in the assembly in 1884, on the same day he lost hi

but the room is still grand, and i think is filled with the kind of gothic architecture that the architect favored. if you look at the tall columns, you can see that they look a little bit cut off because they were meant to sustain the huge, 56-foot tall ceiling. one of our most notable representatives or assemblymen was theodore roosevelt, who served here. when he started, he had just graduated from college, and he was from a wealthy family, so he dressed very well. because he was a college boy and was kind of a dandy, he soon proved that he was a lot tougher than he looked. there is a story that he was in a committee meeting, and the tamny hall gang were coming up to him as he was reading and -- a bill in order to get it on the record. and as he kept talking and they kept coming toward him, he reached down and picked up a chair leg and put it on the table in front of him. i think they backed off after that. so t.r. was certainly one of our most famous assemblymen. another thing that happened to him while he was in the assembly in 1884, on the same day he lost his wife and his mother. his

you have to use that street to get to the gothic quarter, it is where many tourists hang out.argest and most popular markets. this is a place where all over the world people come and walk and enjoy this city. sean henry is a former executive assistant director at the fbi. sean, talk to me about this location, why would someone target this area? >> you have an area that is three quarters of a mile long, a pedestrian walk way. loaded with caves, kiosks and shops. it is a large gathering place for tourists. they are coming to enjoy their situation. they want to spread their message. they want to terrorize people through fear and intimidation. by driving down one of these walk ways and wrecking the carnage that we just saw, they have that impact. they want to ensure that they are targeting innocent civilians. people in a place where you would not expect something like this to happen, and they certainly have done that here, katie. >> donald trump said the u.s. will assist spain any way they can, how can the u.s. help? >> we are very closely associated with all of our allies through

in the late 19th century, the mahabat maqbara is an elaborate mausoleum, blending indian, islamic, gothicook over a decade to complete, and the whole structure reflects the opulence and influences of the time. back in the day, under the british raj, there were hundreds of so—called princely states run by maharajahs and nawabs, powerful and wealthy men. there was one such character here, a nawab who made a decision that still has ramifications for relations with india and pakistan even today. these nawabs led lavish lifestyles, in stark contrast to ordinary indians. the nawab ofjunagadh, mahabat khan iii, was no different. archive: this states celebrates the marriage of the eldest son of the nawab with all the pomp and splendour of a princely wedding. harish desai was ten in 1946, and recalls the splendour of the ceremony. archive: escorted by the royal guard, the bridegroom drives in state through the streets. before him and the procession goes a costly profusion of wedding gifts. all the princes were there, attired in a princely pattern with turbans of a particular type on their head. da

saying he is drawn to the gothic cathedral because it echoes his own life. the life of his life as a writer, all of the joint and careful planning and unforeseeable collapse. dreams and nightmares. >> that is one way to put it. with thee identified medieval worship of the virgin. of a slow communal multigenerational extension of energy within this. he sets up a contrast to what he describes as the dynamo of industrialism and capitalism. a dangerous science. >> what does he do it the rest of his life? until hears after her dies like his father and grandfather at the age of 80? visits oldls and friend. world,ers all over the going from the south seas and japan. in the 1890's he has fallen in love with cuba. >> cuba, what is that about? desire ofs that human independence from spain. had a informal meeting place for revolutionaries. he tells elizabeth cameron -- >> the president is hostile to cuba as he is to every instinct. would be a great field for his greed. i am a pure and simple anarchist my machine is busy running cuba. headquarters, i appear benign and t

he took us deeper into the gothic corridor where the streets are very narrow and no cars are allowed. and we were kind of just trying to decide what to do. and then another group of people ran from a different direction and saying that they had heard gunshots from the barcelona cathedral. so we spend just -- have been kind of just sheltering in the narrow streets, listening to the helicopters and sirens above. now he's leading us out somewhere to see the it might be -- if it might be possible to get a taxi back to the hotel because the metros are closed. >> joanne, the barcelona police are labeling this a terror attack. from the pictures we see, there's quite a few people injured on the streets, have you seen anything like that where you are? >> caller: no, no, we had been just past that area when this started and our tour guide obviously didn't want to take us back that way. so we -- we did not go to the scene. >> can you describe the area where the attack occurred? for people who have not obviously been there. >> caller: oh, just i mean -- big whopping mall with shops an it's the pl

despite having beautiful, turn-of-the-century, gothic buildings. know what the new property will look like? this is pretty major. >> it is enormous. this is not going to look on the outside, significantly different than anything you have seen. it is not a new build. it is not changing the skyline of the las vegas strip. but from the inside, i think it will be familiar to people who have been to the nomad in new york and to people who like good hotels around the world. it will be at the taste and sophistication level of the world's most beautiful properties. oliver: bloomberg businessweek is available on stands now and also online at bloomberg businessweek.com. more bloomberg television starts right now. ♪ ♪ anna: coming up on "bloomberg best", the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. ceos turn on president trump, who lashes back. president trump: they are leaving out of embarrassment. anna: anger and frustration in an alliance and threaten an agenda. >> ceos will be reluctant to get too close to trump because who knows when th

the ornate gothic revival tomb, the bird cage as it's called over the monroe tomb there in hollywood cemetery is a familiar landmark, if you ever been there. this is in 1865 photograph soon after richmond's fall. the tomb has been restored and going through an extensive process of refurbishment in which almost 30% of the original iron has been replaced. and i'm hopeful that it's going to be ready in time for monroe's birthday observance later oncoming up this april. because it desperately needed the work to save this treasure. over the years james monroe has been memorialized in many ways from commemorative coins, postage stamps, a cracker jack prize, symbols of education and military might. he ranks near the top in the number of places named for a u.s. president. as we observed, he's the only american for whom a foreign capital is named. in 1927, monroe's great a building at 1908 charles street in fredericksburg, virginia from demolition. having saved the building, they established a museum depicting monroe's law office and library that he had during his years in fredericksburg, 178

despite having beautiful, turn-of-the-century, gothic buildings. new property will look like? this is pretty major. 3,000-room multi-concept resort. this is not going to look on the outside, significantly different than anything you have seen. it is not a new build. it is not changing the skyline of the las vegas strip. but from the inside, i think it will be familiar to people who have been to the nomad in new york and to people who like good hotels around the world. it will be at the taste and sophistication level of the world's most beautiful properties. oliver: "bloomberg businessweek" is available on stands now and also online at bloombergbusinessweek.com. more bloomberg television starts right now. ♪ . . got you outnumbered. the dinosaurs' extinction... don't listen to them. not appropriate. now i'm mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter... why don't you sit over here. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. included with xfinity tv. more to stream to every screen. ♪ emily: i am emily chang, and this is the "best of bloomberg t

this age of dependency ratio would not have this big hump up with gothic ben wittes date on a very gentle increased if we would be talk about shortfalls of social security and medicaid for that matter. because the rise we have here would be just from the continued aging. we see the big shift that has occurred in the age distribution of our population is really not so much matter where living longer. death rates have been dropping,, that's nice but it's a matter of the change in the birth rate. real simple way to think about that back in the day when there on average three kids born for every couple, a retired couple would be retired and it would be three kids back in the workforce exhibiting directly or indirectly to support them. now we will move into a time where we will on average per couple, when this couple moves into retirement there would be to get back in workforce supporting them. to get after you to contribute more to support the two elders than the three of the elders will get mass. basically that's the question that faces congress. look at this demographic movement this is som

it's within the gothic area, a lot of winding side alleys and streets to that main boulevard.cell has been dissembled, dismantled, but how significant is the threat, given that police are still looking for the man suspected of driving the van into people at las ramblas? the big concern the authorities will have right now was to ensure that they do indeed have other than the driver, every party involved, colluded, conspired or assisted in these attacks. it took place on the thursday afternoon and the friday early morning. it's ensuring about capturing the whole thing and especially in light of the authorities quite honestly and transparently have admitted that these individuals were not on their radar of their intelligence agencies. that is even more concerning particularly when it is a group of this size, it can be to a certain extent slightly more forgiveable, lone wolves, but these people, there will be serious questions needed to be answered in their own agencies. how significant is that there were three separate incidents festival at the house which exploded on the wednesd