the fiancee of benjamin taylor met henry willard on a trip. she was impressed. when benjamin mentioned needing a manager, she recommended willard. in 1847, henry willard moved to washington to manage the hotel. he wanted a grand hotel to run on a grand plan. the city hotel at the time had 100 hotel rooms and a beautiful entrance. it had a women's entrance that went to a private lounge. there was entertainment almost every night. there was a private dining room for the ladies and gentlemen. henry willard decided the hotel would be the finest in the city. it was reported that one of his routines was to leave the hotel at 3:00 every morning to pick fresh produce, meats, and fish. >> politicians were not professional like that time. congress did not meet year-round. so people who came to washington had to find places to stay. they often stayed in boarding houses or other people's homes. pennsylvania avenue was known as the avenue of america because there were so many hotels. the willard family, when they were brought in by the owners to upgrade the status of the prop

benjamin taylor, the son of john taylor, realized that to keep pace with what was going on in other cities in the u.s. and to bring the accommodations and the luxuries and modernization that was going on in the hotel business to washington, he needed to bring somebody into washington to run the hotel. between the years of 1818 and 1847, there were several different managers. eight attached a new name to the hotel. in 1847, henry willard became the manager. from that time forward, the willard family played a n important and prominent role for the next 100 years. let's talk about henry willard appeared henry willard came from vermont and was a very energetic businessman. he and his brother joseph were on the steamship niagara that ran from troy, new york to new york city on the hudson steamship line. he made it his practice to provide the best service to anybody on the ship. the fiancee of benjamin taylor met henry on one of those trips to new york. she was impressed with his service to everybody and when her fiance mentioned they needed a manager for the willard, she mentioned henry. he app

late in the second quarter, taylor, and benjamin looks like a 13 yard touchdown. looks can be deceiving. we have replayed it. it is not a touchdown. he did not get the second foot down. they settle for a field goal. it was 13-13 at half. the patriots pull away after that. brady and lewis, this was one of the touchdowns. the patriots win 37-16. the snapshot of the playoff picture, you can see that the chargers and bills are on the outside looking in. the chargers need a win over the raiders, and the titans loss. the ravens victory needs to happen over the bengals. the bills need the earth to tip off its axis in week 17. that's all the time we have the lowdown. it's coming into focus. it's two-week -- two weeks away. >> thank you scott. next 11:00, another detail on the burn. >>> the 11:00 news on fox2 starts now. >>> i am ken wayne. whole -- hold the your log. it may look clear, but the air quality management officials have issued a spare the air warning for tomorrow and tuesday. this is the 12th and 13th alerts this winter. rob malcolm spoke to one woman is that c

taylor: france's president calls president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital of threat to peace. prime with israel's minister benjaminal macron saint president trump's action will help the middle east. russia and beautiful sign a deal to build a first nuclear power plant in north africa. russia's president vladimir putin arrived in cairo today. the nuclear power project is valued at $30 billion. it will increase russia's economic presence and political influence in the region. the largest of those wildfires in southern california is moving north. let their homes in santa barbara county. so far, the fire has burned more than 270 square miles and forced the evacuation of 30,000 people. and it is only 15% contained. movie theaters are coming back to saudi arabia after a 35 year absence. that is the latest attempt by the crown prince to socially reform the country. the saudi's shutdown movie theaters in the 1980's, a part of a wave of ultra conservatism. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. francine, guy? guy: taylor