it was a gothic style greenhouse. it would have been serviced in the winter by bocoal or wood-heated stoves, because the plants were tropical. some of the plants were tropical ferns, large specimens. large specimens of tropical -- and many other plants from the equatorial latitudes of the pacific rim. and it would've been a very exotic place. it would've been exotic in terms of architecture, gothic greenhouses were not something that were readily available are found throughout the country at that time. glass house on their own were not something that were much in the public domain at that time. and certainly these plants would have been outlandish almost alien to temperate, eastern americans who almost certainly had not seen or traveled to the tropical environments ehrtr you would see these -- where you would see these plants. to my right behind us is one of the very few plants that still exist from the time of the u.s. botanic garden placement upon this block of land. it is a special tree. in the old days, it was con

she was very gothic. then. and i thought, what a brilliant analysis from this man who's famous for the homage for the square. he knew a lot more than just the dear old square. what do we have emerging here now? >> i've drawn him already. i just want to do him again. >> oh, i know. this is one of patrick's more celebrated images. and i asked him if by chance that this had emerged just from fooling with the pencil. and he said it had not. and he's done, i think, more than one version of the president in this form. he was not asking is he romanesque or gothic. but is he on an island somewhere far off in the pacific? [ laughter ] >> with no ears. he doesn't hear a thing. >> oh, he doesn't hear anything. oh, i missed that symbolism. [ applause ] >> i thought i'd put someone down here. >> is that punk? >> no. >> no. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> here i'll get this for you. >> that will be five bucks. >> there is rumsfeld. a perfect general. just a lot of this stuff, you know? oh, and of course, what's wrong with me? [

here are the gothic limestone soldiers, flat, an eagle, a lion. you can see here at the san simian doorway that julia morgan has imitated it, but improved the scale. she's using actually 15th century spanish carvings. here's the flat and instead of the rod iron grille, she placed a niche which they placed the sculpture of the virgin mary of a church in zamoa=. he was===== >> she was unmindful with money all his life. while julia morgan was often to run into debt. he paid eventually, but it was never prompt. one of the ironies of the association was she died without having made really proper financial investments. she died in 1957, the year that the the thess -- the estate was donated. but her heirs sold off her library. in part to pay the bills. so a lot of references to which she and hearst referred were cast to the four winds. i think it led along with the xanadu impression that san simian was hodgepodged of ill assembled and ill conceived elements. every aspect minutely discussed between the architect and clients. we have drawings and letters.

what do you like - helvetica, times new roman, franklin gothic condense. photographs from the front of the news. since the first i.s.i.l. video came online showing the beheading of james foley. the groups output has become grew some. at the beginning of this jordanian pilot moaz al-kasasbeh burnt alive, and footage of 21 coptic christians beheaded in libya - the first material filmed outside i.s.i.l.'s territories in syria and iraq. each propaganda video placing more into the fray. for the past three weeks nigeria joined in. the output - it was a narive of a war and revenge. this material made by those who know, beyond it is an organization hard to ignore. there's an intensifying battle and propaganda that has defined the latest wore in the middle east. the starting point this week is egypt. >> are we now seeing holy war against a religious component. >> every video that we are getting from the islamic state is more intense, more dramatic. it is overpowering. >> journalists and reporters want to demonstrate the horrific nature. this is something that comes

. >> reporter: few people have ever seen this view more than six stories high in the gothic rafters of the washington national cathedral. up close looks at the towering stained glass and stone. >> every square inch of the ceiling in the cathedral has been touched by human hands. no one has been up in that ceiling since 1917. >> reporter: national cathedral officials took the media on a tour of narrow ceiling passageways to show how they're wrapping up the $10 million first phase of restoring the cathedral. but the cathedral still needs to raise about $22 million more for the rest of the exterior renovations that are far from complete and could take another 10 years. >> we still have a lot more to do so we still have $22 million more to raise to finish all the work on the outside of the building. >> reporter: the cathedral plans to hold a ceremony after easter to celebrate the completion of this first phase while it looks for the money to finish the work. in the district, tom sherwood news4. >>> an earthquake that lasted only a few short minutes, but years and years and lots of money fo

add money influencing the editorial agenda which how do you like to read your news times roman or gothic condensed and photographs from the front lines of the news. since the first i.s.i.l. video came on line in august of 2014 showing beheading of the journalist james foley the crafted out put has been increasingly gruesome, at the beginning of the month there was a pilot being burned alive and this past week footage of 21 egyptian copyic christians being beheaded in libya and the first material to be filmed outside of the territories outside syria and iraq and each video and propaganda pulled more players in the fray and in the past three weeks jordan and egypt and new zealand joined in and i.s.i.l. out put visual and compelling feeds in a narrative of inevitable war and revenge, this is story-telling material made by those who know beyond potential recruits it's global news organizations that will find these images hard to ignore the listening post will go to i.s.i.l. the battle and propaganda that is defining the latest war in the middle east our starting point this week is egypt. ♪ a

its elegant neo-gothic design and riverside location were inspired by its counterpart in london.s enormous, with literally miles of grand halls, designed to help administer that sprawling, multinational hapsburg empire. by the end of world war i, the hapsburgs were gone, and hungary, while much smaller, was fully independent. but then came the nazis, followed by the communists. that illusive freedom was finally won after the fall of the soviet union in 1989, and since then, the city has blossomed. today, hungary rules only hungary, and it's ruled not by an emperor, but by democratically elected representatives who legislate from what's now a palace of democracy. like vienna, budapest feels more grandiose than the capital of a relatively small country, but the city remains the cultural capital of eastern europe, with a keenly developed knack for good living. you can enjoy that hungarian joy of life at the széchenyi baths. soak with the locals. of the city's two dozen or so traditional mineral baths, this is the most accessible and fun. budapest is hot, literally. it sits on a thin

they captured or the action brought back an italian engineer that had designed the gothic line, and then you every single bunker, machine gun nests, mortar position our artillery position and consider. they brought the engineer back with all the plans and this led to one of the breakthroughs that the british army had in that sector. but they conducted countless missions, blowing up trains and railroad tracks, et cetera. all of these things are sort of happening at the same time as taylor is now captured by the gestapo. and it's, you know, i mentioned that jack taylor survived taking out of the goldmine, but it's here that jack taylor has kind of the ultimate survivor's story. he's put into a concentration camp as an american and somehow has to survive. and they can't itself is savage. there's no food. men have to beat each other just for a crumb of bread. taylor is assigned to build the crematorium in the camp. this is where the bodies were dumped and burned. and some of brick by brick, he's under the point of a gun he builds the crematorium and he slowly builds this thing because he kno

. >> it was like american gothic. >> the town will never be the same. >> an incredible mystery. >>> it's a mystery that still shocks the small southern town of ocilla, georgia. seemingly without a trace, 30-year-old tara grinstead vanished leaving few clues but a long list of suspects. i went to esylla when she disappeared in 2005. she had a complicated romantic life and heart broken over the breakup of a long-term breakup. somebody knows something. >> ocilla is a small town america. >> located in the center of the peach state, ocilla, georgia is a town of 4,000 people steeped in southern history. >> ocilla is quiet. two red lights and just small. >> there's are lot of acreage and farmland and i mean, just ponds. >> a lot of farmwork here. >> the area's famous for growing sweet potatoes and since 1961, ocilla pays tribute to the crop with the miss georgia sweet potato pageant. >> i've been here all my life. it's a good place to grow up and raise kids. talk about each other, brothers and sisters. >> whether you are kin to them or work with them, everybody is connected. >> if one person ha

brian williams in the american gothic painting seeing a trend of brian williams through american history. then we're going to look at one more with brian williams in the car with o.j. during that famous police chief. people are having their jokes with it, but it is serious as we have a lot more. >> what are people saying on the facebook page? >> reporter: a lot of people are saying that it ruins his credibility that he lied, that they are disappointed. there are a few saying we all make mistakes. >> it'll be very interesting to see what he says tonight that he will be under, don't you agree under a big microscope tonight. >> there will be a lot of people watching the show tonight as there typically are a lot of people watching the show each night. >> thank you so much. >>> earlier today i had a chance to speak to l.l. cool j. asking him about his memories of d.c.'s music scene. >> reporter: i love the go-go. absolutely from back in the days from chuck brown and all them soul searches, searches, bust a move. yo, come on. >> he is pretty good. that was a fun interview too as you can watch

here surrounded by gothic revival architecture and sacred christian ornaments you'll find what might be the most popular yoga class in san francisco. >> they've counted over 700 people on some occasions. >> they're doing this ancient eastern practice called yoga in a christian church and there's a pagan labyrinth. >> reporter: it's an eclectic mix of religion, resident music and designer yoga gear. >> exhale from the collarbone down. >> reporter: every week the cathedral steals the show. >> i'm not christian but it's very healing very spiritual and it has that etherial quality about it. >> a lot of what we've done is we've structured the class around the cathedral itself. we stop and meditate when the bells go off at 7:00. it's sort of like a call to prayer, a call to mindfulness. >> reporter: the practice of yoga might pre-date christianity by as many as 2,000 years. once a week for about one hour, the two spiritual paths merge together. >> you could say that yoga and the episcopal church are simply two profound expressions of this impulse that seems to be born in to us. >> it's ama

more than six stories high in the gothic rafters of the washington national cathedral. up-close looks at the towering stained glass and stone. every square inch of the ceiling in the cathedral has been touched by human hands. there's an area there that no one's been up in that ceiling since 1917. >> reporter: national cathedral officials took the media on a tour of narrow ceiling passageways to show how they're wrapping up the $10 million first phase of restoring the cathedral. it was severely damaged in the august 2011 earthquake, destroying parts of the iconic cathedral. >> where the earthquake shook the building mortar between stones came loose. so we took that mortar out and put new mortar in. >> reporter: beginning tomorrow, workmen will begin removing scaffolding and plywood that has covered the ceiling and outside architectural support beemz. there will be a ceremony to celebrate this part of work that still may last another ten >> we do hope to have a more formal celebration of the completion of what we're calling phase one after easter. >> reporter: now coming

>>reporter: here surrounded by gothic revival architecture and sakered christian ornaments, you might find what might be the most popular yoga class in san francisco. >> they counted up over 700 people on some occasions. >> they're doing this ancient eastern practice called yoga in a crist yn church and as a -- christian church and as a pagan labyrinth. >>reporter: it's an eclectic mix of religion, music and designer yoga gear. fwh and exhale from the collar bone doan. >>reporter: and every week the cathedral steals the show. >> i'm not christian, but it's very healing, you know, very spiritual and, you know, it has that -- there's that quality about it, you know. >> a lot of what we've done is we've structure the class around the cathedral itself so we simply stop and meditate when the bells go off at 7:00. and it's like a call to prayer, a call to mindfulness. >>reporter: the practice of yoga might predate christianity by as many as 2,000 years, but once a week for about one hour, the two spiritual paths merge together. >> so you could say that yoga and the episcopal church are simp

anna: this is all about architecture, this is the gothic one and they're becoming progressively up-to-date to note the irony of europa on a euro note. once it's printed you can't look back. anna: coming back, earnings from the insurance business in france. after the break manus will be speaking to the company deputy for an exclusive conversation. ♪ manus: we had earnings from acts. joining us is the deputy chief executive officer of axa. a nice set of numbers for the shareholders, a dividend that beats $.95. you're probably one of the few evil who can say you had a lovely time with the dollar but the return on equity is slipping, down 14.5%, should be worried about your earnings-per-share at the lower end of the register? top line looks good but take us to the details. guest: so basically the return on equity was still quite strong at 14.5%. we have a range of 13 to 15%. but as we continue to reclaim a certain part of our earnings the equity tends to go slightly lower. we are well within the range of five to 7% earnings-per-share growth per annum. we were 6% compound since 2007 we are quit

galleries and special exhibits such as when katy perry snapped this selfie with the classic american gothic selling point is not lost on the met. >> we want them to come and enjoy the experience and tell everybody we are pro-selfie just not selfie stick. >> so the selfie stick might be out, but the selfie or self-portrait remains a prime attraction. >> self-portraits and paintings, that's what a selfie is. we just have new technology to accomplish what our ancestors did years ago. >> reporter: the mums will be updating their website for information as well as posting new signs around. expect more museums to follow suit. >> thank you very much. it's interesting that it's really become a thing. it's odd that someone would be doing this inside a museum. >> it gives you a better picture. >>. absolutely. >> you don't want them to knock over the stuff. but you want a good picture and want people to come. maybe a shorter stick. >>> coffee cups and conversation that's a combination to improve community relations across the country. . that story is next. you're watching "cbs this morning." at's next