john's church, reverend rob fisher. [ applause ] >> welcome, good evening. my name is rob fisher.

both owned by rob fisher. >> we were just starting to get traction on the side streets with opening up the outdoors. and they go ahead and shut down university avenue, and our sales plummeted. >> they also built this extension into the street at their own expense. roughly $35,000. he's now circulating a petition to reopen university and plans to present it to the city council. >> we need them to listen to the business owners. if they don't listen to us and we all start going out of business what will the town be like? >> it's a tough one because you think you are doing one person a favor but it has a domino effect. betty i know you mentioned university is closed every day, do you know how long they plan to do that? >> that's true brian, summer streets is expected to run through august 16 but the city said the community will have a chance to read way in. they could shorten it. but they are open to listening to businesses and residents. >> thank you betty. >> while many businesses are making changes to abide by social distancing, some are completely changing their business strategy. comi

john's church, reverend rob fisher. [ applause ] >> welcome, good evening. my name is rob fisher. i am the rector of st. john's church, and i am thrilled that our friends at the white house historical association asked us to provide space for tonight's conversation. stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. the architect was benjamin henry latrobe. not only did he design this church, he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed by the british in the war of 1812, and in 1818 he built decatur house which is now the home of the white house historical association and if you go inside the decatur house and you look up, you see a very similar entrance. it is almost like a miniature of this dome that we have in our church space and the original church was built as a greek cross. so it was an even four sides and just six years later in 1822, they expanded the church building to make room for more seating. we don't know w

my name is rob fisher. i am thrilled to our friends at the white house historical association asked you to provide space for tonight's conversation. stewart asked if i would share history about this historic room, so i will share that this church was completed in 1816 not only did he decide this church, he was working on rebuilding the white house he belt the decatur house, and if you go and sign the decatur house, you look up, it's a similar -- it was built as a greek cross, so an even four sides. just six years later in 1822, they expanded the building to make room. we don't know who the architect was tragically latrobe had already died. if anyone is in interesting of helping us solve the mystery, we would love to know, the belltower is a very beautiful addition to the church. indiana side the belltower, it houses a bell forged by paul revere's son, it's stamped 1822, boston revere. it's not the only revere bell that came to washington, but it is the only one that is still in its place and being used for

rob: o ts you in of very li be high. lloyd, i'm going to move on to you then, first of all, lloyd, what do you do for a living? >> fishing director, line fisher. jimmy kimmel's next stage manager. >> rob: a director and line producer who cannot figure out how to get piped in to a television show. you may not be coming back after covid, bro, i got news for you. enjoy the new career. audience watching at home, do you have a vote? i think i'm ready for my vote, and i have to go with the television professional who can't figure out how to log-in to this conversation. lloyd, i think you're high af. lloyd, you still with us? >> well, actually, yes. >> rob: actually, yeah. i go out a winner. thank you, thank you for playing. dicky, give these men a prize. >> dicky: gently-used fidget spinners. enjoy the hottest toy of 2017. >> rob: we have a great show coming up, music from dawes, and we'll be right back with ramy youssef. ♪ >> dicky: abc's "jimmy kimmel live," brought to you by the first-ever buick encore gx. and your friend says they don't want fries... get them the fries. or else, your fries... will be their fries. ♪ ba da ba ba ba jumbo tiger pa

(applause) >> thank you very much rob, to reverend fisher and the people of st. john's church. it's wonderful to be in your historic home, and this historic neighborhood, here tonight. for this very very important conversation. i also want to thank this -- who performed for us as you are coming in. they are a local washington d.c. group, and it is wonderful to have them with us tonight and i hope you enjoyed their music. (applause) to our friends joining us tonight by c-span and on facebook live, welcome we hope you enjoy this conversation. it encourages you, along with everyone here, to dive deeper into the topic that we will be unpacking for you this evening. i am here tonight on behalf of the board of directors, the white house historical association, our national council and white house history, many of them are with us tonight. welcoming you all for this wonderful conversation that our historians have been working on for several years. it was in may of 2016, at a speech at the city college of new york, and later that summer the political convention in philadelphia. first l

fisher. jimmy kimmel's next stage manager. >> rob: a director and line producer who cannot figure out how to get piped in to a television show. you may not be coming back after covid, bro, i got news for you. enjoy the new career. audience watching at home, do you have a vote? i think i'm ready for my vote, and very to go with the television professional who can't figure out how to log-in to this conversation. lloyd, i think you're high af. lloyd, you still with us? >> well, actually, yes. >> rob: actually, yeah. i go out a winner. thank you, thank you for playing. dickey, give these men a prize. >> dicky: cetera spinners. >> rob: we have a great show coming up, music from dawes, and we'll be right back with rami yusef. ♪ >> dicky: abc's "jimmy kimmel live," brought to you by geico. and motorcycle policies? r that's great! that's 15% on top of what geico could already save you. so what are you waiting for? john stamos to knit you a scarf? all finished, jean. enjoy! thank you. i give. the stitch work is impeccable. it's just a double fleck pattern with a reverse garter stitch. no big deal. is