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the entire ordeal became part of the documentary "the queen of versailles."ved, westgate resorts came back, and, again, the siegels bounced back, and in the end, the versailles estate -- it was never sold. construction -- it ramped up again. then last summer, tragedy struck. the siegels were faced with every parent's worst nightmare, the death of their child. 18-year-old victoria siegel had graduated from high school with dreams of opening her own sushi restaurant, but she also had developed an addiction to prescription drugs. >> i didn't even know she was on drugs. that's how scary it was. >> last june, while jackie and david were out of town, victoria died of an overdose at the mansion that the family was living in while versailles is still being completed. >> we flew back immediately, and before i even buried her, i decided that i was going to spend the rest of my life doing something about this horrific problem -- drug addiction in this country -- and i didn't know what i could do to make a difference. >> the death of someone changes your whole life. i me
the entire ordeal became part of the documentary "the queen of versailles."ved, westgate resorts came back, and, again, the siegels bounced back, and in the end, the versailles estate -- it was never sold. construction -- it ramped up again. then last summer, tragedy struck. the siegels were faced with every parent's worst nightmare, the death of their child. 18-year-old victoria siegel had graduated from high school with dreams of opening her own sushi restaurant, but she also had...
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versailles as an office building?for those office workers and indeed for the public a very luxurious monument in the middle of the city. what makes it good, which is... indisposed me the most sustainable office building in the world. what does that mean? it comes through in architecture. there are 2.5 million aluminium pedals that act as cooling devices and pedals that act as cooling devices a nd flowers pedals that act as cooling devices and flowers are stars. and it cools gently and flowers are stars. and it cools ge ntly by and flowers are stars. and it cools gently by natural air? and by water running over the top of it to the ceiling. there was a roman temple in the basement? it has been open, an old roman road has been opened up. it is making greatjesters but the building itself feels like it may have benefited from a little less money. everything has been... so much more homespun, bushey cemetery. it isa much more homespun, bushey cemetery. it is a religious building. an orthodox jewish it is a religious buildi
versailles as an office building?for those office workers and indeed for the public a very luxurious monument in the middle of the city. what makes it good, which is... indisposed me the most sustainable office building in the world. what does that mean? it comes through in architecture. there are 2.5 million aluminium pedals that act as cooling devices and pedals that act as cooling devices a nd flowers pedals that act as cooling devices and flowers are stars. and it cools gently and flowers...
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Oct 15, 2018
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thank you for calling me queen of versailles. that's so sweet. about three years ago we were doing great. finishing construction on the largest home in america. my husband's company was doing great. he just bought a huge resort in las vegas, a casino, private jet, all the great stuff, a football team and we had eight beautiful children. someone had asked me if i was going -- only had like a couple months to live, what would i do? and i said we have everything, we have done pretty much everything. i have a beautiful family. i would spend it with them. it was shortly after that we got that dreaded phone call that any parent who has a child who suffers from addiction could get. and of course she had passed away from an overdose. and right then nothing mattered. my husband, he stopped work in his company and we just decided -- we actually didn't even finish the construction on our house. we just recently picked up the pieces three years later and we are going to finish versailles. but we decided to spend the rest of our lives trying to save lives and
thank you for calling me queen of versailles. that's so sweet. about three years ago we were doing great. finishing construction on the largest home in america. my husband's company was doing great. he just bought a huge resort in las vegas, a casino, private jet, all the great stuff, a football team and we had eight beautiful children. someone had asked me if i was going -- only had like a couple months to live, what would i do? and i said we have everything, we have done pretty much...
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a suspect is in custody. 46-year-old man, robert bowers of versailles, pens pen. he was injured.e ise is in custody, taken to a hospital and getting treatment there. he was holding an ar 15 rifle, we are told he had multiple handguns two at least. here's where the numbers are fuzzy. we are told a total of 12 people have been shot. including four police officers. we had the director of public safety though for the safety pennsylvania saying there were six that were injured. that included the four police officers. all with non-life threatening injuries. two were in critical condition. as for the suspect, mr. bowers has an anti-semitic past if you look at his social media which has been taken down. own of our analysts has been looking at his twitter feed. it is reportedly rife with anti-semitic comments. and we did hear from the president a bit earlier, answering questions about the shooting as he was boarding air force one. let's listen to what the president had to say. >> it is a terrible, terrible thing what's going on with hate in our country, frankly, and all over the world. an
a suspect is in custody. 46-year-old man, robert bowers of versailles, pens pen. he was injured.e ise is in custody, taken to a hospital and getting treatment there. he was holding an ar 15 rifle, we are told he had multiple handguns two at least. here's where the numbers are fuzzy. we are told a total of 12 people have been shot. including four police officers. we had the director of public safety though for the safety pennsylvania saying there were six that were injured. that included the...
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from the mountains of shawnee it was then shipped off to geneva even made its way to the halls of versailles harmony's crystal museum visitors can get an idea of the minerals extracted from long and its neighboring peaks. that imagine sherman he was a very small simple village people had a simple life and were poorhouse before that and then they found out without having to climb too high up the mountain that with these rockers tools they could possibly sell them in geneva and make some money and then have a better life. and. that pioneering spirit has certainly paid off for sure many tourists now flock to the village to travel with the cable car to reach a height of thirty eight hundred meters above sea level. even with the most modern technology and safety measures in play. the ride is not for the faint of heart. but once at the top the mystique of month long becomes very clear during visitors can dangle over the mountains in a glass box and on a sunny day you can see for miles into the distance. skiing at this altitude without parched and puts the body to the test. a moment it is very beau
from the mountains of shawnee it was then shipped off to geneva even made its way to the halls of versailles harmony's crystal museum visitors can get an idea of the minerals extracted from long and its neighboring peaks. that imagine sherman he was a very small simple village people had a simple life and were poorhouse before that and then they found out without having to climb too high up the mountain that with these rockers tools they could possibly sell them in geneva and make some money...
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what is thi57m is a £1 billion building, a kind of versailles in the city of london for a corporate king everything thrown at it. so, this is a massive building next to the bank of england. yes, it is built with vast amounts of stone, it is supposed to be the most sustainable building in the world due to new technology. so, there is no air conditioning? yes, to .5 million aluminium petals that look like sta rzl flowers, it is aluminium petals that look like starzl flowers, it is completely over the top. and you enter through this for text and there is word, it is corporate overwhelmed. you go up to the sixth floor, you have to do that, then you go down the ramp greeting your colleagues. that is the bloomberg building. let's go on to something much more home spun and home key, a jewish to something much more home spun and home key, ajewish cemetery, bushey cemetery. it is a new set of funerary buildings, the most significantjewish cemetery in the uk had outgrown its base, so it is made of earth. this building is actually made of compacted soil? yes, they've gathered from the site, added s
what is thi57m is a £1 billion building, a kind of versailles in the city of london for a corporate king everything thrown at it. so, this is a massive building next to the bank of england. yes, it is built with vast amounts of stone, it is supposed to be the most sustainable building in the world due to new technology. so, there is no air conditioning? yes, to .5 million aluminium petals that look like sta rzl flowers, it is aluminium petals that look like starzl flowers, it is completely...
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from the mountains of chamonix it was then shipped off to geneva even made its way to the halls of versailles harmony's crystal museum visitors can get an idea of the minerals extracted from month long and its neighboring peaks. ten cities foreshadowing that imagine sherman he was a very small simple village people had a simple life and were poor house before that and then they found out without having to climb too high up the mountain that with these rockers tools they could possibly sell them in geneva and make some money and then have a better life. and peace and. that pioneering spirit has certainly paid off for many tourists now flock to the village to travel with the cable car to reach a height of thirty eight hundred meters above sea level. even with the most modern technology and safety measures in place the ride is not for the faint of heart. but once at the top of the mystique of month long becomes very clear during visitors can dangle over the mountains in a glass box and on a sunny day you can see from miles into the distance. skiing at this altitude without parched and puts the b
from the mountains of chamonix it was then shipped off to geneva even made its way to the halls of versailles harmony's crystal museum visitors can get an idea of the minerals extracted from month long and its neighboring peaks. ten cities foreshadowing that imagine sherman he was a very small simple village people had a simple life and were poor house before that and then they found out without having to climb too high up the mountain that with these rockers tools they could possibly sell them...
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he's of north versailles, pennsylvania. it is a suburb there of pittsburgh. what happens next in the investigation? >> you know, law enforcement officers, the pd in pittsburgh, as well as the fbi and others are going to be looking for the motivation here, what was the cause of this, what have the impetus, what did we know? were there signs are there signs offing in coming forward later that he had planned or with other coconspirators. i looked at the alleged shooter resident bowers' social media. it appears to be his social media. it has been taken down by twitter. there were anti-semitic rants. >> do you know how long it had gone back. >> it appears a couple of months. one as recently as the last couple of days. he has been talking about hias, apparently a jewish refugee organization. and he talked about the invaders and that we can't make america great again as long as we have this infestation. jewish infestation. interestingly he appears to have made anti-trump rants saying trump is a globalist and not a nationalist. he is anti-trump, and that he actually
he's of north versailles, pennsylvania. it is a suburb there of pittsburgh. what happens next in the investigation? >> you know, law enforcement officers, the pd in pittsburgh, as well as the fbi and others are going to be looking for the motivation here, what was the cause of this, what have the impetus, what did we know? were there signs are there signs offing in coming forward later that he had planned or with other coconspirators. i looked at the alleged shooter resident bowers'...
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it is an office building with more than a touch of the palace of versailles about it, and it even haswalking into the vortex. yes, it is really called the vortex. it feels a bit like walking into a movie set. that's james bond, isn't it? the lifts have no cables. they're specially designed. so, too, is the ceiling... and the almost silent magnetic wooden floors. can you hear shoes? because it's not something that you really hear. if you, you really need to pay attention, but... i can't hear any shoes, no, i can't hear any shoes. exactly. but when it comes to voices, this enormous table is surrounded by microphones and speakers to allow us to have an intimate chat. so, isabella, you can hear me clearly?
it is an office building with more than a touch of the palace of versailles about it, and it even haswalking into the vortex. yes, it is really called the vortex. it feels a bit like walking into a movie set. that's james bond, isn't it? the lifts have no cables. they're specially designed. so, too, is the ceiling... and the almost silent magnetic wooden floors. can you hear shoes? because it's not something that you really hear. if you, you really need to pay attention, but... i can't hear any...
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we have a rapidly innovating at versailles -- adversary and we have to reduce the time and the cost ofying things for the military. to us by been given congress to prototype and experiment more and use new mechanisms to buy things faster and smarter. we are doing it across the board. two prototypes to push forward the technology rapidly. tookur next generation we three and a half years out of the schedule and we are using new prototyping authorities to get capability on orbit faster. it is becoming the default way the air force buys things. we are reaching out to more companies.ovated if you have an idea that solves a with quote -- wicked heart problem and you have a paypal our firste are doing one-day acquisition. our goal is to sign 50 contracts and 50 hours with small innovative companies. if you have a paypal account, you should be able to get a contract with the air force. do the startups, are they interested in working with the air force? >> i think they are if we are willing to meet them in a new way. consortium space that has 200 companies in it. three quarters are small not do
we have a rapidly innovating at versailles -- adversary and we have to reduce the time and the cost ofying things for the military. to us by been given congress to prototype and experiment more and use new mechanisms to buy things faster and smarter. we are doing it across the board. two prototypes to push forward the technology rapidly. tookur next generation we three and a half years out of the schedule and we are using new prototyping authorities to get capability on orbit faster. it is...
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president kennedy in may to paris and she has givenchy design the gown that she wore to the palace of versailles. it was hosted by president de gaulle. mr. baribault: you mentioned the book, which i might know is going to be available in the east room for sale. and carl will sign it if you like and there is a discount of 10% for however many you buy. i know that you went into pretty deep detail on all of the first ladies in that book. one of particular, pat nixon, can you tell me in your exploration of the subject, what fascinated you the most on first lady pat nixon? mr. carl sferrazza: this is something i will just mention in a general way right now because i am really going to get into great depth in the last lecture. i will focus on her and mrs. ward. -- and mrs. ford. i have written about mrs. nixon before and by the way, being up here right now, because the one and only time that i saw mrs. nixon and we made contact with each other although it was not an opportunity to talk was the night before the dedication of the nixon library in 1990. and i had at that point written my two books on fir
president kennedy in may to paris and she has givenchy design the gown that she wore to the palace of versailles. it was hosted by president de gaulle. mr. baribault: you mentioned the book, which i might know is going to be available in the east room for sale. and carl will sign it if you like and there is a discount of 10% for however many you buy. i know that you went into pretty deep detail on all of the first ladies in that book. one of particular, pat nixon, can you tell me in your...
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the london frost fair, the strange court of king charles i, the wars of the spanish succession, versaillesamsterdam and to 19th century venice. >> fred: yeah, that's what i said pretty much. >> seth: i will say, your version sounds less crazy. [ laughter and applause ] by damian dibben. definitely worth the read. either version, i feel like, highly worth the read. our first guest tonight is an oscar nominated actress you know from films like "pride and prejudice," "atonement," and "the imitation game." she stars in "colette" which is in select theaters september 21st. let's take a look. >> madam colette? what are your impressions after tonight? >> my impressions? i'm disgusted. the people who threw things tonight are cowards and the only reason i didn't get a footstool to the face is because i dodged it. >> let it go, colette. there was some gentleman who came for a fight. we must ignore them and go on. >> so you intend to continue? >> yes. >> no. >> those people don't frighten me at all. look. am i trembling? >> seth: please welcome back to the show keira knightley, everyone. [ cheers and
the london frost fair, the strange court of king charles i, the wars of the spanish succession, versaillesamsterdam and to 19th century venice. >> fred: yeah, that's what i said pretty much. >> seth: i will say, your version sounds less crazy. [ laughter and applause ] by damian dibben. definitely worth the read. either version, i feel like, highly worth the read. our first guest tonight is an oscar nominated actress you know from films like "pride and prejudice,"...
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he negotiated the treaty of versailles and he visited the hospital. he visited all the wards and he or, i wante chief doct to make sure i have seen everybody and he said, pretty much. wilson said, have i seen everyone? they said, we do have a ward you have not gone to, but you and the doctors and nurses find is a -- find it is so disturbing they can't stay for long. wilson said take me there and andrews got to witness this event and she wrote, exhibiting splendid courage, went through the entire board, shaking the hand of every man, each terribly disfigured. they talked to these poor boys in an effort to understand the incoherent replies that were given with great difficulty. wilson had met with hundreds of men who had lost limbs but nothing had shaken him like this. upon leaving the chamber of horrors, andrews wrote, the president was as white as death. and his hands trembled. he appeared to stagger. a look of suffering was on his face and he seemed completely crushed. were letters and journals found here at the national world war i museum and memori
he negotiated the treaty of versailles and he visited the hospital. he visited all the wards and he or, i wante chief doct to make sure i have seen everybody and he said, pretty much. wilson said, have i seen everyone? they said, we do have a ward you have not gone to, but you and the doctors and nurses find is a -- find it is so disturbing they can't stay for long. wilson said take me there and andrews got to witness this event and she wrote, exhibiting splendid courage, went through the...
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>> i'm jackie segal and thanks for calling me the queen of versailles. it's so sweet. about three and a half years ago we were doing great, and finishing construction on the largest home in america. my husband's company was doing great. he'd just bought a huge resort in las vegas, a casino, private jet and all of the great stuff, a football team and we had eight beautiful children. if someone had asked me if i was going to only have a couple of months left to live and what would i do? we have everything, we have pretty much everything and i have a beautiful family and i would spend it with them and it was shortly after that that we got the dreaded phone call that any parent that has a child that suffers with addiction could get and, of course, she'd passed away from an overdose and right then nothing mattered. my husband, he stopped work in his company, and we just decided -- we actually, like, didn't even finish the construction on our house. we just recently picked up the pieces three years later and we are going to finish versailles, but we decided to spend the rest
>> i'm jackie segal and thanks for calling me the queen of versailles. it's so sweet. about three and a half years ago we were doing great, and finishing construction on the largest home in america. my husband's company was doing great. he'd just bought a huge resort in las vegas, a casino, private jet and all of the great stuff, a football team and we had eight beautiful children. if someone had asked me if i was going to only have a couple of months left to live and what would i do? we...