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LIMITED IN WHERE WE CAN GO WITH
CAMERAS, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE
CAN BE.
RIGHT AROUND THIS CORNER IS
WHERE JOHN BOEHNER'S OFFICE IS.
SO MUCH ACTION HAPPENS HERE.
YOU SEE THE REPORTERS LINGERING
AND LOITERING IN THE HALL WAY.
SO MUCH TIME, DEIRDRE WALSH,
MYSELF, TED BARRETT, SPENT
SITTING IN THAT ALCOVE OVER
THERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW
WHO'S COMING IN AND OUT OF HIS
OFFICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE
LEADERSHIP MEETINGS AND DECIDE
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE
HOUSE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE FOR ME TO SEE
AND THE VIEWER WHO DOESN'T KNOW
THE INNER WORKINGS LIKE YOU DO,
TO SEE THE CLOSE PROXIMITY
BETWEEN THE LEADER'S OFFICES.
>> YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD
TALK TO EACH OTHER.
THEY DON'T NEED A TELEPHONE,
THEY DON'T NEED TWITTER.
THEY COULD GO KNOCK, KNOCK,
KNOCK.
>> SO OLD SCHOOL OF YOU.
WELCOME TO THEUBER GLAMOROUS
BASEMENT OF THE U.S. CAPITOL.
DANA BASH, LOVELY WIRING.
A LOT GETS DONE IN THE BASEMENT.
>> SO MUCH GETS DONE HERE.
BEHIND THOSE DOORS, THAT IS
WHERE HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE
THEIR MEETINGS.
SO MUCH OF THE ROLLER COASTER
THAT WE'VE SEEN --
>> WHAT ROLLER COASTER?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> ON THE DEBT CEILING AND THE
SHUTDOWN, HAS BEEN HATCHED IN
THOSE WALLS.
THAT'S WHERE ALL 233 MEMBERS
MEET LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY
AT THIS POINT, MULTIPLE TIMES A
DAY.
WHAT WE DO AS REPORTERS,
USUALLY, THESE HALL WAYS ARE
COMPLETELY FILLED WITH CAMERAS,
WITH US, WITH EVERYBODY TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS COME OUT
OF THESE DOORS OR ANOTHER DOOR
TO THIS ROOM, WHICH IS AROUND
THE CORNER AND WE TRY TO TALK TO
THEM AND SAY, WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE MEETING?
AGAIN, WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE
PRINCIPALS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING TO SOMEBODY
WHO IS SIX PEOPLE REMOVED FROM
THE ROOM.
WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE FROM IN
THE ROOM.
>> THERE WAS A LITTLE MOMENT
WITH MICHELE BACHMANN WHERE WE
WERE WALKING BRISKLY DOWN THE
HALLWAY.
>> THIS IS THE BACHMANN BASEMENT
CORRIDOR.
>> SHE WAS COMING OUT OF ONE OF
THOSE MEETINGS AND WE WERE
DISCUSSING SOME REMARKS SHE
MADE, WALKING EXTREMELY FAST IN
THIS CORRIDOR.
>> THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED.