David A. Fahrenthold

Yes, it is similar to the other projects in that they are going as fast as they can to build something as big as they can.

There are a lot of people in Washington unhappy about it.

There have been some lawsuits filed.

There are people who would like to stop this in its tracks.

A group of veterans have sued, saying that this disrupts the view of Arlington Cemetery, but none of them have succeeded so far.

There have been some incremental changes as a result of some of the review boards that have considered it.

It's gotten slightly shorter.

I believe some of the lions have come off.

But the fundamental shape of it is still, for now, the same.

The noise we're hearing from the planes is a reminder of one of the big hurdles laying in front of it, which is actually that this is on the flight path, the approach to Washington National Airport.

And there is a concern that the FAA might block it because it will be too much of a constriction on air traffic.

So there are some hurdles in front of it, but if I had to bet, I would bet that it's going to be built.

Okay, so if you'll indulge me as a transplanted Washingtonian, I think this is one of the most remarkable places in Washington.

So we're standing here by the Lincoln Memorial, a symbol of the rebinding of North and South.

So what's beyond us on the other side of the bridge is Arlington House, which belonged to Robert E. Lee.

It was Robert E. Lee's home before he left to become the leader, the top general of the Confederacy.

And the graves of the folks who died to win that war.

And so if you're going to block that, right, if you're going to put something in between these two symbols of the greatest crisis in American history and the reconciliation that followed,

you better have a really good reason, right?

It better really mean something that you're putting that there and blocking the view of this incredible piece of American history that's just right across the river from Washington.