- Alright, Lincoln's made himself at home here.
You like that?
I don't know man, you look presidential.
(spacey rock music)
What's up guys, welcome to today's video.
It's gonna be an interesting one,
I am in Washington D.C. right now,
took the red eye from Los Angeles,
I was there doing some YouTube stuff,
that's why I have this thing on.
I edited the Rewind video the entire time on the flight
and I didn't sleep so, Lincoln is already here,
I need to go to the US Capital to meet him,
we have a really cool thing that we are invited to today.
I'm gonna take you along for the adventure,
first thing's first, I need to find a bathroom.
I think that's a little bit more appropriate
for the US Capital, so, didn't shower or anything.
It's gonna be a funny day.
(driving electronic music)
I'll fill you in a little bit.
Lincoln flew out last night,
he's staying at a friend's house,
and then he's going to meet me at the capital,
so the first thing that we're going to do
is go to the actual Senate floor.
One of the most common questions that you guys ask is
are we Mormon, 'cause we're from Utah.
Well, yes, we are, so, today for the first time ever
a Mormon leader is going to say
the opening prayer for Senate,
so really kind of a historic day,
and we had been talking
to Senator Hatch's office for a long time
about possibly doing a video,
so Senator Orrin Hatch is a Senator from Utah,
he's been the senator for 42 years,
he's the President of the Senate, basically,
he's third in line for the Presidency,
and we're gonna be able to take some time and interview him.
Super cool, right?
First thing we're gonna do is go watch the prayer,
then we have a few hours.
Another thing is, there's a Library of Congress, right?
You've probably heard of that.
They took 100 different librarians around the country
that are like the top curators of content
and they said you guys need to vote
on what the top books are
in the history of the United States.
But it needs to be the most influential books
that came out of the United States.
And the number four book on that list
was The Book of Mormon, kind of interesting,
like a church book.
So somehow, us making YouTube videos
has given us the opportunity
to come out and be a part of this.
So we are super honored to meet
an actual leader and apostle of our church,
to be at this event talking about The Book of Mormon,
which is a book that means a lot to us, and to be in D.C.
So really, really excited,
so they did give us approval to be able to film this
and like vlog some of it, so we'll show you our day.
Ooooh, 104.
- Hi!
- [Man] There's the little guy.
Here comes the smallest subway train
you've ever seen in your life.
What, three cars?
Look at that you can fit like three kids there.
- We're kind of floating, but kind of not,
because those are magnets.
- Oh it's magnets?
That's cool.
The subway thing is really really interesting,
it's taking us from the building over to the Senate floor,
it's pretty cool because whenever it starts
it sounds like a video game, so take a listen to this.
It's like a video game.
Hey, New Mexico.
Senate is just about to open,
so we are waiting outside the office of Senator Hatch
with, actually the local media from Utah, check it out,
we've got 2 News.
Really cool, so we'll get them coming out,
then we have to take all of our cameras,
put them away, and then we'll go in.
(upbeat piano and string music)
Meeting in progress.
Woah, look out.
There's the three little ones.
They are in the Senate Appropriations Committee room.
So we're in this room that looks more like a cathedral
than a meeting room, and check out the view from here.
Can't beat it.
Or y'know what, this is the first place we've gone to
so I think we can beat this view.
There's just, this place is amazing.
Hi Lincoln, where ya' at, buddy.
- I'm at the middle of Washington D.C.
- The middle, this is literally the heart of D.C.,
this is the center of it and Lincoln is right there.
So this, where Lincoln is laying
was supposed to be the burial of George Washington,
he wanted to be buried right here,
they call it the crypt, so underneath here,
there's actually a place, as Lincoln coughs,
he's not dying, just 'cause he's on the crypt.
Somebody could be buried, kind of interesting.
And if you go all the way up there's that beautiful building
with the huge statue on the top of it,
like, that's the center of D.C.
(coughs)
You're dying, you really are dying, that cough is,
oh no I better step on it.
They're taking us to the actual crypt, like underneath it.
What's inside the capital?
It's happening.
Oh it looks like we're going to prison.
It's all locked up.
- He died before the building was done
so they buried him at Mt. Vernon,
and his family didn't want to move him here,
they wanted him to stay out there,
so no one's ever been buried here.
- It's kind of creepy, I wouldn't want to be buried here.
I'd rather be in a nice, green field somewhere with grass,
not this, feels like a laboratory.
- One thing you gotta like about this place
is that there's lots of statues.
(triumphant horn music)
- That walk that Lincoln just did
is the walk that every President does
before he gives his inaugural speech.
Obama's done it, Trump is going to do it,
walk down these steps, and then they come over to this door
and they walk out and they give their speech.
Fun fact, I was born in the Philippines,
I can never run for President.
- Lincoln, you can if you need to.
- I don't need to and I don't want to.
- But he's already walked down the steps so,
why do you even need to run?
- So this is pretty much the view
that Donald Trump will have
when he gives his inaugural address.
- Private Senators only, Lincoln.
Quite the intricate railing we got here.
So I'm kinda geeking out over this train system underground,
it's really cool.
(video game noise)
That's the best train ever, just for that noise.
- You've been here a lot, right?
- Yeah.
- You could give tours.
So he's a pro.
Look at that building.
That's huge, look at that building.
We're on our way to the Library of Congress right now
for the Book of Mormon event.
- [Curator] This is the earliest piece
of printed Mormon material ever,
because this is a page that Joseph Smith had prepared
so he could submit the copyright application
to print the Book of Mormon.
So he had this printed up to make the application,
and then this is the first printing of the Book of Mormon.
- [Man] So this is the actual application.
- [Curator] This is the copyright lock for.
- That's the first page.
This is the first print.
So these are the earliest editions of the Book of Mormon
and they have 'em in the Library of Congress
just stored here, but it's crazy to see them out,
not in a case, 'cause they're very, I don't know,
probably brittle, we don't want to be touching them
and they are probably worth millions of dollars too so,
pretty crazy that we get to see this.
So there's Senators from all over the country that are here,
and a lot of religious leaders, so kind of a cool event.
Check out the setup.
It just ended, it was really good, really really good,
and now it's kind of, the madness and the press
and everybody talking to 'em,
so I'll give you some press shots,
you can see what press looks like.
How was it?
- Fun.
- [Man] What do you think about being able to have
private time interviewing a Senator?
- That's crazy.
- We're gonna rush over to his office,
because he has to be somewhere for votes at 2:00,
and we are going to interview him before that,
so he only has like 30 minutes in between the two things,
so it's kinda getting to be a little stressful.
I'm feeling like it may not happen.
The adventure continues.
Even though we have a tight time frame,
where are we going Lincoln?
- Where the National Treasure was filmed.
- National Treasure, that movie.
The Reading Room.
Remember when he went into like the,
they got the President's book out of that room.
That was so cool, that was here?
- Yeah.
- Yeah that looks like it.
Look at that!
Alright Lincoln's made himself at home here.
You like that?
I don't know man, you look presidential.
So let us know your thoughts,
should Lincoln run for office when he's of age?
We'll put a poll question up on top, you let us know.
- Whose son are you?
- Oh, my, that's my dad.
- Are you his dad?
- [Cameraman] No.
- No you're.
Lincoln, that's pretty good.
I got saddled with a name called Orrin, just awful.
- Okay so this is interesting,
he's the president pro tem,
so that means he's the highest ranking senator,
and he's the president of it,
and so any law that needs to be signed,
he signs it, and he's signing two laws right now.
We're seeing history right here, these are laws.
There's a lot of work that's gone in to this
before it's gotten right here on his table.
That's pretty cool, right Lincoln?
- Yeah it's insane.
- So that goes to Barack Obama next.
The President will sign those probably later this week.
- K we just finished our interview
and now he's heading to the floor to vote.
This is government in action, Lincoln.
People don't get to see this that often.
Oh this is the funny train, look at that.
Can we get on this one?
Oh yeah we're gonna go on this one!
Here we go, put your hands in the air.
I was joking, you don't have to but that's funny.
Well here we are in our Uber heading out to the airport.
That was a good trip.
There's the big old building right there,
I forget what it's called.
- [Lincoln] Washington Monument.
- Oh there's the White House right there.
Boom, White House.
So yeah I haven't slept in a long time.
- I bet like five days.
- No not five days.
Two nights ago I slept for like three hours.
- I don't know if that's valid.
- Anyway so we're heading to the airport
and I'm gonna sleep on the plane to New York,
sleep in the car to the hotel,
and we're gonna go right to bed when we get there, so.
We just had
the weirdest experience I've ever had in an Uber.
And I wanted to laugh so bad,
I didn't know what the heck was going on.
Alright, we gotta tell you what's going on.
We're in this Uber car, the guy says,
'I have to get over a couple lanes
'because I need to go pee.'
I'm like okay, he's like 'is it okay if I pull over here?'
I'm like, 'okay, we can go to the next exit if you want.'
But he just pulls over on the side of the road,
it's busy it's like Rush Hour D.C.,
we're going to Dulles airport, which is really far,
it's like an hour away,
pulls over on a crowded street, I'm like,
where's he gonna pee, there's no trees out there,
and so what does he do.
Takes a Tupperware, a piece of Tupperware,
and he pulls it out,
and he leans his chair back toward Lincoln,
like way back, I'm like,
'woah you're not doin' it in here are you?'
And he goes, 'yeah, everyone's going to die someday.'
Like what does that have to do with peeing in the car?
It was great, and so then
all of a sudden you just hear peeing noise,
there's no radio going.
(peeing)
There's no noise, just pee.
That was so awkward.
And then he takes it and he leans over on the door,
and he grabs the door handle on the other side,
and he pushes it open, barely can get open,
he dumps out the pee, and he keeps the Tupperwear
and he keeps it in the car.
What is that?
- [Lincoln] I really don't know.
- Oh my gosh.
Lincoln, I'm sorry you had to go through that.
Oh my, weird, we gotta go to New York.
That kept me awake instead of taking a nap.
I didn't want to fall asleep
'cause I didn't know what else he'd do while he was driving.
Back at the airport, JFK.
Alright hop in, man we've got a big vehicle today.
- Nice.
- Look at all that room, I can take a nap in this one.
("Up on the Rooftop" plays)
New York Christmas, we saw it,
I've never seen that before,
and it's actually
not even that cold or snowy out, so perfect.
But we're going to Alaska tomorrow, or no, Friday,
it's gonna be 25 below zero so, we'll see our cold.
Well good morning, we got to the hotel last night
and fell promptly to sleep and slept for 12 hours.
Lincoln how you feeling bud?
- Tired.
We gotta get up and at 'em and outta here,
'cause we're gonna have a sweet day in New York,
and we'll show it to you probably tomorrow on the vlog.
So thanks for watching
our whirlwind experience in DC to New York.
Yeah, it was pretty wild, so, anyway.
See you guys tomorrow.