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AT 92 IS THE NATION'S OLDEST
PARK RANGER.
BETTY, YOU SAID BECAUSE OF YOUR
AGE THIS IS YOUR LAST DECADE AND
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE ANYONE
WASTING YOUR TIME.
WHEN YOU HEART ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, WHAT DOES
IT MEAN TO YOU?
>> IT MEANS THAT WHEN I GOT TO
BE 9 TWO YEARS OLD, THAT THERE
COMES ALONG WITH THAT A SENSE OF
URGENCY, A SENSE THAT IF I DON'T
GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME, I DON'T
HAVE TIME TO DO IT OVER, THAT
THAT GETS APPLIED TO WORK THAT I
ENJOY, AND HAVING THE SHUTDOWN
INTERRUPTS ALL OF THAT.
>> SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
WASTING YOUR TIME?
>> YES, I DO.
>> DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE
KIND OF THE ONLY ADULT IN THE
ROOM WHEN YOU WATCH THESE
POLITICIANS TALKING ON TV?
>> YES, YES, THAT'S TRUE AND I
THINK THAT WASHINGTON NEEDS A
LOT MORE ADULTS.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM IF
SOME OF THEM ARE WATCHING
TONIGHT?
WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW?
>> I'M NOT SURE I'M WISE ENOUGH
IN WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH TO
BE ABLE TO GIVE ANYONE ANY
ADVICE.
I ONLY KNOW WHAT -- HOW IT'S
AFFECTING MY LIFE, AND I'M NOT
SURE WHERE THE POWER LIES
ANYMORE, AND THAT UNCERTAINTY IS
DISHEARTENING.
>> DO YOU THINK POLITICIANS
UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON SOMEONE
LIKE YOU?
>> NO, I REALLY DON'T.
I REALLY DON'T.
I THINK THAT THEY HAVE LOST
TOUCH WITH THOSE OF US WHO ARE
WORKING.
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOUR JOB
THAT YOU LOVE?
>> UNIQUELY, MY JOB ALLOWS ME TO
HELP TO SHAPE EMERGING NATIONAL
PARKS BECAUSE I WAS A PRIMARY
SOURCE, BECAUSE I WAS HERE
DURING THAT PERIOD THAT THE
WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT NATIONAL
HISTORICAL PARK CELEBRATES.
I WAS HERE WORKING IN RICHMOND,
CALIFORNIA.
>> YOU WERE WORKING DURING WORLD
WAR II?
>> I WAS WORKING IN THE
SEGREGATED UNION HALL.
>> SO WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE
ABOUT THAT TIME?
THAT'S -- YOU'RE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE THAT
COME TO THE PARK ABOUT WHAT IT
WAS LIKE TO WORK THERE DURING
WORLD WAR II?
>> WHAT I TELL THEM IS THAT KEN
BURNS AND TOM BROKAW TOLD A
STORY OF THE BATTLES OF THE
FIGHTING WAR, BUT THAT NO ONE
OVER THESE 70 YEARS HAS TOLD THE
STORY OF THE REST OF AMERICA.
ROOSEVELT'S GREAT ARSENAL
DEMOCRACY, EXTRAORDINARY,
ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO BECAME THE
MOST LETHAL FORCE FROM MASS
REDUCTION THAT I GUESS THE
GREATEST MOBILIZATION SINCE THE
BUILDING OF THE PARAMIDS, THE
GREAT WALL OF CHINA, THAT STORY
HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN TOLD AND
WHAT WE GET TO DO IS GO BACK AND
REVISIT THAT HISTORY AND CATCH
THOSE LOST CONVERSATIONS AND
UNTOLD STORIES THAT WERE LEFT
LINGERING.
>> AND I KNOW YOU'VE BECOME --
YOU'RE NOT JUST POPULAR AT THE
PARK.
YOU'VE BECOME POPULAR ACROSS THE
NATION.
I HEAR YOU'RE DOING THE SHOW IN
HOLLYWOOD, HOW IS THAT?
>> THAT'S TODAY.
THAT DEVELOPED TODAY AND I'M
JUST LEARNING.
I JUST HAD MY FIRST REHEARSAL.
>> ARE YOU NERVOUS?
>> I -- IT'S -- ODDLY ENOUGH I
WAS MUCH MORE NERVOUS BEFORE I
GOT ONTO THE STAGE AND IN THAT
WALK THROUGH, THE INITIAL
REHEARSAL, HE IS SO COMFORTABLE
THAT I LOSE ALL THE NERVOUSNESS.
UNTIL I FIGURED -- UNTIL I HAD
TO COME FACE YOU.
>> OH, NO, THAT'S TERRIBLE.
I HOPE YOU DON'T FEEL NERVOUS
ANYMORE.
DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GET BACK TO
WORK AT THE PARK SOON?
>> I HOPE SO.
I HOPE THIS DOESN'T LAST MANY
MORE DAYS.
>> WELL, BETTY, I HOPE YOU GET
BACK THERE SOON, TOO, AND I