mr. franklin, let's finish up. >> lieutenant suarez will conduct hearings for both men starting with franklinas recently convicted of crimes including rape and sodomy in fairfax county and now faces rape charges in a neighboring county. he's brought two witnesses who will testify not only about the fight but about his character. >> all right, mr. franklin. you asked for these two as your witnesses for this hearing. is there anything you want to ask them? >> did you see him throw the first punch at me? >> elmore was saying something because he takes monopoly so serious every time. and he shoved franklin twice, then he threw a punch. >> all right. >> i would like to say that i'm particularly the one person that, you know, seems to motivate everybody on the block as far as, you know, reading the bible and doing everything that's right. >> yeah. i will say that he does lead a good example as far as trying to lead people toward the bible. and ever since i met him, he's been a good spoken person. you know, he doesn't curse, none of that stuff, so -- >> yeah. >> okay. thank you both. you can go back

mr. franklin gave out free tickets to the concert on the parkway and served drinks to the guests.taurants offered special menu options in honor of the 4th of july hold. we're gearing up. lots of folks soaking up the sun today >> check out what "eyewitness news" photo journalist jen caught on the ocean in wildwood new jersey. a school of dolphins, a big thank you for sending us this moment on the water. beautiful. exciting whether on a boat or on the beach and you see dolphins swimming by. it's always exciting to see that and it was a great day to be down the shore. that's for surely and even the delaware beaches, at this hour, we have plenty of people walking the boards. a lot of stuff going on, a lot of festive teas, right here in philadelphia, fantastic weather to go along with it and rest of the holiday weekend is in great shape as well. here's a live look at stormscan 3, other than just a couple of clouds across the region. things are looking great. we're in for a quiet night. we do have a stray shower in new castle in delaware but looking quiet into the overnight hours tonigh

mr. speaker, today i rise to honor franklin hobson for 60 years of service in the fall creek volunteer fire department . franklin was a young man of 21 when he became a charter member of the fire department in 1957. since that time, he has been a dedicated leader in both the department and his community, including service -- servicing as the fire marshal. still active in the fall creek fire department today, he will celebrate his 82nd birthday on september 27th. it is volunteers like franklin hobson who help our nation thrive. through the generous example he has set, franklin inspires others to think about ways they can give to their local community. thank you, franklin, for all of the good that you do for your community and for being a great example for all of us. mr. speaker, today i rise to recognize the 60th anniversary of the fall creek volunteer fire department. the first meeting of these dedicated citizens was held on june 13, 1957 at fall creek elementary school. as 12 local men worked to establish the fire department. its charter calls for 60 members and its membership ranks have r

up next, we visit the franklin d at hydelt museum park in new york. mr. eberhardt:

mr. cohen/housewives" to aretha franklin. i like it, when she booty texts me later.yeah, right, exactly. >> stephen: you produce-- how many shows do you produce? >> a lot. a lot of "housewives." i'm an e.p. on "love connection" on fox. >> stephen: which you're the host of. not politically, but just as a producer of reality television. >> yeah. >> stephen: what do you think of the production that we're getting out of the white house? what do you think of that as a drama? >> well, i think-- well, it's some kind of a drama. and i think what's interesting about the president is that he's-- he has remained as a season one "real housewife orange county." he has never-- usually they evolve as the years ago. there's a season one version who will do anything to stay on the show. and then they evolve, and they get their makeup and hair right. and we say, "look, you have to watch what you're doing on twitter. you're being crazy on twitter." season two, they're better. he's stuck in the season one "housewife" mode and has a real "housewife tag line." >> stephen: hold on, wait. >

up next, we visit the franklin d at hydelt museum park in new york. mr. eberhardt: the library was created in 1941. it was the first presidential library created and operated by the national archives and records administration. the library was established by franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration, and also his personal papers. and so, he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. basically what he decided to do , was to raise private money to build the library, and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archives. that model was followed by subsequent presidents. this is the first of the presidential libraries operated by the national archives. about 10 years ago, the library embarked on a really ambitious plan to look at the entire museum, and really bring it all up to date. the completely new galleries opened in 2013, and everything you see at the museum now dates from that 2013 reopening. it is all brand-new a fresh look , at both the lives of fr

mr. james roosevelt when he married sarah was 52 years old. she was only 26. she was half his age. james and sarah only had the one child, franklin delano roosevelt. >> when mr. james roosevelt, f.d.r.'s father, bought this property in 1867, it was a 17-room farm house. it was about 110 acres of land, several out buildings, for which he paid the huge sum of $40,000, which today is the price of an expensive car but back in those days it was a nice amount of money. the house, however, was enlarged by f.d.r. in 1915, because by then he had a growing family and he had decided as early as 1907, 25 years before he achieved it, that he was going to become president of the united states one day. and so he wanted a grander home for a future president. once f.d.r. became active in politics, quite often events would be held here like when he announced his intention to run for vice president of the united states. it was that big announcement was held right here. quite often he would bring, once he was president, visiting foreign dignitaries to his house especially during the war years. he felt it was a place where they could get away from th

franklin roosevelt." however, the emotional prime minister was a complex mr. -- mixture of actor and warrior. churchill's true feelings tended to show through. he rarely bother to hide them. , even not hold back tears sobbing in public. fdr was much more circumspect, more tightly wound. churchill would not rest while prosecuting the war. didcould he relax as fdr with his stamp collection and his naval encyclopedias. the prime minister was all in for war, all the time. , militarystings aides, liaisons would joke about the prime minister. great militarye genius of history, he can use one division on three fronts at the same time. strategy churchill almost always consulted his war cabinet. war, fdr paid little attention to his cap. toward the state department bordering on contact. for example the secretary of when was not in washington the president would soon department the summit conference with the prime minister in 1941. roosevelt invited the number two man at state. like fdr, he was a harvard educated member of the eastern establishment. fdr himself was far more comfortable with the number

mrs. roosevelt's eyes and after witnessing the execution she didn't enjoy her dinner very much. the next morning she said to me, missy franklin once stake for dinner tonight. what shall i do? okay, i made that part up. she didn't say the part about the state, but you know what president roosevelt says, never let the truth get in the way of a good story. at any rate mrs. roosevelt back on the train. they had five children to look after and she's a very busy lady even then with all of her causes and interest and i stayed in warm springs with mr. roosevelt. word got out that such a famous polio survivor was hoping to swim his way to health and before long other polio's were coming there. mr. roosevelt bought the place, turned it into a fine rehabilitation facility, which it is today still and in 1928 he was convinced to run for governor of new york. he won by a whisker. we spent four years there in albany, at the governor's mansion where he lived with the roosevelt's and we began the practice, which continues to this day of myself being the backup hostess to mrs. roosevelt so she could continue to be his eyes and ears and do man

franklin roosevelt. brian: in those days, you cannot put a camera in front of you. that's not your brother. mr. buchanan: no, that's not my brother. there's a picture in the book. he was right there. i could hear him laughing at times. brian: did you ever think in this process that you would go to prison? mr. buchanan: no, i had never hired a lawyer. i was called over by the special prosecutor. it was a vindictive, hostile crowd. they tried to get you involved in the dirty tricks operation. to be honest, sam did not understand politics. there were some phrases he was reading to me. one of them was ed muskie. i said, it's time to go down to the kennels and let the dogs loose. he says, can you explain this to me? i said, gary hart said if the nixon people underestimate us we will do what we did to humphrey, we will kill them. i don't think he had physical violence in mind, but the exaggerated metaphor is a staple of american politics. but it came out very well. was five and a half hours, when buchanan got back to the elp, it was like the field after lindbergh landed. it was a great day in a way b

manager for one franklin and eleanor roosevelt, who was running for vice president and needed some help at the campaign office. so i went to manhattan to work there and i didn't see a lot of mr. roosevelt because he was on trains going ove all over the country speaking on behalf of the presidential nominee. it wasn't a good year for the democrats of any kind into vapor destroyed by the republican ticket of warren g. harding and calvin coolidge. now i would say warren g. harding was the worst president in history. they said that once mr. coolidge got in office the only way you could recognize him from the furniture in the oval office was if he moved. there was a woman sitting next to him in a dinner party. knowing it would be a while before we got the democrats back at the white house again mr. roosevelt decided to go work on wall street and he needed a good secretary, so he asked me to come work for him and i said i don't know mr. roosevelt, i'm fine at walberg about the most boring thing in the world. there are not any lawyers in the room, are there? i didn't think so. you all look very nice. ask any rate, he said don't worry. his children started calling him a cd and befor

mr. chairman. history teaches us what congress does the things, labor law reform and social security with franklin two or three years later goes back and makes modest changes to fix them. something we have been asking for several years, asking republicans to do the formal care act. they have -- the affordable care act. the same with dodd-frank. we have seen a house financial services committee that wants wholesale destruction. we will work with bipartisanly by making changes to do what chair yellen has spoken about in making those reforms. i wanted to preface with that. you recently stated you do not expect another financial crisis in our lifetimes, setting aside the delicate question of your and my in all our life expectancies. is that predicated on maintaining this ring for the current regulatory structure? chair yellen: let me state what i think i should have stated originally when i made that comment. i believe we have done a great deal since the financial crisis to strengthen the financial system and and make it more resilient. i think we can never be confident there won't be another financia

franklin ridge corridor. as muir once said, everyone needs beauty as well as bread. places to play in, where nature may heal and share and give strength to body and soul alike. mr. speaker, i want to thank my predecessor, congressman george miller, who championed this bill. i'd also like to thank the natural resources committee chair, chairman bishop, ranking member grijalva and the subcommittee chair, mr. mcclintock from california, and ms. hanabusa for their leadership in bringing h.r. 1719 to the floor today. i'm grateful for the support to 21 of my colleagues from both sides of the aisle who co-sponsored this legislation and to senator kamala harris for leading the bill's counterpart in the u.s. senate. i'd like to thank the john muir land trust for the dedication and sprembing this valuable rk land and shore land for future generations. this puts a fitting on the centennial's celebration, helping to preserve the trails an lands that surround the long-term home of the man known as the father of the national park service. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this bipartisan legislation, the john muir national historic site expansion act, and i yield back the b