why did ben franklin one day need to send her spectacles? the girl never learned to read or write -- or read but not write. why did she need glasses? jane franklin learned to read because most girls did. she was no ordinary reader. she read passionately. she learned to how to write which was quite an unusual thing. i think her brother taught her. when he left the lessons ended. in 1717 when she was five her brother james sent up a printing shop in boston. it was a god send for ben franklin because here at last was a praise for a bookish family. say that used to pretended they were harvard student. the only debate he remembered well enough to write about was debate he had with his friend over the proprietary of educating the female sex and learn about their ability to study. colin was opinion was improper and girls unequal. franklin disagreed. i had took a contrary side. maybe he was thinking of jane. in crafting his argument. he leaned on a book written by danielle called "essays on project." the establishment of a academy r stitch and sue an

. >>> a major make over for ben franklin, the brand-new 100-dollar bill began circulating today and they have the most advanced anti counter fitting, including a blue 3 d security ribbon and a color shifting liberty bill that sits inside an ink well and water marks that are held over from earliy eier versions of the 1 0. i think mr. franklin would be impressed. >> and in washington. >> something hasn't stopped. >>> that's "nightly business report" for tonight, i'm susie

you can tell it's run by a black man because they did a makeover on ben franklin. here's the old bill. check this out. and of course, here's the new one. yeah. [applause] now, ben franklin looks like the former elite player for the ohios or something. call, girl. some people other 30 here. [laughter] yes, yes, yes. [cheers and applause] uh-huh. in political news, just when you thought you heard the last of anthony wiener, someone is producing an off-broadway play based on the anthony wiener sex scandal. i don't know if they have a name for it yet because they need a title. i suggest "diddler on the roof." "diddler on the roof." i think that works. [applause] last night we had danny trejo. he's on the new movie

other people like ben franklin.talked about how he was supported despite with the us government is saying about 60% of our country is in support of in a say reform. -- nsa reform. despite all he is dealing with, he is incredibly focused on whistleblower protection, on surveillance reform, and on journalist source confidentiality. so even though he has all of these other things going on, for him, he is incredibly focused on surveillance reform and that it be meaningful. and while there are a number of bills before congress right now, most of them focus on the 215, andct section very little on pfizer section 702. so he was very well versed, centered, balanced and engaging and has a wicked sense of humor. which was very fun. supported.t mutually andhe knows he is not alone that he has a lot of people in the united states and around the world who are supporting his endeavors. >> you mention benjamin franklin. i want to turn to coleen rowley, former fbi agent who was awarded "time" person of the year for her work around

a ben franklin is getting makeover. the big reveal is tomorrow. the 100ral reserve said dollar bill will begin to circulate on tuesday. it includes new features. a blue 3-d ribbon that will make it easier for people to authenticate the harder for the counterfeiters to replicate. the numbers are in for the state casinos. $60 millionraked in last month. a breakdown shows maryland live brought in the most. hollywood casino brought in more than $6 million. drew $3 million. >> the russians. they know how to spy and get people in space. when it comes to keeping an alarming -- olympic torch lit him a they need to get their act together. at first it was the wind tunnel. as the torch relay got underway country,rek across the it happened again. luckily, each time a man is standing along the route pulled out a lighter and the flame came back to life. 2014 went to live -- winter olympics in sochi. stackingyee found out bottles had a shelf life. chefave a second, the cannot hold its letter. it came crashing down. -- the shelf could not hold its liquor. [laught

. >>> check this out -- ben franklin. a brand-new shiny $100 bill. the new hundreds will start circulating on tuesday. i don't know if that specimen thing on there is real. that blue line up and down, that's 3-d, tougher to counterfit. that's our time. have a great night. tessa. i'm home. tess. tess, you here? aah! ah! oh. (exhales) it's you. who'd you think it was? i don't know. i heard rustling. and you were gonna fight them off with that? ts could be very... ow! (foil clanks on floor) what are you doing here? i thought you weren't coming till next weekend. i had to do laundry. i ran out of clothes. already? it's only been two weeks. not that i'm not thrilled to see you, but don't they have washing machines on campus? they're not asice. and by "nice," you mean "free." pretty much. right. uh, you're going to need more orange juice, by the way. thank you. oh, and, um, i finished the ice cream... too. and... how long have you been here? ten minutes. wow. well, as long as you are here, how about a guitar hero tournament? i

. >>> a major make over for ben franklin, the brand-new 100-dollar bill began circulating today and theye the most advanced anti counter fitting, including a blue 3 d security ribbon and a color shifting liberty bill that sits inside an ink well and water marks that are held over from earliy eier versions of the 1 0. i think mr. franklin would be impressed. >> and in washington. >> something hasn't stopped. >>> that's "nightly business report" for tonight, i'm susie gharib. for more and the stories we covered tonight, head to nbr.com. >> for give me for interrupting you there. have a great evening everybody. have a good night. >>> "nightly business report" is brought to you by. >> thestreet.com, enter active multi media tools for an ever changing financial world. the dividend stock advisor guides and helps generate income during a period of low interest rates. we are thestreet.com. b outdoors maryland is made by mpt, to serve all of our diverse communities, and is made possible by the generous support of our members. coming up... capturing chesapeake beauty at the edge of the land. dredg

but wn i ach in my wallet, i'd rather see ben franklin.hat semi-smiling c-note smirk seems to say, "i'm a hundred times better." it's certainly more popular overseas. of all the american hundred- dollar-bills in existence... 65 percent of them are held outside the u.s. that's partf the reason why the federal reserve is changing it-- it's the fourth time they've done this. they're trying to make it easier to be sure a bill is genuine... and harder to counterfeit it. the new hundred has a blue ribbon. why? 'cause it's a winner. no, it's actually a -d strip that appears to change wh you move it.. adding a new 'dimension' of security. same idea behind the bell in the ink well. the federal reserve plans to start circulating the new benjamins ... after spending more than 10 years coming up with the changes. maybe not everyone agrees they're needed. but benny himself once said, "when you'rfinished changing, you're finished." and his bill, shows n signs of folng. carl azuz,cnn, atlanta build a better build a better behind.. without going to the gy

there is a watermark of ben franklin.is the most common currency after therculation one dollar bill. >> the kids come home from school and you go to help them with their homework and you don't know what it means. top academic leaders want to make sure you are up for that challenge. final live report from education nation headquarters. a baltimore teacher with a big goal this weekend. why after a decade by elite runners from africa, baltimore might just be the one to break the tape on saturday. >> a reason to step outside on saturday and cheer is how the marathon leaders run past you. to draw elite runners from around the world. the guy in the league this year could be a teacher from baltimore. >> this maryland middle school teacher just might run away with the whole thing on saturday. a science teacher at the garrison forest school. really cool to win the marathon. >> he won the last four years in a row. gave this city the thrill of a lifetime. >> he emerged as the front- runner and led the race through mile 11. >> they s

. >> reporter: frugal ben franklin, a printer himself, might have been impressed with this bill but his own quote offers a scolding, waste nothing. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> next in china where a lethal swarm of huge hornets is being blamed tore killing dozens of people. the scene from the asian giant hornet is blamed for 42 deaths now and 1600 injuries since july. those hornets can grow to two inches long, their sting so powerful it can damage vital organs. authorities are sending teams to the central part of the country to try to destroy their massive nest. >>> last night we told you about malala yousafzai, her story of courage after being shot in the head by the taliban because she wants girls around the world to get an education. we heard from so many of you to say that you are raising your hand saying i am malala, too. >> i am malala. >> congresswoman gaby giffords and her husband mark kelly weighed in. >> we stand with malala. malala's boom i am malala came out today and has already rocketed to number 8 on the best seller list. we'll have a full hour of "20/20" unbre

. >> there is also raised printing on ben franklin shoulder that your finger can feel.ill is redesigned. about $4 billion worth of new $100 bills are at the federal reserve here in chicago ready for distribution when needed. the bears are trying to piece together their defensive line for their next game against the giants on thursday night. the tigers have to rally to try and force of its game against oakland. [ phil ] when you have joint pain and stiffness... accomplishing even little things can become major victories. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are c

. >> john: on the website since ben franklin the post office has changed with america. you are a government monopoly, you barely change. >> 200,000 less employees than we had. >> big government media would say things like that? >> they are hell bent on seeing the u.s. postal service die. >> john: so the managers wait for workers to quit or retire. attrition is kinder, is that why you do it? >> we have union contracts and in no layoff provisions. >> john: how can you run a business that way? >> that is how the cookie crumbles. >> john: that is your tax money. >> private delivery services continue to thrive while the postal service. >> fed ex and ups make billions because they innovate and cut costs. postal officials like mickey try to do that, try to close money losers like these. >> john: why weren't they closed long ago? >> political pressure. >> john: congress can do any major change, save billions by adjusting benefit payments? not a chance. >> so the politicians aren't dumb, what are they thinking? >> they are thinking about reelection. >> john: they are supposed to

ben franklin, he did a lot in electrostatics. so this then is negatively charged and the cat's fur then would be? positive. positive. which, by the way, underlies a very important principle called the conservation of charge. and the conservation of charge simply says that, "hey, gang, whatever charge you got, "it's what you got. "you don't make any more, you don't make any less. all you do is transfer it from one place to another." it's like maybe a brick road. there's so many bricks in the road. now, you take some of the bricks off the road and put them on the sidewalk. what's the total number of bricks i have before and after? same. the same. i've just put them from one place to another. and every brick in the sidewalk is matched by a hole in the road. do you see that? so we just take it from place and put another. so if i put a certain charge on here-- let's say a millionth of a coulomb-- coulomb is a unit of charge. if i put a millionth of a coulomb on here, and that's negative, what's the positive charge? a millionth of a co

>> ben franklin, paul revere, john hancock, patrick henry, known to be free masons or ma sonic connections. one of the requirements for joining the masons is for candidates to declare their belief in a supreme being. for her to say the masons go against god is a sloppy research. she needs to do better research. she also said the holy spirit woke her up in the middle of the night to tell her to give the speech about the masons. i am not saying it is not true. maybe it is. i also think it is possible she fell asleep in front of the tv and the holy spirit looked like nick cage from "national treasure." >> i have to go to bill and i think obama was talking about you. >> i do not blog, greg. i don't even own a radio. can't afford those things. on my salary? but andrew, you are correct. the masons were founded on a belief in god. but they only admitted prot extents. catholics? god lord no and jews? protestants were allowed, and women? no, no, no. that's why the founding fathers had good ideas . >>> what is it like to work with employees you don't like? harris falkner talks about her new book. i

. >> since ben franklin the postal service has grown and changed with america. you don't change.y nopcally. you barely change. 250,000 fewer than you have had. >> if the government fires people the big government media would say things like this. >> they are hell bent on seeing the u.s. postal service die. >> they wait for them to quit or retire. >> attrition is kinder. >> that's why you do it? >> we have union contracts am. >> how can you run a business that way? >> part of being a government tal agency. that's how the cookie crumbles. >> they ton to drive while postal service leaves billions. >> they make billions because they innovate and cut costs. postal officials like mickey barnett try to do that. try to close money like these. >> why wouldn't they close before? >> they can kill any close post offices no way. >> politicians aren't dumb. what are they thinking? >>> oo they are thinking about reelection. >> they can't be so shortsighted. >> are we so dumb we can't get taxpayers to lose money? >> they say they can't run it like a business. >> okay. >> they have to beg you for

ben franklin said that those who gain give up liberty to safety deserve neither.he title of the book, "broken safety," coming up in about 10 minutes. health care will be front and center tomorrow as the president will acknowledge some of the problems with the rollout of healthcare.gov. "obamacare problems in spotlight after the shutdown ends. the problems are about to get a as they contentious give the white house unintended political cover over the last few weeks, overshadowing the thely flawed rollout of insurance marketplace. the shutdown is now in the rearview mirror and healthcare.gov for access to the obamacare exchanges, still serious problems. republicans eager to distance themselves in an effort to chris -- cripple the plan. now we will begin a series of hearings with the house ways and means committee." the house energy and commerce committee will be the first out of the gate. details are available online, thehill.com. harold is joining us from westwood, new jersey. caller: good morning. my ideology is very simple, go back to the constitution. thatoundin

printing along ben franklin's shoulder is raised. the back of the new $100 bill shows the back of independence hall instead of the front. there are more phrases microprinted around the bill. took more than a decade to develop. >>> if you are looking for that perfect million dollar holiday gift, the catalog you have been waiting is here. the 2013 neiman marcus christmas book. we are getting our first peek at the fantasy gifts it has to offer. among them, $750,000 motorcycle. a $p 3 44,000 as ton martin sports car. if you are not looking for a if you ride there is a 25-carat diamond. lit only set you back $1.8 million. >> love reading that catalog. >> yes. >> makes for great reading. >>> it is not only u.s. children who are lagging behind in math and reading and text skills. why adult vas big problem, too. >> new developments, including in new york city. >>> american adults are lagging behind when it comes to literacy and other skills. the u.s. scores below average when compared to other industrialized nations. japan and fland were at

ben franklin's collar has very tiny writing on it that says the united states of america along its edge. and right here dourg see this ribbon that is woven through it? this is a 3d type of ribbon. it has the number 100 on it and more of these bells on it. when you mift, they change back and forth and they shift position. another ribbon embedded that glows with ultra violent light. let's look at the back. on the back you may notice that they have, i'll flip it over. you see the great big 100 so people who are visually impaired can see it better and down here is a blank space. that is containing a water mark of benjamin franklin which you can see if you hold it to the life. little glasses, a nose and a mouth. not sure. but i think it looks sort of like that. a lot of the security features. >> i would love it if they put something like that in there. they would have justification. it is amazing the technology that goes into a bill when you think about it. how many of these are in circulation? >> you know, more than you might think. about 8.6 billion of them. they are, now this is something

so much -- here is ben franklin. he's wonderful, he's wonderful, he's wonderful. we know what he was doing on 3:00 on the 24th of january. jane we know nothing. you almost -- and also t not wonderful. and we live in a world of inequality. grotesque inequality who we cannot bear to think about. as historian it's hard think about too. i felt, and here is the turn point for me aside from my parents pass was we as a community as the people need to understand inequality a lot better. .. the former editor-at-large at canada's mclain magazine talks about the gender gap between women and the risk of drinking. this program is about an hour. >> host: hi ann. how are you? >> guest: it's so nice to be here. >> host: i am excited to talk to about this new book called "drink" very intriguing and very provocative and like i said it are minded me up when i was working in treatment, about the relationship with alcohol and women and i guess one of the questions i wanted to ask you right off is why is the subject seen as a crisis that's important for you to get the message out? >> g

. >> shepard: ben franklin is getting a big facelift. federal reserve is rolling out brand new hundred dollar bills happening today. the feds say they've completely redesigned the bill but you can still recognize our founding father here. take a look. i have him up on the big wall. this top one is the current hundred dollar bill. seems like a new bill. but this is the new one down here. this strip right here is supposed to be counter fitte helper, woven into the fabric of the bill, and this here is like an ink well and i'm told it changes colors a as you wiggle it. where did you guess these? >> i bought these from the new york fed. they gave them to you. >> shepard: gave them? >> you have to give it back but you get if for three minutes. >> shepard: this thing right here, this thing right here, it has a lot of movement in it. >> the color changes as you change the direction of the bill, and it's all about counterfeiting, or stopping it. >> that's right this is the most counterfeited bill off the shores of the country and people copy this

i am wondering if ben franklin ever return home to see her?and also, he had a lot of nephews who manned printing shops all over the colonies. were any of them her children speakers what terrific questions. this is why you, to philadelphia, to talk about the franklins. yes, he did come he joked that he visited boston every year that ended in a three. which he did. he went in 1723, 33, 43, 53. i think that was it. he went in 23 to sort of show off yet become a printer and then he went in 33 do this again and the broader the latest library that you. i don't know why he went in 43. he was postmaster general, deputy postmaster general. peace david janes house. in 53 he went to get an honorary degree from harvard, which must have felt good after having not been able to afford to go. so he saw her every 10 years. but they spent time together because when the revolution begin, boston was occupied by the british, in fact over belongings and fled the city, saving all that are franklin had sent to her that she kept in this little trunk. she fled first to

. >> reporter: frugal ben franklin, a printer himself may have been impressed with the new bill but hisrs a scolding, waste nothing. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> all right. i'm fascinated by that video. how do you work in a place that makes 100 dollar bills and load them by the palette and not go -- >> oops, another feeling so well. going home. >> i think there are body cavity inspections before they come in. >> what kind of security do they have. must be like that in it has to be enormous. >> this was supposed to circulate in february 2011. little on the late side. >> pretty cool looking 100 dollar bill. >> they last a long time. 15 years in circulation because not a lot of people. >> they last longer than a single because not many people got the benjamins. >> not a lot of hands exchanging. very cool. >> indeed. >>> coming up, the long wait for a special little man. >> one woman's fight to wait 39 days after her water broke to give birth. >>> ahead in our next half hour, the once in a while wife. the company that >>> all right. welcome back, everyone. this morning we want to

the book about ben franklin's sister.ot about his sister. this is the person he was closest to throughout his life. she was forgotten in her life and they were looking at the lifelong correspondent. >> german women and the nazis. tell us about that. >> the took is extraordinary and also this is about ordinary german women and their role in the holocaust. it's a harrowing read. a lot is lost on that. >> finally really quickly and we have to go, but talk about the unwinding. >> what happened to america since the 1970s. after the argument, the story of ordinary people and really fundamentally changed. they talked about people on the wrong side of the economic divide. >> go for a full list of finalists and the winner of the national award that will be announced on november 20th. up next, will congress save us for themselves? we'll be right back. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for the smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the buses are running on natural gas, they don't thro

ben franklin writes down, what good have i done today? joel gascoigne says he walks. >> i read a real book rather than doing e-mail or read a magazine, i reserve that time for reading an actual book. i do that and i find it rewarding. >> you're not getting the blue light being i will lurm my nated from ipad screens. >> when are you going to read a book? never. you're getting 400 word bites. >> fsn weekend. >>> 13 minutes after the hour. whatever happened to religious freedom? the government forcing all businesses to buy contraceptives under obama care. wait until you hear how they're fighting back. >>> this guy is taking daddy time with his daughter to a new level. selfies. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% testosterone gel. the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement

it's relieved during a government shutdown, a shutdown that ben franklin might not approve of. >> i onlywhen i get to the table. >> i went to d.c. yesterday and driving down the street. the bureau of the interior is there where i was driving. totally dark. completely dark. it was so weird to see government buildings dark. >> not turning the lights on any time soon the way things are going and other countries are taking notice. could be serious. great to see you this morning. >> nice to see you. >> next time, bring snacks. >> yeah, i hear maribel brought you some cookies! >>> coming up the partial government shutdown entering its eighth day with a big, huge dire deadline fast approaching. but this morning, there are some clues that both sides might be giving just a tiny little bit. we will tell you how coming up next. [ susan ] ...as though he had never left. the end. lovely read susan. but isn't it time to turn the page on your cup of joe? gevalia, or a cup of johan, is like losing yourself in a great book. may i read something? yes, please. of course. a rich, never bitter taste cup afte

tom payne, what happens there, ben franklin is like the -- jhe also improves the postal service and makess network of newspapers in the colonial american period and what happens when you put an interesting idea, is that you can put it in one paper and other papers get it. so newspapers exert it and people send it to their friends. you can see all of the founding fathers sending it to each other. >> do you think that -- kathy was mentioning egypt and we have now syria, where you get moment to moment updates on twitter and social media, what's going on in countries like this are obviously about anything. do you think social media as it's incarnated today and going forward poses much of a threat? we know what kind of a threat it already poses to existing forms of opinion, distribution and news distribution, newspapers and things like that. does it pose a threat? >> absolutely, just look at the state that the news business is in. what i'm saying in the book is that media has been social since the roman period and we have this interlude that we now recognize we're coming to the end-all from ab

if you tilt, you can see ben franklin. the bill is a couple years overdue to the public.issues involved with the security measures that delayed it by a couple of years. but now they're ready to go. they're out in circulation starting today. and, simon and kelly, this is a big day for collectors. a lot of people are going to banks looking for the low serial numbers that will eventually become a collector's item. kelly, back to you. >> all right, great stuff. thank you very much. i think a lot of people will be holding up their bills now to take a look at all of that. appreciate it. >>> if you just tuned in, meantime, here's what you might have missed on the program this morning. >> announcer: welcome to "squawk on the street." here's what's happened so far -- >> the way in which this is being postured is as though the president sits on high and says, i will not negotiate, and everybody is supposed to lay down. i don't understand that. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," the government shutdown continues. so there's no real international trade data. >>> -- catch 22, which i p

then, like a priestly ben franklin, he flew the kite over the property, figuring out the best sites forines. they need to have plenty around them so the top of the plates wouldn't hit anything at a cell and they had to be far enough apart so that they wouldn't interfere with each other is meant. if he got a template object, you would cause turbulence 40 feet down when faced james. in 2011, a 79-year-old with bushy eyebrows and navy denim coveralls didn't make him look like a not a mechanic, the only tip office he was to have the cows in the same entity and a gold chain around his neck. finally, as i said, he settled on putting the turbine besides the churches is a field. the turbines were taller than anything around. james planted three of them, each 60 feet tall, along the sideline and find the end zone. they are wired directly in the church in the school and an evening when the lights are out in the air-conditioning was turned off, excess power could be said to the city's electric grid. the luster by many next to the church. it was called big birds because it stood 80 feet tall. the t