do you have any ben franklin insights for us? >> well, ben franklin, i thought of doing a book on him, and one of the reasonis didns i didn't e are so many excellent books 15 years ago which is brilliant. gordon did one called the americanization of benjamin franklin that is about an angle of his life which is very smart and then the next big fat book that i've read about the founding father is van doren from the 1930s and it is a terrific book and you know, i read all of those and what am i going to add? really, i'm not. the other thing about franklin force mcdonald who is a great historian and passed away a few years ago, and i was lucky enough to know him, and the trouble with franklin is he lies all of the time. >> okay. that's a little harsh, but i know what he means because franklin, forget lincoln and his stories, you know. franklin is always keeping people off. >> yeah. >> keeping them away. he does it with funny stories and he does it with his interest in science and he does it with, you know, stories of his path in poli

brilliant dinner party, a funny dinner party or the kind like vegas that you don't talk about, i think ben franklin is my phone call. we were talking about ben earlier. do you have any ben franklin insights for us? >> well, ben franklin, i thought of doing a book on him. and one of the reasons i didn't is i think there have been so many excellent books on him. excellent. edmond morgan did one like 15 years ago which is brilliant. gordon wood did one called "the americanization of benjamin franklin" that's kind of about an angle of his life but very smart. and then i think the best big fat book i've ever read about a founding father is carl von dorn on benjamin franklin from the 1930s. won a pulitzer prize. it is a terrific book. i read all those and thought, what am i going to add, really? i'm not. the other thing about franklin, forest mcdonald, great historian who passed away a few years ago, and i was lucky enough to know him, and he said the trouble with franklin is he lies all the time. >> okay. >> that's a little harsh, but i know what he means. because franklin, i mean, forget lincoln and hi

there was a dust devil, i struggled to find a picture of ben franklin on a horse. i couldn't find the image. to me the idea of the nuggets as opposed to -- there is a narrative spread which is that knowledge is provisional and it's always a learning journey. it's not a thesis. there's so many thesis out there and i spent decades writing them where i create narrative for the reader to argue with or absorb and in this case what i'm trying to do is build a template where you can have own exploration and come out on the other end, and change in global warming is embedded in the narrative and that felt to me, i'm tired of trying to convince people, there's actually an item in the book on science that emerged about ten years ago showing that it's normal for us to disagree about global warming. >> right. >> absolutely normal. actually rational. >> there's also research suggesting that's very difficult to change people's mind. >> right. why would i want to write another book that says you should be worried about global warming when i know it isn't going to change people? >

if you go back to the days of ben franklin you might be intrigued to find out that a lot of the post offices of the day were actually taverns. people who ran bars could get a postmaster's license and do postal worker -- postal services through there. prior to 1971 the postal service was a general service and taxpayer dollars did flow into it. in 1971 it was created as a government corporation that was supposed to be self-funded. host: when the postal service got into the package delivery business, do you think it was a good idea? guest: we did not see it happening really. they had been in packages since 1913. their market share had always been small. it had not been a big deal. they also were known as being particularly good at it. they're tracking system was not great. there were complaints about packages getting beat up along the way. the e-commerce era hit and suddenly, kaboom. they go from a big player to a major player. host: was there anybody saying that they should not do that? guest: shipping companies gets concerned that got concerned about a company moving in. they complain

christopher sour was in germantown, pennsylvania, ben franklin was next door. the story goes that sour was critical of benjamin franklin's german translation because sour was a german himself. so there's kind of a i don't know if you call it war, there was opposition against the two. the story is reported because of that when sour was buying paper, he was told he had to pay for the paper completely. so when he was ready to produce a second bible in 1763, he went to get the paper and the paper maker said you pay in full or you don't get any at all. christopher sour has a paper mil mill and prints the first in 1763. then in 1776, typeset is wearing out. his son has taken over the business. christopher sour jr. they produced new typeset. they produce this german bible, luther bible, 1743, 1763, and then in 1776, important date in american history they would print the first bible printed in america with american made typeset. but the story is really interesting. according to isiah thomas, also a historical printer, the british during the germantown battle commandeer

few go back to the days of ben franklin, you will be intreeked to find that there were taverns and you can do business through there. prior to 1971, the postal service was a general service and taxpayer dollars did flow in. and created as a government corporation that was supposed to be funding. >> when it go into the package delivery business, did you think it was a good idea? >> we didn't see it happening. they have been in packages since 1913 and the market share was small. not a big deal. and they were not known to be good at it. the tracking system was not great. and the packages getting beat up and the e commerce error hit and they went from a big player to a major player. private shipping companies have to be concerned about this. and the subsidies helping them do it. they complained but i don't think anybody in congress paid attention. they love the fact that parcels can get to people through postal service. >> 3.7 billion package delivery in 2013 and over 5 billion last year. barbara in ohio, independent. >> caller: good morning, does your guess have information on the salary

ben franklin for us thank you. in turkey the economy seems to be ticking along nicely grew by more than seven percent last year that stronger than china's but turkey is fighting a growing currency crisis the turkish lira has been on a continuous downward spiral for many months president recip tired out of one sees an international conspiracy conspiracy or speculate as a work but what's really going on. turkey is cheaper than ever for foreign tourists the turkish lira continues to hit new lows against major currencies. it's lost nearly half its value against the euro for examples twenty fifty. but although that might be great for foreign visitors it's a huge problem for the country because it has to import commodities like oil and gas the country's central bank could apply the brakes by raising interest rates but president rhetoric tired out of want has hamstrung that idea he's betting on a looser monetary policy that wants to retain low interest rates to help drive economic growth and he accuses those who aren't of

and legacy of ben franklin we'll run through that list. legacy of ben franklin. professor wood. about this ten several -- >> that is why i -- >> he has a tough time in the because outside of pennsylvania, he has a lot of people aren't really happy about him. he has to plead, he has to write the continental congress, i would like to have grandson given to my in the west. i would like to -- he asks for conserving thes, country as minister abroad and the congress just ignored them. when he dies, the french have lots of s of mourning, eulogies, franklin gets none, of the american philosophical society, is forced. smith, his life-long enemy, gives the eulogy. extraordinary moment and the senate is embarrassed, a little french sed because the have been praising franklin and they've done nothing. really -- >> madison moves in the house. > there is embarrassing moment somehow franklin didn't fit in for some of these people. back in when he comes '75, he's been living abroad so they think of , him as a mole, as a spy. some people do. write letters that, to is friends in england, disavowi

ben franklin wrote, "whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. and yet, here we are. as we have seen throughout the show, when individuals say things that are uncomfortable for the secular left, they aren't challenged or debated. they are branded, demonized, and sometimes evicted altogether from the public square. that is not the american way. we are winning the war of ideas on immigration, the economy, life, trade, and yes, political correctness, which is why we are seeing the left-wing retaliatory hit squad popping up everywhere. today in academia, and hollywood, and in the media, the left will brook no dissent, and they will militantly police the borders of their stale orthodox orthodoxy. well, we are not going to stand for this. so tonight, i am announcing a new recurring series on "the ingraham angle." it's called "defending the first," where we will expose the enemies of the first amendment, of free expression, and every thought, while showcasing those brave voices making a differenc. if you haveububububububububububo threats or i

it reminds me that ben franklin would bone anything that moves. ( laughter ) yeah. voltaire was a cheap date. but then the speech took a shockingly honest turn, when he threw shade at trump's "america first" policy. >> we can choose isolationism, >> stephen: oooh! does that sting, donald? somebody call a french ambulance to take you to le burn ward! "doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo." ( cheers and applause ) two of them. and, you know how macron's b.f.f. trump has repeatedly said that global warming is a fraud? well, you know what's the real fraud? their friendship. >> stephen: uh, yes, there is. it's called mars. and elon musk is going to fly us there. and we will all be eating matt damon's poop potatoes. poop potato. (bleep). but macron was optimistic that eventually, america would join the rest of the world in fighting climate change. >> i am sure, one day, the united states will come back and join the paris agreement. >> stephen: yes, one day, every american will believe in global warming, from the shores of colorado all the way to the beaches of missouri. ( laughter )

. >> well, ben franklin is smiling somewhere no doubt.el macron began his address to a joint meeting of congress today with that story, a wink and a nod toward the sheer physicality of the relationship he's developed with president trump, and it's true, the at times over the top petting and pawing and hand holding came close to overshadowing the reason for the gathering. important discussions on topics ranging from the iran nuclear deal to the paris climate accord. but then today macron got down to business as if to remind his hosts he is the head of an international power, a nuclear nation, and our oldest alliance. standing in that house chamber with the senate in attendance, he made it clear he has some significant disagreements with his host president trump. >> we are killing our planet. let us face it, there is no planet b. >>> i am sure one day the united states will come back and join the paris agreement. there is an existing framework called the jcpoa to control the nuclear activity of iran. we signed it at the initiative of the un

gorsuch ement by neil that stuck with me is when he of when a ory commoner approached ben franklin andaid what kind of government are you planning? benjamin franklin said a republic if you can keep it. and ultimately, it's up to the to, you know, es be able to vote with a conscious educated in civics as well. that's how many of these issues can be solved. populous that's engaged and a populous that is knowledgeable politics. host: thank you all very much. i'll go back to the back of the to talk to the lady of and get as i promised background on what's happened fortunately i think it was in january. yeah, your name is and where are you from? school?our high >> my name is clare harmon and i'm from marshall county high school in benton, kentucky. host: what happened in marshall county? >> on january 23rd of this year at 7:57 a.m. a fellow student opened fire in the common area of my high school. host: how many people were killed? two. host: what happened to the school after that? what -- did they change anything? yes. we currently have certain entry points we are allowed to enter the buil

i think it was -- maybe it was thomas jefferson, ben franklin, said the harder you work, the more luckwe have worked hard. we deserve this. we have had some breaks along the way. >> one of the things you learn when you do win it is how many breaks you had to get along the way. and how many things had to fall right for you. and you look back at some of your other teams and realize, this team might have been good enough, but we didn't get a break here we got a bad matchup there, maybe the ball bounces the wrong way. you realize how fragile it is to -- when you do win it. >> i've seen thousands of michigan fans and alumni hoping to win another title. one of those, none other than our own dr. sanjay gupta. check him out, saturday night, crowd surfing in the michigan student section. sanjay is taking part in the turner team stream broadcast for michigan. you can watch it on tnt tonight. the main broadcast for villanova, michigan, on tbs. tip-off 9:20 eastern. we saw an absolute thriller in the women's national championship game yesterday between notre dame and mississippi state. arike ogunb

a statement from neil gorsuch that stuck with me was when ben franklin was asked what type of governmenthey were planning and franklin said, a republic, if you can keep it. it is important for people to be educated in civics and so many issues to resolve by a populace that is knowledgeable about politics. >> i am going to the back of the room to talk to the lady from kentucky and's getting the background on what is happening in january and what is your name and your high school? >> i am from kentucky. but what happened there? >> a student opened fire in the common area of my high school. >> how many were killed? >> two. >> did the school change anything? >> they change the entry points and there is a general increase in the police presence on the campus. >> what else was done to deal with this fear? >> we have trauma and grief cancers and we had therapy dogs come for a while and they are absolutely amazing. coming together as a school in trying to rebuild and coming together as a family. host: tell us why you got involved in the program and who might have led you this way? >> i'm from na

but did you know that ralph urged bill to revise his studies of ben franklin and andrew jackson cents ralph knew both of them when he was a child? , youpeaking of childhood have heard me say that bill has three children, but did you know that one of them is a historian in his own right that teaches at johns hopkins? finally, you have heard me say an enthusiastic fan base around the united states -- indeed, i would say around the world. no surprise, because many of his books and of being a pulitzer prize finalist. but did you know his most diehard fans are right here in west michigan? ladies and gentlemen, bill brands. [applause] s >> you mentioned my son who is a historian. some of you in the audience appreciate there is nothing more gratifying for a parent who goes into a field. initially, he got a boost from being confused with me because he was going into this field. now, i get a boost from being confused with him. [laughter] he is the expert on that topic. it is a delight to be back. i see many friends from previous years. i am thrilled that you liked it enough last time to come b

ben franklin was trained by his father and his older brother, somewhat controversialy, but he came to philadelphia and walked down the street and started a business. so to your point, i think that's really important. that when you look at the fabric of america, what this inequality talks about, and as we go through this, it will sound somewhat of an academic perspective because we've listened to the, he perts. we've less -- we've listened to the experts. but we've got to others and this presentation will be about what the economic history and what the economics are telling us so that everyone can accept this in terms of the historical record and the facts. as thomas pickdy put in his best-selling economics book, very dry, capital in the 21st century. which i take a lot of my influence from. when the majority was going through their tax reform bill, i happened to pick up a bill of a compilation of economists, very broad from their ideological perspective called "after pickerdy." as i was reading this i thought, this tax plan is probably the worst medicine to give this environment. beca

post office, maybe not since ben franklin, as we have from donald trump.s amazing that we're focusing this much on the post office, which had problems for years inefficiencies for years, losing money for years. listen, obviously, this is used as an excuse to go after amazon. and the bigger issue here is not the underpricing of packages but whether this is really setting up a framework you know, not today, not in the next six months, for future regulatory, and i think more likely anti-trust action against amazon >> i don't doubt that this is a fig leaf, but i guess at the same time, i wonder if it's worth asking the question, do big e-commerce companies pay what is commensurate with their use of the underlying infrastructure that is paid for by the u.s. taxpayer, and if indeed we are subsidizing them >> the one for sure analysis that we have says at least it says that we're not. which is the postal regulatory commission i recognize there is a citi report and a "wall street journal" editorial by someone who is an investor, i think, in u.p.s. or something, bu

. >> in 1778, the french philosopher voltaire and ben minh franklin met in purce. john adams tells the story after shaking hands he embraced hugging one another and kissing each other's cheeks. it can remind you of something. >> great stuff. we talked about syria and we talked about iran. one of the more recent times you and i were together was in paris for the climate accord that president obama was there as well. so i guess the question becomes, what would make this a success from not just emmanuel macron's point of view but the eu's? >> well, look. macron is trying tro present a framework. talking about the four pillars dealing with iran that give trump a possibility of staying in the jcpoa. the agreement with iran. he says, let's not throw that out, but let's have another agreement. work on an agreement for what happens in 2025, which this expires. >> build something bigger. >> build something bigger with different components. what comes after the jcpoa and also let's work on the question of stopping iran's military from advancing in syria and iraq, which means

post offices, but doesn't say we have that e a postal service, is why, if you go back to days of ben franklinght be a lot of to find out the post offices of the days were taverns, people ran bars get a postmaster license and do postal business through there. bigger point is valid one, prior to 1971, the postal service as a general and taxpayer dollars did flow nto it, support general service. 1971, recreated as government corporation that was supposed to self-funding. host: when postal service got into the package delivery business, did you think it was a good idea? caller: uest: we didn't see it happening really, they had been in packages since 1913 and been share had always small and hadn't been a big deal. they also weren't known as being it, the rly good at tracking system wasn't great. complaints about packages the way.eat up along then the e-commerce era hit and kaboom, from a player to major player. host: anybody saying they do that? guest: certainly. not least private shipping companies got to be concerned government entity move nothing and gobbling up market share and subsidies that

it evokes in my mind ben franklin's famous quote upon signing the declaration of independence in 1776. we must indeed all hang together or most assuredly we shall all hang separately. to be sure, this is perhaps less an existential issue than the one franklin was facing, but nonetheless, the fight against unwanted robo calls requires similar unity. none of us will defeat this skur scourge alone. the unfortunate inventiveness of scammers and the sheer volume of calls being unleashed on american consumers are daunting for any one entity to defeat. but working together, i think we have a better chance. here at the fcc, combatting unwanted robo calls is our top consumer protection priority. we've taken multiple steps over the past year to advance that priority. for instance, last november the fcc empowered phone calls to block calls from spoofed phone numbers that do not or cannot actually originate calls. such as invalid or unassigned phone numbers. this allows phone companies to block many scam calls before they even get to consumers. additionally, we are seeking public input on ways to