and ben franklin short in stature, but a giant among men. the great moment in history the burton and you know our nation's capital city is rich and visible divid. from our precious heritage i wonder what those delegates to the continental congress would have to say about this great capital city of ours. monument to a government of free men abraham lincoln was fully aware of every word in the declaration of independence. the date was 1861 and abe lincoln was on his way to the nation's capital for his first inauguration. caused in philadelphia long enough to say to a gathering at independence hall. i have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the declaration of independence. it was the sentiment in that document. which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted. the shoulders of all men in the distance the white house where abraham lincoln lived and worked. 1,600 pennsylvania avenue a famous address home of our presidents whose solomoth of office dedicates their very lives to the pres

it likewise was the home of good ben franklin. and is the site of independence hall where in his house the bell of liberty? her discover museum. it's one of our nation's richest jewels. a little further on we see an area rich in the beginning of our history, jamestown. where on the new continent the first permanent english settlement began? not far away discover yorktown here when the great cornwallis gave up his sword to washington america became a nation. two were ended many lives. when american patriots fell in our great civil war good men were lost in a dread conflict which gave painful beginning to our marination. here in washington the echo's still a blinking solemn pledge. that we hear highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth. it has arrest nor has liberty. which thomas jefferson reminds us is a tree whose roots are nourished with the blood of patriots.

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i don't know where he got that quote from, but-- ben franklin.ne of the few national memorials that are in private hands, really an entryway to one of the great science centers in the world. narrator: but whereas this interactive museum may be best known for its giant walk-through heart and brain, now this almost 200-year-old institute has been magically transformed to host the world premiere of harry potter, the exhibition, the most comprehensive touring spectacle ever presented about the wizarding world. this is, without a doubt, the most fantastic exhibition on "harry potter" that has ever happened. you'll be able to go to hogwarts, experience the great hall. you'll take a visit to hagrid's hut. you'll see props and costumes, but you'll also be engaged in an immersive experience like no other. and i'll tell you, the response from visitors has just been phenomenal. man, you're going to see more people scalping tickets for the harry potter exhibit than eagles game pretty soon. - well, we could. philly's a great sports town, but i have to tell yo

ben franklin helped us discovered a long time ago, and now we can heat and air conditioned our homes very effectively and cost effectively. with heat pumps. so hour -- a few months, ago basically said we're not going to hookup commercial buildings to natural gas after 2023. they will consider a similar proposal this fall for residential buildings. unfortunately, we have enough extremely effective technology, heat pumps, that replace natural gas which is a natural, it's dirty. and there is a reality we have to face, the gas comes out of the ground, the guest we put in our homes is dirty. it puts our. homes children who live in homes with natural gas are 25% more likely to develop asthma. last week, there was research that came out that showed that the carcinogens that come out of natural gas stoves are much more prevalent than we originally thought. benzene, very dangerous carcinogen, comes out of your stove top if you use natural gas. so new sciences have shown, natural sounds good, but it's actually dirty and it's dangerous. and the health impacts are profound. and when people start

ben franklin helped us discover it, along time ago, and now we can keep air conditioning in our home very effectively. with heat pumps. our ability, the council set a few months ago, basically we will not hook up commercial buildings to natural gas after 2023. they will consider a similar proposal this fall for residential buildings. unfortunately, we have an extremely effective technology of heat pumps now to replace natural gas, which is not natural. it is dirty. there really is a reality we have to face. the gas that comes out of the ground and into our homes pollutes our home. children who live in homes with natural gas are 25% more likely to develop asthma. last week, there was research that came out that showed the carcinogens that come out of natural gas stoves are much more prevalent than we originally thought. benzene, is a very dangerous carcinogen that comes out of your stovetop if you use natural gas. new science has shown natural sounds good, but it is actually dirty and dangerous. the health impacts are profound. when people start to find out this, they are going to, i

ben franklin helped us discovered a long time ago, and now you can heat and air conditioner homes for a very effectively, cost effectively, with heat pumps. our building code council basically said we're not gonna hookup commercial buildings to natural gas after 2023. they will consider a similar proposal this fall for residential buildings. and fortunately, we have an extremely effective technology, of heat pumps they can replace natural gas, which is a natural it is dirty. and the there really is a reality that we have to face. the gas that comes out of the ground, we are now putting in our homes, is dirty. it leads our homes. children who live in homes with natural gas are 25% more likely to develop asthma. last week, there is research that came out that showed that the carcinogens that come out of natural gas stoves are much more prevalent than we originally thought. benzene, very dangerous carcinogen, consider your stove top. if you're using natural gas. and so our new scientists show, natural sounds good, but it is actually dirty and it is dangerous. and the health impacts are p

turn it on us that it our fault that we don't agree with their social concert of what thinks is ben franklin said we make decisions every minute of every hour of every day and would make those based on the value system. so the question is what is the value system we are working from? i think everybody in this room knows that this nation was founded on christian principles and that means they are guardrails. when you go outside of that that's why john adams said this constitution was made only for moral and religious people. it's unfit for any other. we know what truth is and if we act within that, when you try to take us outside that then were in the 1980 foreland that they try to take us down a different path and we don't want to go there. >> we are going to go to another question but let me just say that in ohio, requiring people to vote in the precinct in which they lived are considered to be voter suppression. but that's the way that we have accountability at the local level. and so the language manipulation is important. over here. >> good morning. hello, clottey, hello jeff. -- to whic

i get it. 30 days for rupaul and one day for ben franklin. rupaul does have better legs, though. but that's not the problem. according to a gallup poll the number of people who are extremely proud of the country is dwindling. like joe biden's neurologist, we are seeing a decline. why shouldn't there be when you have media repeating the idea that you are evil? it's like the abusive parent telling his or her kid that he or she is worthless. guess what? it might rub off. now it's not just religion being sidelined. but patriotism too. they are not coming from some other country. they are born here. they are not immigrants. they are homegrown. why is that? the people coming here get it. they know what they are leaving. but the brats living here have no context. there is no comparison. now we mock the influences that would help them search our lives meaning. they turn into empty vessels. we remove god, family, patriotism and tradition the words that make up the tramp stamp. what do you replace that with? subservience without redemption. i don't own a bible or a flag work legally i'm no

. >> ben franklin exercised by walking up these exact stairs and he famously said that walking a mile up and downstairs is equivalent to walking ten miles on flat ground. >> it wasn't how long he did it for. it was that it elevated his pulse. here at benjamin franklin house we like to say franklin should be credited with the stairmaster. >> reporter: today the house is a museum, maura rockland is visiting from boston. >> today it was lovely to hear from the point of view of polly his landlady's daughter what a lovely father figure he was. >> reporter: grace gallagher re-enacts the daughter, polly baker. >> he's complex. there's a lot of mystery, a lot of unknown. >> reporter: one thing that is known, franklin liked to take air baths every morning for an hour. >> bathing with no clothes on with the window open. >> reporter: a bit scandalous. >> a bit scandalous, yes. we can definitely see into the house opposite so no doubt they could see in here. >> reporter: and a window into the man that many call the first american. ian lee, cbs news, london. >> benjamin franklin was the only found

fireworks went off in the center city of philadelphia and hundreds of people began sprinting down the ben franklin parkway away from the gunshots. there were no casualties. two police officers were injured in the shooting. investigators are still working to identify a suspect who remains at large. they're also trying to determine where the shots came from and how many rounds were fired. it was supposed to be a celebration in a city where the declaration of independence was signed. this is how the mayor of philadelphia describes what happened instead. >> laid back chill day. weather was beautiful. concert was beautiful. but we live in america and we have the second amendment and we have the supreme court of the united states telling everybody they can carry a gun wherever they want, god city. we have to come to grips with what this country is about right now. >> in addition to that incident in philadelphia, more than a dozen mass shootings took place across the country during this holiday weekend alone. including the catastrophe in highland park yesterday that left seven people dead. even before th

just like ben franklin. [inaudible] anyway, he refers to washington as the fox. and he treats this is a game. this is a hunt. he's literally hunting washington. washington is literally running and hiding. he's using these tactics not as a cowardice but using it because he wants to maintain the army. and then when the situation is in his favor such as here crossing the delaware he is able to swing is very elaborate difficult silent night crossings of rivers, the delaware, attacking hutchings and really successful battles keeping and preserving the war but giving americans is big moral boost and commissions are running out. it is from fighting this warin fighting defensively rather than make ultra- aggressive. the idea of the older model of attack, attack, attack. and washington views army very differently. he was so i hope every post will be deemed honorable which gaveho them an opportunity to serve his country. and by this he doesn't mean soldiers he means officers pretty anyone conserve. he also expands it to anyone in the military that could be civilians provid

chasing him, general charles cornwallis who might your member from films like the patriot, he plays ben franklinin the john adams miniseries. he refers to washington as the fox and treated but this is a hunt and he's literally hunting washington, washington is running and hiding. he's using the fabian tactics because he wants to maintain the army and when the situation is in his favor such as hear where he's able to spring these very elaborate difficult silent night crossings of rivers, the delaware, attacking the hessians, giving americans this big moral booster time when favor of the war is waning and commissions are running out and from fighting this war in defense of ways rather than just being ultra aggressive, the idea of the older model of attack attack attack, washington will view the army very differently. he will say i hope every post is deemed honorable which gave them an opportunity to serve his country and by this means soldiers, officers, anyone can serve, he also expands it to anyone in the military and that could be civilians providing food or clothing, women taking collections t

. >> ben franklin exercised by walking up these exact stairs and he famously said that walking a miles equivalent to walking ten miles on flat ground. >> it wasn't how long he did it for. it was that it elevated his pulse. here at benjamin franklin house we like to say franklin should be credited with the stairmaster. >> reporter: today the house is a museum, maura rockland is visiting from boston. >> today it was lovely to hear from the point of view of polly, his landlady's daughter, what a lovely father figure he was. >> reporter: grace gallagher re-enacts the landlady's daughter, polly baker. >> he's complex. there's so much known, but there's a lot of mystery, a lot of unknown. >> reporter: one thing that is known, franklin liked to take air baths every morning for an hour. >> bathing with no clothes on with the window open. this window itself. >> reporter: a bit scandalous. >> a bit scandalous, yes. we can definitely see into the house opposite so no doubt they could see in here. >> reporter: and a window into the man that many call the first american. ian lee, cbs news, london.

because even ben franklin thinks this pie is spanking.s all about u-s-a and by which i mean "using sexy apples." [ laughter ] i'm looking at you, granny smith. >> jimmy: all right, okay. >> tariq: and if you're feeling steamy - add a little ice creamy. oh god damn! that is a hole in one in my pie hole [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: wow, tariq that looks fantastic >> tariq: yo, i didn't ask for your opinion, man. i'm outta here [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: the fourth of july weekend is almost here, and of course that means companies are releasing their america-themed commercials. but one commercial really surprised me take a look at this one. ♪ >> america was built on grit, determination, and resilience. so when you hit the open road this summer, choose the only truck in this economy affordable enough to drive [ laughter ] power wheels god bless 'merica. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: that's exactly right and speaking of trucks, some drivers in new jersey got an unexpected show when a truck that was hauling fireworks caught on fir

massachusetts had the ad ams's and ben franklin he ran away from the puritans in massachusetts. anyway nothing really comes , close in terms of what madison and jefferson gave us. especially madison with the first amendment and the idea of separating church and state, the great radical breakthrough of the american constitution. because for centuries human beings had lived with theocracy and holy crusades and inquisitions and witchcraft trials and all that. it was the virginians who insisted that everybody be allowed to worship exactly as he or she pleased. the question of faith was upbeat -- between the person and god. the question of faith was between a person and god. it has to do with reason and facts and data and not superstition and conspiracy so anyway we owe a debt of gratitude to the virginians. the course, the history of your state is important to the fate of our republic. i hope you guys will continually -- continue in that way. i wanted to start is by telling a little story what is. the story he was a famously absent-minded guy and he got on the train at union station

they were on security duty last night at a holiday concert on the ben franklin parkway when the shooting before 10. pm both of the wounded officers are in stable condition. so far, no arrests have been made. philadelphia police want the public to help them track down the shooter. we're following up on several leads, and we are asking anyone anyone with information about the shooting or if they had video or any tips or information that they think is too small. or too great to give us a call. one officer was shot in the shoulder. the other was grazed in the forehead by gunfire. there's no word yet about a possible motive for that shooting in sacramento are still searching for whoever is responsible for a deadly shooting outside a nightclub in the downtown area. one person was killed. four others were wounded. that shooting was first reported shortly before two o'clock yesterday morning, just as the bars were closing. it happened as many people were out celebrating the fourth of july holiday in downtown sacramento. people crying and they're scared and its peoples out. it might be fireworks,

in america in lexington, it took 14 months for congress to decide what to do about it. 5 guys, ben franklinot being ought in our schools anymore. no wonder there's no pride in america. you and i have the great blessing of keeping company with heros. volunteers, every single person in our armed forces today is a volunteer, there habit been anybody drafted since 1973. those are -- those are reasons we ought to be proud of what we are, where we came from and in we could restore some of the values that those founders had when they constructed that declaration of independence and 1700 and 70 some odd words. everything that we have accomplished is because of their courage, sacrifice and belief in god. it's the only seminole document of any country on the planet earth that pays homage to god almighty. think about what that means. griff: that's why i wanted to bring it up. obviously your book great new read called tragic consequences, the price america is paying for rejecting and how to reclaim our culture for christ. you see the title here, we are talking about polls, colonel, there's a gallup out

i mean, when ben franklin said a republic, if you can keep it, he wasn't being cheeky.ried are you? >> i have real concerns about the future of this democracy. and i never thought that i would. i didn't think we had this sort of pull toward authoritarianism in our democracy. >> i'm deeply afraid for our country. yeah. i'm afraid that the kind of political violence, the kind of abandonment of the rule of law, the kind of abandonment of the constitution that we watched does threaten the foundations of democracy. the foundations of our system. and the fact so many in my party are willing to be silent or complicit add to the peril. it is a very dangerous place for the country to be. >> reporter: i was discussing with an older friend of mine the subject of our documentary. the undermining of basic rule of law and respect for facts. stay sane, he said to me. and then, went into that famous quote that shamed joe mccarthy in 1954. my friend said somebody has to sit up and say at long last, have you no decency. on the other hand, my friend said, somebody has to be listening when

our constitution, if you look at ben franklin, he said, this is a representative republic, not a democracy. so we are supposed to be a representative republic, or constitutional republic. i agree with you on racism. when philando castile got murdered, that cop should have never done that, the nra should have said something. after the civil war, the nra was trying to teach blacks to have gun ownership to protect themselves when the democrats had the klan and stuff. i don't know if you know the history of the democratic party. the klan was the military wing of the democratic party, they were the ones that came up with the jim crow laws and like that. host: all right, cornelius, very quickly, why are you a republican today? caller: because the democrats have lied to us. they have always wanted to defund the police, they don't want us to have guns. we are killing our own selves with these gang members and drug dealers and stuff, so all of us need to be armed up. host: thank you very much. professor. if somebody raised that point to you in class. prof. anderson: there were a couple of points th

turn it on us that it our fault that we don't agree with their social concert of what thinks is ben franklin said we make decisions every minute of every hour of every day and would make those based on the value system. so the question is what is the value system we are working from? i think everybody in this room knows that this nation was founded on christian principles and that means they are guardrails. when you go outside of that that's why john adams said this constitution was made only for moral and religious people. it's unfit for any other. we know what truth is and if we act within that, when you try to take us outside that then were in the 1980 foreland that they try to take us down a different path and we don't want to go there. >> we are going to go to another question but let me just say that in ohio, requiring people to vote in the precinct in which they lived are considered to be voter suppression. but that's the way that we have accountability at the local level. and so the language manipulation is important. over here. >> good morning. hello, clottey, hello jeff. -- to whic

ben benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors, as ministers to friends too. tony joined them. and adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental conference. congress. and they bonded together. his family inherits jefferson visited adams in english and they towards some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know, over the politics of the 17 90s. and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery, almost never, in the letters. and i suspect it was because adams didn't bring it up, because he knew this was a painful subject, it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for. he didn't like confrontation, jefferson didn't. he was a wonderful, he was a magnificent letter writer. there are almost like poetry. and he was a wonderful conversationalist. but he would certainly shy away from one-on-one confident confrontations. our atoms. in a way that jefferson off the hook. he didn't push him on slavery in the correspondence. and jefferson didn'

it's not a huge category but ben franklin and john adams and thomas jefferson. on this little subcommittee and they wrote this declaration. and it was meant to be read. it was a declaration to the world. trying to make its case that the united states should have its own standing among the powers of the earth. and what we're dealing with now and over the last six years in particular is an inversion of what we should be. too many people have put the pursuit of power at the center of their political public facing being. and the thing about america is that we are at our best when the strong do not exploit the weak. the rule of law is about putting up a guardrail because we're all fallen, frail, and fallible. if you grew up in southern baptist tradition. i grew up in a southern episcopalian tradition. we know that we are sinful. and because democracy is the fullest manifestation of all of us, the country is going to be sinful too. the reason you have the rule of law, the reason you have commandments is to try to do better. and if you don't assent, if you don't agree