host: ben franklin calls louis the 16th the father of america. stacy: it was a wonderful, i'm sure off-the-cuff remark from franklin -- i don't member which foreign investor reported on this. at the moment when america is recognized by france, it is an astonishing moment. it's an unthinkable thing for a monarchy to have found a republic. this had never happened before. franklin goes to court for the official recognition and in a in the few minutes he spends with louis the 16th, he says as he is leaving something along the lines of if all monarchs ruled with the benevolence in your heart, republics would never be formed. it's kind of a treasonous thing he said. host: let's take some calls. thank you, audience. we have made it through three of her books. we have not touched yet samuel adams, her most recent. if you have read it, you can make a comment. cornelius, alexandria, louisiana, you're on the air. can you start again? i forgot to punch the button. caller: [laughter] peter and stacy, god bless those of you all and thank you so much for writing

>> i don't think you're going to get older than ben franklin, for crying out loud, you give me a break ruth was bad enough. >> maybe we should move on to the next part, the breaking the cigarette. feel like she looked young enough? >> i feel like we can cut it together, probably. >> kids, i'm going to get you guys to leave for a few minutes. >> now this is my cigarette break. >> is her voice always like that? >> like she's still smoking? a little bit. see if you can become less gravelly when you talk. >> it doesn't go away because you stop smoking. >> smile! >> your ass is smiling. >> smile! >> that's all the teeth i got. >> smile! and action! >> now this is my cigarette break! aahhh! >> i really think you should take a bite. >> i ain't taking no bite out of the cigarette. >> take a bite. >> no, no, no. >> take a big bite and spit it on the ground. >> i'm breaking them but i'm not biting them. i'm not biting them. did you hear me? >> everybody heard you. >> i don't see why we have to waste all these cigarettes now. they'll do another break. hi! >> go. >> now this is -- >> whoa, whoa, w

we're in camden and looking across to philadelphia, and that is the ben franklin bridge.s is skyline and you should see the comcast building and the skyline, but it is hazardous, and the city of philadelphia is not paying as much to the color coded, but they are saying to stay away from outdoors if you can help it, and wear the mask outdoors and close the doors and windows and i know i have just trying to keep all of the smoky smell away. the philadelphia school district meanwhile, they are recommending that the students wear the masks back and forth on the commute, but they and the city are hoping that it clears up this afternoon. we were in harrisburg speaking with the governor josh shapiro and his thoughts on the smoke is that all 67 counties, and take a listen. >> we want to encourage people just to be safe. i'll give you a simple example, and i was getting ready to go out to have a run, and i don't have asthma or any other issues like that, and i worked out inside of the house. i want people to be vigilant, because if you have acute health issues, be mindful of the t

you can even have conversations with characters like ben franklin or winnie the pooh to learn in different ways. the goal? guiding students towards learning and not doing the work for them. >> it wants to try to walk you through how you would solve a similar type of problem so you can later go back to that problem and use the techniques that you just saw and test it yourself and see if you can apply those. reporter: khan believes artificial intelligence could be the next evolution of learning. >> how can this be the next step of education as we know it? >> some of what we are already doing, i would've thought was a science fiction a year ago and i wouldn't have thought would happen in my lifetime. that's literally happening in real classrooms already and it'll happen for tens if not hundreds of thousands of students in this coming year. larry: kids across the u.s. gave their schools and overall grade of b-. gallup and the walton family foundation asked fifth through 12th graders, who assessed their school's quality in several categories including teaching, preparing them for the future and

subject matter or answer questions about that topic should you could have a conversations with ben franklinh to learn in different ways. the goal, dining students toward learning. >> if you ask it how to solve a problem it wants to walk you through how you would solve a similar type of problem so you can go back to that problem and use the techniques you just saw and test it yourself and see if you could apply those. >> they believe artificial intelligence could be the next evolution of learning. how could this be the next step of education? >> some of what i have described we are already doing. i would have thought would be science fiction a year ago. that is happening in real time classrooms already and is going to happen for tens if not hundreds of thousands of students this school year. >> there are so many ethical russians about the role ai plays in medical care. stanford announced a tool in hopes will address some of them . >> concern surrounding has grown rapidly. leading figures released a powerful statement. >>>> we are concerned ai could cause the risk of human extension. >> socie

what's going, on the story that we have told in this country about success and happiness, since ben franklinlimbing, as you say here, right. here's a problem with that story, jonathan. we've only been talking to one kind of person. i look at all the success books of the 20th century. i mean what color is your parachute, how to win friends. these classic books, 93% of the stories in those books are straight, white men. 7% were women, point 00 9% were from unprecedented backgrounds. i said, in this book, the search. more than two thirds of the people that i spoke to come from under backgrounds, and when you speak to them, it turns out they want to tell a different story. >> so give me an example, what's the story? >> what's the story is is that they want meaning in their life. six of ten millennial say that meaning is more important to them than their parents. nine in ten americans say that they are prepared to give up to a third of their lifetime earnings for work that's meaningful. the question, you asked me about story, is what is it that's your story, that you want to tell. not your parent

you can have conversations with characters like ben franklin or winnie the pooh. students towards learning, never giving up an answer or doing the work for them. >> if you ask it how to solve a problem, they want ts -- it wants to walk you through a similar problem so you can use the techniques you learned and test it yourself to see if you apply those. dustin: artificial intelligence can be the next evolution of learning. >> how can this be the next step of education as we know it? >> some of what i described we are already doing in places like khan lab school i thought was science-fiction year ago. that is literally happening in real classrooms already. it will happen for tens of not hundreds of thousands of students this coming sillier. dustin: dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. drew: taking a look at the air quality as we see high-pressure begin to build. most of us in the good air quality zone along the coast and parts of the bay coastline will find moderate air quality. a bit of haze. we will have cloud cover. the marine layer breaking down between 8:00 and 10:00 a.

made this country great that established the men and women who sacrifice most everything we call ben franklin'sreat line. what a woman asked in 1776, after the declaration of independence was passed. what have you given us, mr. franklin and responded, a republic if you can keep it and we to keep it, every generation has to renew it. it's not the natural state of humanity otherwise many nations in the world would embrace it. we are an oasis in the midst of a vast desert. and if we do promote and defend this country, who else? so i'm in the sense that i know how it all turns out. but not so optimistic with a kind of leadership we have right now. good people don't want to run for office because if you've ever done anything in your life you're embarrassed about and who hasn't? myself, maybe the exception. you know you'll you'll be demagogued to death now my solution and my suggestion people running for office put out press release on every known sin you've ever committed. because to my friends in the media, that's not you've done. it's what you haven't spoken about. so anyway, keep pressing on the

and, of course, the ben franklin bridge.to this morning at the hazardous level. at the moment the city is in that code red status right now. that means, you know, outdoor events, they're expected to be limited. masks recommended for everyone. we've been closing our doors and windows just to try to keep that smoke and smokey smell out of our homes. the philadelphia school district put out a press release saying classes are still on. they're expecting the level to be downgraded to a code orange. that means that students will still be primarily inside. windows shut at schools. they're hoping that as the day goes on the smoke will dissipate. i had a chance to speak with pennsylvania governor josh schapiro yesterday about this air quality issue. he said the worst was expected overnight into this morning. take a listen to his advice for pennsylvanians. >> we want to encourage people just to be safe. i'll give you a pretty simple example. i was getting ready to go out for a run this morning. rather than going outside and doing that

ben franklin said if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.ight hard for the achievements of civilization. fight hard for the achievements of political democracy in america. it is not income and upon you to finish the work. neither are you free to evade it. i will close with the words of two great americans. one is frederick douglas, born about one hour away from here on a slave plantation. he escaped slavery to become one of our great freedom fighters. he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. the struggle may be moral or material, there must be struggle. powerful can save nothing without a demand. i will leave it with the works of the great thomas payne. a globetrotting democratic patriot who had some some things in his background he was not proud of, but he went on to write the pamphlet that would take america by storm and kickoff the american revolution. he arrived in our country just two years before the revolution and fell in love with the promise of america. he said that america if it realized its destiny would become an as

ben franklin said you make yourself a sheep the wolves will eat you. don't make yourself a sheep.achievements of civilization. quite hard for the achievements tof constitutional political democracy in america. not incumbent upon you to finish the work but neither are you free. i will close with the words of two great americans. one board about an hour away from here on a slave plantation at the white river plantation. escaped from slavery to become one of america's great freedom fighters. a leader during the civil war and the reconstruction. douglas said if there is no struggle there is no progress. the struggle may be moral or material but there must be struggle. power concedes nothing without a demand never has and never will so there is a message to you from the 19th century. when i will leave you with the words of the greatat tom payne moral visionary, a globetrotting democratic patriots who had some things in his background he was not proud of. he went on to write the pamphlet that would take america by storm when kick off american revolution. he arrived in our country just t

ben franklin said if you make yourself a sheep, the walls will teach you.ht hard for civilization to fight hard for the achievements of constitution of political democracy in america. it's not incumbent upon you to finish the work but neither are you free to evade it. i will close with the words of two great americans, one frederick douglass born about an hour away from here on a slave plantation at the wye river plantation. he escape from slavery to become one of america's great freedom fighters, , a leader through the civil war and the reconstruction. and he said if there's no struggle, there is no progress. the struggle may be moral or material, or moral and material but there mustt be struggle. power concedes nothing without a demand. it never has and never will. so there's a message to you from a great maryland or from the 19 century. i will leave with the words of the great tom paine, i moral visionary, a globetrotting democratic patriot who had some things in his background, he wasn't proud of but he went on to write the pamphlet that would take amer

ben franklin once said, a long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough. may we all commit to living the good life, my we as public -- may we as public servants commit to goodness, to one another, to our fellow americans, and to this unbelievable and magnificent trajectory our beloved nation is on. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado, mr. buck, for 30 minutes. mr. buck: i thank the speaker and i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. buck: mr. speaker, i want to take the next half-hour to talk about the national debt, our spending, and our deficit. some may ask, how big is our national debt? the federal debt is $32 trillion. the $32 trillion mark arrived nine years sooner than prepandemic forecasts had projected, reflecting the trillions of dollars of emergency spending for covid