check out the names my uncles, john, william franklin jr and ben franklin. and they would also continue the service, the frank of military service. both of them served in world war. my uncle. we call them buster john, william franklin junior, served in the philippines, served in the pacific, i should say. and my uncle ben served in europe. and my uncle ben was the individual who passed the story along to me. but both of them served in world war two and they also served in the korean conflict as well. so i want to end by a section from the epilog of the book. okay, learning about franklin family background in origins has been a fascinating personal journey there struggled to gain standing in their communities and to fight on equal footing with their white counterparts in the canada army has helped me to put my own life and career choices in perspective. like the frank brothers, i followed in my own father's footsteps. when i became police officer in toledo, ohio, in 1976, one of the first female officers on the department my father a wells respected police inv

check out the names my uncles, john, william franklin jr and ben franklin. and they would also continue the service, the frank of military service. both of them served in world war. my uncle. we call them buster john, william franklin junior, served in the philippines, served in the pacific, i should say. and my uncle ben served in europe. and my uncle ben was the individual who passed the story along to me. but both of them served in world war two and they also served in the korean conflict as well. so i want to end by a section from the epilog of the book. okay, learning about franklin family background in origins has been a fascinating personal journey there struggled to gain standing in their communities and to fight on equal footing with their white counterparts in the canada army has helped me to put my own life and career choices in perspective. like the frank brothers, i followed in my own father's footsteps. when i became police officer in toledo, ohio, in 1976, one of the first female officers on the department my father a wells respected police inv

>> governor shapiro: i want to take a leap here from "spider-man to ben franklin.nklin, famously, one of the signatories to the constitution, signed the constitution, walks out of independence hall, is greeted by a woman on those cobblestone streets of philadelphia. she looks him in the eye and says, "mr. franklin, what do we have here? a monarchy or a republican?" franklin looks her in the eye and says, a a republic, if you can keep it. those five words, "if you can keep it" is our calling card come our charge. we enjoy this temporary status of a swing state. but let me tell you something, we've been fighting for democracy for 248 years a and i will be damned if we will stand out on this task. we will stand up and get the job done and i believe we will elect kamala harris as an ex-president of the united states. [cheers and applause] by the way -- >> jon: haven't even ask you a question. >> governor shapiro: ben franklin, my predecessor. it is true. he is the craig kilborn of pennsylvania. >> jon: he was the first host. >> governor shapiro: he was the og. >> jon:

but franklin, there's a world in every letter of ben franklin's.he letters are just utterly gorgeous. and i think that if you're looking at them in terms of who is the greater intellectual, who has the greater breadth of field? adams is monomaniacal, which is what makes him effective franklin is encyclopedic, which is his secret success. i would say. all right, very good. where you're good sport. and thank you so much from here tonight for that discussion. and now we know we will turn the question and answer portion. and as was indicated earlier, we have a stationary microphone up front here. and please queue up, make your way to that and have your questions at the ready. i don't think in this audience, i have to remind you that these are to be entering bigotries and not declarative statements. you'll have questions. i know so please queue up for. good afternoon. i went to sierra, the fellow from texas and my question is you have such fascinating characters and that you're portraying how do you choose the topics that you dive into? for example, lik

but franklin, there's a world in every letter of ben franklin's.he letters are just utterly gorgeous. and i think that if you're looking at them in terms of who is the greater intellectual, who has the greater breadth of field? adams is monomaniacal, which is what makes him effective franklin is encyclopedic, which is his secret success. i would say. all right, very good. where you're good sport. and thank you so much from here tonight for that discussion. and now we know we will turn the question and answer portion. and as was indicated earlier, we have a stationary microphone up front here. and please queue up, make your way to that and have your questions at the ready. i don't think in this audience, i have to remind you that these are to be entering bigotries and not declarative statements. you'll have questions. i know so please queue up for. good afternoon. i went to sierra, the fellow from texas and my question is you have such fascinating characters and that you're portraying how do you choose the topics that you dive into? for example, lik

ben franklin is on the list with experiments and observations on electricity published in 1751. and the way to wealth in 1758. a grammatical institute of the english language. and isaiah thomas printed a curious hieroglyphic bible. they have a survey with the roads of the united states of america and then franklin's autobiography was published in 1793. the first american cookbook was released in 1796 by amelia simmons. and you can seehe library of congress possible list at loc.gov. and check our website for more information on what is featured in the series at c-span.org/ books that shaped america. chris richard bell, here are some of the other books on the library list from that era. we have been talking about thomas payne's other books. >> these are the missing pieces in response to the colors. a question about why the -- what he died alone and unloved. the american pictures left common sense. jorgensen for instance he greatly admired. but it was the other works he wrote subsequently. they endedo endorse the unfolding fren revolution is sort of a sister struggle to america's o

ben franklin painlessly said here in pennsylvania, it's only republic if we can keep it. this is the most important election of our lifetime was is the most important election in our nation. we are being asked to we will present america as a welcoming tidy jews and everyone no one feels attacked work wrong, there's only one candidate in this race will bring us also to that reality. you know that is true. you know what we need to do. letter as our next president. [applause] today independent basis i republican demracalendars of the to be made as.s senator. watch the debate live 7:00 p.m. easter standard two, c-span now mobile app or online at c-span.org. ♪♪ is a 2024 hundred campaign continues from american history tc presents a series of the presidential election. one of the issues, uncover what made the elections historic can explore the lasting impact on the nation this saturday, the election of 1980. >> -president now for almost four years. i had to make thousands of decisions in each one has been a learning process. it seems the price should have had to deal with cris

it might be the best thing to happen to philadelphia since ben franklin, but we'll see how he's received to new jersey against the team, the giants, that he did so well for for the statistic years you mentioned. will: also at one, we've all can come to the slow realization that the vikings might be for real, they're pretty good with sam darnold, and everybody understands the lions are very good. now, on paper, okay, the lions may be the best team in the nfc, but after last week it's, like, are the cowboys just really bad. so did we see really bad cowboy withs or a dominating, really good detroit lions in. >> yeah, i think the lions are dominant on of, but defensively aide. en hutch. enson who was the top quarterback sacker in the league got hurt. that's going to affect if their defense p especially in this game. strike isings have a blitzing defense. they lead the league in if interceptions, but the lions are the top scoring team in the league. i think this is, you know, another test for the vikings. i know we keep non-believing, but i think the lions could outscore them. that division,

ben franklin painlessly said here in pennsylvania, it's only republic if we can keep it. this is the most important election of our lifetime was is the most important election in our nation. we are being asked to we will present america as a welcoming tidy jews and everyone no one feels attacked work wrong, there's only one candidate in this race will bring us also to that reality. you know that is true. you know what we need to do. letter as our next president. [applause] >> campaigns and more from the world of politics at your fingertips and you can stay up-to-date with washington journal and find information and podcasts. c-span now is available at the apple store and google play. scan the qr code to download it for free today or visit c-span.org/c-span now. c-span now, your front row seat to washington, anytime, anywhere. ♪ >> the tension, students across america -- attention, students across america. c-span's contest is here, your chance to create a documentary. your documentary should answer this year's question, your message to the president. what issue is most imp

ben franklin, thomas jefferson all grew up in an 18th century where slavery was part of life. so did hamilton and madison and taken for they turned against it in different ways in washington, most effectively in the last year of his life, his the makes he he he virginia legislatures passed some laws making it easier to free slaves and he writes a will himself personally hand writes it out to free slaves after his death. he's conscious there i think as he was as president, that he was setting precedents for a republic that might exist for quite a long time. he hoped, and as president, he does, among other things, retires and relinquish his power to become a private citizen, as he had done as a general. now he's going to free his slaves. he was sending a signal, which unfortunately was not followed everywhere. but this is a i mean, we had a story in gordon wood here last week and he said i asked him, who was your favorite founder? and he right away said washington. and because the other founders loved him the most, he was their leader. but what you're describing is someone who w

ben franklin painlessly said here in pennsylvania, it's only republic if we can keep it. this is the most important election of our lifetime was is the most important election in our nation. we are being asked to we will present america as a welcoming tidy jews and everyone no one feels attacked work wrong, there's only one candidate in this race will bring us also to that reality. you know that is true. you know what we need to do. letter as our next president. [applause] >> we have more li cpaign coverage with just one week until the election. tim walz will bspking to supporters at a get out the vote rally in savannah, georgia. that will be live at 1:45 p.m. eastern today. coming up this evening at 7:00, democratic presidential nominee kamala harris will be speaking on the events in washington, d.c., whicisxpected to lay out her closing argumentto voters. both of these events are live on c-span and c-span now or online at our website, c-span.org. >> this election night, c-span delivers not just the presidential race but the state race that will decide the balance of pow

born cleon skousen and alberta canada, and he kind of became you know like a lot of these people ben franklin one of the other great leaders stuff they started with nothing to build upp an empire. he was empire builder and he was implement and it ancestors and they built roads and so forth he was very much and entrepreneur but firmly convinced he was born in 1913. and he, had me become come into the 1913 because three legislations occurred in 1930, so bad legislation and he was there to reverse it. when avenue 1913 of the income tax, the federal reserve was created and finally, the measure which amendment the constitution has direct election of senators instead up by state legislatures and he thought these were all bad and so he worked hard his whole life to reverse these and guess what, he failed on all three counts despite all of his effort and yetay he was always n optimist because i tell the story at the end of his life, people would ask, and a jd degree, fbi agents had to have a degreeee law, so cleon skousen w can you beth so optimistic if at all of the terrible things that heavenly in

dirt more in alberta, canada and he kind of became, you know, like a lot of these people, like ben franklin, a lot of the great leaders they started with nothing and built up an empire. he was an empire builder. he was more mormon with mormon ancestors, he was firmly convinced-- he was born in 1913 and he said god had me become-- come into the earth in 1913 because three legislation occurred in 1913, it was all bad legislation and he was there to reverse it. what happened in 1913? the income tax. the federal reserve was created, and finally, the-- i'm not sure which amendment to the constitution had direct election of senators instead of by state legislature. he thought these were all bad. and so, he worked hard his whole life to reverse these. well, guess what? he failed on all three counts. despite all of his efforts and yet, he was always an optimist because i tell this story at the end of his life, people would ask him, dr. skousen, he had a jd degree, fbi agents had to have a degree in law, and so said dr. skousen, how can you be so optimistic given the terrible things happening in the

with the possible exception of ben franklin who was a printer i think he is the only founding father who ever worked with his hands and got them dirty. he was a member of the working class. so he has a bone deep sympathy for working people in a way that college graduate john adams, patricia land didn't like jefferson and washington, had to struggle to really connect. that means their relations were often tense and difficult and i think adams in particular who always fancied himself as a voice of the people, often found he was being upstaged by someone with greater talents for speaking in the language of the working class than himself. peter: thomas payne did have a relationship with a lesser-known founding father dr. benjamin rush. in philadelphia, biographer stephen freed talked about their relationship and the importance of that relationship in getting common sense published. >> hi my name is stephen freed we are here at the american philosophical society in philadelphia in the center of the historic district in philly. in front of me is the autobiography of benjamin rush, handwrit

dirt poor in alberta, canada, and he kind of became, you know, like a lot of these people like ben franklin, a lot of the other great leaders and stuff, they started with nothing and they built up an empire. he was an empire builder. he was mormon was mormon ancestors. and they built and so forth. he was very an entrepreneur, but he was firmly he was born in 1930. and he said, had me become come into the earth in 1913 because three legislation occurred in 1913, that was all bad legislation and he was there to reverse it. what is what happened in 1913? the income the federal reserve was created and finally the i'm not sure which amendment the constitution had direct of senators. instead of by state legislatures. he thought these are all bad. and so he worked hard his whole life to reverse these. well, guess what? he failed on all three counts, despite all his efforts. and yet he was always an optimist because at the i tell this story at the end of his life, people would ask him, dr. and he had a j.d. degree as fbi agent, said, to have a degree in law and. so he said, dr. and how can you be s

i put ben franklin in that category.fferent types of political and nonpolitical figure that's think is actually pretty inspiring heading into this final stage of this election and good thing for the country. >> laura: vivek, you and i have talked about this i mean a couple years ago and i know you have been so involved in this and doing things with charlie kirk and others. in the nuts and bolts of getting people registered and to the polls and canvassing. that has to be done. it's not just giving speeches. it's getting people to the polls. and the fact that. >> that's right. >> laura: musk is investing so much money in this and you are investing so much time in this, this is awesome and spreading like wildfire on x. 200 million followers so it there is no limit to the number of pena people can you actuallyr in this petition. serve going to be looking at it now that i mention it. it's pretty cool and i love the fact that the "new york times" is so annoyed by it because it's totally legal. he hacked the system. >> that mea

we are a long tradition of cartooning that goes back to ben franklin and the revolution, we are peopleh our own personal opinions and you know where it is coming from. we're living in a new media landscape of social media that elon musk would like us to think twitter is the public square, but it is a black box and he controls the algorithms so he can dial this down. you don't know if the memes came out of moscow, so don't call us memes or we will be really angry. one more cartoon, i am flummoxed. you cannot blame elon musk entirely but this lack of shared reality is probably brain worms. so there. [applause] >> that's me. ok, so here we are facing a possible second trump presidency , so just to refresh your memory or if you're not old enough, in his first week as president trump implemented a muslim travel ban. he tried to kill the affordable health care act, dismissed the pandemic and claimed quote we have it totally under control, it's going to be going away. of course he did not take any responsibility for it. he stacked the supreme court with three justices who overturned roe v. wa

ben franklin's autobiography was published in 1793. the first american cook book was released in 1796 by emelia simmons. finally, the new england primer was published in 1803. you can see the light america at loc.gov. check the website for more information on the books featured. >> some of the other books on the library's list from that era in talking about some of thomas paine's other books in you want to make an additional comment. >> these are the missing pieces in response to my brief response to the callers question a moment to go as to why he dies alone and unloved. not because of common sense. he loved common sense. it made him some friends among the founding fathers. jefferson seem to have greatly admired tom paine through his life. the rights of man in 1791 aimed to endorse the revolution. a sister struggle to america's own revolution. lightning is struck once in america, let's see it strike twice now in france. he was a cheerleader for the french revolution and its early phases. he wrote in written the rights of man hoping hi

but the angry all of this wasn't just about ben franklin. it was also. this precipitated a completely response from the crown and parliament and the king really appointed all the parliamentary leaders, including the prime minister at this point, and called that called the shots and. they, they they essentially decided they were going to crack down no more repealing laws, no more negotiations. they going to teach those colonists lesson. and they decided that the main culprits were all in massachusetts and they were going to pass a series of laws that isolated massachusetts and made them pay. so the embarrassed. but more to the point, they set whole different policy in terms of how to deal with colonial resistance and there were five coercive acts they called later intolerable acts, but they weren't that at the time passed since 1774. and the first one i'm only going to talk about to today, the boston port bell and the massachusetts government, because those are the two most important in terms of what will happen next and in terms frankly the fairfax resol

founded by ben franklin, and it has been a private university from the beginning. as long as the ivy league has been around it has been part of it. host: charlie from texas on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, charlie, you are on. caller: i would like to ask, do they have any studies where smaller state colleges, how effective they are in the state teacher college systems that you have in some states. how effective they are? guest: you can go to washington monthly, washingtonmonthly.com, and look at colleges with state in their name by zach marcus, and it has fascinating data that says -- most state colleges are not 20,000 or 30,000 students. most are smaller. because of what i was saying before, regional public universities draw their students from about a 100 mile radius of the campus. 80% or 90%, 70%, of the students settle in that area. they have a better return on investment for state taxpayers than the flagship universities. the universities of michigan s are not as good of a deal for taxpayers as grand valley state i

we know martin luther king evoked this in his i have been to a mountain top speech and ben franklin advocatedy show up in a lot of places. jewish people read one section per week in synagogue per week. what we don't always do is talk about it outloud and particularly with someone we disagree with on things. [ laughter ] he is the head of a very important rabbinical school in river dale new york, otherwise known as the bronx. [ laughter ] i'm a journalist. you know, george, i started off on "60 minutes." i was a producer for mike wallace. i took an unexpected turn to be fascinated by the jewish story, jewish tradition and identity. i introduce famous jews about whether they cared about their judaism then about the jewish holidays because it bothered me that i didn't understand why there were so many and what their origins were and so many. i turned to dov. we met 14 years ago often in my work for guidance and help. he turned to me and we began to have what we call a study partnership. >> george: this comes on an important day, anniversary of the hamas attacks. last year on that day that was a

founded by ben franklin, and it has been a private university from the beginning.long as the ivy league has been around it has been part of it. host: charlie from texas on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, charlie, you are on. caller: i would like to ask, do they have any studies where smaller state colleges, how effective they are in the state teacher college systems that you have in some states. how effective they are? guest: you can go to washington monthly, washingtonmonthly.com, and look at colleges with state in their name by zach marcus, and it has fascinating data that says -- most state colleges are not 20,000 or 30,000 students. most are smaller. because of what i was saying before, regional public universities draw their students from about a 100 mile radius of the campus. 80% or 90%, 70%, of the students settle in that area. they have a better return on investment for state taxpayers than the flagship universities. the universities of michigan s are not as good of a deal for taxpayers as grand valley state in gr

ben franklin is on the list with experiments and observations on electricity published in 1751.d the way to wealth in 1758. a grammatical institute of the english language. and isaiah thomas printed a curious hieroglyphic bible. they have a survey with the roads of the united states of america and then franklin's autobiography was published in 1793. the first american cookbook was released in 1796 by amelia simmons. and you can see the library of congress possible list at loc.gov. and check our website for more information on what is featured in the series at c-span.org/ books that shaped america. chris richard bell, here are some of the other books on the library list from that era. we have been talking about thomas payne's other books. >> these are the missing pieces in response to the colors. a question about why the -- what he died alone and unloved. the american pictures left common sense. jorgensen for instance he greatly admired. but it was the other works he wrote subsequently. they ended to endorse t unfolding french revolutn is sort of aister struggle to america's own

before women's suffrage, one of the main reasons women were not allowed to vote was that ben franklin, thomas edison, a lot of worry wiseman -- very wise men felt that they lacked pragmatism, that they could not look at a situation and judge the facts. a great deal of those women still exist. we call them democrats. this year the election is going to be very simple, based on two groups of people. the people who hate trump and the people who love trump. host: before you go too far, are you making the argument that women should not vote? caller: no. i'm saying the reason they were not allowed to vote in the past. surely, they are allowed to vote today. she voted for 54 years. she is way more intelligent for the -- than the average man. host: i was wanting to clarify that point. mary on the line. hello. caller: good morning. i wanted to talk about the poster -- pollster who was on. i guess i am a disgruntled democrat. i did not vote for hillary clinton. but i will be voting for kamala harris this year. i just cannot stand trump. he is a little bit too much for me. that is my comment. hos

before women's suffrage, one of the main reasons women were not allowed to vote was that ben franklin, thomas edison, a lot of worry wiseman -- very wise men felt that they lacked pragmatism, that they could not look at a situation and judge the facts. a great deal of those women still exist. we call them democrats. this year the election is going to be very simple, based on two groups of people. the people who hate trump and the people who love trump. host: before you go too far, are you making the argument that women should not vote? caller: no. i'm saying the reason they were not allowed to vote in the past. surely, they are allowed to vote today. she voted for 54 years. she is way more intelligent for the -- than the average man. host: i was wanting to clarify that point. mary on the line. hello. caller: good morning. i wanted to talk about the poster -- pollster who was on. i guess i am a disgruntled democrat. i did not vote for hillary clinton. but i will be voting for kamala harris this year. i just cannot stand trump. he is a little bit too much for me. that is my comment. hos

we've done biographies of twain, mark twain and ben franklin that i wrote and produced. ken stand one's on thomas jefferson, jack johnson, ali, others. this one's of a shaggy big animal. but like the others, quintessentially american, i should say at the start, i am aware that the scientific name is bison. bison, and we use it we use bison and buffalo interchangeably in our film and in the book because they are actually if you're going to have a dispute with me on this fight it out on telfair. they don't allow duels there anymore, but they both correct the buffalo describes a specific animal that also has a scientific latin of bison. bison. they weigh a ton or can weigh up to a ton to six feet at the shoulder. huge, the largest land mammal on the continent, but incredibly agile and fast they can get range of speed of 35 miles per hour, almost that of a racehorse. but they can hold it for a longer period of time than a horse. they can jump six feet vertically. they can jump seven feet horizontal. willie, steve steve rinella, who is in our film and i quote in the book, say

it's on un-american, it's totally contrary to everything we've done, everything we've ben joining us now, franklin leonard, he is in our fifth seed. he's the founder and ceo of the black list that was a moment and not a moment that the harris campaign wanted. i want to just read this is biden on x trying to clarify all of this. he says earlier today i referenced to the hateful rhetoric about puerto rico spewed by trump's supporters at his madison square garden rally as garbage, which is the only word i can think of to describe it, his demonization of latino's is unconscionable. that's all i meant to say. his comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation. >> it's a nothing burger i couldn't agree more for me. >> i'll try to make a listen. >> you don't get to have it both ways know. you can't say you can't say it's a joke, but it's serious and let's do round the clock coverage but once again, it's a comedian. if i wasn't the president of the united states says, no, no, no, we'll give him you know, what's crazy. i want you to take the president of the united states to task. you do that.

dirt poor in alberta, canada, and he kind of became, you know, like a lot of these people like ben franklin, a lot of the other great leaders and stuff, they started with nothing and they built up an empire. he was an empire builder. he was mormon was mormon ancestors. and they built and so forth. he was very an entrepreneur, but he was firmly he was born in 1930. and he said, had me become come into the earth in 1913 because three legislation occurred in 1913, that was all bad legislation and he was there to reverse it. what is what happened in 1913? the income the federal reserve was created and finally the i'm not sure which amendment the constitution had direct of senators. instead of by state legislatures. he thought these are all bad. and so he worked hard his whole life to reverse these. well, guess what? he failed on all three counts, despite all his efforts. and yet he was always an optimist because at the i tell this story at the end of his life, people would ask him, dr. and he had a j.d. degree as fbi agent, said, to have a degree in law and. so he said, dr. and how can you be s

ben wedeman reports from lebanon. >>> then 369 days of failure. "atlantic" staff writer franklinord dissects america's feckless middle east policy.

ben wedeman reports from lebanon. >>> then 369 days of failure. "atlantic" staff writer franklinmiddle east policy.