side had benjamin franklin paraphernalia. they have some debts so that had to be sold off to pay some debts. i got back -- and i think that was the reason i was elected to anything. >>it is the wiki bio, i should have mentioned. mike castle, thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> in the next congress, the delaware seat will be filled by john carney. what does he and the rest of the 112 congress is sworn in when the house reconvenes on wednesday, at noon eastern time. we will have live coverage here on c-span and c-span.org. "washington journal" is next. in about 45 minutes, author and talk show host william bennett on the future of the republican party. deep water" the"porte

another quote from benjamin franklin was, a bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district, all studied and appreciated as they merit are the principal support of virtue, morality and civil liberty. and ben franklin's pamphlet entitled "information to those who would move to america" which was written to europeans who were considering the move to america or intending to send their young people to seek their fortune in this land of opportunity, ben franklin wrote the following, quote, hence bad examples toll youth are more rare in america, which must be a comfortable consideration to parents. to this may be truly added that serious religion under its various denominations is not only tolerated, but respected and practiced. ben franklin went on to say, quote, atheism, infidelity, rare and secret. so that persons may live to a great age in that country without having their piety shot with either meeting with an atheist or infidel. and the define being seems to have manifested the mutual forebearance and kindness with which the different sex treat each other with the r

from spain jay went to france where along with john adams and benjamin franklin he negotiatedn the treaty that ended the revolutionary war that defines nte boundaries of the unitedra hinges and guaranteed our fishing and other rights. some frenchmen at a dinner party complemented john adams calling him. [inaudible] of the negotiation. getting home that night and recording the event in his diar, adams said that it was, indeed,r o.j. who reserve this title for drafngle that he had played in drafting and negotiating theterf terms of the treaty. arriving back in new york in thl summer of 1784j learned thatm congress had appointed him as secretary for foreign affairs. he served in that position for the next five years. it was a difficult positionly partly because he had to answer to a constantly changing congress and partly because he aument military might to back up the arguments that he and adams and jefferson were making to various foreign governments. var it was in part because of theset difficulties that he became they leading advocate of a strongerrt federal constitution. he is mentioned

so you might want to take care of those benjamin franklins you like to carry in your wallet. >> i don't think so. but thanks a lot. berkeley police are searching for a man who robbed a mcdonald's restaurant this morning. he hit an employee over the head when the store opened. after demanding cash, he forced four employees into the restaurant's freezer. he ran off, leaving a trail of money behind. police say employees could not provide much oa description because that robber was wearing a mask. but they don't think this incident is related to a series of recent pedestrian robberies. >> christmas shoppers in san mateo tonight could get a remindremin reminder as a homicide vigil begins tonight. the crime remains unsolved. friends and co-workers are carrying on his work with free at last. >>> a crucial vote on the fate of the military's don't ask don't tell policy scheduled for tonight has been put off. the bill is before the u.s. senate but has been filibustered by arizona senator's john mccain. a procedural vote could have broken the filibuster, but a short time ago, senate majority leade

. >> the last word on this at the convention, one of the wisest words ever uttered was by benjamin franklin, the oldest of the founding fathers. in a closing speech on september 17th, franklin obvioused that when you bring a group of men together for the benefit of their joint wisdom, you also bring together their passions, their prejudices, their selfish views, local interests, differences in religious opinion. how in the world can a perfect production ever be expected from such a gathering? now, that's been true from every gathering of politicians from that time forward, so the real question is how well did those folks stack up that summer in philadelphia via is way or current does. >> so how do you compare the kufrt nature compared to your view of history? >> i'm a booster of the founding fathers. i am often deeply depressed by not just the partisan difference, but by the ranker and failure to find conciliation in our present moment. >> to what do you attribute that is this. >> first of all, i think that men like franklin were part of a political culture which valued conciliation in comp

that's why benjamin franklin called our government a republic if you can keep it. the behaviors that keep a republic are the civic virtues, i sacrifice, self-discipline and self-restraint. they are the virtues that neighbors meet into a community and communities into a nation. they are the virtue ewes that cause us to look further into the future than just the next two years. our politics may run on two-year cycles, but our problems do not. we won't get to full employment in two years. we won't get out of debt in two >> our founders made a revolutionary choice. they created a government that was bound every two years to listen to the people's verdict. we should listen to the peoplel be another election and there are easier ways to win than taking on the long-term structural problems that defy quick answers. it's easier to borrow and leave someone else with the bill. it's easier to rail against spending without cutting anything of substance. it's easier to stir up culture wars and cultural resentment. all of those tactics have proved successful, but they're also poi

benjamin franklin in 1787 came out of the constitutional convention and he was asked and one of the stories has that it was a lady who asked him that, and i like that story, mr. franklin, what have you given us? what have you brought? and his answer was, a republic, madam. if you can keep it. a very short response. a republic. but i thought we lived in a democracy. we do that pledge of allegiance to the flag and you come to that part that says the republic for which it stands and then we get up and talk about this great democracy that we live in. what's the difference between a republic and a democracy? before reflecting on that and why it's important to understand that difference, i'd like to turn just a moment looking at benjamin franklin's hope that if you can keep it. i wonder what he thought the biggest threat to this republic, this constitution, would be? i kind of think he wasn't all that concerned about foreign powers that got here across a big ocean in sailboats. i'm sure he had some concern about threats from outside the country. but i kind of think that he might have been more co

my family is involved with benjamin franklin and we had a lot of benjamin franklin paraphernalia. they had to be sold off to pay his debts. >> it's the wiki bio. >> thank you. >> mike castle, nice to talk with you. >> thank you. >> next, reporters discuss investigative journalism. we also talk to documentary filmmaker dan reed. and then later, alan west talks about -- alan west speaks at the pro-israel conference. now i panel of reporters discuss investigative journalism. harvard's kennedy school of government hosted this discussion in honor of david halberstam who died in 2007. this is an hour and half. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> david halberstam was a graduate of harvard, but he was also a significant figure in american journalism in a different time. he was really the beginning of a new kind of american journalism. highly educated, idealistic, committed any kind of social way to being a journalist in order to use journalism to tell true this that would have the effect of making this a bette

. >> and benjamin franklin he also credited a milk punch. >> this is my pick of butter and with peanut the we did not mention is that peanut butter! >> recreated this. and a glass of milk. >> this is non-chocoholic. >> indeed. >> with salt. -9-0 colic and milk is fantastic for hair, teeth, bones. and this is a great way to get the entire family. the bill, and why not have help the cartel? >> and speaking of healthy, why not have the--healthy cocktail tree >> that is delicious! >> and with a n--almond and vanilla extract and light delcicous and and the ultimate is cinaaom na and chili powder have you ever had chilly and milk persian market >> i the guy will try it, and milk is the base? >> and i like the benefits of milk, not only as a great mix it so, smooth, and the goes down easy. and it is smooth, easy to drink and it is building strong bones! >> look at this, this is real hair! >> this is my seven sake with east meets west. and to port and that milk. andto pur in that milk with sake and unfiltered sake and home made sinaaom syrup iwould reci would recommend going to the website for

. >> also, the famous benjamin franklin quote, fish and guests smell after three days. >> should be gottenfectly pleasant guest this season. >> would you like to hear another quote from that time. >> i would stwloo you know where getting the cold shoulder from? it is a cut of meat commonly served some hundreds of years ago and if a guest was around too long, you didn't give them warm shoulder, you gave them cold shoulder. >> that was your cue. >> be on your merry way. >> can i tell you another way to be a guest this season? >> please. >> make sure you play frog catch with them as we toss over to mr. dave price. >> a holiday favorite in many a home. >> i love. this i love this game. i love this game. >> are you fraed for frog catch. >> nice, dave price, everybody. >> thank you. here we go. >> oh. come on, one more. >> third time's the charm. >> oh. look at that, frog catch. >> dave is a gold frogger. >> yeah. >> without a doubt. traded in little league but, of course a golden trogger. nice to see you. great gift. can i keep this. >> no. >> there we go. now you know the secret to the glor ch

when benjamin franklin was asked what he did, he replied, "i gave you a republic so you could keep it pure "history says we are not going to make it. we all have to give up something. everybody at this table give up something. the way forward for america is for everybody to start sacrificing so we create a future that is honoring the tremendous sacrifices that came before us. >> i share the view. i did not know who you were. i know you were a man of integrity and honesty. you are real. >> i hope everybody sees that. i could not have more respect than i do for you. thank you for the guidance and wisdom you have given me. >> i am the wrap-up speaker? [laughter] >> do you not wish? [laughter] >> i am will continue to study this for a day or so. i will not give my decision today. that does not mean that i will not go over what i see here in the process. i first want to go back to comments that were made with regard to erskine or allen. i did not know you will. i probably met you on social occasions. during this deliberation is where i came to know both of you. i have developed a great res

when benjamin franklin was asked what he did, he replied, "i gave you a republic so you could keep it pure "history says we are not going to make it. we all have to give up something. everybody at this table give up something. the way forward for america is for everybody to start sacrificing so we create a future that is honoring the tremendous sacrifices that came before us. >> i share the view. i did not know who you were. i know you were a man of integrity and honesty. you are real. >> i hope everybody sees that. i could not have more respect than i do for you. thank you for the guidance and wisdom you have given me. >> i am the wrap-up speaker? [laughter] >> do you not wish? [laughter] >> i am will continue to study this for a day or so. i will not give my decision today. that does not mean that i will not go over what i see here in the process. i first want to go back to comments that were made with regard to erskine or allen. i did not know you will. i probably met you on social occasions. during this deliberation is where i came to know both of you. i have developed a great res

benjamin franklin's flag that shows a state cut into 13 parts with one urgent reminder -- join or die. those are the stakes that we need to fight for. that is the flag we need to rally enter. if we do that, we can move the nation, not left or right, but forward. [applause] >> welcome to our little woodstock of democracy here. [laughter] this is so exciting. we get asked about this effort and people say that there has always been partisanship. there has always been this poisonous environment enter politics. but the reality is that it is worse than it has ever been before. it is worse at a time when we face in arguably the greatest challenges we have ever faced. when we come visit with you, is completely different. we heard people say yet these meeting, emotionally and enthusiastically, that you do not feel like you have a voice anymore in washington. you feel like there are partisan voices on both sides of the aisle. the system, the way it is set up, it punishes people for good behavior. and it rewards bad behavior. we know that, while there were partisan party before, we got a lot don

that's why benjamin franklin called our government a republic if you can keep it. the behaviors that keep a republic are the civic virtues, i sacrifice, self-discipline and self-restraint. they are the virtues that neighbors meet into a community and communities into a nation. they are the virtue ewes that cause us to look further into the future than just the next two years. our politics may run on two-year cycles, but our problems do not. we won't get to full employment in two years. we won't get out of debt in two years. we won't get our middle class out of this historic hole of inequality and lost opportunity in two years. in two years, there will always be another election and there are easier ways to win than taking on the long-term structural problems that defy quick answers. it's easier to borrow and leave someone else with the bill. it's easier to rail against spending without cutting anything of substance. it's easier to stir up culture wars and cultural resentment. all of those tactics have proved successful, but they're also poisonous to our future. wha

and as we go and approach christmas, close with the words of benjamin franklin in 1787, suffering from gout, 80 years old, the constitutional convention was falling apart, they seeing no hope, 80-year-old franklin, brilliant and witty as clever as ever who had to have help getting into independence hall. was recognized by president george washington and he pointed out, we have been going for five weeks and have more nos than ayes. franklin said, how has it happened, sir, that we have not thought of once applying to the father of life to illuminate our understanding in the beginning contest with great britain when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room. our prayers were heard and they were graciously answered. he went on and eventually said, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without his aid. we have been assured that unless the lord build the house they labor in vain to build it. he said, firmly, believe this. he said, i also firmly believe without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in our little pol

. >> the first line of your direct you are a descendant of benjamin franklin. >> he was my great grandfatheron my mother's side. he said the gene pool dies out in three generations. it is a fun facts. >> it is something that came

that is what benjamin franklin called our government a republic if you can keep it. keep the' that republic or civic virtues, sacrifice, self discipline and self restraint. they are the virtues that neighbors need in a community and communities in a nation. they call us to look further into the future than just the next two years. so, our form of government demands leaders who are fearful of losing the next election and therefore are cognizant of the will of the people, but are not consumed or immobilized by the fear. our politics may run on two-year cycles, but our problems to not. we will not get to full employment in two years and will not get out of debt in two years. we will not get our middle class out of this historical of inequality and lost opportunity in two years. but in two years, there will always be another election and there will always be easier ways to win them taking on a long- term structural problems that the five quick answers. it is easier to rail against spending without cutting anything of substance. it is easier to stir up culture wars and re

benjamin franklin's flag that shows a state cut into 13 parts with one urgent reminder -- join or die. those are the stakes that we need to fight for. that is the flag we need to rally enter. if we do that, we can move the nation, not left or right, but forward. [applause] >> welcome to our little woodstock of democracy here. [laughter] this is so exciting. we get asked about this effort and people say that there has always been partisanship. there has always been this poisonous environment enter politics. but the reality is that it is worse than it has ever been before. it is worse at a time when we face in arguably the greatest challenges we have ever faced. when we come visit with you, is completely different. we heard people say yet these meeting, emotionally and enthusiastically, that you do not feel like you have a voice anymore in washington. you feel like there are partisan voices on both sides of the aisle. the system, the way it is set up, it punishes people for good behavior. and it rewards bad behavior. we know that, while there were partisan party before, we got a lot don

aftermath -- a famous 3 aftermath -- a famous quotation, in the aftermath of a 1787 convention benjamin franklin was asked what kind of a government the constitution would give us. and his famous answer was, it will give you a republic if you can keep it. republics can be lost. jefferson made the remark that a people both free and ignorant has never been seen and never his ll be. there has got to be a component of knowledge and understanding if democracy is going to survive. and when 2/3 of a nation do not know the basic simple structure of their government when 6-10 people, adults in the united states, cannot answer questions which once would have been appropriate for school children, then we are getting to the point of the franklin and jefferson source of words. if ever we were in a position of worry, it is a greater worry today than at any other time in our lives. there has been no time in my life or our lives in which the degree of frustration with gover sient and dissatisfaction with government has been as great and as volatile as it is today. the responses to that frustration, and a f/3str

speaker, benjamin franklin once said, nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. mr. franklin had never met the modern republican party. the only thing certain about taxes these days, if the republicans are going to use them to take from the poor and give to the rich again and again and again. and now the senate republicans have brought all legislation to a halt, halt in this building, until the super rich get their tax cuts. they are determined to take care of the rich. that political maneuvering by the republicans brings uncertainty to the middle class at a time when they really need certainty. when they know what they're going to have in the next year. food banks are panicking all over this country because the republicans in the senate say the tax cuts for the rich go before any money for those unemployed people who are looking for their unemployment insurance. the food banks know what's going to happen. hungry people are going to be coming in. but it doesn't make any difference to the republicans. in fact, it's time to hang your christmas stocking. can you imagine

speaker, benjamin franklin once said, nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. mr.franklin had never met the modern republican party. the only thing certain about taxes these days, if the republicans are going to use them to take from the poor and give to the rich again and again and again. and now the senate republicans have brought all legislation to a halt, halt in this building, until the super rich get their tax cuts. they are determined to take care of the rich. that political maneuvering by the republicans brings uncertainty to the middle class at a time when they really need certainty. when they know what they're going to have in the next year. food banks are panicking all over this country because the republicans in the senate say the tax cuts for the rich go before any money for those unemployed people who are looking for their unemployment insurance. the food banks know what's going to happen. hungry people are going to be coming in. but it doesn't make any difference to the republicans. in fact, it's time to hang your christmas stocking. can you imagine

that's what benjamin franklin called our government a republic, if you can keep it.ehaviors that keep every public eye the sacrifice, self-discipline, and self-restraint. they are the virtues that neighbors need into a community, and communities into a nation, they are the virtues the partisan warfare and call us to look further into the future than just the next two years. so our form of government demands leaders who are fearful of losing the next election, and, therefore, the will of the people, but are not consumed or immobilized by fear. our politics may run on two year cycles, but our problems do not. we won't get to full employment in two years. we will get out of debt in two years. we won't get our middle class out of this historic old of inequality and lost opportunity in two years. but in two years there will always be other elections. they are always easier ways to win than taking on a long-term structural problems that defy quick answers. it's easier to borrow, and if someone else with the bill. is issued to rail against spending without cutting anything

speaker, benjamin franklin once said, nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. mr. franklin had never met the modern republican party. the only thing certain about taxes these days, if the republicans are going to use them to take from the poor and give to the rich again and again and again. and now the senate republicans have brought all legislation to a halt, halt in this building, until the super rich get their tax cuts. they are determined to take care of the rich. that political maneuvering by the republicans brings uncertainty to the middle class at a time when they really need certainty. when they know what they're gointo have in the next year. food banks are panicking all over this country because the republics in the senate say the tacuts for the rich go before any money for those unemployed people who are looking for their unemployment insurance. the food banks know what's going to happen. hungry people are going to be coming in. but it doesn't make any difference to the republicans. in fact, it's time to hang your christmas stocking. can you imagine the r

that is why benjamin franklin calls our government a republic. if you can keep it. this makes the community into a nation. this tempers' partisan warfare and calls us to look forward into the future rather than just the next two years. our form of government demands leaders who are fearful losing the next election and therefore, consent of the will of the people but are not consumed or immobilized by that fear. our politics may run on two year cycles but our problems do not. we want to get to full employment in two years. we won't get out of debt in two years. we will not get the middle class out of this historic hole of inequality and lost opportunity in two years. in two years, there will always be another election. there are easier ways to win than taking on the long-term structural problems that defy quick answers. it is easier to borrow and leave someone else with the bill. it is easier to rail against spending without cutting anything of substance. it is easier to stir up culture wars and cultural resentment. all of those tactics have proved successful but the

benjamin franklin. >> ♪ my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee i see land where my fathersd led freedom ring ring ring to be free >> freedom has its life in the heart. the action, the spirit of men, dwight d. eisenhower. >> we stand for freedom. that is our conviction for ourselves. that is our only commitment to others. john f. kennedy. >> ♪ free free ♪ >> give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shores, send these, your homeless, tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp to the golden door. >> ♪ [applause] [cheers and applause]

benjamin franklin. >> ♪ my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee i see land where my fathers free >> freedom has its life in the heart. the action, the spirit of men, dwight d. eisenhower. >> we stand for freedom. that is our conviction for ourselves. that is our only commitment to others. john f. kennedy. >> ♪ free free ♪ >> give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shores, send these, your homeless, tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp to the golden door. >> ♪ [applause] [cheers and applause] >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work