the one person who shuttled between the federal and the pennsylvania and is benjamin franklin. he liked this. >> one more question. >> i believe in the constitution but to if you change it, would it even charlie phase out the old one complete the? >> i don't know. do you think that is good or bad? >> there are some in the basics which are important like assembly and basic guidelines come of blacks, freedom i have a hard time explaining but how was it handled. >> a very interesting point*. the state constitution had a fourth branch called the people. in this state legislature passed and the law they have one year to go to to rescind it. there was a fourth level. >> coming from the top down like we wait for our were government why not make it bought them up to put out there the voices are heard? men's and women's and all ethnicities and a genders. it seems if we have an oligarchy now they will tell us how to do things that may not engender of a true reinventions finreg it is said good point* and a good way to wrap up. article v there is a process and backend is some by which we c

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] >> hi, thank you all for coming here today. i am the costume and textiles creator here at the fine arts museum. it is make great honor to introduce, to present this program today. just a few things come out of respect, photography is allowed, but no flash photography. we will be taking questions from the audience, and you can submit your questions either through twitter or e-mail, and we also handed out cards to you when you arrived. the questions will happen at the end of the program. if you are not planning to tw

loan that will be here for a temporary amount of time, like a chute worn by -- a suit worn by benjamin franklinn 1778. here to talk with us is richard barton. he had the task the daunting task of i guess coming up, with a way to present this, and conserve it all at the same time conservation, conservation that is the key word. >> that's right that is the key word that is right we did conserve this object, it needed very little treatment but needed more mounting and how we mounted this, let me step back and say previous curators had examined the physiology of how men stood and in the 18th century and realized they stood with shoulders match more in advanced position and made a fiber glass mount for it, fiber glass is no longer appropriate now we are using archival material, that will last and preserve the suit. >> so the people understand at home what we are talking about you get this amazing item on loan, from massachusetts s you want to put it in this display but need to come up with a display all while handling it as little as possible so you need to know what it is going to look like without

. >> guest: benjamin franklin, the oldest, born in 1706. he knows cotton mather and the died in 1790. he signs both the declaration of independence and the constitution. the last to die was james madison. he is born in 1751, and then he do is in 1836. 85 years old. so, he has seen the fight over missouri being admitted to the union. he sees nullification crisis but he is the last one. aaron byrd. but that's the other side. the dark side. >> host: in 2006, you wrote wow what would the founders do," wwfd, and in that book you write: the founders invite our questions now because they invited discussion when they lived. they were dry in public speeches and in journalism. >> guest: that's right. they set up a republic and they're very proud of doing that, and this is unique -- virtually unique in the world. there were -- holland had been kind of a republic but that was going down the tubes so this was a unique form of government, and compared to all the competitors, month no, okays and whatnot, it's open. it's based on popular rule and, yes, of

benjamin franklin came after girls high. i was in special education, that means low education for blacks and latinos. if we mandate that they come to this college to get their ged, we won't have to worry about a lot of the young people going through what they are going through right now. the d a agreed, but i would have to come to you in order to discuss it with you so you can put that resolution together in order for the community board to make sure that this can occur. i know you can't do it tonight, but this is what i have been talking about for two months. the chancellor is retiring, they have placed me on the committee

benjamin franklin came after girls high. i was in special education, that means low education for blacks and latinos. if we mandate that they come to this college to get their ged, we won't have to worry about a lot of the young people going through what they are going through right now. the d a agreed, but i would have to come to you in order to discuss it with you so you can put that resolution together in order for the community board to make sure that this can occur. i know you can't do it tonight, but this is what i have been talking about for two months. the chancellor is retiring, they have placed me on the committee to find a new chancellor for the college. we need your support. i definitely need your support about mandating ged because of the fact -- in the '60s, i have a car and i had some wheels. the youngsters still like to back wheels. they said, how do you know that they took the two front wheels but did not touch anything that was on his truck? i suggested to the college, if they would have a class -- and they

. >> reporter: benjamin franklin said nothing in this world can be certain but death and taxes.es part is here, april 17th, a live report on what you need to know str everyone is out, no one is hurt, we have a crew headed to the scene, crews will be on the scene for several hours dousing the shot spots. no word on a cause. a 3-alarm fire in glen burnie. >>> we are out scrambling to finish the paperwork and file your income taxes. the deadline is midnight tonight. what do you need to know? megan pringle is live downtown, going to be a busy place through midnight. especially where you are, meagan. >> reporter: absolutely. this is the main post office this is open late to deal with the procrastinators who waited until today to do taxes. estimated there are twice as many tax preparer as police officers. that's estimation. you better believe the tax preparers will be busy today. so many people wait until the last minute. if you are wondering who waits? a lot of you. some say it's best to file an extension, especially if you have deductions. something to keep in mind. if you are one o

>> benjamin franklin, the oldest -- he was one in 1706. 1706.he knows cotton mather, that's old he is. he died in 1790. he cites both the declaration of independence and the constitution. the last to die is james madison. he is born in 1751, and then hes dies in 1836, 85 years old. he has seen the fight over missouri being admitted to thes union. he sees the nullification crisis. last but he is the last one.er >> that is the other side. >> in 2006, you wrote what would the founders do? and in that book, you right that the founders invite our discussion when they lived. they were argumentative, expensive know what all is, hanging their ideas out to dry in public speeches and in in journalism. >> well, that's right. they set up a j republic. thi and they are very proud of doiny that.in the this is virtually unique in the world. o there were the swiss cantons, holland had been a republican, although that was kind of going down the tubes -- this was a the unique form of government being created. compared to all the competitorsa markets, etc. -- yes,

>> guest: benjamin franklin in 17 hundred six as cotton mather. that is how old he is and he dies in 1790. andhe he sends both the declaration of independence and thee last t constitution. the last two w guys james madis. he is born in 1751 and then he8. dies in 1836, 85 years old. so he has seen the fight over missouri being in a bid to the union. he sees the nullification crisi crisis. i but he is the last one. aronberg dies after he does, but that's sort of the other side. >> host: in 2006, you wrote, what would the founders do w. w. s. d.he f in that book, you write thetion founders inviters questions now because they invited discussion when they live. they were argumentative, expansive know what else hanging their ideas out to dry in public speeches and a journalist on. up >> guest: well, that's right.'rr they set up a republican arend very proud of doing that. this is unique virtually unique in the world. you know, there's his cantons, hollins had been a kind of a ubes of a republic but that was publice form of government, and compared to al

example of what my second favorite founding father said about alcohol in his -- that would be benjamin franklinin his drinkers dictionary printed in 1737. and what franklin does, and this demonstrates how accepted drinking was in this period. because franklin lists more than 200 synonyms for being drunk. and we're going to give you a sample of that. we have a few very brave audience members who were doing a little drinking before this show. so they're ready to go. >> that's how we got them, peter. >> and they volunteered to do some sampling of the beer and give us a sample from franklin's dictionary. are you ready out there volunteers? >> we're ready. >> all right. go for it. >> all right. he is addled, he's afflicted, he's in his airs, he's been at barbados, his head is full of bees. >> he's been too free with the creature. he's fishy, foxed, fuddled, footed into france. he's loose in the hilts, he clips the king's english. >> pungy, pridy, as good conditioned as a puppy. >> in the suds, staggerish, he carries too much sail, stewed, soaked, soft, been too free with sir john strawberry. >> doub

create a new word -- and jefferson loved to make of words, and he thought would abandon -- with benjamin franklin and no webster, to say we are different people, our language is descriptive as opposed to prescriptive. noah webster himself creates a word plebiscites to some degree in order to put a pin in the side of the british. he would just put words in the dictionary -- indian words -- indiancreek instead of -- words like creek, is that a book. >> george w. bush very imaginative with words . with wemisunderestimate. >> changery was great. >> blended words but taking two different words. >> if you hold on a moment i shall do station identification or i will be in trouble. this is from the way for the benefit of our listeners on sirius-xm, channel 124, you are listening to all "white house chronicle" from washington, d.c., with myself, one thing, linda gasparello, carl cannon from realclearpolitics, and paul dickson, the mass the words himself. will of the great speakers today? -- who of the great speeches today? >> it is not mitt romney. it is not barack obama. if you use a teleprompter, are yo

if you look at the flow of history, benjamin franklin, e he starts a 16th newspaper and they are partisan. and you have this short period in american history where you have mass media. partly because broadcast comes along and ben franklin could start a newspaper, but you can't start a network in the '50s unless you can really do it. so everything centralizes. newspapers tend to become monopolies. there's a natural monopolizing tendency or consolidation. this has been blown away by digital media where everybody can blog and start some new publication. you get back to the way we had been for 450 years before this 50-year slice of mass media. is it good or bad? i think radio was a real example of polarization. but it didn't just happen in the past ten years. i can remember reading about albert einstein, you know, in the '50s. he's worrying about the poirlization of america. he says i have seen this happen before. i grew up in nazi germany. then things right themselves. they get rid of mccarthy. and says america has a gyroscope. just when you think it's going to flip over, it's able to right

we had a man now in paris as the news reached europe, and it was benjamin franklin and he published essays on all of this and the idea of humanity began to spread. it wasn't universally observed in other parts of the revolution, but the continental army tried to do that all the way into the campaigns of the 1780s. after the battle when daniel morgan fought the group that was most hated in the revolution, tarleton's raiders. he wrote a letter up the chain of command and said we treated them with humanity. we weren't even rude to them, he said. the americans made a point of that and what they were doing was leaking the conduct of the war to the values of the revolution and washington himself became a symbol of that linkage. and that linkage began to haunt the opponents of this war. and one of the interesting things or the way it haunted george iii after george went mad, one of his delusions was that he himself had become george washington and we can see how this example of a humane and highly-successful leader spread with the idea of the cause. and then after that, it was decided in counsels

it was benjamin franklin. he published essays on all of this. this idea of humanity, began, to spread. it wasn't universally observed in other parts of the american revolution. the continental army tried to do that all the way into the campaigns of the 1780s. after the battle, when daniel morgan fought the group that was most hated, in the revolution, tarlton's raiders. captured ape few. he wrote a letter up the command, we treated them with humanity. we weren't rude to them. he said. and americans made a upon the of tha -- made a upon the of that. what they were doing was linking the content of the war to the values of the revolution. washington became a symbol of the leakage. and the linkage begin to haunt the opponents of this war. one of the interesting things, the way it haunted george iii, after george went mad. one of his -- delusions he himself had become george washington. we can see how this example of a human highly successful leader spread with the idea of the cause. then after that it was decided in the counsels of war, one victory

she was the great granddaughter of benjamin franklin. you think she would try to persuade him to stay with the union. she said, honey, i'm ready to support whatever career choice you make. if you think it's a good idea for you to go with this new outfit of the confederacy, i'll be with you on that. all of those factors were coming into play that i think we often forget. >> all of these interesting answers about how we lead up to 1861, contingencies and circumstances we might not have thought about before. frank, i'd like to you take us to maryland during the succession crisis. some say abraham lincoln took a constitutional stand to prevent the succession of maryland. think of one thing i would like for to you add, something i've always wondered about, i don't think we've discussed it, should he have done the same thing in virginia, if he could, prevent the cesstion convention just down the road. >> it's an interesting question. what the president did was to take certain acts to keep maryland as a border state, slave state, in the union.

you an example what my second favorite founding father said about alcohol in -- that would be benjamin franklinrinker's dictionary printed in 1737, and what franklin does, and this demonstrates how accepted drinking was because he lists more than 200 synonyms for being drunk and we're going to give you a sample of that. we have a few very brave audience members who were doing a little drinking before the show, and so they're ready to go. >> that's how we got them, peter. >> they volunteered to do sampling of the beer and to give us a sample from franklin's dictionary. are you ready out there, volunteers? >> we're ready. >> go for it. >> he is afflicted. he is in his airs. he has been at barbados. his head is full of bees. >> he has been too free with the creature. he is fish i, foxed, muddles, footed, been to france. >> he is glad, globular, loose in the hits, clips the king's english and sees two moons. >> pigeon-i'd, gy

throw in that i think president kennedy said- and he may have been quoting thomas jefferson or benjamin franklin- i know franklin said that when you find yourselves choosing security over freedom, you end up with neither one. the other quote that i was starting off with though was he said- great. this is not my day. >> first your memory goes - >> if you make peaceful disagreement or revolution impossible, then you make violent revolution inescapable. and i think that is maybe more where some of these groups are coming from, where they begin to feel that they have no influence. whether they vote, i don't know, but this is their response to feeling that they have no power, that all it all belongs, you know, to something or somebody else. and that's another place where you can get the same mentality. >> it is. in fact, the more intelligent people within the government community are beginning to realize that you have to invite these people into the discussion, because once you ostracize them, you see how that sets up your apocalyptic theodicy- you're outside, you start with violence. that proves the

. >> i would like to hear what they thought of benjamin franklin's face. >> bill, you needed to get drunk to sleep with yourself. can you blame yourself for wanting to be drunk when you sleep with yourself? and do you owe yourself an apology for having to get yourself drunk in order to sleep with yourself? >>- q. i my beer -- >> my beer goggles make it look less horrific. and sometimes my nightmares turn into sex dreams depending on the bad guy. i will say -- i don't understand the question of does meeting a person with beer goggles affect your marriage? are they implying you got this person drunk and kept them drunk down the aisle and then five crazy days later they sober up and realize what they have gotten into. >> i think it happened in the old days. >> they 1982. and again i go back to the reason for these studies. of course it is that researchers are lonely. it is their excuse to go to a bar. we did a test of vote catatonics and you are trying to write off your bar tab that were grossed out by you. like go home, dad. seriously. i so wish we were talking about harlequi nses. let's cl

. >> benjamin franklin once said "nothing is certain but death and taxes." researchers found tersthere are more traffic deaths on tax day. others say there may be more drivers on the road that day. metro is backing down plans to raise fares. they were planning a 5% across- the-board fare hike but now it is considering smaller increases after learning its projected 2013 budget deficit is less than expected. metro will discuss the proposal at a committee meeting tomorrow and a final vote is set for june. >> one of the best kept secrets in television is finally -- has finally been revealed. ♪ >> "some sense"creator --"simpson's career matt groening says the inspiration for the town of springfield on the show is the real town of springfield in oregon. >> it sets nearest to his home town. >> i hear that bark was from the west coast because of his server accent. >> time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> doug hill is standing by. >> good morning this is a view from our rooftop in arlington, virginia. it will be an interesting weather day and not as much

benjamin franklin helped to found circulating libraries. he founded the first one in philadelphia and this was something that got picked up in other cities. so that you didn't have to assemble your own library and go every book you read. you could go to the circulating library and borrow a book and take it out and franklin wrote that this had a great effect on the way people talk about things in philadelphia. the level of discussion was great. he also is one of a first newspaper publishers in this country and his assistants go out and found their own newspapers. he is a source of a media explosion in this country and by the time we get to the time of the revolution and the ratifying of the constitution america has more newspapers per-capita than any country in the world. we have more newspapers absolutely than france which is twenty-six million people. we are only three million but we have more papers per-capita than britain. so yes. the founding fathers were well-traveled relatively speaking. in terms of literacy america was a pretty liter

henry clay is perhaps the greatest american ever to become president lose some say benjamin franklin or alexander hamilton or george marshall. i will vote for henry clay. henry clay was the greatest legislator in american history. phenomenally important vote in the house of representatives and the u.s. senate. he was elected speaker of the house as freshmen on the first ballot to take the oath of office. and how much leadership qualities were recognized by his peers in the house. then it was previously ceremonial and transformed -- the second most powerful person. and open and close the legislature and committee. when we debate the whole bill. he was very effective and passionate. he started out in life as a jeffersonian republican. that which governs best govern least. you may recall the founding fathers something about political parties and something p1 o from a rivalry. hamilton we were lucky about napoleon in europe. so play realized the reason he lost was america--the industrial capacity. the british were blockaded our borders. we didn't have a common currency or national bank.

. >> at the constitutional convention benjamin franklin based a great deal of his insight on the iroquois democracy which were simply council based. and of course very much smaller communities. but recognized elder because of experience and potential, the potential of young people. >> you are already envisioning a new form of government. i am just trying to get -- i am looking at just choosing the framers who will decide what the scaffolding would be. >> doesn't unparliamentary system allow for more frequent election of those who would frame our government as we move along? >> let's look at that. how many of you can think of a process you think would be fair for choosing those who would decide whether we would stay with a type of government we have now or change it dramatically? is there some sort of process that you think would work for selecting the framers? is there some sort of process? voting process? suddenly gone from here -- it is difficult. we might even assume that this is a sort of you might want the process to the democratic. how many of you would actually want more of the eli

what if you had benjamin franklin's face on your phone every time you did something? or you had to sing a song very loud before a transaction could go through. or call you before transaction could go through by using your phone. we can come up with systems to make up for our biases to submit to them and say we always loved the penny we should keep around or we love cash and more careful with cash we should keep around. that is kind of defeatist and another category of people who are furious with me. we can't get rid of the penny? what is this idea of getting rid of cash? maybe i'm not such a pessimist yet. [inaudible] >> one of those people who could really think it is horrible. so many people, poor people grabbed their smart phones and do a transaction. there is a huge number of people out there that this idea of everything being done by technology peterson you walk by the lemonade stand and you are scrooge you are scrooge if you can't give people money. that is one of my joy is in life. to make the transaction through a smart phone on to your lemonade smart phone. i

you just saw abraham lincoln, benjamin franklin, hillary clinton and president obama.ls as awe struck as the real president himself did after meeting gaga last fall. >> she was wearing 16-inch heels. he was eight feet tall. it was a little intimidating. >> i don't know what to say about gaga in wax so i'm going to let you talk for a couple of minutes. >> you know, i'll take

and i have a line to the man playing benjamin franklin, chris block, where i say, "mark me, franklin.we give in on this issue, posterity will never forgive us," and right over his head is lincoln's box, and you think -- it takes the air out of you, you know. >> i think that was a really moving part of the whole play, because you don't realize that that was part of the argument during the declaration of independence. >> yes. >> i think a lot of us learned something that we didn't know at that point. is that a reason for coming to see it, do you think, or the entertainment value? >> hopefully, both. >> both, i think both. >> hopefully, both. there's something inherently moving about especially the tail end of the show when they actually get -- these men get down to signing this document that we're all based on, basically, you know, that this entire country is based on. it's very strangely moving and theatric theatrical, and it's a thrill. >> how did you study for this? and do you try to look the part? i mean, we've got pictures of abigail and john adams, paintings. did you try to take o

you just saw abraham lincoln, benjamin franklin, hillary clinton and president obama.ls as awe struck as the real president himself did after meeting gaga last fall. >> she was wearing 16-inch heels. he was eight feet tall. it was a little intimidating. >> i don't know what to say about gaga in wax so i'm going to let you talk for a couple of minutes. >> you know, i'll take as much tv time as you'll give me. i think it's amazing how life-like looks. i did look this up a little bit because i know you're abouted in more info. it took about four months to complete this and this is one of eight differently styled gagas in wax out there in the world today. so you have until june 30th to see this one in d.c. >> that's about the hair and the shoes, i guess. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> thanks,

in this world, benjamin franklin once wrote, nothing is certain but death and taxes. to which these days he might have added "fudging on taxes." not you and me, of course, but it appears at least some of our fellow tax payers out there have not been filing strictly accurate tax returns. and our cheating ways-- correction-- their cheating ways are having an impact on the government's bottom line as rebecca jarvis will be reporting in our sunday morning cover story. >> tax day is upon us. americans everywhere are taking part in an age-old practice: last-minute filing. but what about that other longstanding tradition? >> ever since there have been tax collectors, there has been tax evasion. every empire in history, every government on the planet faces the problem of tax evasion. >> reporter: a visit to the i.r.s. later on sunday morning. >> osgood: they say a diamond is forever. nowhere is that more true than at the historic ballpark mo rocca will be taking us out to. >> reporter: whether the boston red sox are up.... >> behind the bag. >> reporter:... or down, they and

. >> reporter: oh, benjamin franklin. can i sign this? shoo yes. >> reporter: there you go. put that in a museum or something. unfortunately we have to go. the principal of frank ft. high school. we didn't get to you either, but we want to thank you for being part of this. thanks, all you guys. >> thank you. >>> coming up tomorrow on "today," we go behind the scenes. >> bye-bye. >> good morning. welcome to "11 news saturday morning." i'm jennifer franciotti. >> and i'm lisa robinson. here's' look at some of our top stories. police at the university of baltimore are investigating a series of cell phone thefts in and around the campus. four incidents have been reported since the beginning of the year. the thieves approach students asking to use their cell phones to make an emergency call. once the student hands the phone over, the criminals run-off with it. more on that story in a few minutes. >> maryland school boards have named dr. lillian lowery as the new school chief. she follows grass grass -- nancy grasmick. >> dr. camille and bill cosby community center was unveiled at

. >> reporter: oh, benjamin franklin. can i sign this? shoo yes. >> reporter: there you go.t in a museum or something. unfortunately we have to go. the principal of frank ft. high school. we didn't get to you either, but we want to thank you for being part of this. thanks, all you guys. >> thank you. >>> coming up tomorrow on "today," we go behind the scenes. >> bye-bye. >>> good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. straight ahead on news4 today, new developments in the secret service prostitution scandal. there's word of more resignations. now the president is being briefed on the investigation. >>> a prominent politician says he's willing to be mitt romney's running mate. we'll find out who he thinks should be the candidate on the gop ticket. >>> and major headaches for metro riders this weekend. which stations are closed and how to get around them. >>> well, the sun is shining for now. promises to be a great start to the weekend. but don't you worry. mother nature's got a curveball coming your way. stay tuned. >>> all that and more when you join us for news

if you look at the history of benjamin franklin running away to philadelphia and he starts the 16th newspaper all very partisan and ideological come and you have the short time in american history in which you have mass media, partly because broadcast comes along and benjamin franklin at age 18 can start a newspaper, but you cannot start a network. everything centralizes. newspapers tend to become a monopoly is because department stores and there is a natural monopolizing tendency for consolidation. this has been blown away by digital media where everyone can blog or start a new publication. we haveback to the wherwhere been for the pbefore the past 5. i think radio was a real example of polarization, but it did not does happen in the past 50 years. i can remember reading about oliver einstein in the 1950's. he says i have seen this happen before. he said i grew up in nazi germany. suddenly things are right themselves. eisenhower gets rid of mccarthy. he says america has this ability to right itself. i do think inherent in our democracy in allowing more and more sources of information is the

she tweetsed everything was fine and benjamin franklin was an idiot. >>> it is official. brad pitts and angelina are engaged to be married. the come brangelina. we're going to have more on this in the next hour right here on "today." that's the news. now back to lester and amy. you know, you guys, seven years. i don't know. i think it's kind of rushing it a bit. >> take your time. get to know each other. >> i'm happy they're going get a little more publicity. >> after six kids, he was like, wife material. >> lynn berry, thank you. >> talk about the national forecast. >> it's been well advertised. the muddle of the country. classic tornado outbreak set up. the east coast and west coast, you look fine. thankfully this is a one-day outbreak. it's not going to keep its energy and punch. areas like kansas city, you'll get storms tonight. in most of the country we'll see a pretty decent sunday. today's risk, oklahoma city, wichita to oklahoma >> good morning. our power cam overlooking the city this morning. it won't interfere with what is going to turn out to be a nice day. >>

. >> reporter: oh, benjamin franklin. can i sign this? shoo yes. >> reporter: there you go.t in a museum or something. unfortunately we have to go. the principal of frank ft. high school. we didn't get to you either, but we want to thank you for being part of this. thanks, all you guys. >> thank you. >>> coming up tomorrow on "today," we go behind the scenes. >> bye-bye. >>> good morning, i'm kris sanchez. coming up next on "today in the bay," she's leaving our public life behind. nadia locknear says she needs to focus on something else. >>> and trayvon martin could be released any minute on bond now. what he said to the teen's mothers in and father in court. >>> andhe the schoolhere the shooting rampage began is getting ready to reopen. "today in the bay" is coming up. >>> good morning. looking live at a very pretty start to the day in san francisco. the sun has been up a half hour, but not feeling quite as warm as it is going to be later just yet. thank you so much for joining us on this saturday. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. he says scorcher. >> s

smithsonian national museum of american history if you want to find out more you heard bob talk about benjamin franklin'st next hour it will only be here for three weeks that is why you need to come see the exhibit now back to you in studio. >> holly thank you. >> all right time now to say good morning to today's facebook fan of the day he is troy howard, troy writes that i am a proud husband, father of five, and grandfather of one, wow you are a young grand father i wake up every morning to fox 5 i am a proud lifetime washingtonian, proud red skins, nationals, caps fan thank you for watching us, if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day post a comment under his facebook fan page. >>> coming up next hour, we are letting our inner rock stars loose. >> very talented performers from the harry karaoke band, gong show are joining us live and letting us step up to the mic although we are not sure he's got the moves can he sing [ man ] did we get anything good? sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. fiber makes me sad. oh common. i dare you to taste one hint of fiber in fiber one. o

benjamin franklin said that what you need is an irate, tireless minority to burn the brush fires of freedom in the minds of men. that is what we need. good ideas are becoming pervasive. they have been around now for 30 years or so. i get a lot of credit, but many more individuals have done a lot more work in the intellectual community. it has to happen. just as keynesian azzam was an intellectual revolution that reet -- keynesianism was an intellectual revolution that wreaked havoc for 100 years, behind the scenes, the intellectual community was saying no, it is fascism, communism, socialism, interventionism, welfare, inflation at the central banks. but they're losing out because their system is obviously failing in the people know it. -- and the people know it. [applause] but we do need to change our policies. we need to change the spending. i am for cutting a lot of spending, as i said. but even under those conditions, i still have priorities. ife rk our way out, if we could have priorities and take care of those who need to -- who have to have been taught to be so dependent. i do not thi

revolutionary era, it was the post office, under the direction of our first postmaster general, benjamin franklin, that sped communications among the members of the continental congress and american revolutionary military as well as delivering letters and newspapers from across our fledgling republic that helped keep the citizens of our new country abreast of events in faraway cities and towns. if you read some of the histories of the revolutionary war, some of the great biographies done of the founding generations of americans, an extraordinary and gifted group, you see the role the post office and postal communications play in their ability to keep in touch with each other and some of the most important communications that occurred. for instance, between the government and the military. the post office ever since that early period of american history has had a tradition of aiding progress and innovation. maps from the early days of our republic show that many of the roads that we still depend on today -- and if i may be parochial, i'll cite i-95 in connecticut and a lot of other places along th

there is a great dissertation to be down there but what if you had benjamin franklin's face pop up on your phone every time he did something or you had to sing a song very loud before a transaction could go through or your teenager has to sing a song or call you before transaction could go through by using the fun. we can come up with systems to make up for our biases and seo company we thought we love the penny and we should really keep it around and oh weave of cash. we should keep it around. to me that is kind of defeatist and another category people by the way who are serious -- furious with me. we can't get rid of the penny. what is this idea of getting rid of cash? maybe i'm not quite such a pessimist yet. >> sometimes i think this is a -- and i'm one of those people that just really, i think it's a horrible, i mean there are so many people, elderly people, poor people, more poor people that will grab their smartphones and make a transaction? there's a whole huge number of people out there that this idea of everything being done by technology and if you walk by the lemonade stan

there is a great dissertation to be down there but what if you had benjamin franklin's face pop up on your phone every time he did something or you had to sing a song very loud before a transaction could go through or your teenager has to sing a song or call you before transaction could go through by using the fun. we can come up with systems to make up for our biases and seo company we thought we love the penny and we should really keep it around and oh weave of cash. we should keep it around. to me that is kind of defeatist and another category people by the way who are serious -- furious with me. we can't get rid of the penny. what is this idea of getting rid of cash? maybe i'm not quite such a pessimist yet. >> sometimes i think this is a -- and i'm one of those people that just really, i think it's a horrible, i mean there are so many people, elderly people, poor people, more poor people that will grab their smartphones and make a transaction? there's a whole huge number of people out there that this idea of everything being done by technology and if you walk by the lemonade stan

benjamin franklin was a great swimmer. >> i do remember about the fact that steve doocy owned a rainbow colored speedo. what i am waiting for in the 8:30 hour besides what brian might have on and what i might have on is whether or not steve will be having -- >> no, we'll be wearing wet suits. a.j. hall had a very good idea. >> a.j. had one good idea out of this whole thing. >> that's coming up. in the meantime, the president had a great idea on monday -- attack the supreme court! if you missed it, he referred to the justices as unelected people who should not take the unprecedented -- unprecedented step of declaring the health care his bill unconstitutional. because -- >> that was passed by an overwhelming majority which is totally not true. >> by a strong majority. yesterday, at the white house, everybody had fire extinguishers out trying to put out the firestorm! first jay carney and then our attorney general. listen to this. >> what the president said both yesterday and the day before was -- what he did was make an unremarkable observation about 80 years of supreme court history. fac