bear in mind that franklin has been, benjamin franklin arrived in 1776 and had admirers. franklin was familiar with the agents of the french enlightenment and the reform movement they were orchestrating. i contended a change. during the 50years prior to jefferson's arrival, france's brightest and most daring men -- let me go back to that. during the 50 years prior to jefferson's arrival, france's brightest and most daring men had waged intellectual revolutions. they revolutionized their natural sciences, the science of government, they invented a new science of man and morality. they revolutionized the arts and letters and they revolutionized their relationship to god and the church. when jefferson arrived, a new kind of revolution was getting underway. between 1784 and 1788, the intellectual revolutions automated century were passing through a reform movement on the way to a political revolution. in the light of knowledge, what had been bad had become insufferable. the monarchy was on the verge of bankruptcy. the economy was stagnant and corruption was rampant. there was

he was a freemason, and a benjamin franklin's lodge. jefferson arrives, french encouragement h from franklin were focused on society and e government. replace jective was to france's backward monarchy with a constitutional government based on a bill of rights. i contend that during his first jefferson rance, became familiar with the idea that propelled the enlightenment of france. going to note how these men interacting with each heir , what they did with t ideas, and where jefferson fit into their business. france ightenment in gained momentum after voltaire returned from a three-year exile to england took place between 1726 and 1729. in the book by voltaire, he commented on english science and philosophy. locke and newton. focus comments precipitate a sea change in science, which increasingly more newtonian, in french philosophy which became increasingly more just and john locke. center of ecame the an intellectual network that reshaped france's society and thought. picture is titled, "the of the philosophers." it was painted around 17

franklin, i've already noted that benjamin franklin was a celebrity in france. said --raised him as franklin persuaded france's that theica's new republic was ultimate destination and the march of human progress. on to the salon part of my talk. the salons of paris were places where the enlightened ideas of these men, they were discussed and debated. there were 4 celebrated hostesses during the golden age thealons which was in 1750-1780 p.m.. madams.t some of you probably have seen this picture. that's another conversation piece. tout it in today to show, highlight the idea that it does salons were a reinforcing network to make the golden age of salons memorable. the best and the brightest people of paris and france were all connected. heads showabove the from left to right, rousseau, voltaire, diderut and turgot. the circles are the leading hostesses. she was a personal friend of thomas jefferson's. she was also a friend of thomas jefferson. 1780, the women of the french salons, amelia observed the most remarkable p i the death ofe with madame du defand. when je

she's also the author of this acclaimed book, "corruption in america: from benjamin franklin's snuff box to citizens united." larry lessig teaches at harvard law school and made his reputation as an expert on internet law. he started the mayday super pac, raising millions for congressional candidates who vowed to fight the corrupting influence of money in politics. all but two of them lost, but the fight continues. welcome back. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> chief justice john roberts takes a different view of corruption from the two of you. he says, quote, any regulation must instead target what we have called "quid pro quo" corruption or its appearance. the notion of a direct exchange of an official act for money." >> well, at the constitutional convention, the primary topic was corruption. the framers are sitting there in philadelphia, trying to figure out how to build the structures to allow this new country. and their real obsession was how do we, you know, we've seen what's happened in england, we've seen what's happened in world history. how do we protect against b

benjamin franklin compromise security for -- >> he lived before the dawn of the dirty bomb -- >> he@7b was very smart. >> now you're an originalist. that's interesting. we'll talk about that next time. all right, alan. good to see you. >> thank you. >> some of the top democrats now attacking the cia now say they were never told about these enhanced interrogation techniques. the cia says that's a lie. up next, who's telling the truth? and why are we now hearing that senator dianne feinstein, the woman in charge of this report may have an axe to grind with the% rp(ip r(t&háhp &hc% we'll investigate just ahead. >> they went into our computers illegally to take out information not once, not twice but threeq7 which i believe is a separation of powers violation. why do i cook? because i make the best chicken noodle soup. because i make the best chicken noodle soup. because i make the best chicken noodle soup. for every way you make chicken noodle soup, make it delicious with swanson®. esurwhich means fewer costs, which saves money. their customer experience is virtually paperless, which save

benjamin franklin said compromise security for safety -- >> you know, he lived before the dawn of thedirty bomb -- >> but he wrought constitution. and the forefathers were very smart. >> now you're on originalist. all right, alan, good to see you. >> thank you. >> some of the top democrats now attack the cia now say that they were never told about these enhanced interrogation techniques. the cia says that's a lie. up next, who's telling the truth? and why are we now hearing that senator dianne feinstein, the woman in charge of this report, may have an ax to grind with the cia? was that the real motivation behind this? we'll investigate, just ahead. >> they went into our computers. illegally. to take out information. not once, not twice, but three times. which i believe is a separation of powers violation. you don't think much about it... you never dwell on how it was made... it's just a blanket after all... but when everything else has been lost, the comfort it provides is immeasurable. the america red cross brings hope and help to people in need every 8 minutes, every day. so this se

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to understand american reality and i discovered that even the first president who along with benjamin franklin said that we as public servants should not be paid because money crops, also wanted to have a national university and he along with madison and adams and jefferson wanted to have publics education. and what he said was that the basis of publication is found on mystery and science and now we have spam. again, walter isaacson. why is science segregated from humanity? some of the greatest scientists, he talks about einstein and that he talks about steve jobs, some of the greatest scientists or his actions and philosophers come of a new literature, they talk about how this is limited but imagination in circles the world. there was no paypal person in college. but he then goes and audits and calligraphy, even more useless than literature today. and he said that out of that he developed the logo for apple. so don't think that this country will produce steve jobs ordered bill gates and not entered what he doesn't know anything about, which is humanity. the whole point is you can produce thes

and i discovered that even that soldier, the first president, who along with benjamin franklin said that we as public servants should not be paid because money corrupts, also wanted to have a national university at the capitol, and he along with madison, with adams, with jefferson wanted to have pluck schools, public -- public schools, public education. and what he said was that the basis of public happiness is an education founded on literature and science. now we have s.t.e.m. again, read walter isakson. why -- isaacson. some of the greatest scientists, he talks about einstein, and then he talks about steve jobs. some of the greatest scientists, they were musicians, they were philosophers, they knew literature. einstein talks about the fact that knowledge -- meaning scientific knowledge -- is limited, but imagination encircles the world. steve jobs, when he gives up university, this was no paypal perp to pay him, you know, to drop college, you know? but he then goes and audits in calligraphy, the most useless of all -- [laughter] even more useless than literature today. [laughter] and

action cam was outside earlier tonight and we're looking at center city down the benjamin franklin parkway on this saturday night and we've got a partly cloudy sky overhead. clouds will continue to increase as we get into the rest of the overnight hours and into the second half of the weekend. definitely a great start. we have that winter warmth overhead and high temperature in atlantic city today coming in at 59 deagrees and 57 for the high in philadelphia and that's a good 15 degrees above average and 57 as well today in reading allentown and lehigh valley. 56. high temperature today in dover coming in at 54. and outside tonight 42 in philadelphia is that the our typical average high for this time of year. and 42 in trenton and 44 in the poconos and nice southwesterly wind coming in ahead of the front annual boundary an tracking 41 dover and currently sea isle city coming in at 46. here's satellite 6 along with action radar and plenty of sunshine earlier today and sun giving way to increasing clouds from new england all the way down auto cross the mid-atlantic region off to the west you

whoever thought benjamin franklin's words would be used to describe a seth rogue an-james franco movie, but after a remarkable nine day back-and-forth, in which an embarrassed and embattled sony picture pulled the more "the interview" after threats of 9/11-style violence, the film was shown in theaters today. ben tracy tells us highway a sophomoric comedy is now being hailed as an affirmation of one of the nation's most cherished principles-- freedom of speech. >> reporter: at a screening in los angeles just after midnight seth rogan, the star and director of "the interview," made a surprise appearance to say a rather colorful thank you. >> just wanted to say thank you. if it wasn't for theaters like this and for people like you guys this literally would not be ( bleep ) happening right now. >> reporter: many screenings at small theaters around the country sold out and living rooms were full of people watching the movie online. >> we never got a chance to formally meet, mr. great leader. >> reporter: critics have pand it, but movie-goers say that misses the patriotic point. >> it feels

in new york, and recently published this highly acclaimed book, "corruption in america: from benjamin franklin's snuff box to citizens united." larry lessig teaches law at harvard and directs that university's edmond j. safra center for ethics. both champion free and fair competition in our economy and our elections. zephyr teachout ran for governor of new york in the democratic primary against incumbent and friend of wall street, andrew cuomo. >> my name is zephyr teachout and i'm running in the democratic primary for the governor of the state of new york. >> a political unknown with no money, she surprised just about everyone, including cuomo, by getting more than a third of the votes. a good showing, given that he spent $60.62 for each of his votes while she could only spend $1.57, but, nonetheless, still a defeat. larry lessig decided to fight fire with fire. he raised several million dollars for a super pac called mayday and backed congressional candidates who favor reducing the influence of money in politics over those who just can't get enough of that sweet campaign cash. if he could prov

when he was a young man to spend time with thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin. he shares the stage with henry clay from andrew jackson and calhoun and is in the same congress has the same abraham lincoln. including this our alexander of the first of russia. when they traveled to america all sought out adams company to help inform their views of the emerging public and with good reasons. with the monroe doctrine. he greatly influenced washington in the "emancipation proclamation" in. his career is so broad reading -- ranging in fact, adams has something of forced to dump type of defect and history. with every major figure there is john quincy in the background i will give you examples the battle of bunker hill there is a young john quincy adams he is seven years old he watches the battle take place. the first major treaty -- treaty has a young pup diplomat he carries the draft to those who are negotiating. here he is he has lost his hair at this point he hopes to negotiate and end the war. >> this is a quiz of your american history. there was a gag imposed on con

benjamin franklin said his nephew, who is something of a black sheep called benjamin makem, he sent him down to the island of antigua. franklin's own apprentice when he was in philadelphia was active in barbados. they had an active renting presses. perhaps the most famous connection is alexander hamilton, who was born on the island. these are just representatives. there was a tremendous traffic in people and mutual knowledge, and it was quite likely that many would know the islands more than they knew many of their neighboring states. the islands shared with the mainland assemblies. people like jack green have argued that the assemblies were really the key to understanding the american revolution. future statesman were trained. the assemblies in the islands were if anything even more bold in terms of their privileges than the assemblies in the mainland's. what you're seeing here is the mace which is a symbol in british parliamentary position of political freedom. the mace was originally a weapon carried by bishops. by tradition it would be carried in front of the speaker of the house of

reporter: we have a crash on the vine street expressway westbound between broad street and the benjamin franklinene approaching the benjamin franklin parkway. a house blocking 28th between master and thompson. stick with the other numbered streets instead. market frankford line is boarding between 46th and 60th on the westbound side side. >> not so chilly out there wait a couple of days, right david murphy? >> reporter: [laughter], yeah, matt it's going to get colder. the showers down south are clearing dover and coming south of baltimore. i don't think it is much longer that cape may and southern delaware gets rid of the sprinkle activity. 43 in philadelphia. 29 in allentown. 47 is the high. tomorrow chilly, ho a bit on the brisk side, wednesday, new year's eve brisk and colder, high of 29 at midnight. 38 for the high on new year's day. bundle up for the mummers parade matt. >> i will, david. "action news" is begin streaming live coach chip kelly's final news conference of the season. watch it live rat 6abc.com. >>> welcome back to "good morning america." look at our amazing crowd here times sq

the action cam was outside taking a walk i long the benjamin franklin parkway.right sunshine, but the clouds are filling in in a little bit. look at the temperature, 64 degrees, the dewpoint, 47. the winds out of the southwest that's allowing for the mild temperatures, 11 miles per hour. a little bit of a breeze and the pressure holding steady. him looking at the temperatures around the area. near 70 in dover. 68. along the coastline 67 the temperature jumped up a little bit in ac. 53 in allentown, 59 in reading. as we look at sat light and radar, we started with the sunshine now you see the clouds move in looks like the showers are trying to fill in, but they are trying to break apart, they are not reempg e-- reaching ground. in allentown we have a high of 55 degrees in atlantic city, 65. mild with a spotty shower around we're watching for the spotty showers moving through. him in the city, someplaces we'll hit 66 mostly cloudy skies, a spotty shower around and we're seeing the warm temperatures, so feeling good. him in the overnight hours staying above freezin

mlk or the kelly take them into the benjamin franklin parkway from there you'll get back to the eastbound side of the vine. we're watching a crash at grange avenue and germantown pike. we have a firebombing in germantown along colter street along germantown avenue by the friends school. cheltenham avenue is a possible alternate. >> it's our breaking story, someone firebombed the home in the germantown section of philadelphia this morning and the homeowner said this wasn't the first time. katherine scott is live near the scene along east colter street, katherine. >> reporter: matt, i did just speak with fire officials they say an arson task force is investigating this, because this has happened multiple times in this home this remains under investigation. investigators remain on the scene on east colter street in germantown. there were 8 family members inside the ends row home at the time including a 3-year-old and baby. the fire broke out around 3:45 a.m. and the resident tells me he was asleep when he heard a boom and the fire alarm. he went to investigate and said there were two caniste

. >> you you should see two benjamin franklin, but i have a ben franklin and abe lincoln. >> reporterll bleach $5 bills to look like hundreds. while the fake stuff accounts for less than 1% of the money currently in circulation in the u.s., special agent beach says the holiday shopping season provides crooks with more opportunity checking that the water mark matches the portraits for example is key to avoid getting scammed. >> i'm very aware of it and where i work, we have to scan all our money markers and make sure everything is real because a lot of counterfeit money going around. >> reporter: shoppers like tammy say they're on alert especially during the holidays and instead use deb bit and credit. >> i usually keep everything on my cards. i don't deal with cash around this time. i'm from new york the land of the pick pocketers. so i'm a card person. >> reporter: of course secret service wants people to also be aware of credit card theft this time of year. coming up at 5:30, we'll show you the difference between a real and fake $100 bill, how you can spot the difference. rosemary c

benjamin franklin was in favor of a gas tax. just made that up. you had no idea there would even be a need for gas or cars. dan, thank you very much. no matter, the president is behind this move because our crumbling roads and bridges need it right now. that is assuming the money goes to those crumbling roads and bridges. and mark, i guess that's a big assumption. so, mark, first off, you're worried. >> so this is sort of the shuffle. if you take a look at the stimulus package from 2009, it was $1,819,000,000,000. only 4 percent went to construction. neil: where did the rest go? >> that's to solyndra. $54 billion. neil: wasn't it sold as infrastructure? >> it was all sold as infrastructure. we all bought into it. neil: not this guy. >> but everybody else fell for it. added $1,800,000,000,000. the president is setting us up. when he discusses tax cuts. okay we have to spend a lot more money on infrastructure. neil: you read my mind. i think this will be part of a deal that i'm all for reforming the tax code, tracy. but you've got to agree to a hike

it was edited modestly by benjamin franklin, john adams and a few others. then he waited for it to be voted o. july 2, the second continental congress voted on independence, and john adams wrote home to his wife and said today will be the day that remembers -- we will remember in american history forever. today is the day we'll celebrate forever, july 2. because that was the day that they voted to be independent. they then took up the document that thomas jefferson had drafted. and in his view, they mutilated it. he sat mute because he didn't like the public talk. as president of the united states, he only made one public speech. he had a high, squeaky voice, not a very good speaker, so he never spoke in public very much, and he didn't speak that day. he later sent the document to his friend and said don't knowing my document is better than what they came up with. but ultimately they agreed on july 4. then they went next door to a presenter, and they said would you present up 200 copies of this document so one can go to the king of england, one can go to ge

and from benjamin franklin to paul wolfowitz. harvard university professor, charles mayor, "american ascendency and its predecessors." simply named, american empire. reality and consequences of u.s. diplomacy. or this is more of the basics. "empire is the way of life, granddaddy of them all." this is actually the 50th anniversary edition of this book. very simply named "empire" by michael hart and antonio negre. some people put a positive spin on this. saying the u.s. and europe has not just had the monroe doctrine, it is the marilyn monroe doctrine. as you can see. she's not a blonde but it's the same idea. or how about the empire trap, at harvard university again. now talking about the empire or in praise of empires. this is a historian at ucla. now by the way, i want to suggest that this is not all criticism from the left, and sometimes people from the opposite side of the political spectrum will say actually we need more empires and we just wish the u.s. were a better one. that's another way of interpreting it. this is probab

i thought you said franklin says -- i'm like, "okay, he is going to do an impression of benjamin franklin b4. yeah! >> oh, man. >> jimmy: this is so fun, man. it's most fun game ever. [ laughter ] here we go. >> the cheapest show of all time. what is that? >> jimmy: it's delicious, right? all right, you're up. uh -- a4. >> jimmy: miss! hoo-ha-ha-ha-ha! [ applause ] ♪ into the woods ma li a la la into the woods da la la la la ♪ ♪ into the woods and da da da da dee da da da da ♪ [ laughter and applause ] d4. [ explosion ] [ cheers and applause ] i never -- i've never played this well. oh, my god, that's fantastic. [ laughter ] you're up. >> i hate you right now. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i know you're acting. i know you're acting. [ laughter ] >> d5. >> jimmy: oh, d5. that's a great combination. miss! [ laughter and applause ] i've never seen anyone -- this is the worst anyone's ever lost at ever on the show. it's so exciting. [ laughter ] chris, i'm going talk about -- >> mortifying. >> jimmy: f5. [ explosion ] [ cheers and applause ] >> do you have cheat sheet? >> jimmy: i don't know what's

it was edited modestly by benjamin franklin and john adams, and then he waited for it to be voted on. july 2, the second continental congress voted for independence, and john adams wrote home to his wife abigail. he said, "today will be the day american history will remember forever. today is the day we will remember forever. today is the day we will celebrate forever. july 2." that was the day they voted to be independent. they then took up the document thomas jefferson drafted. in his view, they mutilated it. he sat mute because he did not like to publicly talk. as president, he only made one public speech. he had a high and squeaky voice, he was not a good speaker so he , never spoke in public much. he didn't speak that day when they were relating his document. he later sent the document to his friends and said, don't you think it is better? ultimately they agreed to it on july 4, then they went next door to a printer and said, would you print up 200 copies of this, so one can go to the king of england, one can go to george washington to read to the troops, one can go to every stat

that's benjamin franklin. >> in the last hour we talked about the fact they puts people in imminent danger and that to him as someone who has been there, who has been in the field, who is so respected, that is illogical. it makes no sense. it's hard to ignore that opinion. >> i've been in the field, too. >> these techniques have been stopped, these are techniques allegedly used in the bush administration so why now if they've been stopped? >> i have some questions about that. i want to go straight to senator dianne feinstein, though, because she's exiting her role as the chairperson of the intel committee as you mentioned. it isn't just getting the report out. she's pushed against the white house because they wanted to redact 15% of it. she wants people to see what she had to say on the reported. i would ask, is this personal? why the timing now? the other part of this, though, and you talk about the general that i spoke to this morning. he said they didn't talk to one person who was doing the interrogating about this report. if they put it out there and it endangers us, is it worth it if

never benjamin franklin. i know you like taking us down memory lane with the founders. but i did meet henry high. i did meet lamar smith. i did meet mr. mccollum. i did meet all of these gentlemen that have signed this. and let me just say that henry high, lamar smith and mccollum and others that signed this aren't some open border open to border friendly concept open to that. they wrote the attorney general and ins commissioner and said, prepare guidelines. let me just suggest to you, that idaho has 1.6 million people. we deport 400,000 a year. it would take us, if we just spent all our life in idaho, it would take us the next four years, we are not going to deport ourselves out of the issue of immigration reform. we are going to have to find a solution. i think we should roll up our sleeves, and begin to do the work of fixing the immigration problem because we have not put one more person on the border to secure our borders nor have we helped one more family. and i would just end with this, mr. chairman, you know, i didn't go to law school. but it just seems to me tha

live look at route 30, admiral wilson boulevard on the new jersey side, of the benjamin franklin bridge. folks heading in towards the toll plaza a no problems or delays at the moment. light volume to begin with here, we will go to the next camera. all right. we will go to the maps. fifty-five up a and down 422, between royersford and the the king of prussia interchange no problems inbound on that schuylkill expressway. sliding in to west philadelphia a house fire with the local detour around deborn and brown. expect delays in and out of the neighborhood. a crash out here in white marsh, ridge and church road police are on the scene there we will go for a ride, i-95, no problems or delays a at all working your way from philadelphia international, all the way up towards downtown philadelphia, and we're in good shape, no problems at all coming into the city. coming in from say, the south jersey side, again 42 freeway coming in towards philadelphia in good shape. all of the majors like schuylkill, i-95, 202, normal travel times, construction crew where is out last night, still off from the

organizers are planning a festival and a mass on the benjamin franklin parkway.a's biggest launch since its final shuttle mission has to wait another day. nasa scrubbed or roy i don't know's delays. our lease see noland was waiting for orion's blast off this morning. >> she's at ken day space accept with what's happening now. >> reporter: even though did was a no go, folks around here are still very excited about what nasa on the verge of doing, and tell you what, nasa pulled out all the stops to try to pull off today's historic launch. >> we will remain in this hold and we will determine a new t0. >> four times nasa tried to launch or roy i don't know. maybe a little incident with a wayward boat was a thing to come. >> we got off to slow start because a boat got into our safety zone. they had to escort the boat out of the safety zone. >> reporter: that zone critical to keeping people safe should something go wrong. hear that wind. it was a problem. pushing back three times the maiden voyage of the space craft that will one day take astronauts to mars. we had the

benjamin russ, one of the signers, thought the constitution, -- benjamin franklin believed in additiono warren, great man were the greatest threats to humanity. system, there is a danger with the over concentration of power. we have a volunteer military united states, -- which most politicians would probably not want to change. volunteer military affords an asset to the president to be used in some respects much more at his or her own discretion, because the country basically is separated. and i think both are in the process of making a recovery. ike's status has risen in large part because of his discretion and avoiding vietnam, opening archives, historian fred greenstein would say he was a more decisive leader, a 307 lar president. probably the highest public approval rating of any president. grants, one of the most popular men of america if he died, caught up in scandal, but again, a president that acted boldly, with respect to civil rights in the south. i think more appreciated. i try to draw the distinction between presidents who were great, made their reputations before they even

the jersey side and slow going headed westbound into the city of almost the entire span of the benjamin franklinthere. headed into new jersey from philly you should have no problems, though, out on 95, around 420, no problems here as well. northbound or southbound. but we have few accident, we know the roadways are slippery. 495 northbound and i59 has reopened. still an accident so expect residual delays. another crash out in new jersey, pavilion avenue at jefferson street. and 422 eastbound, still pretty slow from oaks into 202. about 11 minute trip. no problems out on 202 northbound from route 30, into the schuylkill. an hour and 50 minute delays at the philadelphia international airport. be sure check with your airline to see if you are affected by those delays. diana being back to you. >> jess, not always easy finding exactly what you need quickly, but in the aisles at a hardware store in southern california, customers may find some new high-tech help. >> cnet.com assume i daz introduces us to the robot. >> i can help you find things in the store. >> oshbot the newest member of the orchard s

benjamin franklin believed in addition to warren, great man were the greatest threats to humanity. i think in our system, there is a danger with the over concentration of power. we have a volunteer military united states, -- which most politicians and serious war planners would probably not want to change. the volunteer military affords an asset to the president to be used in some respects much more at his or her own discretion, because the country basically is separated. we follow up the two longest wars in american history, iraq and afghanistan. you could argue that the country was never at work, but the military was. one of the problems with the concentration of power is that residents must remain to the degree that they are responsible within the law. the personal pronoun i is only ,se once in the constitution and it is an intriguing question, why would the personal pronoun i be used in the constitution, it goes the document. the authorities here is not the president, it's the constitution and the sovereign. the sovereign is us. >> less than great presidents, ulysses s. grant,

one of our writers found this quote from benjamin franklin "justice will not be served until those whod as those who are." l.z., what's your reaction? >> one of the things that has really been wonderful to see from this is that because we have these videos how, white people now realize that black people were not crazy. that we weren't making this stuff up. that there was actually some disparities happening within our communities that were happening in the shadows but we have been talking about them for decades. marvin gaye back in '71 talked about police brutality. we dismissed nwa's "f the police." they were talking about police brutality. but now we have video, our brothers and sisters not directly affected are seeing and understanding what we've been talking about. >> you get a sense that there's more linking of arms. mel, where do you think it's going? where do you think we go from here? >> well, you know, i listened to your interview with reverend jesse jackson and he said some things that i thought were absolutely right. he referenced the fact that police are just gatekeepers and

for the last half hour diverting traffic off of the vine street expressway westbound on to the benjamin franklin parkway. and i've been trying to find a route for you all around this. so, what you're going to do is you're going to be diverted on to the ben franklin parkway. you're going to continue on to either mlk or kelly drive. and that will take you to 76 either eastbound or westbound, and you can continue on to the airport. it is causing a lot of headaches, a lot of backup. we're going to stay on this, tracy. >> all right, katy, thanks. >>> we are continuing to track the rain and the fog on the roads. this is a live picture from i-95 near the girard point bridge. if you're driving to your holiday destination, as we've been saying all morning, go slowly. take extra care. the roads can be slick and the visibility is reduced, making for a challenging drive for drivers across the region. nbc 10's jesse gary is live in stormforce10. jesse, how's the visibility where you are? >> reporter: tracy, we're on the schuylkill westbound just passing montgomery drive. visibility's not bad. the rain has le

benjamin franklin. adhere to should that. plummeting oil prices and the ruble in freefall.not an ideal backdrop for vladimir putin to take to the podium today for his annual press conference but our next guest says the worst is will to come for russia. stay tuned for that. ♪ >> i see no exit strategy for him. he is there for life. he cannot leave the kremlin. >> you don't see him gone? and how nobody knows including him. what is important for us is to convey the message to his inner circle, the russian ruling elite that putin is the problem. there is no solution to be found while he's there. champion world chess garry kasparov saying in his view vladimir putin is the problem for russia. putin heads to the world stage in his annual press conference today. what can you say to his country as they fall deeper into economic crisis and his currency collapses? our next guest is professor of economics at the institute or political study and he joins us now live from paris. good morning. thank you for joining us today on bloomberg. >> thank you for inviting me. hass you know, the ru

. >> guest: one from penn--well, let's get benjamin franklin at the table. c-span: another pennsylvania man. >> guest: another pennsylvanian, but always a good dinner companion. c-span: yeah. >> guest: certainly he will leaven the conversation. there'll be a little humor here c-span: older? >> guest: older. much older. much older. yes. another generation, really. c-span: that's four. >> guest: ok. i get two more. well... c-span: at least. >> guest: ... i'd like roger sherman because i don't know very much about him. he's on this committee. he's one of the more mysterious members of the committee. i'd like to know what he thought. i'd like to know what he did. c-span: what state? >> guest: so now you're raising all these possibilities. i can ask these people questions that they didn't live to be asked. c-span: what state was he from? >> guest: he was from connecticut. let's get robert r. livingston at the table, too. now there's an interesting guy. we... c-span: new yorker? >> guest: new yorker. we had the debates in june. he was on the other side. he argued