benjamin franklin liked it. he brought franklin bold and stuff, those type of fontses, they -- do a lot of them were based on helvetica. the only thing that i pushed back on is he wanted my name in dark type and his name in light gray thinking that it was my book and my name should -- i said no, no this isn't -- has nothing to do with me. this book is all about you. you cooperated. every word in there is something built on something you said and so i wanted steve jobs to be the darker type and me to be more recesssive and that's how i turned out. but there was maybe eight or nine conversations, and with his own artistic directors and great people at apple, design directors, making sure that the cover that looks so, so simple pretty simple looking cover, took a lot of work. sometimes simplicity is the ultimate sophistication and sometimes simplicity is difficult, because as steve jobs said -- and is a his great design directors often said, simplicity isn't about just making things easy or taking things out. you ha

it is a bold font, benjamin franklin likes it. he bought franklin bolt and stuff, a lot of them were based on helvetic. he wanted my name in dark tight and his name in light gray, thinking it was my book and i said no. this has nothing to do with me. this is all about you, every word in there is built on something you said. i want to "steve jobs" in darker tight end me to be more recessive and that is the way it turned out. eight or nine conversations, with his own artistic directors and great people at apple design directors making sure that coverage that looks so simple, pretty simple looking comfort took a lot of work, sometimes simplicity is the ultimate sophistication and sometimes simplicity is pretty difficult because as steve jobs said great design directors often said simplicity isn't about making things easier taking things up, you have to understand the depth of something. it is hard work to create simplicity, that is what steve jobs was able to do on the ipod, the iphone, the ipad, the original macintosh and he pushed t

that's a new $1 bill image of benjamin franklin. the process would be to paint a portrait and then from that portrait, you make a print, and engraving, which is what the $100 bill is made after today, after that image of franklin. so there must have been an original portrait that has been lost from that was made from that original engraving of 1616. and this portrait was copied from the old engraving. this is old. where did it come from? it came to the gallery as a gift from the national gallery of art. they acquired the portrait from the andrew melon foundation about 1942. so let me just turn here to what goes on to what is in the people that the engraver and the -- the portrait paint erer puts some information down here. let's just take a look at that and see what they thought was important. so what it says, it says montehoga or rebecca. you will not see the mention of pocahontas on there. pocahontas was her -- was her nickname and a playful one. her indian name was matoaka. and her christian name when she married john rolf became

that is the new one dollar bill of benjamin franklin. the process would be to paint a portrait, and then from that portrait you make a print, an engraving, which is what the $100 bill is made after today after that image of franklin. there must've been an original portrait which has been lost from that, was made that original engraving of 1616, and his portrait was then copied from the old engraving. but this is old. where did it come from? it came to the gallery as a gift from the national gallery of art. they acquired the portrait from the andrew mellon foundation about 1942. let me just turn here before i go on to actually -- the engraver, or the portrait painter put some information down here. let's take a look at that and see what they thought was important. it says, [indiscernible] or rebecca. you will not see the mention of pocahontas on there. pocahontas was her nickname, and a playful one. her christian name when she married john rolfe became rebecca, daughter to the mighty prince powhatan emperor of his nation in virginia. she i

he knew from early youth is onward the renowned emissaries including benjamin franklin and the marquis lafayette and had countered thomas jefferson, a dear friend. it was george washington the named john quincy adams to his 1st diplomatic post as minister of the united states of america with there high mightiness. the state general of the united netherlands. and as the 1st president of the united states understood the genius of john quincy adams so did the 35th. john f kennedy wrote of his fellow bostonian that he held more important offices and participated and more in more important events than anyone in the history of our nation. during his long lifetime encompassing the american revolution the war of 1812, the early and late napoleonic age john quincy served as minister to the hague to pressure from russia, and as head of the american mission to negotiate piece with england and conclude the war of 1812 as minister to england. he england. he turned down the offer to serve in the united states supreme court and made his final journey home on his appointment of secretary of state unde

the benjamin franklin parkway there, the flags are getting quite the workout this morning.oldest air all winter is gripping our area right now and we're tracking more snow. it is 7:30, let's go right outside to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: let's go back inside. >> [laughter]. >> reporter: oh, my goodness, cold doesn't do this justice this is awful out here this morning. let's head down to the shore mobile 6 is out and about atlantic city. let's show you what's going on. we have the winds gusting all over the place. it's blowing the snow back on the roads. the road crews did a great jobs early this morning clearing the roads, the problem is the winds continue to push it back on the roads. we have slick spots and icy patches. slow it down this morning. it's icy cold out here, the arctic front barreled through with winds gusting as high as 60 miles per hour while you were sound asleep. slatington 2 degrees quakertown, 4, tanersville, 1 debris below. center city, 9 degrees, south jersey glassboro 7. seaville 8. hammonton, present tempera

the two had met at benjamin franklin's parents and john didn't hesitate to consider him in some respects. waterhouse had kept a watchful eye on the university and john needed his help once again. being john adams they offered a unique picture of john quincy, age 18 and the astonishing education who pulls in all. and they were not the first to insist that the offspring is far brighter than the sat scores would indicate. on april 23, 1785, john writes that john quincy must undergo an examination of which i suspect he will not appear exactly what he is in truth. there are few to take the degree to college that have so much knowledge. but he continues that he had proceeded to studies by himself without a steady tutor and therefore it seemed necessary to make this apology for him and to request that waterhouse communicated in the confidence to the gentleman that wants to examine him and such other issues they couldn't. if you were to examine him in english and french poetry i know not where you would find anybody as superior and roman and english history. as you know looking back on his early

the best selling author of several books including biographies of albert einstein benjamin franklin, steve jobs and henry kissinger took viewer questions for three hours. mr. isaacson is a former chairman and ceo of cnn chairman of the broadcasting board of governors and was the editor of "time." he currently serves as president and ceo of the aspen institute. >> host: so, walter isaacson what is theat link between avril hourlyman, ben franklin, steve jobs henry kissinger and adar can lovelace?: th >> guest: yeah, i think they're all create cannive minds, ander. that's what's intretted me throughout my career. to me, it's people who can come wound different disciplines like the arts and the sciences the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and make creative leaps of thet imagination. you know, we talk about innovation so often, it's almost drained of its meaning. and i've always like t to write about real people who are in a situation whether it with avril herriman after world war ii and you have to create a whole new world order of things like nato and the world bank and t

the action cam is on the benjamin franklin parkway. you can see the flags whipping in the wind this morning. normally people like to go for a run there especially at 6:00 a.m., a happening. >>> several parts of the country are dealing with wintry weather, which is hampers operations as you fly out. >> because of the wind and ice speed restrictions are in effect on all the bridges. drivers must go 25 miles per hour on the betsy ross bridge, ben franklin bridge, commodor barry bridge, and walt whitman bridge. >>> "action news" reporter, kenneth moten has more on the valentine's day plans. >> reporter: center city philadelphia was for the lovers, the chill was in the air but valentine's day night kept people in warm spirits. >> we're enjoying the night. it's been a great night we're going to hang out downtown. >> we'll be fine, we get threw it. >> at love park, it was about the couples. so many from out of town, not letting the saturday night snow squalls impact their plans. >> it's a terrific city, we don't have to go anywhere, we have o

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many of you heard of benjamin franklin. however, he wanted to keep america white. way back in 1751 franklin says he didn't want the blacks or the asians here in america. and in the 1850s, america wanted to build a transcontinental railway from new york to california. but they couldn't get enough workers. so what did america do? they went to china to recruit the chinese to come and build a railroad. after railroads were built, they didn't want the chinese here. so they had antichinese movement as early as 1879. every dog has its day. red gentleman to yellow gentleman. this was 1879 three years later, chinese were excluded in 1882. this is an actual remnant of world war ii. this is one-third of an original barracks in wyoming. that was a camp i was incarcerated in. so we'll go on the inside and see the structure. the smallest camp was about 67,000. the largest camp around 19,000. i was incarcerated in wyoming about 60 miles from the east gate of yellow stone national park. i was 11. came out at 14 queers old. so basically, three years and three months. i'll show you

slow on the bridges, we have speed restrictions, benjamin franklin bridge, betsy ross at 25 miles perrtown and lehigh valley, is closed, and new jersey transit reporting 15 minute delays. ukee, back over to you. >> thanks so much. let's take a trip up the way and get one more look at punks town. >> i oh, yes. it is groundhog day today. a crowd of has packed the gobbler's knob right there wait to go see if phil fill will or will not see his shadow. again, a live picture, you got the top hats out everyone dressed un, again courtesy of the pennsylvania satellite news service thanks, guys. at sunrise in about a half hour, or so, we will learn as phil says six more weeks every winter or an early spring. flip over to the ww -- "cw philly" in a couple every minute at 7:00 to watch it life with us. they've been up all night dancing, having fun. >> look at them, getting jiggy with it up there. >> oh, you know? >> getting kind of craze. >> i katie how accurate is phil, do you have any identify me? >> oh, come on. >> silly question. >> how accurate? >> doesn't matter. >> let's just put it that w

pokes heading into work on the benjamin franklin parkway needed umbrellas and sturdy shoes. >> david murphy is live at the "action news" big board with storm tracker 6 live double scan david. >> reporter: rick williams, we have rain falling in some of the suburbs and southern new jersey. we're seeing a change back to sleet, and then a little bit of snow occasionally showing up on radar. as we look at the wide view there's additional snowrps trying to pop up -- snow showers trying to pop up out here by pittsburgh and areas north of philadelphia. as cool air comes in from the north arena west, some of this precipitation will have the tendency to changeover to snow showers and we expect a small accumulation at the tail end of this later in the afternoon and evening. a storm warning has been extended in northern montco and reading and the poconos. there's an advisory in southern bucks and montgomery counties because there could be the redevelopment of icy roads on account of the new precipitation coming in and the drop in temperatures. in terms of what happened in the overnight hours, 9:

> reporter: as temperatures dropped, the winds kicked up, flag flapped in the wind along the benjamin franklin parkway. >> windchill makes everything terrible. >> reporter: the wind making everybody move faster. utility crews at 15th and spruce shuffled their feet to find relief. but getting away from the wind is not possible unless you go inside. for these students overnights the preview of the wind's wrath has them planning to dress differently this morning. >> trying to wear more layers, hats and scarves i forgot today, but i'm not going to do that tomorrow. >> reporter: most of the people we've talked to say at least here there's place to say hide in the shelter areas. but they are dreading the three block walk once they get off the bus wherever they are heading. eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> if you see a homeless person outside we're urging to call the outreach hot line (215)232-1984. eve tweeted that number out, as well. and the storm tracker 6 live app can help you track the frigid temperatures and the valentine's day snow. be sure you download it today. we're at the big board

let's take a look, see what we have going on right now through the benjamin franklin bridge.kind of pick up the general gloom and doom look of that camera. we will be finding improvement as we move through this afternoon, however. we take a look out in reading and a lot of snow out there. and of course, we saw a lot of snow through philadelphia, 4.8 inches of snow, which was the heaviest snow we've seen so far this winter, in one shot. storm scan3 notice, the trends, the trend is for improving, notice it is rain that's coming down. but the other thing we have to take into account, is the fact that the temperatures remain below the freezing mark, in some locations. now, north and west, where it is not raining or snowing, at this point temperatures are below the freezing mark, anything that's out there is frozen, through philadelphia, you're close to the freezing mark trenton, at freezing, wilmington, just barely above. and i would not go by those temperatures. as you head to the north with these temperatures of 28 in quakertown, 30 in pottstown 32 mt. holly obviously those are

i always remember as benjamin franklin left the constitutional convention, a woman asked him, what kind of government have you given us, dr. franklin? he said a republic if you can keep it. my hero and mentor, thomas jefferson, always said a government was republican only in proportion to the extent that it embodied the will of the people. and this past november, the people of the united states decisively and overwhelmingly rejected the policies of bram -- barack obama. president obama said i'm not on the ballot but my policies are. the country spoke with one voice from coast to coast. said we are done. we want our elected officials to enforce the law. we want our borders secure. we want to ensure that america maintains its supremacy around the world. we want our american economy to continue to grow. we want the government out of our lives, out of our way, out of our pocket, and off our backs as we have done in texas so successfully with the -- over the years and because of the strength, diversity of our economy in texas the economy in texas has continued to grow and the people of texas

many comiewrts had to wear -- commuters had to wear boots to slog ahead on the benjamin franklin parkway. here in upper merion township, some residence told "action news" they were ready for a snow day and getting reader for -- ready for the morning commute was tougher than they thought. they are preparing for refreeze with salt and brine. stay with 6abc.com for the latest forecast so you can be prepared no matter how cold it gets. >>> an estimated 100 million people were impacted by the storm from nebraska to maine. nearly two feet of snow fell over chicago. that brought the city to a virtual standstill. parts of massachusetts still digging out from last week's blizzard got hit with another foot of snow. airlines are warning the winter weather could have a big impact on flights. more than two thousand were canceled today. >>> a suspect took an entire cash register from a south philadelphia food market. surveillance video captured the robbery on 12th street. he ran outside and opened the register and took the money from inside. if you have any information on this robbery you're asked to

temperatures dropped overnight the wind kicked up, flaps flagged violently in the wind along the benjamin franklin parkway. >> the windchill makes everything terrible. >> reporter: the wind making everyone move faster. utility crews at 15th and spruce shuffled their feet trying to find relief, but getting away from the wind is not possible unless you go inside. for these students overnight the preview of the wind's wrath has them planning to dress differently this morning. >> trying to wear more layers, have scarf obviously i dpoarkt that today -- i forgot that today, i'm not going to do that tomorrow. >> reporter: trust me you want to cover up anything you can cover this morning. the wind is blowing so hard right now i'm sure my contack just blew out of my eye. eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> show and tell ferls that was quite a show. it is that cold. >> reporter: just animals were covered in if you are it doesn't mean they are not -- just because animals are covered in fur doesn't mean they are not cold. if you find somebody who left a pet out call the numbers, they will be fined. >>> th

. ♪ >>> new tonight a celebration at benjamin franklin high school.eyewitness news" was there on north broad street tonight where more than 300 students received their high school dip mommy mass. these are students who attended alternative education programs which provide students with previously dropped out with a chance to go back to class. our congratulations to all of tonight' graduates. >> and some middle school students in philadelphia got to play surgeons today. this was part of temple university hospital annual robotic career day. fifth graders from germantown asked me got hands on experience and learned what it's like to be at the controls of a surgical robot. very cool. we'll be right back. ♪

benjamin franklin bridge betsy ross both coming in at 25 miles per hour, restrictions walt whitman at 35 miles per hour, stowe will be slow go in and out of the city. we have a new accident i-295 northbound past mt. holly in willingboro. so again watch out for some delay potential there over the next few hours more accidents again on the northeast extension, again the farther north you go better shot for icy conditions. this is tractor-trailer in the right lane, right by the quakertown exit. you may want to get off at the exit and head north or south on 309. for an alternate route. farther up north toward the lehigh valley interchange another accident still in play. and then richmond township, california road, near keystone road also, another accident. so pack the patience this morning, mass transit no delays, as well as the airport, all is good there. and now for the rest of the weather forecast, we send it back over to kate way check on what's happening. good morning. >> us a said justin, the further north you go the more likely tour run into the potential problem every still some v

pick up volume southbound lanes northbound lanes moving just fine though, so far over on the benjamin franklin bridge things looking good, speeds back up as well from the jersey side, headed westbound into the city, and all lanes are open with no problems. we do have some police activity though, out in southwest philadelphia. woodland avenue is completely closed at six a street. take greenway avenue or paschall avenue to get on by. it is also affecting route -- septa route 11 trolley rerouted onto elmwood between 73rd and 49th for the time being. out in pennington, right around trenton route 31 southbound, inning i had side, still the lane shift out there for the next 15 minute or so due to emergency pothole construction and an accident, naught lower moreland, byberry road, right around huntington pike. so just use some caution when traveling through the area there. good thing mass transit all running on time with no delays. that's great alternate for you. we just don't want you to forget when you are on the road you can get updated information about traffic backups with the new your drive app

seen disable vehicles, seen few instances, the vine street expressway, maybe coming from the benjamin franklindge. little situation, i feel this will not be the only one today. stay with us, we'll be right back with a whole >> two planes collide, all caught on camera. those flames from the frying bull stunt team graze each other with one plane hitting the wing of another. this happened at the area owe india show, head in the outskirts of bang will door city. those planes, though did manage to lands safely. no one was hurt still. imagine, the spectators scared to watch. >> for sure. >> updating breaking news, we just got the call. all archdioces schools within the city of philadelphia are closed today because of the dangerously cold temperatures. >> now philadelphia public schools, as of right now, they are open. all of the school closings, and delays, are at the bottom of your screen. >> also, it is not just the cold we're talking about as we take live look from the skycam. katie tracking a weekend storm could bring snow and rain. the forecast on the other side. >> also, we have more breaking

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has built to compromise every great principles such as benjamin franklin to give up essential libertieshey deserve neither liberty nor safety. >> i just told you to read the book. [laughter] i want you to read the book. i have not picked out any particular thing but let me me, one of the things, one of the worst things that happened to mohamedou is a token amount on a boat and they would never let him pray. that was part of the specific interrogation techniques that this attack -- secretary of defense rumsfeld said exactly what should begin to mohamedou. he described when he went out on the boat, he was talking to his interrogator and said people began banging the floor by the only with doors closing allow the and dogs barking. redacted went speechless and we were staring not knowing what was going on i knew a detainee was me. suddenly a commando team of three soldiers and a german shepherd broken but everything happened quicker. redacted punched me violently to go face down on the floor. he said you were gone. he had a masculine from head to toe in and punched me without saying a word

benjamin franklin demanded we repay the india tea company for the lost tea and paul revere and sam adams were very careful to replace the lock that was broken. paul revere punished one guy took tea for his personal use, he punished the tea partier who took tea for personal use, that was not celebrated. what was celebrated is the declaration of independence the liberty bell which was rung to declare the first founding congress of our country. thomas payne's was the most famous of them. there are books of christian sermons defending the american revolution, it was a thought-out logical revolution, a small step from the liberty we were used to and it founded the most free and prosperous nation in the history of the world that other countries would do well to emulate, the french revolution, all of the founders ended up guillotined themselves. they didn't get anything resembling republic for 80 years. they are completely different, american and french revolution. john: the french revolution is like the democratic party. >> we worship or hate you. >> when i went to the occupy wall street prote

i wanted to say i attended benjamin franklin in boston for a couple of semesters and i just wanted to know what struck me about that school was the racial diversity and not once did i hear anybody talk about the race thing. i had a couple of quick questions in the first one is don't you think the hbcu organization is perpetuating the racial differences and my second question is why aren't you talking about this racist president. [inaudible] post our apologies president williams. >> guest: that's okay, i missed the second part anyway but i will say we have hbcus have never rejected anybody of any color. our notion as i spent to make ourselves available and accessible to all and i would also say while we continue to exist is not to continue to perpetuate any differences or separation but rather it's an opportunity for us to continue to serve our population the same way that i worked at notre dame for many years and i worked at georgetown for many years and they have heritages. they have traditions of serving particular populations. .. revenue. guest: we hope not. we have a similar progr

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is built and compromise every great principles such as benjamin franklin they deserve neither liberty >> i just want you to read this book. [laughter] >> i want you to read this book. i haven't picked out any particular things that i wanted. dash any particular things that i wanted to read. but one of the things -- one of the worst things that happened to mohamedou was when they took him out on a vote in one of the other really terrible things that they did is they would never let him pray. and that was part of this specific interrogation techniques that the secretary of defense donald rumsfeld wrote exactly what had been done to mohamedou. and he described when he went out on the vote and it starts like this. he was talking to his interrogator and he said that people began banging the floor of violently with doors closing loudly and i froze in my seat. we were staring at each other not knowing what is going on in my heart was pounding because i knew that the detainee was going to be heard and that detainee was me. several individuals consisting of three soldiers and in a german sheph

benjamin franklin jr. led a discussion on diversity and education.al month pico is hosting events to commemorate those who shape the past and continue to make history. >> the cold weather is causing travel headache this is parts of new jersey and delaware. we first showed you this viewer delaware earlier this week as cape may-lewes ferry struggled in the ice. now the service itself has been frozen. >> and we aren't the only ones dealing with the extreme weather. next i'll show you the coldest and warmest places. >>> limo driver shot. police searching for two men. new at 6:00, nbc 10 checks in to the company's history and how dangerous the job is for their drivers. >>> also phony i.d. for teens. coming up out original was busted when one ended up in the dean's hands. >>> plus a jersey shore town messing with the drinking water. the chemical lawmakers want to take out. >>> the cold is cans listening service for the cape may-lewes ferry. all trips are canceled through 9:15 tomorrow morning. this guy can it his best to bundle up while installing this lig

the benjamin franklin bridge looking good coming into downtown, no problems at all on the bridges and 95, in northeast philadelphia, looking good. mass transit running with no delays chris lauren, back to you. >> let's head back to norristown montgomery county for a live report. steve keeley has up a date therefore us. hype steve. >> an awful update, one dead, from the chief here, in this huge fire that started at 12:00 midnight probably. they got the call finally at 12:44, first call, four alarms went to because it started in the balesment of the six story old historic apartment builds that had burned before and had people die in a fire before in the late 80s according to chief o'donnell, long before he started here, but there is fire. >> they didn't know where to go at that point in terms of where people were, because this build something really long, as well as it is tall, and they had people waiving for help all over the place. they were rescuing people with these tall ladders calling in second alarms, thirds alarms, still have four ladders where we, are so they were pulling peopl

benjamin franklin broke the silence the and here's a picture of him at the convention. that the structure of the executive is of great importance. franklin urged the delegates to deliver their sentiments on it before the question was punch. these comments burst dam and debate flooded the room. four days later, with discussion still going, he could add, franklin said, the first plan put at the helm would be a good one. nobody knows what sort would come afterwards. they debated at length three times during the convention. in june, the first of the occasions though raised virtually all the issues about the presidency that would later occupy them but had trouble resolving even whether one person or a committee of three should hold the office. with washington in the room, a unitary executive should have seemed obvious to all, especially since every state then had only one governor. fearful of investing too much power in any single person however, some delegates, including two from virginia, one washington's neighbor here, favored and executive triumvirate like those of late

the here's a live lot bennie coming into downtown philadelphia a benjamin franklin looks fine. betsy ross bridge is sock in with some fog. fog is on the move through our morning rush hour. septa using their night owl service until 5:00 and then trains kickback in on both market frankford and subway after five. foggy conditions expect across the board on all bridges and lower than normal speedometer readings here. folks taking it easy and that is the call through the morning rush hour chris and lauren back over to you. >>> so yesterday, we went to the franklin institute for that legos exhibit. >> yes. >> you were in line with us too. how about this music's biggest stars were out for 57th annual grammy award. >> is what grammys without big fashion statements? fox's stephanie stanton takes a look at the hottest styles. >> reporter: the world's of fashion and muse being collided as music's brightest stars shined on the grammy red carpet. >> the grammy red carpet is different from any other award she out there because it is all about style. it is not about designers or brand or not

live look at the benjamin franklin bridge, headlights coming into philadelphia, the work crew here, ifd into new jersey, they're in that normal spot, taking out that right lane, with a little bit of jam here, at mid-span, and good morning to northeast philly, south on 95, few folks already ahead of you here, heavy from cottman avenue in through girard. you got words after accident on the new jersey turnpike, it is heading southbound, between mt. laurel and the black horse pike so look out there. also, an accident, on the pa turnpike this is eastbound right at the philly bensalem interchange. updating the closures, in norristown, around this four alarm fire they added another one here chestnut, airy, swede, marshall, whole area, just block away from the courthouse it will be interesting is if you have something to do at the courthouse today we'll see how this fire is going to impact traffic getting into and out of that area. you want to use elm or main this morning, and septa has four of its bus routes on a detour around that fire, and a water main break in upper southampton and/orcap a

a live look at 5:00 o'clock straight up on a friday and we're looking live at the benjamin franklin bridge. fastest run ever from the car into wawa to get coffee this morning, it happened today. it is that cold out there. keep in mind, kids have off from school, that is good news but ones that to have head out there, make sure they are bundled up this morning. we have no problems. but you can see the camera shaking. wind is definitely playing havoc with us this morning. got a water main break in kenneth square union street between cedar and south street. there is a fire location we are working on here in sharon hill. watson near sharon park drive. if you use patco high speed line thinks morning you have been dreading for a while. that new construction schedule kicks in. this is first morning rush hour, that they will be single tracking, and that will leave with us 26 minute gaps, in services. no trains will be rolling for gaps throughout the day here. so you want to make sure you have a a schedule you know where those gaps are. there is in express services today on the patco high speed lin

they turned back to the assassination of benjamin franklin randolph in 1868.andolph was in the state legislature. he had previously lived in charleston. but he was buried in columbia after a funeral at bethel church. after the violence of 1870-71 or in the midst of continuing violence, republicans planned a monument to randolph. there was a dedication ceremony at what was then part of elmwood cemetery, in february of 1871, which was a major demonstration of interracial politics in columbia. it featured a parade with the militia, the highly controversial black militia. the randolph right. -- a variety of political dignitaries, black and white. elmwood cemetery sold the land to randolph cemetery to make randolph cemetery, which is a good, landscape example of the ways in which reconstruction created lasting black institutions. randolph is a reminder that columbia was not as violent as other places. political leaders stayed in columbia because it was safer here. it is not just that columbia was a safe haven, but there was a real moment of opportunity here. i want

is built and compromised every great principle such as benjamin franklin's that give up essential liberty to obtain at temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. >> nancy? >> i don't know what i would want to read. i just want you to read this book. i want you to read this book. i hadn't picked out any particular things i wanted to -- i hadn't picked out any particular things i wanted to read but let me -- one of the things -- one of the worst things that happened to mohamedou was when they took him out on a boat and one of the other really terrible things they did was they would never let him pray, and that was part of the specific interrogation techniques by the way that was -- the second of defense donald rumsfeld, wrote exactly what could be done to mohamedou, and he described when he went out on the boat -- and it starts like this. he was talking to his interrogator and he says that people began banging the floor violently with heavy boots dogs barking, doors closing loudly. i froze in my seat. redacted went speechless. we were staring at each other. my heart was pound beca

on to the benjamin franklin bridge mid-span, no delays on the ben franklin, further up 676 southbound, bill accident there, the right shoulder getting by. that is the latest, from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans, now nicole, back to you. >> all right, ann, thanks for the update. >> this is void vaux why last year's celebration parade scheduled to kick offer at 11:30 this morning near tenth and spring streets. then move its way throughout chinatown. it is expected to wrap up around 2:30, and by the way 2015 is the year of the goat. just in case you keep track. we'll be right back. 14 irresistible flavors. one for the mood. one for the moment. each one can make every day more delicious than the last. the taste could only be baileys. the experience could only be yours. baileys coffee creamers. this is the one. >> almost time to roll out the red carpet. that's my best pat. hollywood superbowl finally here, and this year the competition is fierce. stephanie has preview. >> ♪ ♪ >> after 12 years in production, will boyhood bring home best picture at this year's oscars? >> will bird

take a look at the benjamin franklin bridge, walk over on it and maybe drive over on it or i don't know if you would walk, do you have pay the same $5, but whatever. we are looking at the delaware river a lot of ice in that river. if you have been down at penn's landing or just able to look at the river at all, you will see a lot of ice in the river. but why not? it is so cold out there. storm scan3 this is the next system that's coming here. and you can see the cold, you can see not as cold, and not as cold as even the knot as cold. so that's what we will be watching. we are going to be finding some snow, some mix and then some rain transitioning as this moves into the area. it is not here yet obviously. we're starting to get the clouds here. that will will set the stage for when the precipitation comes in. the atmosphere get ready and then we start to see it coming to the gown. 12 degrees in philadelphia right now. not a record. and not as cold as we've seen, but still this is just ridiculous cold. ten in wilmington, five in trenton, minus two in atlantic city. these aren't windchills

was built and benjamin franklin and give up essential liberty to obtain a temporary safety deserve neither i don't even know where i want to read it i decided to read this book. i want you to read this book. i haven't picked down any particular thing. i haven't picked out any particular things i want to read, but let me -- one of the things -- one of the worst things that happened to mohamedou was with me took them out on the boat. one of the terrible things that they would never let him pray. i was part of the specific interrogation techniques is exactly what could be done to mohamedou. he described when he went out on the boat and it starts like this. he was talking to his interrogator and he says that people begin banging the floor violently with heavy boots dog sparky, i froze in my seat retracted one speechless. they were staring at each other not knowing what was going on. i knew a detainee was going to be heard. yes, that detainee was me. suddenly a commando team consisting of three soldiers in and a german shepherd groping toward interrogation room. everything happened weaker than

we have benjamin franklin.enough to have a $100 bill in your wallet. you notice -- recognize this picture. we have thomas edison in 1890. i love this picture. i do not know if many people realize, but he was largely deaf after 14. but we have the photograph, which he presented as a patent. kind of comes full circle. the photograph was brought to the patent office building which is the national portrait gallery. we have a picture in 1982 of steve jobs. we can look -- if we want to look at oracle rice, we have a millionaire ehrhardt -- amelia earhart, and buzz aldrin and michael collins in 1969. this is one of my favorite pictures. i use this as a way of talking about the problems we face and the challenges we have. i love this picture. i have been a little obsessed one might say. it is called men of progress. it is from 1862. these are the brightest minds in invention. we are telling the whole world we are smart and an innovative country. can see various patents that have come to the patent office buildings. you

so productive as leisure and ease as might have been expected," washington riley remarked to benjamin franklin. by the fall of 1785, when washington sent these remarks to franklin, the company had separate teams of about 50 workers each, cutting navigable channels through two of the potomac's major rapids. progress was sluggish. too slow for washington. in a boat we pass down the seneca rapids to a place where the workmen were blowing rocks, he wrote in one diary entry. to me, it seemed as if we had advanced but little owing to the fewness and sickliness of hands. still washington remained optimistic. in fact, however, in his work on the potomac river navigation, washington had more success moving human obstacles than physical ones. the project was far from finished in 1789 when he resigned as potomac company's president to take the helm of the new american government and the completed waterway never fulfilled his hopes for it. no one made a fortune on potomac company stock. the erie canal became the main waterway to and from the west. railroads soon replaced canals and linking the union. phys

. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: let's start with benjamin franklin who said, "tell me and i forgetthe first draft. "tell me and i forget. teach me and i remember. tickle me and i throw up, so please stop tickling me, john adams." [ laughter ] doesn't have the same weight to it, the first draft. next we have george foreman, the boxing great, who said, "boxing is like jazz. the better it is, the less people appreciate it." his first draft was a little different, though. let's see it. "boxing is like jazz. the better it is, the less people appreciate it, which is why i'm planning on going into the countertop grill business." [ applause ] and he did. and he did. he said he would, and he did. [ laughter ] next we have coffee company folgers who said, "the best part of waking up is folgers in your cup." let's see the first draft. "the best part of waking up is folgers in your cup because, if i'm being honest, things aren't going great at home." [ audience oohs ] is the best part of your day opening your eyes and seeing your spouse? no, it's a crappy cup of coffee. [ laughter ] oh, i didn

of the area bridges due to icy conditions, the walt down to 35, commodore barry, 45, and the benjamin frankliniles per hour. back to you. >> thanks, jess. updating breaking news, still picture shows americans airlines plane from philadelphia after making a safe landing, in houston with no landing gear. there were no injuries, and an investigation is underway right now. >> also, the outer lanes of the new jersey turnpike, remain closed, southbound, between new brunswick and hightstown after multi vehicle crash last night in middlesex county. one person was killed, and dozens of people injured. >>> the owners of atlantic city revel casino want a judge to call off its proposed sale to a florida developer. the $94 million sale fell apart, over the rights of business tenants, and the utility provider. sports coming up. be right back. >> in sports, flyers will star ray emory in goal tonight they continue their road trip in montreal. steve mason will be check out today in philly, left monday's capitol game with injury looks like it might and knee. to the 6ers game last night, where mo'ne davis gave a