richard: you mentioned cartoons and he also mentioned benjamin franklin party did so in a way your titleconversation short. it's not just words, is also attitudes involved in tell us about this great cartoon that franklin generates very early on in thisn conversation. akhil: so is such a genius, he invents bifocals, and the franklin stove and events lightening rod. his social institutions in the first secular university lending library philosophical station but he is also invents the world's first real political cartoon. in his offer britain it like hobart, it comes from america early on americans very democratic culture, it is simple edit the picture 7054, the picture of a snake that is cut up into pieces. and he has a slogan, is the first viral means and today we could say #. join or die. it and in 1754 he said the columns have to work together with the mother country with printed to defeat the french in our country. these are the early stages of what would become confronted indian work in an effort same page, in 1754, on the newspaper, he is a newspaper magnet. he were alive today he

so that was the story. >> what originally drew you, you mentioned benjamin franklin was a big proponentand a big salesperson for this. what caused the original problem between the catholic church and free masonry? what was the impetus for that? >> the first question first. the catholic church regarded itself as having a monopoly on truth. any doctrine, any body that regarded, welcomed all comers to express their religion was guilty of harassment. and quite possibly much worse because of the secrecy we could not really know, if they were so honest it must because they had faith. the great architect the universe which is the masonic expression for god for the almighty, must be stay tuned. it is a code word for stay tuned. they were right for political reasons remember the pope is also a king. he has a kingdom, he has a realm. as an autocratic realm. there is no democracy, there's no association. so people meeting in secret associations are by definition a threat. so that is the reason for the original hostility. that is what is maintained through the centuries still to this day. the excom

this is benjamin franklin talking about george washington at age 22. he understands from a military point of view, unless the colonies came together, now independent states in 1776, they are done for. he's a continental list. who is at his right hand throughout the american revolution? basically, or pretty early on alexander hamilton. alexander hamilton, to borrow a phrase, alexander hamilton american. alexander hamilton isn't just about massachusetts the way john adams might be for the weight virginian thomas jefferson. alexander hamilton doesn't have a singular loyalty to anyone state although he ends up coming to new york. he comes from abroad. he loves america as a whole. he tries to summon into existence, and so the key idea is union, join or die, national security, and if we don't create indivisible union, which is what washington is advocating in the early 1780s, and so is hamilton called the continental list. it will become the first eight federalist papers which are far more influential than anything that madison wrote like federalist ten, and

it's why congress dispatched benjamin franklin to paris later that fall? but before we get to paris. all london or any other european capital? before we travel with the declaration over the sea. pulls for a moment longer in the american colonies or should i say now the united states? congress proclaimed the official text of its declaration on monday july the 8th 1776 issuing it as a printed. poster known as a broadside prepared by john dunlap their official printer broadsides with a perfect size to paste up everywhere. and their typeface was just large enough to be legible outdoors and to be easily read aloud. in public settings and so they were read aloud outside. these broad sides these dunlop declarations first in philadelphia that same day july 8th when colonel john nixon of philadelphia's committee of safety read the declaration. read the printed dunlap broadside from a wooden platform outside the state house. when nixon reached its conclusion the gathered crowd erupted into repeated hazars. then members of the committee of inspection. took down the k

just finishing a film on benjamin franklin, for next year, and at the end of the constitution you say, the story, the doors are flung open and leading the lady of philadelphia -- who has no right in this constitution, zero, zip, says you created a monarchy republic to franklin. a monarchy if he could keep. it and we are at this disparate place now in convergence of all of the viruses of the side effects of the misinformation and paranoia and lies. we writing our history and saying we are not interested in facts or truth. not interested in the very poisonous things that make us -- i love your emphasis on our natural parks, national parks and making films for 40 years in the u.s. but i've also been making films about us, that two letter lower case pronoun. all the intimacy of us, and we, and your, and our. also the majesty, the complexity, the contradiction, the controversy of the u.s.. there is nothing wrong with including the big picture of looking at words. we think so much of the soviet style disinformation, changing your policies as issuing from texas, whose religion it is, as we k

and we're working on ali and benjamin franklin, some of the scary conversations you were having withe're editing starting tomorrow on the -- not starting the editing, but continuing it on the u.s. and the holocaust, what we did and didn't do, what we knew and what we didn't know, what we should have done, all of those horrible questions. history of the american revolution. that will be a real big thing in time for the 250th. the first non-american topic on leonardo devinch i, reconstruction, lbj and the great society and that extraordinary legislative accomplishments become undone and it's not enough time to do them all and they're all rhyming in the present as twain would say. history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. and it's scary and it's fascinating. when you use the word "process," i realize in some ways, i carry still despite these fraught times, a fundamental optimism. the process, the telling of these stories helps take a little bit -- these are unprecedented times and yet you can find aspects of precedence in the places that we've been before, particularly the difficult

it's why congress dispatched benjamin franklin to paris later that fall. but before we get to paris or london or any other european capital, before we travel with the declaration over the sea, let's pause for a moment longer in the american colonies or should i say now the united states. congress proclaimed the official text of its declaration on monday, july the 8th, 1776, issuing it as a printed poster known as a broadside, prepared by john dunlap, their official printer. broadsides were the perfect size to paste up everywhere and their type face was just large enough to be legible outdoors and to be easily read aloud in public settings. and so they were read aloud outside, these broadsides, these dunlap declarations, first in philadelphia july 8th, read the declaration from a wooden platform outside the state house. the gathered crowd erupted into repeated huzzahs and took down the king's coat of arms from the courtroom inside the state house and threw them onto a bonfire. the celebration continued on for hours afterwards. as john adams remembered, the

benjamin franklin visited her she had to go to london to get her book published nobody believe she canf voltaire said i guess they can write books and george washington during the middle of the revolution is brought to the headquarters. and washington's headquarters a block and a half away jesse could see in african. >> to see this new thing. >> to see this phenomenon. i'm sorry. i lost my train of thought. >> we were talking about lincoln's meeting. >> yes. so news of this hits the black community had frederick douglass goes nuts because they said no. one of the arguments is that this is our home. we are not africans we are not going to liberia or sierra leone that was set up for africans captured by the british on ships. and then library of course set up by the colonization society to free the african-americans to go back. they were not from liberia by and large and very few of the ancestors by 25 percent we know because of the amazing database and then 25 percent of the ancestors came from gambia which was heavily muslim and those that came from congo angola into amazing things that

young peach cross the country george washington abraham lincoln thomas jennifer, john adams benjamin franklinn hancock, will forever be american heroes, five months biden administration has launched an all-out assault on everything we cherish and >> the mission for all of us to preserve the legacy of july 4, 1776 >> you know this is first time i am seeing headlines like this, for independence ta, why do you think, the nation is you know, one what are we grappling with right now why do you think this is happening? this year? >> o well, i think it is ungratefulfulness toxicity poisons that is injected in society, military critical race theory if you think about it, the foundation of this nation is such a beautiful thing, revolutionary, patriots fighting to overtake monarchy put hands in american people to build a republic to don't a constitution has checks and balances government restraints, have personal freedom political freedom, economic freedom, right here in america, and right now the quote from reagan goes through mind freedom is never more than one generation away from distinction i thin

it's like what benjamin franklin used to say. eat to live don't live to eat.ed electricity. he said that. he didn't say that. what do you make of the mouth device? >> i really don't get mad at anything that tries to control obesity. it is the biggest killer in our society. when you look back at the covid cases, 77% who died from it were obese. we champion the body power of world that makes you feel good inside. but it's harming your body. all of these kinder, initiatives are harming society. there's a study that says 40% of kids are obese. back in the day, every pat kid would have known they were fat. we got -- >> greg: lot of bullies are fat too. >> but they are horrible. >> greg: chubby bully is just adorable. you want to pinch their cheeks. >> this mouth device, suddenly becomes really kind of tentlating if someone else controls it. >> greg: right. from the makers of a hard pounding [laughter] >> because, you open your mouth enough to talk but really like you talk like this? do you smile like this? what if you're just getting killed by a murderer? how do yo

and they were also collecting other art of benjamin franklin, by benjamin martin. which is over the fireplaces she intended it to be. she moved mrs. van buren, just past the chandelier on the left. the green room, in the nixon administration. it was decided that, the furniture from mrs. kennedy's time, was not the strongest pieces with very high ceilings, and it was replaced with furniture made by the new york workshop of duncan five. that was about 1810. these wonderful chairs that you see in the upper right, she acquired a set of four of those. and they were perfect to be added to the collection. and also in contrast, that great five style in the upper right. and will chair in the lower left. but this is a curators delight. and you take the back panel of the upholstery, it was inscribe by the upholsterer. and this was five, october 1811. and most furniture does not that get that much curatorial information. so this is the third set of changes, since mrs. kennedy's time. the silk morey fabric, has survived each case. but it's been considered a key element of the r

i mean juda benjamin franklin state read it for example back in richmond. i think the most striking thing, is that the i mean if you like they were lousy propagandists in this for foreign audience in the sense that they were up front. that the confederacy was about slavery was about expansion and was about a new and that it was a great power on its own account. it was i mean to connect with ann it was a nation among nations, but it was also seen as a vanguard of an entirely new nation. it was one about white egalitarian democracy. it was one about racial hierarchy in an era where races were going to come more into touch with each other. and so it was offering global solutions and they was of it was a very emphatic. i mean, you know, it was the emphatic message was. it is we have a proposition for you. you are making a mistake in not taking us for what we are so that could explain there's a diplomatic failure. they were lousy diplomats. but of course everybody knew about what was going to result in hots of becoming successful will be a robbery lee one anothe

success of that word spread throughout the colonies and the practice of very elation followed benjamin. franklin was an advocate several virginia founding fathers were as well including thomas jefferson traveled to philadelphia as a young man in 1766 to get inoculated by variolation. george washington he was a smallpox survivor he had caught smallpox at age 19 while he was traveling in barbados. he recognized the strategic value of variolation pretty keenly during the revolutionary war after the american forces were soundly defeated during an attack on quebec and a large reason for their defeat was that so many soldiers had been either killed or laid out by smallpox. recognizing that problem george washington declared in 1777 that all soldiers in the continental army should be inoculated by variolation. now the relation was a very controversial practice pretty much from the beginning and both europe and america and you see pro and anti-verulation factions develop because variolation involved infecting. a healthy patient with smallpox people who were opposed to variolation were afraid that that p

think of all the figures who are individualists, rogues, runaways, orphans, benjamin franklin, emerson, self-reliance, the road heading off to the wood dancing leave me the hell alone, emily dickinson going into her room and shutting the door, ralph ellison's invisible man, all the way to those motorcyclists in easy rider, one of the nicknames is captain america. anti-group identity. ask them what group, no, not part of any group. i don't want to be part of any group. that individualist lineage, where is that in the roadmap? >> lots to go back. >> let me start by disputing mark's characterization. he misunderstood the early question. we did not have group identity in mind to think about different kinds of communities, a church, a neighborhood, a town, that is a misreading. and the rest of those accounts. it is the case that we don't think it is possible to peace through that history without the context of power, without concept of race. there is an invitation to educators to ask questions to engage students in questions around that theme but there is also the question around individual

benjamin franklin, robert fulton, and jonus sulk. we continue to bring new and exciting ideas forward. our american craftsmanship runs deep from our steel mills, coal mines, farm lands and forests. madam speaker, as a long -- life-long resident of pennsylvania, i'm encouraged by the industrialous spirit of our residents as we continue to build a bright path forward for our commonwealth and our country. happy pennsylvania day. i'm happy to be from the great keystone state. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. casten, for five minutes. . mr. casten: i trust most of my colleagues heard of the hot summer. i rise today to declare the start of hot ferc summer, with ferc being the federal regulatory commission. why? to pair phase, now that ferc has put in all that work it's time for them tonight m.v.p. some might say that ferc isn't, dare i say, hot enough to warrant that attention. but for those of us serious about fighting the climate

benjamin franklin said our enemies are our friends because they show us our faults.econd thing i would say is learn about politics. it is a science and an art. the more it becomes dictated purely by demographic categories, the more likely it is to be a barren desert of debate. when you are just trying to drive everybody crazy. thirdly, when you start to think about what you want to run about, make sure you know something about it. when i ran for governor, i knew exactly what i wanted to do. i was interested in education, development, and race. i knew what i wanted to do. and it helps if you don't have -- thank god i won the election. talk about writing. james: the writing thing, especially in middle school, read, read, and variety. don't say -- read stuff you don't think you are interested in. read comedic stuff, read serious stuff, read history, and begin to think about, what is this writer trying to do and how is it working? and then start scribbling. i think it is useful, we were talking last night about the notion of kids in school every week writing about their

i mean, we got ernest hemingway, we have muhammad ali, we have benjamin franklin, we have l.b.j.f the buffalo. >> pelley: they are, together, the story of a people straining for union-n-- a theme e ken burs hahas exploreded from his s vert filmlm which wasas, after alallt a brbridge connecting america to america. >> burns: this is what stories do. they do liberate us from the tyrannies of our limitations, and our past, and our foibles. and so this is what we human beings do to negotiate this all too short passage that we call life. and i'm so grateful that i live in the united states of america, i mean that. i mean that. and that i get to tell stories about us, the u.s. ( ticking ) >> cbs sports h qumpt is presented by progressive insurance. here in detroit, cameron davis wins the rocket mortgage classic on the fifth playoff hole. the mets beat the yankees, dodgers win their ninth straight. for 24 hours news and highlightsts, visit, andrew catalon reporting. is such a hassle. ring it same with my boat. the insurance bills are through the roof. -[-[ sighs ] -be coolol. i wish i i

person of afghan descent to publish a book of poetry in english and everybody wrote about that benjamin franklin a visitor visited her when they were both in london. she had to go to london to get a book published because nobody in boston believed that it happened was smart enough right by herself voltaire wrote a friend a letter saying wow, i guess they can write poetry which he and george washington during the middle of the revolution has her brought to his headquarters my house. i'm midnight my kitchen ladies and gentleman. in harvard square washington's headquarters were about a block and a half away on brattle street. he had phyllis wheatley brought to his headquarters just so he could see an african who had written a book of to see there's not to see this new thing, right? yeah to see this this phenomenon, you know, like talking animal, um in effect. so i'm i'm sorry. i lost our training were you talking about lincoln's meeting? oh, yeah, so then news of this, of course hits the black community frederick douglas douglas goes nice, you know because douglas and said no one of his arguments w

benjamin franklin said our enemies are our friends for they show us our faults. and second thing i would say is. learn about politics it's it's a it's a science and an art. and the more it becomes dictated purely by demographic categories. the more likely it is. to be a barren desert of debate where you're just trying to drive everybody crazy who's often your corner already? and thirdly when you start to think about what you want to run about make sure you know something about it. i mean when i ran for governor i know exactly what i wanted to do. i was interested in education. development and race. i knew what i wanted to do. and it helps if you don't have to say god, i won the election now what? we have about writing. well the writing thing i i think especially in middle school read read read read read just keep and and and variety don't say well, i don't want to you know, read stuff that you don't think you're interested in. you know read comedic stuff read serious stuff read history and and begin to you know, think about like what is this writer trying to do a

i think it was benjamin | franklin who said lies, damned for us?rget. we have got the virus doing things, and also the population doing things, and politicians doing things to change what the population can do, and we are playing catch up with the data, because you have to make the changes, see how it affects the disease levels, but it takes time to do that, and then make other measurement such as people going into hospital and losing their lives, etc. overall, ithink the trend is very encouraging, and what we might be beginning to see here are the first sort of green shoots of the effects of what we are dubbing population immunity, or herd immunity. there is enough people in the population now who are immune to coronavirus that it is thwarting its ability to spread, and i think that is probably why we are seeing this blunted rise, but it is early days. it is certainly not over yet. it might be that there was a bit of a pump because of things like the football games, the euros, and that things settle down in the aftermath of that, but with the open

to paraphrase benjamin franklin, it is our republic, if we can keep it. thank you. chair kilmer: thank you, dr. don't already -- dr. doherty. amanda ripley is an investigative journalist and best-selling author. her most recent book is, "high conflict: how we get trapped and how we get out." i read it and it is terrific. her books and magazine writing combined storytelling with data to identify hard problems and solutions. miss ripley is spoken at the pentagon, senate, state department, homeland conferences on leadership, conflict resolution and education. you are recognized for five minutes. ms. ripley: thank you for the opportunity to testify today, and for holding this hearing at all. there is a lot about congress i don't understand but i think i may understand the predicament you are in, although from a slightly different vantage point. i started congressional quarterly and moved to atlantic and time magazine, but something has broken in my profession. the conventions of journalism are not functioning the way they are supposed to. unfortunately, my profession, l

good old benjamin franklin. >> ike.friends, i helped found a university and a hospital and a fire department. >> reporter: over 40 million people a year visiting philly before the start of the pandemic. >> guys, thank you so much for waiting. >> reporter: many coming to iconic john's roast pork run by john bucci. covid decimating his business and much of the philly restaurant scene with 252 restaurants permanently closing here. >> all of a sudden, we can't take -- we can't let people in the building because it's so small. we only were taking phone orders. it was a disaster. >> reporter: it took months to get permanents to build an area for window service. the eatery suffering until another one came to the rescue. unemployment hammering philadelphia, but while covid forced many philly businesses to shutter, it opened doors for others. >> to be a sanitation worker in philadelphia is to be a hero. >> reporter: philly trash man terrell first posted to instagram after angry residents complained of trash delays last summer. s

to paraphrase benjamin franklin, it's our republic if we can keep it. thank you, mr. chairman. >> sorry i keep turning off my microphone when i mean to turn it on. thank you, dr. doherty. our final witness is amanda ripley, an investigative journalist and a best-selling author. her most recent book is "high conflict." i head it on my plane flight here and it's terrific. i told her i'd be her hype man. her books and magazine writing -- in her books and magazine writing, ms. ripley combines storytelling with data to illuminate controversy. ms. ripley has spoken at the pentagon, the state department and the department of homeland security, as well as conferences on leadership and education. ms. ripley, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> chair kilmer and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today and for holding this hearing at all. there's a lot about congress i should say that i don't understand, but i think i may understand the predicament that you're in, albeit from a slightly different vantage point. i've been a journalist for t

to the presidents left, benjamin franklin, a portrait of him and also a bust of harry truman.here is more art and some comparisons to previous presidents as far as the artwork that existed in the oval office during their presidencies. the new york times is the place to find the pictures and everything else you can find it at their website. we spent our first half-hour you telling us about your favorite presidents and why. if you want to text us this morning you can do so at 202-748-8003. if you want to post on our many social media fronts, facebook.com/c-span and @cspanwj is how you post on her 20 feet -- twitter feed. on instagram you can also use @cspanwj. in tennessee, democrats line, we will hear from james about favorite presidents and why. caller: top pick would be harry truman, of the reason for that being up until 1952, it was the best time i ever saw in my life. second pick would probably be john kennedy but he did not get to live too long. the third pick would probably be bill clinton probably there. joe biden who could be a very great president but he's knocking to

to the presidents left, benjamin franklin, a portrait of him and also a bust of harry truman.s more art and some comparisons to previous presidents as far as the artwork that existed in the oval office during their presidencies. the new york times is the place to find the pictures and everything else you can find it at their website. we spent our first half-hour you telling us about your favorite presidents and why. if you want to text us this morning you can do so at 202-748-8003. if you want to post on our many social media fronts, facebook.com/c-span and @cspanwj is how you post on her 20 feet -- twitter feed. on instagram you can also use @cspanwj. in tennessee, democrats line, we will hear from james about favorite presidents and why. caller: top pick would be harry truman, of the reason for that being up until 1952, it was the best time i ever saw in my life. second pick would probably be john kennedy but he did not get to live too long. the third pick would probably be bill clinton probably there. joe biden who could be a very great president but he's knocking to be at

not only safety but also we're talking about, benjamin franklin says, "those who give up essential libertypersonal and temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." but i know a vote is on. and before i close i do want to commend chief contee for your excellent response. you don't have an easy job, protecting a city as large as washington d.c. and the delicate balance with dozens of other law enforcement. but i commend the two chairs and ranking members for holding this hearing. we'll hold more in appropriations, but we're going to be very close at the request this year can say, "what do we do if we have another one of these?" i thank you and i yield back my time. senator johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to start off by just thanking our law enforcement witnesses for your service. i know 2020 is hindsight. it's pretty easy to monday morning quarterback, and i want to make sure that we guard against doing so. what i've seen from testimony, it seems like there's a fair amount of thought, fair amount of due diligence went into this. so again, i appreciate your service. i also

place that you could success than here it is the foundation, it goes back to what benjamin griffith park lynn -- franklin said, he created a republic if you can keep it, it is our responsibility in this generation to stand up. we would not be america today if we allowed wokeism. this critical race theory is racism. it is telling students, children to judge one another based on color of their skin. steve: it is outrageous, i love kevin about you, we see you talking about day-to-day back and forth approximately ticks. but, your perspective on this historical perspective is so important. i want to play something from you sent this to me soon after i became a citizen, a speech from a naturalization ceremony, you said it was your favorite. >> everyone of you has a story, an american story. you come from many countries, but today, the pilgrims are your analysters, you have -- or ancestors, you have known many leaders today george washington is your founding father, you have experienced many hardships, today valley forge is your winter. the declaration is your inspiration, and the constitution is your inheritan

people across the country, the george washington, abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson, john adams, benjamin franklinn administration has launched an all-out assault on everything wear cherish and we value. pete: that's president trump giving voice to something we've talked about on air and off air, this feeling that here we are on the fourth of july celebrating it, revering it or feeling like it's fragile or being taken away by certain quarters of our culture. remember when he said what's next, abraham lincoln? we're see it right now -- seeing it right now. rachel: as opposed to people wanting to make it 1619. we talked earlier and, you know, i really believe we are, those of us -- we're the most patriotic network in america. we're probably the most patriotic show in america. and we have the largest audience. we are the majority. it is a small minority of people who are trying to threaten this idea that we have of america -- will: good reminder. rachel: -- as beacons of freedom. absolutely. will: there is this movement to redefine america, but that movement is coming from a radical, small minority.