i went to benjamin franklin listen and my brother went to everett and galileo high school and every year we did drills like this. as soon as it happened, we were prepared and we knew what to do. i remember learning about being prepared and going home and telling my grandmother all the things that we needed to do to keep in place so that we can take care of one another just in case an earthquake hit. i want you all to take the information that we had in class and to make sure that you go home and work with your parents to ensure that when an earthquake hits because it's not about if but when. san francisco is earthquake territory. it's inevitable. i want to be sure that every student at every middle school is prepared for that. can we agree with that? [ cheers and applause ] all right. i'm really excited to be here to really pay attention to preparedness and earthquakes and really bring a number of disaster preparedness people in san francisco. if a disaster hits, the people behind me, most of them, including myself, we are going to be responsible for keeping you all safe. so, thank you s

first of all i used to go to this school when it was benjamin franklin middle school. this used to be the locker room where the girl's locker room was. but when i walked in here it to being me become to my junior high school days. i know you all are in high school but i tell you this story. remember the uniform it is you put your name on it and get dressed for the gym? this is where we did that. i remember it takes me back to we all than sometimes there are the prettiest girl in the school. prettiest girl at bench min middle school was sarah rodriguez. sarah smelled really good. i didn't understand. in the same locker room where i learned about this deordorient lady speed stick with the pink cap what is interesting i'm like almost 50 and i still use the same product. than i discondition today i was anxiety row i had to order it and finds it and able to buy a bunch but i still use the same one. and i know you all are like why am i telling this story. i'm because that's why we are here when we get young people to start their lives off as soon as they turn 18. they are re

right now at this point, benjamin franklin had been in france for a very long time. he was very beloved. he was very famous. he was also very sick with gout. he couldn't really get out of bed for most the negotiations. so it was primary left, left up to john jay and john adams to really get the ball rolling, to start this process. john jay and john adams often harsh words for a lot of people. they very rarely had harsh words for each other. and in fact, when this process all wrapped up, adams gave jay most of the credit, which is not something that john adams did very often. so they really respected another. they really got along with one another. they both were very sort of legal minded, very rational, and they agreed on two particular goals for their negotiations. now, both of these goals kind one against the treaty of 1778, that the united states had had signed with france and kind of went against their instruction ins that they had received from the confederate congress. nonetheless, they knew better and there were going to be these two rules. first, they were no

when he had met benjamin franklin one day, back when paine still lifted london, franklin had encouraged to the struggling young man to go start a new life in the american colonies. so, in 1774, tom paine did just that. clutching a very brief, a cursory letter of introduction from franklin, who barely knew him, paine booked passage to philadelphia. turning his back on the country, england, that had brought him nothing but despair and disappointment. paine's health deteriorated so much on that long voyage across the ocean that he staggered off the ship in philadelphia half dead it he didn't know a soul. when his health finally returned, fully six weeks later, tom paine said about reinventing himself. so, he added e to the end of his name, pain becomes paine. a signal to himself as much as anyone else that he wanted to start fresh. he began contributing a few column inches to a local newspaper and, within a few months, he was able to use that brief experience, as well as that cursory letter of introduction from ben franklin, fillies favorites on, to get himself a job in philadelphia. editi

you've all heard benjamin franklin when he was 81 said, you've got a republic, if you can keep it.e are in the if you can keep it part right now, folks. i think every one of us, the very fact that we are here, we want to keep it, and we are willing to fight to keep it. so i want you to welcome one of the great fighters out there. i love this man so much. please welcome governor glenn youngkin. [cheering and applause] ♪ >> ♪ when i die and they lay me to rest gonna go to the place that's the best when i lay me down to die goin' up to the spirit in the sky goin' up to the spirit in the sky (spirit in the sky) that's where i'm gonna go when i die (when i die) ♪ ♪ gov. youngkin: arizona! whoo! look at those people way back there. how about this? about your next governor, kari lake? [cheering and applause] i just want to thank everybody for coming out tonight, because, tonight, you are celebrating. tonight, this is what hope looks like. tonight, this is what the future of arizona looks like under the great leadership of your 24th governor, kari lake. [cheering] thank you for having me w

you've all heard benjamin franklin say, you've got a republic, if you can keep it.are in the if you can keep apart right now. and i think everyone of us, the very fact that we are here, we want to keep it and we are willing to fight to keep it. i want you to welcome one of the great fighters out there, i love this man so much, please welcome governor glenn youngkin. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ going off to the spirit in the sky ♪ ♪ gov. youngkin: arizona, look at those people way back there. how about your next governor, kari lake. i just want to thank everybody for coming out tonight because tonight you are celebrating. tonight, this is what hope looks like. tonight, this is what the future of arizona looks like under the great leadership of your 24th governor, kari lake. thank you for having me with you . i was flying here and i was to get about all the great things about arizona. i don't have to reset my watch. you guys are on the right of california. but the reality is, arizona is about grit, arizona is about getting it done, arizona is about never going back but only goi

washington, madison, monroe even benjamin franklin. in america at that time. we teach the mess so they were veryry effective. they were businessmen who wanted as much as they could get. i was embarrassed how little contemporary history i knew. i thought i had a very grounding but it turns out it is a fascinating book that you talk a lot about the nature of the borders early on. at the mexican government formed a democracy because mexico and america were the same size they hoped there would be guidance on how we l bring democracy to suca large sprawling area. but they don't send ambassadors for another four years. in 1825 when the first ambassador showed up in mexico they said please sell us all your land that is west and northwest into the country and its extended all the way into wyoming the bureau reported that america intends to overrun us. it now becomes part of the united states. citizens that were living now what is america are told now you have to pay taxes to the government if you can't pay them in time or off your land and the series ofvi land courts

and write the beginning washington madison monroe even benjamin franklin were heavily invested in western life. west of the appellations because even america at that time was with land release and washington died the wealthiest one —- wealthiest man in america at 80000 acres. and h that being that we don't really discuss the actual history so yes they were very effective with the justification for the revolution with those ideals of the declaration of independence and the constitution that they were investors and businessmen who ulwanted as much as they could get and then all the rest of american history examining it from thatt perspective so i guess answered your question? >> i was amazed and i was embarrassed at how little contemporary mexican history i knew. but really it was peak columbia staff and is at the nature of the borders early on and then you talk about the investors who want to expand with the us citizens with the instabilities. >> the mexican government formed a democracy in 1821. and because mexico in america were approximately the same size, the mexican government hoped t

[applause] benjamin franklin famously said that our founding fathers created a republic, if you can keep it. i do believe, looking at this shining generation as i have traveled across campuses across this country, that this generation can keep it because this generation loves freedom. i want to share my story and my views before we hear what is on your minds. my story began in southern indiana. i grew up one of six kids in a family that ran gas stations. my dad didn't have any use for lawyers or politicians, so i am a source of great pride to him. when i started in politics, i was a democrat, the youth democratic party coordinator in bartholomew county, indiana, in 19 76. i met walter mondale at the capitol building for the swearing in of a senator. and i said vice president mondale, it is an honor to meet you. but i also voted for you. he was surprised. as my high school years went on and i studied the american founding, my views began to shift. i began to think about my upbringing, my immigrant grandfather from ireland, the ideals of my dad, a combat veteran, and i found my views shift

meanwhile, benjamin franklin, who was in france to negotiate a formal alliance, was convinced that privateeringwas helping the american cause with the french while at the same time injuring britain that that which makes the greatest impression in our favor here, franklin wrote, is the prodigious success of our armed ships and privateers. london's public advertisers learned that if france continued to allow american privateers to use their ports, an immediate war between france and this country would be the inevitable consequence. the critical turning point in the war and its critical turning point in getting france to ally the american cause was, of course the american victory over. gentlemen johnny burgoyne and his troops at saratoga on october 17 1777. just last, my son and i visited the battlefields, which was a fascinating now privateering one that causing a sharp turn in american fortunes on its own, helped the situation in which this great american victory could could prove decisive and france into the conflict. it did so by greatly increasing the enmity between france and britain and als

[applause] vp pence: benjamin franklin said that our founding fathers created a republic, if you can keep it. i truly do believe looking out at this generation and i have traveled across campuses since i left office, i believe this is the generation that can keep it. this is the generation that loves freedom. i want to share with you a little bit of my story and then a little bit of my views before we here with us on your mind. my story began in a small town in southern indiana. i grew up one of six kids and a family that ran gas stations. my dad did not have any use for lawyers a politicians so you can imagine, i am a source of great pride to them to this day. when i started a politics i was actually a democrat. i was the youth democratic party coordinator in 1976. i will never forget the day that i met walter mondale at the capitol building. i said vice president mondale, it is an honor to meet you but i also voted for you. he was a little surprised. suffice it to say as my high school years went on and i studied the american founding my views began to shift. i began to think deepl

even benjamin franklin are heavily invested in the western lands. they wanted all of that land west of thech appellations. because in america at that time wealth was in your landholdings. george washington died the wealthiest man in america with 80000 acres. and instead we get skipping the old silver dollar across the river or something. and so that kind of theme that we don't really discuss the actual history that happens we teach them myth. see if they were very, very effective at backing this revolution in giving justification for the revolution with a high sounding ideals of the declaration of independence, the constitution. but in fact they were investors, they were businessmen once it is much of the western lands as they could get. then you start going through all the rest of american history and examine it from that perspective. so i guess the answer to questions. >> yes you did. we skip back down to jeff. i was amazed, i was embarrassed at how little of contemporary mexican history i nail. i thought i had a fair grounding it but it turns out

even benjamin franklin were heavily invested in western lands. they wanted all of that land west of the appellations. because in america at that time wealth was in your landholdings. george washington died the wealthiest man in america, 8000. instead we get this skipped neil's silver dollar across the ocean or something. and so we don't really discuss the actual history that happens, we teach the myth. so yes they're very, very effective in backing the revolution and giving a justification with the high sounding ideals of the declaration of independence of the constitution. but in fact they were investors, they were businessmen who wanted as much of the western lands as they could get. and they start going through all the rest of american history and examining from that perspective. so i guess i answered your question. >> yes. we skip back down to jeff, i was amazed, i was embarrassed of how little of contemporary mexican history i knew. i thought i had a fair grounding in it but it turns out in a pre-columbian stuff is what i knew a lot moret ab

with all the revolutionary founders washington, madison, monroe jefferson, particularly even benjamin franklin were, heavily invested in western lands, they wanted all that land west of the appalachian because in america, at that time wealth was in your land holdings. and george washington died. the wealthiest man in america was 80,000 acres and instead we get you know, skipper neal silver dollar across a river or something and so that kind of seed that we really discuss the actual history that happens we teach the myths so. yes they were very, very effective at backing this revolution and giving a justification for this revolution with the high sounding ideals of the declaration of independence, of the constitution. but in fact, they were they were investors. they're businessmen who wanted as much of the western alliance as they could get. and then you start going through all the rest of american history and examining it from that perspective. so that's i guess i answered the question yeah, yeah. and, and we get back to jeff because of that. i mean so much i was amazed. i was embarrassed at h

ben benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors, as ministers to friends too.tony joined them. and adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental conference. congress. and they bonded together. his family inherits jefferson visited adams in english and they towards some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know, over the politics of the 1790s. and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery, almost never, in the letters. and i suspect it was because adams didn't bring it up, because he knew this was a painful subject, it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for. he didn't like confrontation, jefferson didn't. he was a wonderful, he was a magnificent letter writer. there are almost like poetry. and he was a wonderful conversationalist. but he would certainly shy away from one-on-one confident confrontations. our atoms. in a way that jefferson off the hook. he didn't push him on slavery in the correspondence. and jefferson didn't

when he met benjamin franklin one day back when paine still lived alone, franklin had encouraged this struggling young man to go start a new life in america. so in 1774 tom paine did just that, clutching a very brief, cursory letter of introduction from franklin who barely knew him. he booked passage to philadelphia.. turning his back on the country, england, that had brought him nothing but despair and disappointment. paine's health deteriorates so much on that long voyage across the ocean, but he staggered off the ship half dead, and he didn't know a soul. when his health finally returned, fully six weeks later, tom paine set about reinventing himself. he added an e to the end of his last name, a signal to himself as much as anyone else that he wanted to start fresh. he began contributing a few columns to a local newspaper, and within a few months he was able to use that brief experience as well as that cursory letter of introduction from ben franklin, philly's favorite son, to get himself a job in philadelphia editing a new gentlemen's magazine there for 50 pounds a year. and it wa

beginning, all the revolutionary founders, washington, madison, monroe, jefferson particularly, even benjamin franklin were heavily invested in western lands. they wanted all that land west of the appellation because in america at that time wealth was in your landholdings. george washington died the wealthiest man in america with 80,000 acres. instead, we get skipping a silver dollar cost the river or something. so that kind of seed that we don't really discuss the actual history that happens, we teach the myths. so yes, they were very, very effective at backing this revolution and giving justification for this revolution with the high sounding ideals of the declaration of independence, of the constitution. but, in fact, they were investors. they were businessmen who wanted as much of the western alliance as they could get. and then you start going through all the rest of american history and examining it from that perspective. so that's, i i guess i answerd the question. >> you did. let me skip back down to jeff, because of that. i was amazed. i was embarrassed at how little of contemporary mexican h

that people group as benjamin franklin -- the congress of the united states has no power over churches or religious bodies. if you know european history, this was a big thing, because throughout european history there had been constant battles between popes and emperors and kings about who was going to appoint the bishops. franklin's answer was we will have none of that in the united states. churches here will be autonomous. john: while we are talking about the first amendment you are talking about the importance of free speech and civil discourse and i pointed out the first amendment was designed to protect unpopular speech, because popular speech is not need any protection. some of your opinions reflect that, your majority opinion, your dissent in the walker case. your majority opinion on the sax case -- cashc -- sachs case. what are your thoughts on free speech on college campuses? justice alito: based upon what i have read, it is abysmal, and pretty disgraceful and it is dangerous for our future as a united democratic country. we depend on freedom of speech, freedom of speech is es

benjamin franklin is another example. he was very active in freemasonry when he was a young man. he knew freemasonry better, maybe better than, anybody else of his time period because he visited lodges in england and in scotland in when he was and the service there. but he was an extraordinary human being in so many ways that freemasonry was not central his life. so i think freemasonry as i said, was an ingredients that provided a flavor to it. it provides means to begin a friendship and but it's not central. and the way that rousseau voltaire other ideas you know other philosophy is the bible would have impact on that so well mark talbot thank for writing this book on george washington freemasonry. please join me and welcoming and thanking mark talbot to mal vernon, academic. g. and today i am so excited to be welcoming judith mackrell. thank you so much for being with us. well, thank you for joining me. tell me. where are you right now? so i'm in london and in my study which is at the top of the house lovely big space where i do nearly all of my writing kind of your escape.

actually adams was one of it was kind of an all-star lineup of diplomats when jefferson got there benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors as ministers to france too. so he joined them and he they had you know, adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental continental congress. they bonded even more and and he with her whole family there in paris. he visited jefferson visited adams in england and they toured some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know over the politics of the 1790s and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery almost never in in the letters and i suspect it was because atoms didn't bring it up because he knew this was a painful subject. it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for he didn't like confrontation jefferson didn't he was a wonderful. he's a magnificent letter writer. they're almost like poetry and he was a wonderful conversation list, but he was certainly shy away from one-on-one confrontation on so adams i

so, we think about information warfare as an internet invention, when in fact benjamin franklin was really good at information warfare. he cranked out literal fake news articles from his paris bateman. it is different today, primarily, in three ways. number one is spade, everything is moving faster, now. the speed of data, the speed of insight, the speed of decision. so, espionage has to keep pace with what decision makers need to know when they need to know it. so, everything is accelerating today, that is a really hard challenge for intelligence agencies. the second scale, so, if we think about i have a chapter in the book about traitors and counter intelligence. it used to take years for people to smuggle documents out in their pants and garbage bags, and all sorts of crazy ways to try to betray their country. but, now, traders can download documents, millions of documents in a matter of minutes, hours, months. so, the scale of espionage and particularly counter intelligence is completely difference. so, the third key difference was espionage today is that there has been a democratizati