now, this is not you may think the original that would have been signed by benjamin franklin and jefferson and john adams and all of those gentlemen back in 1776. you can find that at the national archives in washington. but this declaration of independence is still a really interesting one to see if i can hand over here. this is the we call the stone engraving and we call it that not because it's honestly stone, but because a fellow named william j. stone back in eight, in the early 1820s, was commissioned by the federal government to produce a copy of the declaration of independence. the document. a lot of the things that are on paper in ink and parchment, they can kind of fade over time. they can be difficult to read. and during the administration, they want it to be mindful to preserve the declaration not just its message, but even how it appeared for us for future generations. so that actually a really interesting, complicated process. i love to get into that for you folks. so when we get a little more time to dive into the history of some of these documents, but this a great look bec

the lightning rod appeared in our country a little earlier than it was officially invented by benjamin franklin in 1752 year. for three days, vladimir faifer's brigade could not start work , the weather did not allow it, the wind raised impressive waves, sometimes storms rage on lake baikal for whole weeks, you can’t get used to them. they can only endure every day, simple for fishermen is not an affordable luxury, but today in the morning it is quiet and sunny until big water. we still have to get a few kilometers by boat , the fishermen are in a hurry at any moment, the weather can deteriorate sharply, and then the waves will throw the boat like a toy, if it turns over the fishermen will not save anything. you have minutes the sea is not enough and that's it. when you go with a boat , water will whip you and your shoulder blades, when you go into the river there, instead of a dangerous one, from there a wave rises a crest in the opposite direction. the work has not been completed, you can barely see the strip from the sea there is already danger. at the last moment, as luck would have it, the

committees between which adams sits and benjamin franklin. adams would be slow to believe franklin is sufficiently revolutionary. as our many people. many people find ben franklin's politics suspect. he has taken on british heirs. he tried hard to keep the entire impart together. he has counseled massachusetts to be more prudent. adams seems to think he is not on the side of liberty. very quickly, the two of them realize that is not true and they become good friends in philadelphia. it is interestingly samuel adams who makes franklin a great patriot because the news of the boston tea party will arrive in london just as ben franklin is about to be held responsible for having sent a cash of stolen letters which were published by samuel adams and his friends in massachusetts. ben franklin is hauled in for the prison counsel in london and loudly humiliated for his role in that affair. the humiliation is days afterward has arrived in london that this tea has marinated in boston harbor. suddenly, he is being held responsible for all of this. it is c

the lightning rod appeared in our country a little earlier than it was officially invented by benjamin franklin

>> benjamin franklin. >> benjamin franklin. >> george washington. >> john hancock. >> all right, tommy. i love the answer the declaration of independence was signed in 1941. pretty scary what is out there. >> it is. actually those questions were much more difficult. i don't think the average american could answer questions that are far more simple than that. we have a problem on our hands, jason. this goes back to our education system. when i was younger i took civics. i was proud to take civics class. i got to learn about american history. i am only 30 years old but feel like kids these days. i sound like an old woman when i say that. kids these days are not learning civics. they are learning about pronouns and gender identity and maybe basket feminist weaving. i am not sure. they are not learning civics. when we asked people five or 10 years from now the same questions you just asked on the streets of new york city, i shudder at the thought on what we will get. >> one more question i want to show you that was asked. >> do know who wrote the star-spangled banner? >> no idea. >> will y

so benjamin franklin work enlisted in the company f of the 13th iowa volunteer infantry. he ends up by the end of the in the second minnesota cavalry and he stays on past the war and he spent the most of the remainder of the war. and after on patrols in minnesota and sells dakota in december of 65, the stagecoach he was traveling in was overturned in a blizzard and he nearly froze. this doctor was forced to amputate all four of his limbs. so he has no means to support himself. and in an effort to make a living this, he gets several portraits of himself taken that are multiple poses. and he has his story on the back and he will sell these. he kind of coins himself as the soldier and he will sell these images as a means of making a living. he's rather successful at it as well. he sells thousands them. this is another example this is bernard toby. toby. on january 1865, a powder magazine exploded while he was inside the surrendered fort fisher. 200 men were killed or wounded in this accident. and toby lost of his arms, unable work due to his injury, he purchased a hand organ

and i was reminded again of the famous story that i know you all heard of an aged benjamin franklin sitting in the back and looking at the chair or days on end. you remember the story, you remember the chair on the back of the chair kind of carved into the back was half of a son, and over the course of the debates benjamin franklin said, i've looked at that so many times,, trying to decide if it was a rising sun or a setting sun. and at the end with the constitution was agreed upon, he said i'm pleased to report that i can now see, i cannot happen report that it is a rising sun. i think it's fair to ask the question today, is it a rising sun or is it a setting sun? i don't think the answer to the question is written in the stars. i don't think it's determined yet. are our greatest is behind us or ahead of us? i truly believe that as governors together with our fellow americans and the people that we represent we can make sure that that sun is still rising, that the next 100 years will be 100 years of american greatness leaving the world to make sure that we are preserving those rights that

there is weather archives at this site from some famous people, benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson, and the recordkeeping like this helped us understand how the weather and climate have shaped our world over time. >> this is what we consider the authoritative source. this is the information we have collected as a country and as a globe, right, as a global community over the last two to three centuries that supports the predictions and decisions and analyses being performed today. >> so when we hear noaa scientists saying that such month or year was the hot e recorded ever, it's actually true with all of this recordkeeping coming from famous names, soldiers, farmers, everyday people. even at this instant, we can jot it out outside and it could be in the archives one day. >> i love history so much. that's cool to see all of that. we mentioned that july may break a record as well when it comes to the hottest month. we are feeling the extreme temps here in the bay area right now. how about other, you know, how about the state, other parts of the country, world? >> we are definitely keep

when benjamin franklin walked out of that convention he was asked, have you given is -- as a republicr monarchy? he said a republic, if you can keep it. he understood that this was not something that was taken for granted. you had to fight for it and cultivated. it is especially true when i think about the people who have served perforce. i am motivated to help save this country because i care about my family, my kids, maybe someday we will have great kids. all of this stuff. i know that many of you feel the same. but i also feel that ioa debt to eight that -- i/o a debt to the generations of americans before us. what i used to go to washington dc, we would fly into reagan airport and there was one route that you would take which would you parallel to the national mall. if you looked out the left side of the plate, you saw these up close, beautiful views of the lincoln memorial. the reflecting pool. the washington monument. all of the other monuments, and perched on the hill, the beautiful u.s. capitol building. and you felt a sense of pride as an american because those are also publi

benjamin franklin of all people born against dangers of overreliance on debt emphasizing the importancef fiscal responsibly for overall health as a country. thomas jefferson similar concern. he says i place economy among the first was supporting the public and virtues and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. we have problems that. alexander hamilton said national debt, if it's not excessive will be to us a national blessing. he's thinking optimistically. we have huge national debt. the message, elected leaders, if you have don't have spending reduction plan, please leave the campaign trail now especially republicans. all worried sick about education system. so are our founding fathers, george washington said this, the best means of forming a man they purchase happy people will be found in the right education of our youth. without this foundation, every other means in my opinion must fail. think about that. his palms are our problems. what about political polarization? here's a quote from john adams. he said there's nothing which i dread so much as a division of the repub

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

weather archives from famous people you might have heard of benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson and record-keeping like this helps us understand how the weather and climate have shaped our world over time. >> this is what we consider authoritative source. this is the information that we have collected as a country and as a globe right as a global community over the last two, three centuries supporting the predictions and decisions and analyses performed today. >> when we hear noaa scientists, kira, saying that such months or such year was hottest ever recorded, it's not just a guess. it's true and comes from these famous names. soldier, farmers, everyday people. you and i can go outside record it and could possibly end up in archives some day. >> wow. probably something i will never do but look forward to see if you do anything like that. you mentioned july also could break a record. we are feeling these extreme temperatures here right now. how about other parts of california, even other parts of the world? and the u.s., too. seen all sorts of extreme weather. >> hot and dangerous temperatures. co

benjamin franklin, whom paine will soon meet and discover a shared interest in scientific matters. bob's diary records his fascination with what he calls the electra city, as well as fire works at age 14, when boston is celebrating the fall of the french colonial city of lewisburg home court, two marauding privateers during the dimly recalled war of austrian succession, bob marvels at what he calls, quote, all manner of fireworks on boston common before long, his diary will reveal his love of skating gunning, swimming, fishing and dancing. bob enters harvard college at the age of 14, which is not that unusual in that era shown here in this engraving by yes, you guessed it, paul revere. while he is there to to setbacks occur his life, his mother dies and his father loses his fortune. that fortune that he retired from the ministry to acquire loses his fortune to guess what french privateers. he studies greek using this latin textbook. imagine studying greek and latin. well, that's what he had to do as his father had before him. and this very copy duly signed by both of them upon grad

they fully expected this aside to answer that question for all of human history but when benjamin franklinalked out he was asked have you given us a republic or a monarchy? he said i republic, if you can keep it. he understood this was not something that was foreordained or you had to fight for and try to cultivate it. that's especially true when i think aboutes the people that he served before us. i motivator to help save this money because i care about my family, my kids, maybe someday we'll havee grandkids, all of this doctor i know many of you feel the same but also feel i owe a debt to the generation of americans have come before us that have sacrificed for this country when i used to go into washington, d.c. we would fly into reagan airport and there was one particular route you would take that would bring you blush parallel to the national mall so that if you look at the left side of the plane you saw these up close beautiful views of the lincoln memorial, the reflecting pool, the washington monument all the other monuments and then perched on the hill but beautiful u.s. capitol bui

remember this political cartoon by benjamin franklin? they are a vital part of the free press. you think and laugh in ways tv news or print newspapers can't. the layoffs underscore the importance of supporting local journalism and being willing to pay for it. it underscores how too many corporations are destroying what matters in the united states. >>> turning to our earth matter series, they had to shut down in athens today. in china, power companies are in o overdrove. chad myers is in the cnn weather center for us. this could be the earth's hottest year ever on record. is this the new normal? >> according to some scientists, this might be the new low normal. you talk about where we are right now. talked about this a few days ago about how it was the hottest day ever on record from satellite review across the globe. where we were and where we are now and maybe where we will be in five or ten years. even though we break records today, those temperatures may not break records as he would look ahead for five, 10, 15 years as things get warmer. just because it's hot doesn't mean

american people to make a decision next november because if you continue to vote for this as benjamin franklinmetimes you get the government you want, other times you get the government you deserve and if we vote affirmatively to have this, we will deserve more of it. if we don't have a change of leadership in washington dc so that we can eradicate the euro credit administrative state that we have and clean out the department of justice, irs, all of it, these institutions we will continue down this path where government will be weapon eyes to. if there's one thing i say to donald trump if he was sitting here where you are sitting i would say to donald trump, the mistake you made, you did not realize how deep the bureaucratic administrative state was, not just a cabinet level, seven or 8 levels down. barack obama purged a senior military leaders and look what we got. eric holder was a very political attorney general. they set the case during the obama administration. for whatever reason, when we get the opportunity to be in control of this mechanism for called the federal government we tried to

if you continue to vote for this -- benjamin franklin said sometimes you get the government you want, other times you get the government you deserve. if we vote affirmatively, regret that government we deserve. if we don't have a change in leadership in washington, d.c. so that we can eradicate the bureaucratic and administrative state that we have and cleanout the department of justice defense, irs, you name it, all these institutions then we will continue down this path where government will. be weaponized if there is one thing i can say to president trump, if he were sitting here, i would say to president trump, the mistake that you made, you didn't realize how deep the democratic administered estate was not just of the cabinet level, but seven or eight levels down. barack obama's senior military leaders, look what we got. eric holder was a very political attorney general. they set the case during the obama administration. whatever reason, when we get the opportunity to be in control of this mechanism called the federal government, we try to play compassionate and nice and everythi

know really becomes a pillar of his i like to think of him in a lot of respects as like to what benjamin franklin was and sort of mid-century 1700s philadelphia for in a lot of ways especially in the black community. is that in and more and allow the responsibilities that he's taking on as well. it really is a steward and a pillar of the philadelphia a black philadelphia community. and i'm glad that you mentioned before for fortin women because that was i mean even into the era even into the far 19th century where we have charlotte horton his granddaughter. so a lot of a lot of important people who did amazing things. so going forward. there's what else are we hoping to discover about james fortin about black revolutionary war soldiers about how what else do we looking to discover and how will that be brought to life here at the museum? um going forward we are working diligently on an upcoming something that we're working on an exhibition on the fortin family it it's just kind it's just amazing how much i've been scaffold in the past few years since i've been here from discovery cards from fortin

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

well david seller had been the partner of hall david hall who had been a partner of benjamin franklin who was the most notorious runaway apprent? all right, so you're going oh, he's following that kind of tradition in some form or another well from what it appears. he must have come back and served out his his term as an apprentice or found something else because he's back here in pennsylvania and in philadelphia, but obviously not finding a job or his own independent shop and thus there he was enlisting in the continental army during the revolution in this thing. so we followed him in but it also makes sense about why he would be a sergeant and certainly by a sergeant major. this is somebody who can keep the records and he was he was writing some of the orderly books. so we've got proof of this individual but the big part was that journal now, of course, i looked at that journal and it's wonderful and think about the material resources when you can touch this and i'm going and i was and you're you're hearing this and going 250 years ago he was writing in this and so from his pen and

there's only 246 and he's going to have a celebration that will make benjamin franklin jealous. james. you're old enough to be there when declaration of independence >> some days i feel days. i do. thank you. well, when she ate all of that, take you will. >> the 4th of july also marks the 50th anniversary of the bay area's most visible icon central tower. tower will be lit up tonight with dozens of multicolor lasers creating a sea of lights are going to bring you the line live on kron four's july 4 live tonight at 9 o'clock. the first rovers ella sogomonian dell's a little deeper into the function and the history of sigcho tower. >> for the last 50 years, the sutro tower has been connecting viewers and listeners to some of their favorite radio and television programs. the 977 foot self supporting steel structure is perched high atop mount sutro between twin peaks and inner sunset. >> when you see sutro tower, you know your home. i think that's pretty cool. i think that's true. it's one of the very few things and all of francisco that you can see from just about anywhere. >> he w

benjamin franklin publishes them down in in philadelphia, especially after the 1730 epidemic. more and more evidence is is is is coming inoculations are being more successful. the people who die from inoculation tend to be very young children, babies and the elderly. the soldier age people who are soldiers in the continental army, teenage ers survive it very well. there's tremendous demand from young adults for innocuous. and you can see by 1764, most bostonian boys are demanding and receiving inoculate. and there's a general inoculate. and in boston in 1764, the entire town shuts down. they shut down trade, shut down commerce.he whole community cane innocuous. they sit together. the trouble with inoculation and the reason why you have to do it all at once is because after your inoculate, your infectious, you're infectious for 3 to 4 weeks and you can spread natural smallpox to others during that time. so if you wanted to get inoculated, you couldn't return home. you might spread it to your to your children, to your neighbors. so they would create, isolate in hospitals, quaran

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

heroes, a vast outdoor park featuring statues of george washington, thomas jefferson, betsy ross, benjamin franklinfrederick douglass and other great americans. really great americans. we were going to put it down. we were starting with 100 and then we would end up with a lot more than that. we were going to have committees pick the first hundred. it would have been something really special. joe biden canceled the national garden. like an american-hating socialist would you do he also -- like an american-hating socialist would. he also canceled the keystone pipeline, if you remember that one. that was a beauty. first day cancelled the keystone pipeline, 48,000 jobs and. something that would have been fantastic for energy. i will bring all of that back and i will now be even bigger and more magnificent in terms of the garden. we will have something magnificent, something you will love and visit and something our country needs. we need it for hours. and for our soul. i totally transformed the federal judiciary, appointing nearly 300 justices and judges. [applause] and three great supreme court justic

this dream of writing biography of washington's sister based jill lauper's fabulous book about benjamin franklin, sister jane june franklin beach. the papers aren't there. they're just, you know, george, george, betty didn't write volume letters, which i wish they had, but that's probably the the big the one we really wanted was betty lewis. and and it just it couldn't happen. did you know george washington had a sister? exactly. exactly right. you know, they know about his brothers. right. and you know bush rod, all those people my students love name bushra. i'm from we were we were very excited get brand new work on washington mother. and i have to admit, i drove in fredericksburg yesterday just to see her gravestone after after editing this essay for the last two years. so i'm that was one. and there were several others, you know, one of the problems of an edited collection is there's always stuff that's been promised elsewhere. one of our invited essays already had a book contract for her book on the washington granddaughters. right. one was an essay on mercy otis that we drooled over, but s

you have benjamin franklin's home. he has a connection to nip and tuck it. as many of you know, mother was a nantucket her. is that what you called or an islander. so nantucket works all right. christ church on second street national constitution center on the sort of north axis. the first bank of the united states. you'll see a better picture of that building in just a moment. and then sort of anchoring the eastern flank of independence historical park, the newest cultural institution in philadelphia, the museum of the american revolution. we have just celebrated our fifth anniversary. so we are really just a toddler and couple those years have been a little bit more challenging. you all have been through this ongoing pandemic, but we still have managed to have a million visitors through the museum's since opening in april of 2017. so there's great, great momentum. here's our robert stern and robert ste designed building, as we like to call it, cannon corner at third and chestn streets, just two blocks from independence hall. and if you climb up to that ter