an intro to "a tale of two cities" by charles dickens, written in 1859 but set in 1775. we could so easily be talking about today. it's an honor to be with you here on pbs, and i'm very happy to be with a broadcaster

when charles dickens visited us in 1840, he was truly blown away by high water pressure on the fourth floor of the hotel he was staying in. nowhere in europe had he experienced that. this technology was doing something to support the life and the growth of the city. philadelphia, throughout the 19th century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water come

exemption gone well so in a way it seems that what the republicans are trying to bring back is charles dickens england you know the one nine. you've got a very small wealthy ruling class a very small middle class the butcher the baker the doctor the lawyer basically mercantile and professional class and then a very very large working poor that was actually a very stable form of government you know russell kirk and a number of other conservatives over the years of celebrated that why don't they just say and that's what they want to do. because it's not a very good electoral strategy because they have to balance the electoral side with what they're actually doing policy wise but you know what the public already spoke last fall they rejected the romney ryan plan and now we have the exact same plan before us but it's even worse because they're trying to deal with the whole deficit in ten years that's simply not practical the way we deal with the deficit is to get people back to work that's why the progressive caucus plan is called the back to work budget it does just that it focuses on that is wha

wrap it up, charles dickens. you're not being paid by the word. ♪ i was walking in the graveyard... ♪ bobby. linda. oh! hi, teddy. welcome to my black and orange party. teddy, you really went all out. i spray-painted everything this morning. yeah, it's uh, a little strong. maybe we should open a window or something. yeah, i would, but they're painted shut. can i offer you a hard-boiled egg? i colored them black and orange with a marker. (high pitched squeak) whoa. whoa. hey. ooh. what was that? ooh. no need to be scared, everybody. just my guinea pig, francis. you can call her frankie. but just don't call her fran. she hates that. what about francy pants? saint francis pants, huh? what's wrong with you? what? hey, you're not wearing a costume, bob. i just didn't think i needed to wear a costume. it's not a kids' party. hey, everybody, we've got (rings bell) a party violation over here. what are you doing? bob is not wearing a costume. mike the mailman's not wearing a costume. mike's a bunny. he's not a bunny. i'm

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an intro to "a tale of two cities" by charles dickens, written in 1859 but set in 1775. we could so easily be talking about today. it's an honor to be with you here on pbs, and i'm very happy to be with a broadcaster