dr. franklin believed electricity to be in the lightning bolt itself.s little promise in the new steam engines people are talking about. a new homestead in the unsettled west country of pennsylvania. a family is trying to clear the land and bring in a crop before winter comes. time is short. everybody works. the fire is only serving to rid the land of brush. he wonders, what is this force? how could it be captured? how could it be used? there is work to be done. he leaves it for wiser heads to puzzle out why, in a world brimming with energy, mankind is sentenced to a lifetime at hard labor. the scientists of his day are beginning to grasp the great interplay of forces in nature from the sun to the power sleeping in wood and coal. inventors are busy. a native genius, oliver evans, designs a new mill in which the great wooden wheel powers a completely automatic operation. grain going in one hand, flour coming out the other. inventors of the 19th century are ingenious at finding new ways to use the energy of falling water. but their great achievement is us

dr. franklin sitting between the jeffersonians and hamiltonian's. what he did was start a college.t may not be perfect. more importantly, what that says is we are not going to be talking about deficits which was the frame of the debate before. or how are we going to get out of the economic crisis? what we are going to have a battle on, and paul ryan and jeb bush and mitt romney are starting to join it, is how do we make sure the working person participates in the booming economy. by reframing the debate to be about that issue, that changes the historic landscape for the next two years and for the next 6 years. >> that seem to be obvious to me for a while. he said to david, he wanted to be remembered most for what he did for the middle class. the people he opened up to the middle class. this was said several years ago. the idea that developed in the midterms was somehow people felt left behind by what was going on in washington. we saw a bit of that about what happened coming out of the recession of 2008. the way wall street was treated. they felt there was not enough earnest. that

dr. franklin, ben franklin sitting between my friend the jeffersonian and the hamiltonian where he startedthe universitypennsylvania. more importantly what that does is say we're not going to be talking about deficits which was how we reduce the deficit. that was the frame of the debate before or how are we going to get out of the economic crises. what we're going to have a battle on and palm ryan and marco rubio and jeba0klx bush and mitt romney how do we make the middle class and working person participates in this recovery and this moving economy. and by reframing the debate to be about that issue that changes the historic landscape for the next two years and the next six years. >> rose: that seems to me to have been obvious for a while. the president has talked about it. david remnick the president told david that i've got a quote here somehow he said to david, he wanted to be remembered most for what he did for the middle class and the people that he opened up to the middle class. i mean this was said several years ago. so the idea that developed in the mid terms was somehow people fe

dr. franklin, what is it that we have? a republic or a monarchy. franklin replied. a republic if you can keep it. you have a challenge, students of liberty university. there's two lies. there's a flame that you must ensure it continues on. the flame of pentecost, the beacon that is the united states of america. you must guard it around so someone talked about earlier, it can be lost in subsequent generations. i ask you tonight i'm 53 years of age one day i'm going to be old, were permuted shorts with linux them dry shoes. i will probably be eating tapioca and living in some high-rise place that you guys will walk by and say look at those old people. but the thing is this. i am passing on to you that mantle that flame, that beacon. i am challenging you to go forth and be a champ in for christ and for this country. god bless you all. thank you. [applause] >> i'm worried to start a q&a session now. anyone who asked questions, feel free to come that to the microphones at the front of the auditorium please. state your name and what year you are. >> chadd higginbotham, i

dr. king near detroit. aretha franklinning this annual peace walk celebration in the city of southfield. thousands held a nonviolent protest in st. paul minnesota, calling on state leaders to address racial disparities. demonstrators blocked an intersection, shut down a light rail line walked along a major interstate and held a dye-in. >>> a new nbc news/washington journal shows more than 54% of americans feel they are judged on their character and not their skin. but 7 in 10 african-americans still think race is the defining factor. older americans, they tend to be more optimistic about the breakdown of breakdown of racial barriers. 64% of senior citizens believe that dr. king's vision is being lived out every day. >>> doug's here with more about our weather. we had warmer temperatures and some sunshine for people celebrating martin luther king day. >>> i think we'll another of those days tomorrow and then a little rain or snow for wednesday. today was nice especially ending the day with plenty of sunshine temperatures ro

dr. jon lapook has the story. >> reporter: last september, ft. lauderdale police officer franklinks was processing jamal rutledge after he violated his probation. all seemed routine until foulks suddenly grabbed his chest and collapsed. his heart was about to stop. 17-year-old rutledge, who was handcuffed kicked the security gate and shouted for officers. one did c.p.r., and another use an automated external defibrillator or a.e.d., to shock foulks' heart. doctors say that was life saving. every minute of delay applying a shock to restart heart lowers the odds of survival by 7% to 10%. dr. clifton callaway is the vice chair of emergency medicine at the university of pittsburgh medical center. >> if we can get an electrical shock to that's person in the first few seconds or first few minute, it has a very high chance of working. >> reporter: aeds are present in airports and many other public places, and cpr classes now show people how to use them. instructor sherry fusco of the training company emergency skills demonstrated just how easy they are to operate. let's say it's time to

franklin walked out of constitution hall and was met bay woman by the name of mrs. powell. well known philadelphia socialite. -miles-an-hour powell, a very bold woman came up and said, well dr. frank fran, do we have a republic or a monarchy. franklin replied republic if you can keep it. you have a challenge students of liberty university. there or two lights. there's a flame that you must ensure continues on. the flame of pentecost and the beacon that is the united states of america. you must guard it or else, as someone talked about early, it can be lost to subsequent generations. i ask you tonight -- i'm 53 years of age. one day i'm going to be old, i'm going wear bermuda shorts and black shots and dress shoes. will probably be eating tapioca and living in some high rise place that you guys will walk by or drive by and say look at those old people. but the thing is this. i am passing on to you that mantle that flame, that beacon. i'm challenging you to go forth and be a champion for christ, and for this country. god bless you all and thank you. [applause] >> we're going to start a q & a session now so anyone who has questions, feel free to come up to the mics at the fron

dr. jon lapook has more on the device that was used just in time. >> reporter: last september ft. lauderdale police officer franklinssing jamal rutledge after he violated his probation. all seemed routine until foulks grabbed his chest and collapsed. hiss heart was about to stop. 17-year-old rutledge who was handcuffed kicked the door to get attention of the officers. they used a defibrillator to save the officer's life. doctors say those actions were life-saving. that's because every minute of delay applying a shock to restart the heart lowers the odds of survival by 7% to 10%. dr. clifton calloway is the vice chair of emergency medicine at the university of pittsburgh medical center. >> if we can get an electrical shock to that person in the first few seconds or first few minutes, it has a high chance of working. >> reporter: cpr classes now show people how to use them. instructor sherry fisko of the training company emergency skills shows just how easy they are to operate. let's say it's time to use the aed. what do you do? >> first thing you do is open the defibrillator and turn it on. when you turn it on, the

dr. martin luther king, junior is on the national mall along with memorials to presidents lincoln, george washington and franklinhere -- back here in the bay area, there's word that san francisco will be beefing up the ambulances. the city will buy 19 new ambulances and reportedly will hire more pair merdicks. now -- pair paramedics. this comes after joanne hayes- white is under fire because of poor response times. back in october, firefighters gave her a vote of no confidence. jerry brown will work reducing the price of healthcare. the governor's office says the state is facing an estimated $72 billion shortfall to pay for healthcare coverage once the current workers retire. the cost of retiree healthcare has jumped from $458 million in 2001 to almost $2 billion today. governor brown wants state workers to make contributions to their healthcare retirement funds. right now, only three of the state's 21 backenning units may -- bargaining units make contributions to retiree benefits. >>> it appears the world's richest people keep on getting richer. according to a new study, the world's richest 1% is on track to ta