james madison, franklin roosevelt was a politician.e hear a little bit of that in this oval office recording. >> there is probably never anyone in the white house who was more of a wily politician than franklin roosevelt. it is just superb. he had a skill and ability and success that has few if any rivals. willkie had the misfortune of running against that skillful politician. >> was wendell willkie consistent on the issues in the 1940 campaign? >> i do not think so. few politicians are consistent on the issues. the campaign started to go badly for willkie. the disorganization, the chaos, the difficulty of challenging roosevelt. in the last part of the campaign, he moved toward a position on the war and the new deal that he may not have happily agreed with. they were more harsh, more vituperative then the true wendell willkie. >> amity shlaes. >> he was inconsistent, but we cannot downplay his success. he won more votes in that election than any republican had ever won. electorally, roosevelt was that wily fox. he had that large number

i love what we did on ben franklin. are was fascinated with woodrow wilson mainly because of him having a stroke and his wife running congress for three months. it was fascinating. but the one that really gripped me more than anyone else was the warren harding one. i couldn't believe somebody that was such a doofus, this guy was not bright at all. and elected to the white house talking about the tax code, my taxes -- don't talk to me about that. the only thing is how many women can i take to bed in the white house? they had their own saying of the difference between harding and wilson, warning a vote or houses of columbus, ohio and there was a lot of truth to that. another is a i want to say -- he was picked to run for the senate because north of columbus they came out, two political offers, he will make a marvelous senator. when he got elected one of the first things he wanted to do was change the national emblem from the eagle to the chicken because there are more chicken than eagles. that shows how bright this guy wa

franklin was, himself, a journalist and a printer. newspapers and was jail repeatedly before the revolution before his incendiary statements. if i could only talk to ben franklin, i'd say, mr. franklin, surely you supported the first amendment as a way to make sure that the people can speak freely, without interference, right? you didn't intend it to be used as an excuse for corporate cash to buy off politicians? ah, my good friend, franklin would say, you have hit the nail upon the head. we didn't revolt against the king only to be taken over by multi-national corporations to buy ads and indirect campaign contributions, no! franklin would have been on our side, dylan. i'm convinced of it. the guy was a populist, a man of the people. and he no doubt wanted the first amendment to protect speech, even unpopular speech. not to establish moneyed interests unlimited campaign expenditures. can the supreme court make a mistake? of course it can. it has many times. and when it comes to campaign finance, it has made a huge mistake. starting wi

including an inmate whom we've been calling franklin. belongs to the side of gangster disciples plotting a takeover against their current leaders. >> people are smelling that blood in the water right now. that you guys aren't on the same page. so they're taking some of you guys. >> they're taking me. let's make this plain and simple. >> it's the vice lord aspect is what i'm more worried about than the atg aspect. >> i don't condone what they did. but i don't see nothing changing in the relationship with the vice lords and the ges right now. with all the deposition. the last couple of years have been a peace treaty. so i don't think the gds. >> so basically they just took advantage of the situation. >> yeah. on the floor and nobody help him? >> it was considered by the gds. everyone was either in the shower, on the phone, or watching tv. >> that should be a clear message to them, know what i mean? ain't nobody care. the jail is always about the numbers. you outnumbered, you outpowered. this is not a place you want to be outpowered. >> go

including an inmate whom we've been calling franklin. disciples plotting a takeover against their current leaders. >> people are smelling that blood in the water right now. that you guys aren't on the same page. so they're taking some of you guys for being weak. they taking them -- let's keep this clear, plain and simple, they taking that crew for being weak. >> it's the vice lord aspect is what i'm more worried about than the atg aspect. >> i don't condone what they did. but i don't see nothing changing in the relationship with the vice lords and the gds right now. there's always been tension but lately, the last couple of years, a peace treat, so everything's been going all right. so yng it was just towards the gds. >> so basically they just took advantage of the situation. >> yeah. on the floor and nobody help him? >> yep. >> there was a considerate amount of gds in there. everyone was either in the shower, on the phone, or watching tv. >> got out of the way, huh? that should be a clear message to them, man. you know what i mean? didn

-- franklin middle school in vallejo. kraig debro has more. >> reporter: sadness and a feeling of betrayal. it happened right there. last night was the school's biggest music fund-raiser. it turned out to provide one big disappointment. so at franklin middle school today they are trying to figure out how to get the money back. one of the ways they want to get it back is maybe have another fund-raiser. but they've also decided that maybe next friday when the winter ball comes around they might not have it because of what happened last night. last night. ♪ >> reporter: as music was playing, two men stole money from the kitty, that money is supposed to support the school music program. >> for this to happen, it's not fair. it's not fair to our kids. >> reporter: supporters entered the gym and the -- where the concert was held. and then two men took a box holding hundreds of dollars. >> there were a couple of parents there guarding it. one parent had to leave. the other parent remained there. i guess he got distracted. >> thi

aretha franklin!s. >> thank you. >> jimmy: thank you so much for coming back to the show. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> jimmy: dr. franklin. congratulations. >> all right, dr. fallon. >> jimmy: that's right. i did. you just got your honorary degree. >> i did, from yale. >> jimmy: yale university. >> yes. >> jimmy: oh, my god. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, so, can you write prescriptions now? can you -- what can you do? >> oh, sure. and latin too. >> jimmy: oh, perfect. i actually got mine too. i retired to the rafters up there. there's my honorary degree from college of st. rose. [ cheers and applause ] doctorate of humane letters. >> no, you didn't. >> jimmy: yes, i did. >> no, you didn't. >> jimmy: thank you so much for coming back. i know you come to new york city during the holidays. you just love it here? >> love it here. i used to live here, and i've been pounding the pavement a little bit over on 5th avenue and madison. and went to see "the mountain top" the other night with sam

i did ben franklin, was finishing einstein, i thought, okay, franklin, einstein, steve, okay. i said you're a really, really great subject, but let's wait 30 years until you retire, and it was not until 2009 when he had his liver transplant, went on the medical leave that it sunk in that he was fighting cancer, that he transformed with his team a wide variety of industries. you know, first home and personal computes, but by that point, by 2009, had transformed the music industry with itunes and the ipod, the phone industry, the publishing industry, tabloid computing, and that's when i said, all right, you know, this is too good to pass up. >> did you have a theory about him going into this? >> i had a theory because his very first if any call when we started talking about it, he told me something that was said to him which is that you always want to stand at the intersection of liberal arts and the sciences. you know, right there between the humanities and technology or engineering, and that's something we lost in the cp snow era where you were in humanities or the sciences, a

franklin roosevelt, 1932, was running for his first term as president. donovan ended up running as much against roosevelt as he did against lieutenant governor lehman, roosevelt's lieutenant governor who is running for governor. said some nasty things about roosevelt on the campaign trail. at one point he accused fdr of being quote, crafty. back then that was fighting words. kind of mild today. another time he accused roosevelt of being a quote, hyde park figure because roosevelt on the campaign trail claimed he was just a simple farmer am hyde park and donovan said that was a bunch of bunk. roosevelt, for his part, took a shot at donovan. had surrogates do. eleanor got on the campaign trail and started criticizing him during the election. donovan lost that election. turned out he was a horrible campaigner. if he was here talking to you in a small group he could turn on that irish charm and he would have you've totally wrapped into what he was saying. before a large group though, he was a wooden stick figure, just terrible as a campaigner. in fact, his l

this is 795 south of franklin boulevard. both directions are moving just fine. this is 95 near white marsh. southbound traffic is moving just fine in both directions. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. good morning. >> good morning. a somber morning at wbal as the familiar face and voice has been silenced. ron smith passed away. >> jayne miller looks back at the life and career of the man listeners knew as the voice of reason. >> this is action news. >> good evening, everyone. i'm ron smith. >> ron smith spent most of his life with the wbal family, first as a tv new anchor on our old action news team between 1973 and 1980. >> those against, well, they say it is just another scheme to yank still more cash. >> then after a brief break from broadcasting to work as a stockbroker, ron returned to wbal radio in 1985 to begin a whole new journey as a talk- show host. >> they were able with our technology to bomb from far away, which is what they do. >> never a screamer, ron succeeded by staying on top of local and national politics, and standing firm

jefferson and franklin got a little bit and adams and hamilton got a little bit. we had a president that was going to be elected every four years, so it was an amazing level of pleading field. i start their because today we are hearing that my party represents the founders. no, my party does. i'm thinking you've got to go back and figure out these guys worked on the same page and in fact it was an extraordinary playing field that is what distinguishes our amazing republic and it is under attack today in many respects. a favorite quote of full - from john adams, and he said ideologies is the science of indy idiots. today we ought to carry that around and where it on our lapel. the reason i say is we had agreed playing field and i try in the book to take everyone back and then show how both conservative and liberal ideologies have developed over time and hour in fact when you get up to the present day you will find the will of almost reversed positions in several very important respects, which means if you are bred to an ideology swearing it is the founder's ideolog

that was franklin and jefferson. because, think about it, jefferson was this sort of gentleman farmer living in virginia. he didn't need the country to be big and dynamic. he imagined small businesses and farmers and quiet and bucolic and a bit isolationist, wanted to kind of stay away from the world. that was jefferson. all right? then the democrats today, oh, they're the big government and, you know, they're trying to tax the people, and they've got all of these -- the government should be building jobs and doing things and creating -- alexander hamilton is considered the father of conservativism. our first secretary of the treasury. you know what the very first thing he did? he demanded that the country establish a deficit. and he went around, and he bought up all of the revolutionary war debt from the states, brought it up -- took it, brought it in. jefferson is over there screaming, can't do it, unconstitutional, strict construction of the constitution, said the liberal. hamilton goes, balderdash. i'm big enough

the killer of franklin amobi.eone shot and killed the 24- year-old in the white oak section of silver spring yesterday morning. it happened near a bus station when he was on his way to work. >>> don't be alarmed if you see droves of police officers and hear gunfire around the annandale campus of northern virginia community college because emergency responders will be conducting security exercises on campus around 10:00 this morning. >>> are you ready for some football? the fourth annual military bowl kicks off this afternoon at rfk stadium. air force taking on toledo. maryland beat north carolina in last year's game. >> "the early show" starts in about six minutes. erica hill has a preview on what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> just ahead on "the early show," consumer confidence is back after a year for the 2011, 2011 ending with a hint of optimism. we'll take a look at some of the sectors of the economy which are showing a little bit of improvement. some of the trouble spots heading into 2012. we'll let y

franklin amobe. he was in the complex. he was at the bus stop here on stewart lane behind me when shots rang out. neighbors are saying that around 6:40 yesterday morning, as people were getting ready for work. they heard the shots. family and friends are in shock after the shooting. and his mother is devastated. >> between 6:39 and 6:48, we received two calls for shots fired and another call for a pedestrian struck. >> my wife heard a shot so she ran back in the house to tell me about it. >> reporter: investigators are currently looking for a suspect in a motive in this case. they're looking for any kind of leads that they can find from the community. they used tracking dogs to scour the scene yesterday. and they focused a lot of their attention across the street from the bus stop looking for signs that could lead them to the killer. now, they say that the family of the victims said that his car was actually towed from this location yesterday. his girlfriend reportedly lived in this complex. and fans of the rapper who knew

one week after the crash, an emotional kyle franklin describes the extent of his wife's injuries. >>70% of her body. she's got inhalation injury. she's got a broken neck. a broken back. her face is smashed. she's got multiple fractures all down her face. she's got very little skin left for them to do very much grafting. >> due to the severity of her burns, she suffers from numerous infections and her kidneys, all but shut down. 11 weeks after the crash, kyle is forced to make a difficult decision. he takes his wife amanda off life support. she passes away two months after her 25th birthday. the ntsb hasn't released its final report on the cause of the crash, but kyle franklin says he believes something caused the engine to flood. once the plane is in trouble, he and amanda had precious little time to react. >> from the time that the engine developed a problem from the time that they were on the ground was a matter of five or six seconds. she was standing on the top wing when they crashed into the brush she was inside the front cockpit. >> they leveled out so that amanda could get bac

. >> who was john hope franklin? >> john hope franklin probably the dean of african-american history wrote a great text the call from slavery to freedom along with literally dozens of other books but in slavery to freedom. it's not the african-american experience. an experience which begins in slavery, in this in freedom and reminds us of the violence and the terror that is particularly connected to the african-american experience but also the hope and the spreading of the improvement from black life and in that way it's become very important for understanding the black experience. perhaps the most important one that we have. >> how did you get interested in this topic area? >> in african-american history. you know, it's one of those things which i often asked and i've often pondered the answer to that question. like so many things i'm not sure myself. i was in graduate school in the 1960's. i was a the university of wisconsin. i was involved in the civil rights movement. not any major way. you can say i world bandag

he did not like franklin roosevelt.i can roosevelt from all accounts did not like charles lindbergh. but there were many people that were involved in the american first movement, people think of as some kind of right wing isolationist operation. but as a matter of fact, by descender, the america first movement is a very respected political institution in that there were men and women on the left and the right involved. walt disney was a member. house that was a democratic nominee in 1928 was a member, and so was herbert hoover. labor, e.e. cummings, lowell thomas, the commonest activist was a member of the country. american first move was a politically potent that they were actually making plans to open up a campaign office and every congressional district for 1942 to support the most isolationist candidate running for office whether the republican and democrat, and there were many members of roosevelt own democratic party it was strident isolationists. >> on that issue, too, the united mine workers were isolationists.

the criticism of "franklin and jefferson" hit charles hard. demetrios: the "franklin and jefferson" show was an exhausting show because it was huge, and i think sort of the machinery of doing that was just tiring. tondreau: i saw charles at his happiest when he was getting to do a lot of photography. and he was very engaged directly on the creative process of doing the photographs -- which led me to the idea that maybe he felt he was missing something, you know, the transition to more of an executive position at the office. beebe: it was very hard for him, because he didn't really have a successor, and for the years that i was there, he was always looking for the perfect person. it was a battle one day with the ibm representative, mike sullivan, and mike said, "why don't you shut this down?" and he said, "i'd like to." and sullivan said, "what would you do?" and he said, "i'd just travel and shoot." "but," he said, "i don't know what to do about ray, and closing the office." beebe: he was tired, and he was, i don't know if it was his heart, bu

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franklin graham joins us from new york. to see you, franklin. >> good to see you and a merry christmas to you. >> ditto. well, as we talk, if you don't mind, i'm going to show folks how to go to samaritanspurse.org and build a box if they still want to do it and send it to your organization. tell folks what you witnessed over so many years and how it makes such an impact on these kids? >> you know, kyra, we ask people to take a shoe box kind of like what i'm holding right here and fill it with items for a child. it can be, if it's a girl, put a doll, if it's a boy you may want to put a ball or a car or something like that. send it to us and we'll take it to a child and give it to them around the christmas season. but we ask people to pray. pray for the child who is going to get the box. you know, i don't know who will get the box, but god does. if we know god will hear the prayer of one righteous person, can you imagine, 9 million people praying for 9 million children. that's how many boxes we will collect this year, 9 mill

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they say that franklin was riding his bike and oakland and the man shot him in the arm, franklin tried to run away but then he shot a second time. franklin was careful to graduate from his a preparatory high school a few weeks after he was killed. police then antioch man accidentally killed his own year-old son back in his truck at the driveway on monday. the corner has identified a toddler who was killed malcolm norris. his father told authorities that he had no idea that his son was outside playing. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron4 move--news continues. we have a slightly warmer wednesday. >> mark: texas congressman ron paul is gaining in i will. he may come away with a big boost heading towards new hampshire. in new gingrich's numbers in new hampshire are evaluating-- the evaporating. being rich also says that he could not vote for ron paul if he were to become the gop nominee. >> mark: the new poll shows a very tight race among the gop candidates. newt gingrich is up by one percentage point where he had a big lead earlier in the month. both are moving comfortably ahead.

. >> gus: a hand-off to franklin. franklin picks up the first down. for chip kelly, he's four minutes away from three championships in three years. what an innovator. he talked about science over tradition and he means things like not drinking coffee after 3:00 and how it affects your body. changing your practices to early in the morning to get maximum effort as opposed to having them after school. practicing for only an hour. over the middle and incomplete. here's a man with so many innovations. but more than that, he has a great relationship with his players of coolness, of all maniness and a swagger about him. look at him on the sideline right now. >> charles: not just an offensive coach. we watched them practice. you often here about practice with specialties on one side of the ball and maybe not being as involved with the other side of the ball. watching him practice and watching him go through special teams where he knew everything was going on, moving the guys around. we saw in this game talking to the defensive players. he knows his whole team

there is some slowing through franklin cameron-- franklin canyon. interstate 80, still a good ride. the north bay riot through marin county is still moving well from nevada to the golden gate bridge. let's get a check on whether including more information about the fog. >>erica: i want to head back to the golden gate bridge, it is completely shrouded in fog. visibility is less than a mile. the fog is digging in the north bay and along the coast. we have temperatures sitting in the '50s. as we make our way into the afternoon we will see upper 50s and low 60s. we have a slight potential for rain in the north bay tomorrow, more on that in your extended forecast. fog tracker 4 shows visibility has improved somewhat in places like santa rosa. the fog should clear by the 10:00 a.m. hour. in the meantime, a pretty warm temperatures. upper '40's along the coastline. santa rosa could be one of the warmest spots coming in at 63. your satellite and radar shows what weather activity in the pacific northwest. behind that is a cold front expected to bring cloud cover and the the potential for rai

a live view of traffic, 795 at franklin boulevard. >> i am going to remember.t might be march windy and cold behind the storm. sunshine, 45. it feels like it is in the 20's this morning even though it is in the 30's because of the wind. the weekend, a chilly but quiet. heighten the drama around 48 if you are going to the game on sunday. -- high temperatures around 48 if you're going to the game on sunday. >> thank you. now i will clear the snow off of my car. thank you for joining us. >> back with a live update at 7:45 -- 7:25 a.m. >> this is a wbal-tv 11 editorial from the president and general manager. on sunday, coach john harbauch made a gesture on behalf of the ravens organization. he presented the game ball to our friend and co-worker, ron smith. as you may know, ron has been waging battle against a truly insidious disease, pancreatic cancer. he is no longer on treatment and focusing his time now instead on family and friends and the things that mattered to him, including the beloved baltimore ravens. on friday, before the game with cleveland, the coach c

family and friends of franklin amobe in shock after the shooting this morning. amobe was shot to death at a bus stop on stewart lane. his mother stunned. >> he goes to work every morning. >> my wife came out of the house to get in the car to go to work and she heard a shot. she ran in the house to tell me about it. >> residents are badly shaken. >> you don't hear shooting in the white house. >> investigators scoured this scene, two cars were towed. according to family, one car belonged to the victim whose girlfriend lives here in the apartment complex. amobe's death caused friends to go to face facebook. >> we can't rule out it was random. >> scott broom, 9news now. >> metro says it wrapped up an inspection of rail cars. no luck, it doesn't know why part of the breaker fell off a car last week. it will keep on looking. it has pulled 16 cars out of service because they have the same brake equipment as the one that went lame. last week's trouble forced hundreds of passengers to evacuate a train and shut down part of the blue and orange lines for hours. >> rain and

. >> because the bully hell benjamin franklin middle school band had just been loved. >> this was the cash box that was found today. >> how much was in that? spivak over $700. >> cameras were rolling as the total of four suspects case to the auditorium. >> the first time, they came around and circle the auditorium. >> two suspects then crept in to the foyer, blending in with spectators paying $5 per person and literally snatching the cash box from the appearance hand. >> so they had no knowledge that the suspect was going past? >> they did it fast walk in and ran out. >> then they joined the other two suspects and did this. >> they turned their hooded sweatshirt inside out so they were different color and it was difficult to pinpoint who they were. >> you will recall that the start of the school year was in jeopardy after thieves stole to cover, copper wire to cover up the ball field in. >> the students played on mostly because parents didn't have the heart to tell them that the money had been ripped off. >> it hurt me. i don't know why they would do something like that. >> this distr

in the second quarter, franklin, with time, over the middle, 8 yards and the touchdown. all games are funny. franklin, right up the middle, missouri destroys the tar heels, 41-24. >>> what is a ski resort without snow? normally the day after christmas, officials said, the slopes are packed, but the resort has been closed because of the mild temperatures and not enough snow. back in 2007, the resort to not open until january 12, but officials are hoping this weekend of cold weather will change that. >>> i am not the only one cheering for snow. there is no snow in this forecast, the next seven days, but there will be a cold rain tomorrow, temperatures in the 40's, rain likely. end sometimen will tomorrow evening, the advertised to the chart 43. back into the upper 40's the rest of the week. right now, looks like new year's eve will be dry, and new year's day will have rain late in the afternoon. >> last year we had snow in october, now here we are in december with no snow. >> isn't that crazy? >>> thank you, that is all we have time for. "the tonight show" is next with jay

he did not like franklin roosevelt, and franklin roosevelt from all accounts did not like charles lindbergh. but there were many people involved in the america first movement. people think of it as some kind of right-wing isolationist operation, but by december 6th it's a very respected political institution, and there were men and women involved. walt disney was a member, al smith who was the democratic nominee this 1928 was a member and so was herbert hoover, lindbergh, e.e. cummings, lowell thom, the communist activist, and the america first movement was so pretty cay potent that they were making plans to open up offices in every congressional district for 1942 to support the most isolationist candidate running for office whether they were republican or democrat, and there were many members of roosevelt's own democratic party who were strident isolationists. >> on that issue, too, the united mind workers were isolationists. >> yes. >> unusual. >> yes. >> but you also indicate prior to the 7th that campuses, college campuses were more pro-war than they were -- >> there were some academics

at franklin square, folks didn't need two bids for a shave and a haircut. >> i got to be on out there. they did a wonderful job. >> really? >> yeah, i thank god that too. >> reporter: 30 korean churches also provided food and clothing. in another corner of franklin square, young muslims and jews, sidely side, underscoring the true meaning of christmas. >> i'm serving those that are less fortunate so you have the community that is being strengthened. >> reporter: on this christmas day, many residents of all ages, they are all united in peace and love. in washington, armando trull, 9news now. >>> elsewhere today washington archbishop addressed the faithful during the noon service at the national shrine. then they took part in the shrine's annual christmas dinner. the volunteers have fed an estimated 1,400 people this year. overseas, meanwhile, at the vatican, pope benedict xvi called for peace in the middle east as part of the annual christmas address. he takes a look at some of the other celebrations around the world. >> reporter: the holiday lights made the city that never sleeps even

unemployment has dipped to about 10% which is the lowest it has been during the administration of franklin roosevelt. they were not thinking about war in the context of american men and women getting involved in the war to make the world safe for democracy had done just the opposite to give rise too very undemocratic institutions in italy, germany, other places. we were well off we believe from two giant notions so be word distinctly isolationist. neutrality from the 1930's including one that prohibited american soldiers from levying north america. that is how we've passed smith holly and other trade acts we're very inward looking and very interested to get interested in the war that is the evening of december smith. >> i think you even mentioned on culture cigarettes were everywhere. [laughter] and advertised everywhere. >> the average american smoked about 2500 cigarettes per year. and people smoked in movies, restaurants, airplan es, trains, train platforms, libraries, cigare ttes were very much a part of the culture and considered to be sophisticated. >> and radio was the major and a t

i described benjamin franklin turning north in 1775. real ordeal for 70-year-old mad at that time of year. his instructions make for fascinating reading. my favorite line is you are establishing free press and give directions for the frequent publication as needs to be observed at the time. franklin failed but gave the british quite a scare and so doing inaugurated an american conquering into liberty being played out today. let me give you one more example of how the book draws connections between now and the present. summer of 1777 emerging forces evacuated for ticonderoga in the face of an invasion from canada led by the general. the retreat turned into a route. the americans lost their equipment and a lot of their self-respect. some of that self-respect was beginning a few days later. the only real battle ever fought, action at which the british pursued -- it is about the battle. a year after the events, general arthur sinclair, a veteran of the british, a real regular in his out look. he had been at odds throughout the campaign, par

benjamin franklin's own son was i am prisoned.re obviously divided at the beginning of the civil war because it was about the division of the country. the entry into world war i we're divided. 50 members of congress voted against division of the country. even after september 11th we became divided quickly. only in world war ii we completely united and stay united for three years and eight months. >> wow. what do you want folks to take away? >> i hope they buy a lot of them. >> what do you want them to know? >> history. the great historian, those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it and we need to study our own history so we know more about ourselves but also know about future problems that we might confront. >> all right. craig shirley. his book is called december 1941. very appropriate to see on the anniversary. >> thank you. >>> well, again, this is the anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor and the school where the first daughters eat their lunch and get education served with items that may be considered japanes

reporter: in between bites where pictures of ben's most famous customers hang proudly on the wall, franklinlaying casting director. >> so eddy murphy has shown that he can play many characters. >> reporter: having heard that he is playing marion barry about the politician's life. franklin had his own idea about who should play the lead role. >> denzel played everything from the villain to the good guy. >> reporter: though some people thought eddy murphy was a good choice. >> i think eddy can handle that. >> reporter: others disagree. >> horrible choice. >> reporter: why? >> he's too skinny, too small. >> reporter: and were quick to offer suggestions for actors better suited for the role. >> wow. james bond. >> chris rock. >> reporter: why? >> he's got a personality for it. >> you got a lot of pictures here. does he like the chili? >> he does. >> reporter: the manager of benz took it one step farther offering up not only samuel l jackson. >> look wise and acting wise. >> reporter: but also an actress for the woman that set him up in the vista hotel. >> let's see. set up. robin gibbens. >> re

aretha franklin.pplause] >> good morning, everyone. what a pleasure it is to be here with you and to be a part of this magnanimous and most historical day of remembrance for a man who was so great and so lovly. good morning -- lovely. good morning, christine. i am going to sking -- sing something that dr. king often requested. as a matter of fact, you requested it the morning that he was going to -- he requested the morning that he was going to -- for dinner. may we have the track, please? good morning, doctor. ♪ ♪ precious lord, take my hand and lead, lord, lead me on and let me, let me stand lord, i, sometimes i get tired. i am weak, and, lord, i get worn. through the storm lord, lord, through the night lead me, lord, lead me on to the light take my, take my, take my hand, precious lord, and lead, lord, lead me home. ♪ oh, when my, when my way grows, grows drear precious, precious lord, lord, would you linger near? and when my, when my life is almost, almost, almost gone father, father, hear my cry,

a number of senior complexes in the area, and it is hard to negotiate the streets, including at franklin, in the surrounding areas, and i am surprised that that would actually be missing in this area, and with you and your experience with japan town, you know that. >> thank you. we will take a note of that and see what we can do. president chiu: supervisor avalos? supervisor avalos: thank you, president chiu. my questions are going to be around work force to the moment, and one of the things i heard was that we would have something that resembled the first source program, which gave me some concern, because the first source program traditionally has been one that is based on good faith efforts, and actual mandates to hire locally, so i just wanted some clarity on that to make sure that we are talking about a requirement about hiring locally or to reach these percentages that were in the presentation. and i guess that before ms. simmons. >> so this is a private project, and as i did said it -- as i did say, it does not have the language in that legislation, but it does have pieces to it.

they also will never be allowed to enroll again or re-enroll at dean college and now, franklin police have taken over the incident. police plan to file charges against the alleged attacker and here are the charges they plan to file. assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and unarmed robbery. >> who sends their kid away to college to think about that possibly happening. no one. >> we don't know the back story, why did they confront this kid? did he steal those shoes in the first place. >> the caption under the video says the guy stole those shoes from the man who hit him, but the franklin police say that's not what happened at all. >> the stupidity of this video is beyond what we see. >> and we say it all the time, stupid on a lot of accounts. these guys not only ganged up on this dude, beat this guy up, but said let's put this on the internet. look where that got them. >>> racing is an inherently dangerous sport. carl wilson knows this. he's also grateful that the safety procedures and safety mechanisms are in place. the auckland speedway in new zealand. the western spring

he persuaded franklin roosevelt to make the race. although smith lost by a narrow vote, roosevelt was elected to his first term as governor. already roosevelt was the leading favorite for the nomination. the leading opponent, none other than his old friend al smith. >> franklin d. roosevelt, having received more than 2/3 of all the delegates, i proclaim him the nominee of this convention for president of the united states. >> you have nominated me and i know it and i am here to thank you for the honor. i pledge myself to a new deal for the american people. >> and back live in the new york constituent assembly chamber. beverly gage, how did we get from 1928 f.d.r. calling al smith the happy warrior and nominating him to the 1932 election? >> well, they had been allies before, both coming up through the same new york democratic party. a couple of things happened between 1928 and 1932, some of which are very personal and some of which are on a grand scale. the most important thing that happened is of course that we entered the depressio

. >> franklin roosevelt. >> why? >> at the time we needed someone who could make speeches that, in a sense, reassured the american people. franklin roosevelt used the medium of the fireside chat to great advantage. in the clips that you see, it is all roosevelt speaking. there is a certain emotional density -- intensity. from the audience's. of view, you cannot help but note that this is a person that has done -- that has connected to the audience and responded to them. "we have nothing to fear but fear itself." i suppose it is an upper class, elite accent, but everybody in these clips seem as if they all came out with the same unspeaking a voice. >> not my guy. >> hubert humphrey. i will tell you why. when i was covering the white house for the baltimore sun -- i was covering bill clinton -- people said how eloquent bill clinton was. i get back to my office and i did not have a very good quote. i call william lee miller and said, " is bill clinton eloquent?" he said, "presidential eloquence was put in place by linco