franklin made mistakes. he allowed the advertising of slavery in the pennsylvania gazette he realized it was abhorrent but he becomes the president of the society for the abolition of slavery to make up for what he called that

franklin: so it's very expensive. the bottom line is, we, as atlantans, as georgians, don't have a choice to protect the river. we need to leave it better than we found it, and it's really been a political advantage for me, not a disadvantage. people laugh about me being the sewer mayor, but they remember what i'm doing. griffin: we want people to understand, when they see one of our work crews out working on the mains, that that work is necessary in order for them to have good clean drinking water or to have a good, functioning wastewater system. franklin: you don't put a roof on the house one time. you don't fix the plumbing one time, any more than i get my hair done one time. if we don't continue to invest for the next 20 years, we'll find ourselves back at the same point that we were in the late '90s. if we don't protect water, we will be without water. we will be without industry, we will be without jobs, we will be without a healthy economy, and our people will be sick. so we don't really have a choice. we're go

franklin was very interested in these acts, these definitions of who we were as a people so when franklin creates a free library this is seen as an act of resistance and act against the british and a thumbing of the nose against the british. when noah webster goes in and literally crusades for literacy this is his way out not only to sell dictionaries and books that are spelling books and such but also part of these acts against the british. and copyright is another. webster is one of the early people who did that and the early presidents and are all very much aware of this. jefferson probably is the lead in this. jefferson creates words with great, great abandoned. he just loves great words. he loves to sort of talk a -- at 1940, i'm sorry 1820. he writes a letter to john adams and he says our duty as americans is teen neologism he creates the word. jefferson him is creating all these words and some of them -- he creates the word ottoman. not for the empire but for the footstool. there are 114 words now and the oxford english dictionary which are credited to jefferson as a corner or the

and franklin was very interested in these acts, these definitions of who we were as a people. so when franklin creates a free library in philadelphia, this is seen as an act of resistance, an act of -- against the british. it's a thumbing of the nose against the british. when noah weber the goes and literally -- webster goes and literally crusades for literacy, this is his way of not only to sell dictionaries and can books that he, spelling books and such, but it was also part of these acts against the british. and copyright is another. weber the's one of the early people with this. and the early presidents and are all very much aware of this. jefferson probably is the lead on this. jefferson creates words with great, great abandon. he just loves to create words. he loves to sort of tuck a jibe at the british by creating words. 1840, much later, but he writes -- i'm sorry, 1820, he writes a letter to john adams, and he says, you know, our duty as americans is to neologize, to create new phrases. so jefferson creating all these words, and some of them are -- he creates the word

spinnaker benjamin franklin and printers he trained with a stick over the price.in fact, women remained fairly dominant in typesetting in one of the field still open to women throughout the 19th century. >> one of the things i always observe is that when we read his reap prior to our lives, we always do so with knowledge of what occurred if the work took place, et cetera. if he talked to some some of the alive during world war ii, before pearl harbor we didn't know if the united states would enter or not. so you can be speaking with an older person perspective that she wouldn't have on your own. for what your saying about the newspapers, these newspapers wouldn't have this sort of did, but it is curious out for the lead article is about the battles, cider, that insular articles in the current town meeting events, et cetera, how this may eliminate your understanding of event we read about in history today. >> that's actually my favorite assignments to have students find a newspaper for many. and read through to see what was the news. it's usually not the front page

printed by b franklin. while he wasn't active in the daily printing business, it still carried his name. that pennsylvania gazette was one of the first print full text of the stamp act. the pennsylvania gazette a few weeks later was advertising for franklin's poor richard almanac. they were promoting it as having the full tax of the stamp act, which all columnist should become familiar with. it's going effect you all. there in the newspaper account you start to see sentiment of moderation and compliance. also the boston tea party, this is the december 21st 1773 ethics gazette printed in massachusetts. we have one of the most popular eye witness account of the boston tea party. it was written by an impartial observer. or a pseudonumb. it was common for them to be used. you read about the padlock being destroyed abort one of the ship and how the rebels quickly replaced the pad lick to remain blameless for anything but the direction of the tea. you learn in the same account of one of the columnist pocketing so

franklin and dee hull. while he didn't, was inactive in the daily printing business, it still carried his name and that pennsylvania gazette was one of the first principles texts of the stamp that. that in sylvania cassettes just a few weeks later was also advertising for franklin's poor richman almanacs which in the 1776 edition were promoting is having the fold text of the stamp act which all columns should be familiar with because it will affect you all. there in those newspapers accompaniments you start to see sentiment of moderation. also the boston tea party, this is the december 21, 1773 gazette printed in salem massachusetts. here we have one of the most popular eyewitness accounts. it was written by an impartial observer, a pseudonym that was very common. in this account, you read about a padlock being destroyed aboard one of the ships and how the colonists, the rebels who were writing click they replace that headline so germane blame us for anything but the destruction. you also learn that same ac

franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. for he did not affect the philly communicate their agendas or initiatives for jefferson, monroe, grant in cleveland. obviously failure for second term president has been their inability to successfully work with congress. only 82nd term presidents have failed second terms to directly to the fight between congress and the white house. i've been a majority of their own party of relief. those presidents who served in the congress have a majority of the opposing party during his second term included wilson, eisenhower, nixon, reagan and clinton. the competitive battle between the president and congress, over the treaty. after considerable after working with members of congress, compromising and cajoling. and i was at the congress of right-thinking federalist senate president hu is revered. when they went in his second term, eisenhower worked quietly behind the scenes of the senate majority leader, brendan jones said, to gain approval of his legislative agenda. ronald reagan began the demo

missy the missile franklin has four god meldals, plus a bronze. a senior at regis jesuit high school in aurora, colorado, just 17 years old, entitled to compete on the varsity swim team. at 6'1", she towers over her teammates, the raiders. this was her first varsity swim meet since the london games, and she was up past midnight the night before, attending a justin bieber concert. her gold medal, a backstage pass to meet the teen heartthrob. >> morning practice after the bieber concert was not fun. at all. i've been so tired all day. >> reporter: franklin worried she might not be at her best. >> i was so nervous and i love that. i still get so excited to get in the pool every single time. >> reporter: no chance of that. in the 500 yards, she lapped all but one swimmer. in the 200 yards, she won by 20 seconds. today we reached the coach of the falcons, the team she blew out of the water. do you think it's fair she's competing on the high school level? >> i think it's very great. missy franklin is such a great role model for the swimmers, they look u

franklin: so it's very expensive. the bottom line is, we, as atlantans, as georgians, don't have a choice to protect the river. we need to leave it better than we found it, and it's really been a political advantage for me, not a disadvantage. people laugh about me being the sewer mayor, but they remember what i'm doing. griffin: we want people to understand, when they see one of our work crews out working on the mains,

and the icon of that is benjamin franklin. barry: but i have to say, my favorite man of history almost. i've got 3 of them. he's one of them. robert: he's such an amazing and fantastic story. and you don't know benjamin franklin 'til you read a long biography. and what a man. but this guy's in his 80s. and people are meeting him. and they're going--it's like talking to a 20 year old. his mind is so open. you know, what happens when you get older, your mind closes. you get rigid. you have all these sort of stale ideas that you keep repeating. benjamin franklin was like a 20 year old. he had no stale ideas. his mind was still crisp and alive. if he only could have lived 20 more years, who knows what else he would've come up with? so i love that phenomenon. because it's so hopeful. maybe i can be like that as i get older. barry: ah, robert, i'm sure you are going to be. our time, as i said, i could spend hours here. but our time is up. i'm going to end with these words. "every moment, every experience contains deep lessons for us

franklin was one of most successful printers in the country, and he became the deputy postmaster. it's something that then carries over into the early republic, when newspapers can travel free through the mail because it was an interest on the part of the united states government to have information flowing freely and have things picked up from one newspaper to another during the debate over ratifying the constitution in fact, massachusetts is probably known very resistant to the new constitution, the supporters of it in massachusetts happen to control the mail. one of the most influential document was the opposition of the pennsylvania minority to pennsylvania's ratification. this circulated throughout the country except in massachusetts. the post office here held it up because they didn't want this to be entering into political discourse before massachusetts had voted. so controlling the post office and controlling the flow of news is one of the essential things here that this book really helps us to see the connections between the connection between the free flow of information

by 1937, franklin roosevelt knew what the new deal was about. his second inaugural address was much more specific and is really arguing for continuing the crusade. it is his speech about seeing one-third of the nation still ill fed and ill clothed. second inaugurations are often much more pointed as far as the president is concerned. what should you look for in his inauguration? it is going to be a coming together. it is going to be the legislative branch hosting, the chief executive sworn in by the cheap justice of the supreme court -- chief justice of the supreme court. huge numbers of the public will be there to see what is going on. i think the fact that congress continues to hold his inaugurations -- these inaugurations is it a sign that we're coming together. -- is a sign that we're coming together. as a historian, i never like to predict the future. until people i like to predict the past. -- i tell people i like to predict the past. i will absolutely predict that monday's inaugural address will and the way i am going to end right now, wh

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so i could understand if she prerecorded, why she did that. >> aretha franklin telling us today, she relate to vocal issues in the cold of washington this time of year. by the way, no official comment thus far from beyonce. >>> when we come back, the touching story behind the photo that's been shared by millions around the world. >>> finally tonight, it was the shot that was shared around the world. as often happens on the web, millions of people were drawn to a photo. this one of two people in a coffee shop sharing what was clearly a private moment between the two of them. well tonight we've learned the story of dedication and devotion behind the photo. we get our report from nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> okay. you better know this one. >> g. >> reporter: it was a moment captured on a cell phone that quickly captured hearts. >> abcd, e. >> reporter: 82-year-old john allen, patiently teaching his 70-year-old girlfriend, linda, to read again. after her stroke. >> what's this one? >> a v. >> okay. >> victory. >> right. >> reporter: almost every day, the two go to a starbucks, where john u

franklin roosevelt won his second term, landslide, because of his huge popularity. however, in many more presidential elections, the candidates are in a heated battle to present themselves as the one best capable of serving the country with the winner walking off with the modest majority. it is a customary wisdom that the campaign between the incumbent president and his opponent will be either a referendum on the first term of the president, or a judgment of which candidate will be the better leader. is there really a difference between these two considerations? does not boil down to judging the leadership skill of the incumbent based on his effectiveness during his first term, versus the unknown leadership skills of the challenger? it's easy to point to the national security, or the economic consequences, or consequent impact on the ratings of an incumbent as a indicator of the popular view of the sitting president or the public was not over enchanted with the war in iraq when george w. bush ran for reelection. against john kerry, but voters by a small margin seen

the performance was praised bay reeja franklin who said she did a beautiful job. and aretha who sang at the 2009 inauguration in that hat said she even might prerecord in the future. clint east wad's performance at the republican national convention when he talked to an empty chair, that was a big attention getter. now come word that chair he used is on display in the chair of the rnc chair in the office of the rnc chair. john boehner gave a talk to the republican think-tank on tuesday about the inauguration. he said obama wants to annihilate the republican party and boehner joked about having to calm down legendary college football coach lou holtz. >> about 9:30 i get this text, the country is overwith. we're not doing this again. i already had this conversation with lou about nine or ten days after the election. he came in to speak to our 34 new members. and before he went over to talk to them, he came to my office. he is moaning and groaning. i said, lou, would you stop? we're americans. we'll figure this out. and i just spent 15 minutes giving lou holtz a pep

to install signals and control boxes, and single pedestrian signals that 22 intersections along franklin street and divisadero street. on page 26 of your packet you can view the specific locations. 19 locations along franklin, 3 along divisadero. the conduit is going to be installed in coordination with the department up other works repaving projects on both of these corridors. -- already program to install the pedestrian countdown signals occurring after the conduit installation at these locations. that work is anticipated to begin in june 20 fourteenth after the paving work is completed. >> we had approved that earlier this year? >> that is correct, july, 2012. >> last year. >> yeah. the final request is from bart, for the 24sth st. pedestrian improvements. bart requested 200,000 in funds and -- as part of the larger 24 street pedestrian proven project. this project specifically will focus on sopwith plaza and includes installation of two cub ramps, public artwork, landscape improvements such as artistic fencing. bart's 24th street north -- project is a continuation. this project was f

-- franklin lived to be 90, and so she heard right from franklin many of the family stories that go back to slavery days. and she very much enriched my story and also my own personal experience. by the way, she shared many family photographs with me, and a slave in the white house has over 20 photographs and maps and other graphics, but there were many more that couldn't go into the book, and i hope that you will check out the paul jennings web site where many of them have been posted. it's pauljennings.info. but back to this likeness, it didn't take me too long to compare it with the statute of james madison that is here in the madison building of the library of congress. and that, of course, is because madison even as you see jennings here holds a book in his right hand. finish so james madison was always the statesman with a book under one arm. and it's clear that jennings was proud of his literacy, that he is posing with the prop of his choice, a book. well, here's the last vignette excerpt that i'll read. 31, october, 854. el at 18th streets, northwest washington. paul and dece

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john's, but the tradition began here and it began with franklin roosevelt. that is just one more example of the association of st. john's with presidents and part of the heritage of this building. >> a look at the statue at the martin luther king jr. memorial in washington d.c.. tomorrow is martin luther king day and the public inauguration of president obama's second term. a look at the martin luther king memorial. president obama was officially sworn in earlier today at the white house. we will show the public swearing in tomorrow from the west side of the capital. life inauguration coverage starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern. hosted a brunch for some of the newly elected women of congress. some of them spoke at the event, including elizabeth warren. house democratic leader nancy pelosi addressed the gathering. the congress consists of a record 20 women now serving in the u.s. senate. this is about 45 minutes. first, we will take a look at some of the events today, including the swearing in of vice president biden. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice-president of t

franklin: we would love to have something like 75% federal money. we do get some federal aid and we are thankful, but on the other hand, we're paying for this primarily with new rates. we have increased our rates to among the highest in america. but not nearly as much as if we hadn't passed a one-cent sales tax dedicated to water and sewer infrastructure. hunter: that sales tax counts for about a third of the revenue of the department right now. franklin: we got 75% of the voters to agree to tax themselves so that their children and their children's children could have clean water because we're investing in it now. hunter: there were no alternatives. the infrastructure was in dire straits. a lot of people didn't want to believe it had to be done, but it had to be done. what came out of those lawsuits by the upper chattahoochee river keeper were two consent decrees, focused on overflows. the intent is, city of atlanta, you need to keep the flows in the pipe. narrator: with the help of the funding the city raised, atlanta has been implementing an asse

franklin then turns his attention to those like and suster in hayes who work for billionaires in the us are outraged by this idea he writes he does not like civil society on these terms let him retire and live a long savages he could have no right to the benefits of society who will not pay his club toward the support of it so in this emerging battle over the no billionaires campaign the employees of billionaires rupert murdoch have staked out their position and it's on the opposite side of our most celebrated founding fathers but the two billionaire employees went on. it's not like they're sitting around eating chocolates and watching t.v. and doing nothing and just counting their money a lot of these billionaires are taking their billions and doing really fine things around the world have it within their net and here in the united states whether they're doing it for charity or whether they're reinvesting in their own company to developing new technologies employing more people and all of that i think he's doing some good but i mean bill gates actually you know as economists david c

franklin turns his attention to those like ancestry and hayes who work for billionaires in the us are outraged by this idea he writes he does not like civil society on these terms let him retire and live among savages he could have. really fine things around the want to live there now and here in the united states whether they're doing it for charity or whether they're reinvesting in their own companies in developing new technologies employing more people and all of that i think is doing some good but i actually know as economists david cay johnston recently uncovered the billionaires of corporate america have made a calculated decision to not reinvest their money in american technology or in new workers currently american companies are sitting on more than five trillion dollars of cash five thousand billion hoarding it like mentally ill people for newspapers or cats and when they do decide to spend it more often than not they're spending it overseas to hire foreign workers and open up foreign factories wall street journal in fact reported that over the last decade america's biggest c

even for franklin roosevelt. he started off his second term with his first political loss.e is why second terms are tough. number 1 many presidents often put out their best ideas in their first term. they don't even know necessarily if they are going to get a second crack. secondly, washington can be brutal. you are a little bit battered after a first term. and finally you have been in the washington bubble much too long and you do and everyone is calling you mr. president, and you have all of these handlers, and pollsters and hucksters who always bring you down to the lowest common denominator. my first advice to barack obama, take all of those pollsters and hucksters and second them to a island far, far away for the next four years. >> michael: listening to what you just said and coming off of that, president obama a lot of people think he has been in his own bubble. does that make him unusual? >> it does make him a little bit unusual. and i think maybe there's a chance here. look, if you want to be a great president, you have to overcome great challenges. and not only do

franklin roosevelt got the fair labor standards act that gave us minimum wage and maximum hours.ald reagan had the big breakthroughs with the soviet union. but it's tough. here's where i think obama can accomplish something in the second term, despite the obstacle of a conservative represent-- >> significant obstacles. >> very significant obstacles and daunting challenges. change in america takes place usually when there's a great crisis like the great depression or a major movement from the grassroots, like the civil rights movement. he has got to get the american people behind his agenda. it's the only way he's going to be able to work magic with the congress. congress is like wall street. it operates on fear and greed. so get the congress fearful by having the people behind you. and he's got to focus on the big things. sure, you know, the fiscal cliff is important. but in the end, who really cares whether the very rich pay 36% or 39%? >> rich care! >> it's not going to affect the country. what are some of the bigger challenges? obviously the environment and catastrophic change

james franklin is the older brother of ben franklin. and it was to his brother james that ben franklin was apprenticed and learned the printing trade. so this is one of three books that survived and the only copy, i believe, that exists of john hammett's relation. as we move forward, we go into some of the more cultural aspects of rhode island's history in the 18th century, and something that i find utterly delightful. one of the other sights we have is the john brown house museum. and we know that john brown's daughter was married in 1788, and we have diary accounts of the country dances that she did. what we have here in our printed collection that shows the deep connections between the artifacts and the museums and the printed collection is the first printing, the only surviving copy we know of, earliest collection of country dances and cotillions. this is produced by the dance master of providence, john grith, and it is -- griffith. and it is a wonderful account of the dances that were being done, the newest and most fashionable; th

to paraphrase lincoln paraphrasing the constitution white eisenhower as the general working for franklin delano roosevelt fought hitler in europe to defend our government this whole conservative little government led a government is a terrible thing governments a bad thing well you know you've got a choice. you've got you've got these people saying ah you know do you really want a government telling you where you can get your healthcare from but what's the alternative steven j. hemsley the billionaire who's the c.e.o. of united healthcare that's really what it comes down to this whole little government thing and it's got to make government smaller the flipside of that is that means we're going to make business bigger we're going to make the billionaires bigger we're going to make them more intrusive we're going to reagan in one thousand nine hundred two stopped in force in the sherman antitrust act and it's seven errors over the years and what was the result of that we now have every major industry in america controlled by five or fewer companies and that's that you know out of twenty ma

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franklin roosevelt did that because george washington had done it.onderful about that. he got out of the car and walked and so did mrs. obama. why? because jimmy carter did it in 1977. every president since has done it. i mean, >> a great strength to him. he might be more liberal than most people politically. in his personal demeanor, in his family life and in his style he's a very traditional person. that came across. that helps people relate to him. >> ifill: mark said he talked to a democrat who said he thought he did pretty well. did you talk to any republicans? >> i think they thought it was a good speech. people said this was one of his best speeches. some of them thought it was defensive, about defending the welfare state more than being offensive. i think the sentence that really got some republicans more upset was where he said we don't have to choose between protecting the programs for the elderly and securing programs for the young. i would say most republicans say, well, actually we do have a choose. if you keep the current benefit levels

. >>> peter franklin is doing what he can to reduce risk factors. >> i would have to be stupid to notout what i'm eating and taking. >> a new study suggests this reduces dementia. studies looked at brains of 800 men. those that took bet at that blockers were less likely to have alzheimer's and dementia. >> when you have blood pressure there's enormous force on the arteries. if we take a medication like bet at that blocker where the force on the arteries is decreased, it decreases the possibilities of damaging the arteries which actually leads to dementia. >> the study us did not prove bet at that blockers prevents dementia, the doctor says it's good news. >> if you're already on a bet at that blocker, we know they're effective. maybe they're protecting against dementia. >> franklin likes the idea that a drug he needs for his heart may also be helping his brain. >> if i'm getting extra benefit, i certainly like that. >> there's no dementia in his family, but he says everyone worries about that when they get older. high blood pressure is bad for your smart brain. your best approach is t

now they are getting their own home on franklin street. the fs jazz center will open the first free standing building for jazz in the country. for how this will expand what is already a huge musical success adding to our city's world class status, we welcome menu, exposer, grammy nominee and director of fs jazz, rebeck la deleon. welcome! >> thank you. >> it is a busy day tomorrow. the president is being sworn in. the inauguration is happening in washington. it is mlk, jr. day. guess what, i assume this is not an accident on the day meant to honor martin luther king, jr. >> absolutely not. we wanted to have the vitality of the folks in the area hosting this event for them. there will be concerts, festivities. lots of activities for children. we will show a film that highlights the history of the organization and the high- falutin' event with lots of celebrities and wonderful artists. there is something for everyone. >> yes. the story of this -- you know i love this organization and i was introduced people on stage. you have asked me gracio