>> guest: well, hancock was a boston merchant who inherited, actually, his fortune from his uncle. and a leading figure in massachusetts politics who was extraordinarily important in solving the divisions that came out of shay's rebellion during the '70s and '80s. he was elected, wonderful support from the electorate, governor and replaced the hard-line governor who against the insurgence. he pardoned large numbers of the insurgents who had not already been pardoned, and he traveled to distance parts of the states to reach out to the people, to heal the wounds of the rebellion. so he was extraordinarily popular in massachusetts. and he had been a president, of course, this is looking at his later career. he was -- one member of the congress was elected to preside over it. you know, it was the president of the continental congress was not like the president of the united states. he was a presiding officer. hancock was also the president of the massachusetts ratifying convention although he did not attend until the end. he had a serious case of gout. he was home suffering until, fina

hancock. >> host: who served as president of the congress. >> guest: but you don't see signatures. you just see the block letters because it is printed. it is printed in block letters. that was sent out so the text of the declaration waswaoen broadly send. is why it is possible to say it is a press release of the people of the state's and the members of the army wouldd me know that they had changed radically now it would not the reconciliation of grievances but for independence. they did send a copy to france with orders to give it to the french court. but it is done by a i committee and they do in the. most lax the days ago way. they did it on one ship. if that is important you put it on to ships. they said maybe you would like it translated? i should think so. it did not arrive. it got lost or intercepted and finally they sent another and by then they were embarrassed it is all a over the newspapers and ihe f have to present this and they did not even send it with a seal.seri they took this very important. congress really thought ital it was for a domesticly audience. but a you a

signature of john hancock. he was president of the congress. these signatures on the block letters, it is printed. it is printed in block letters. that was sent out broadly. it was brought to disseminated, it is possible to say that this is -- so that the people -- members of the army would know that they're called have changed dramatically. noaa they were fighting not for reconciliation of grievances but independence. that circulated largely domestically, and it was in prince, was ordered to get to the french court. congress doesn't do it, it was done by committee and they do it in the most like a difficult way, it was on one ship. if it is important, you put it in two ships. maybe you would like to translate it, i should think so. it got lost somewhere and was intercepted. there was another one, and i present this to french court and didn't even send it, very seriously, congress really thought the declaration was a domestic audience. a familiar document to people broadside, new york did not vote yes on july 4

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or from massachusetts of john hancock and john adams together as they come down for the second can'tknow congress on july 4, 1776, declaration of independence. tenet in connecticut, you've been very patient. banks are holding. you on with professor pauline maier. >> caller: professor maier, everybody has seen that famous picture of george washington standing crossing the delaware. but i don't think most people understand how an incredibly brave and critical that move was. don't you think it's entirely not only impossible but even likely that without trenton and without princeton there might not even be a united states of america today? >> guest: absolutely critical. david isby wonderful job of describing washington's crossing in his book with that title. and we also, they could have been standing at. he said they were standing up because a couple inches in the bottom and this was a kind of boat that was used for ferrying across the river, and you stood up. yes, the importance of trenton and princeton, they are among the most important battles of the revolution. december 7 and in earl

of a that they were up to no good after we learned of robo sires giving their john hancock on foreclosures but the more proof of the public has of their scheming activities the better the chance of exposing these guys for who they are. now according to the treasury department unless congress both to raise the debt limit somewhere between april fifth and may thirty first the fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling will be reached and if the recipe calls on its debt well we've heard the words you know use both to describe the situation as catastrophic calamitous basically it just won't be very good but senate republicans are apparently willing to toy with that risk over politics. well you know i was talking about the senate there are fifty three democrats and forty seven republicans not production is not a single one of the forty seven republicans will vote to raise the debt ceiling unless it can include with it some credible effort. to do something about our debt. now a credible effort for republicans would mean acting severe cuts to social security medicare and others taking up

democrats fight to win back union rights for workers in wisconsin would be able to gather enough john hancock to overthrow the g.o.p. majority.

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interested in that textture and feel of the times, you recount the journey down from massachusetts of john hancockand john adams together as they come down for the second continental congress on july 4, 1776, the declaration of independence. you've been patient, and thank you for holding. you're on the air. >> caller: professor maier, everybody has seen the famous picture of george washington and the delaware, but i don't think most people understand how incredibly brave and critical that move was. don't you think it's intrirly not only possible, but even likely that without trenton and without princeton, there might not even be a united states of america today? >> guest: it is critical. david does a wonderful job of describing washington's crossing, and they all say they couldn't have been standing up. he says they were standing up because there was a couple inches of slush in the bottom, and this was the boat used for ferrying across the river, and you stood up i guess. yes, the importance of princeton is part of the most important. december 7 and then early january, 1776 and then january 1777.

the very birth of america has roots in the cities and john hancock who wanted the political change to be created by a mob and sam adams who like many proveighers of liquor could conjure a mob. [laughter] it changed america and helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century, the great problem was making the wealth of the american interior activists seasesble to the markets of the east and to europe. cities made that happen. they grew up as a grate transportation network enabling the rich dark soil of iowa to be productive. going back to 1816, it cost as much to move goods 32 miles over land as it did to ship them across the atlantaic. it was difficult to access all the wealth that was in the american lands. cities grew up as nodes of the great transportation network, the cities of the eerie canal and the michigan canal created a watery ark. rails only supplemented that transportation network based on water. indeed, every one of the 20 largest cities were on a major waterway like the oldest, new york and boston, where the river meets the sea to the newist, minneapolis on

the very birth of american has its roots in boston in the 1770s between john hancock badly wanted the political change that could be created by a mob. and sam adams who knew how to conjure a mob. and their connections as created by the city of boston changed america, created, helped create this great country of ours. in the 19 century the great problem was making the wealth of the american interior accessible to the market to the east and europe. cities make that happen. they grew up as the great transportation network that enables the rich dark soil of iowa to become productive. if you go back to 1816 it costs us much to move goods 32 miles overland as it did to ship them across the atlantic. it was enormously difficult to access all the wealth that was in the american hinterland. cities grew up chicago which was formed, start off in illinois and michigan canal created a great water park that span all the way to new york to new orleans the rails only supplemented that transportation network that was based on water. every one of the 20 largest cities in america was on a major waterway

the very birth of america has roots in boston in the 1730s between john hancock who wanted the political change to be created by a mob and sam adams who like many proveighers of liquor could conjure a mob. [laughter] it changed america and helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century, the great problem was making the wealth of the american exterior accessible to the markets of the east and europe. cities made that happen. they were a great transportation network that engaged the rich dark soil of iowa to be productive. it cost as much to move goods 32 miles over land as it did to ship them across the atlantic. it was difficult to access all the wealth in the american lands. cities grew up in modes of great transportation network, the chicago which was formed, started off when the illinois-michigan canal created a watering ark spanning from new york to northerly. rails only supplemented that transportation network initially based on water. indeed, all of the largest 20th cities in america were on a waterway and new york and boston where is where the river meets to the sea

. >> mathew hancock? >> recent public accounts committee report found that in the past hospitals were built under psi even though it was more expensive than others. in some hospitals it costs 333 pounds to change a light switch. what are you going to do about it and whose fault was it? >> an important point. some of the deals that were entered into were extremely expensive and those were going to rack upon taxpayers for years to come but he doesn't have to believe me. we have it from labor's health secretary who made a number of interventions in recent weeks. the latest one was in the morning star where he said -- not a paper i always -- whether -- he is talking to a communist paper or backing for replant he is consistent and in favor of what the government is doing. there is definitely a case for saying we are for at negotiating contracts from the outset. i couldn't agree more. >> 180 pounds of property assets assembled by one morpheus. it benefits central government confidence. the association of northe

let someone come in like this guy and kelly hancock who helped as a former d.a. case and chad wagner had the guts to say, we have taken a hard look, we apologize on national television. that has ended a terrible chapter of our lives. >> john and revÉ walsh, thank you very much for joining us. joe as well. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we are back right after there. k. my daily meeting with a salty snack and then a 3:15, with my guilt. [ female announcer ] new special k cracker chips. 27 crispy chips. 110 delicious calories. mmmmmmm...good meeting. same time tomorrow? [ female announcer ] find them in the cracker aisle. i see a bag and think... i could have a chip. yeah right. that's why they're called chips? [ female announcer ] new special k cracker chips. 27 crispy chips. 110 delicious calories. another cracker chip? don't mind if i do! [ female announcer ] find them in the cracker aisle. what was i thinking? but i was still skating on thin ice with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise