he lived up in hancock county which is one of our remote counties and john rice irwin is the creator of appalachia and he interviewed alex stored about his life. he was a a remarkable man. he can make anything. he could pull teeth, he he could catch a squirrel, skillet, fright, eat it. he was so interesting that he was invited to washington to be part of the smithsonian folk festival on time. if you want to get a sense of how some mountain people lived and totally off the land, alec stewart, john reiser. >> a lot of things politicians from tennessee, that jane's couple of presidents andrew jackson, what about biographies of them. well i will mention two. american john beauchamp's best book, i like i like the way john beauchamp writes, in fact he wrote a book called american gospel that not many people know about, it's a short book about i think that's the name of it. the role of religion in america. his jackson book won the pulitzer prize. it is the best book about polk. i have read polk's pokes diaries. after about six months he sat down and he must've done it with a quill pen. this

paula hancocks. >> let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta. were in salvador when we spoke with you last night. you're in rio where these games are held, opening in five days. so many headaches pour them, a lot of talk about whether the construction is done, are they ready, but zika is front and center as a concern. is the media making more of it than the people feel? or do you get the accesense on ground that mare there is a maj concern. >> reporter: you can understand the fear with something like this. it's a relatively new virus, and it has association with these birth defects in babies. have be said that, i think there's a couple things to keep in mind. first of all, the weather's cooler now than it was several months ago. it's their winter, and you have fewer mosquitos. and if you look at the studies, there was a stud thry that came of the university of cambridge. you're going to have some 500,000 tourists. one in five is what they predict. it's just not likely. you can understand if somebody were to get the zika infection if they were pr

it is shedded to hancock within the next couple of hours.e are having the slight risk category for the maryland panhandle but once it makes its way east of 81, starts to be just on the order of showers. this is nothing out of the ordinary for summertime activity. seeing these storms get some gusty winds with them. yeah we're always going to see that. so this is 3:30 and i really think this may even overdo it just a little bit. this is 3:30 some strong downpours for hagerstown and martinsburg then continue to weaken a little bit as they approach the 95 corridor, this is 5:30. the drive them but they're just going to be showers out e. computer models, then we'll have to issue the yellow weather alert. stay tuned if we do issue that, we'll alert you on our app so you know that on the drive home. it will be a little bit dicier, by 10:00 tonight, some showers kind of linger and that will be the trend overnight. tomorrow, big changes are headed our way for midweek. and it comes with a cold front first that will see some afternoon storms and maybe

investigators say 22-year-old steven beck called 911 to lure officers in this case, officer randall hancock into an ambush. it happened hours after a sniper killed five officers here in dallas. officials in georgia say there is no evidence of any connection so far. none at all. the suspects friends and neighbors describe him as a teddy bear and that is a quote. say they're stunned by the whole thing. ahead, well, ahead, we'll look alternative the weekend weather forecast across the nation. the fox news chief meteorologist. >>> it is hot in dallas today. we're about to do a weather segment. 100, 101, 103, 103, 103. that's your long-range forecast. have a great two weeks. i don't know what meteorologists around here in august do. it's going to be 100. have a nice day. >> it has not hit 100 in dallas this year. you have 100 coming in the forecast. i think we'll get there by the time wednesday arrives but you factor in the humidity and it will feel like more than 100 today and it's really hot across the plains. it's been really hot across the plains, really hot across much of the southeast and

these have been drifting fromrom south to north producing some heavy rain around the hancock area.winchester you're getting a little bit of a drop of rain of with not much lightning, but a u brief heavy downpour. and then we get to the south anh west of the share lots area. we'll keep an isolated, if not spotty shower in the forecast fr tonight namely west of d.c. a little better chance that weh see that tomorrow because we're going to keep clouds around, aro humid and there will be it of a trigger coming tomorrowm a better chance of storms, heava down powers not really expectinc severe weather but i'll take you through the timeline here. h it's 6:00 a good handle on the storms out to the north and west. an isolated storm at # 1 which i'm not sure that will happen. tomorrow morning maybe a couplep of spotty showers around. a lot of cloud cover. not expecting to get into the 90s tomorrow, but still very humid. by the time we get to noon, we're starting to developing a v few showers here and there. more widespread by the time we get to 5:00 with some heavy down powers, maybe a little

the victims tell police they were sitting on the porch of a home on west hancock street when two laconia now where police are searching for 3 suspects in an overnight home invasion. there are 3 victims. it was just after 11:30 last night that officers were called to batchelder street. the victims say two men and a woman tried to rob them. new at 4:30: a special prosecutor will handle the case of a black man in minnesota shot and killed by a police officer. maria: philando castile was killed earlier this month in a st. paul suburb. the 32-year-old's girlfriend broadcast part of the incident on facebook. the attorney for the officer says his client was reacting to was shot while reaching for his id after telling the officer he had a gun permit and was armed. the special prosecutor will be working with the district attorney to ensure what's being called the absolute integrity of the case. the plainville teen accused of persuading her boyfriend to take his life back in court today. lawyers for michelle carter filing a motion to suppress statements she made to police. it was earlier this mont

there was a trial held in boston where people like john hancock and other figures in the community were brought together to basically put her on trial, ask her questions to try to determine if it was possible that this african-american woman could have written poetry like this. of course, she passed. and they actually wrote a testimonial saying that they believed that she, in fact, had been the talented writer who produced this poetry. and so, in 1773, she traveled to london and this volume was published. it is also remarkable in that we have an engraved image presumably a good, physical likeness of phyllis wheatley. this volume, and i will turn the page to show you, is also, as it would be wonderful even by itself, but it is one of the few examples that have actually come down to us with phillis wheatley's signature on the volume. and it just does not get better than that. you know, trying to find the tangible objects that allow us to discuss the very important contributions of african americans to the founding period of our nation. it can be a real struggle as a curator to find this m

. >>> as for silicon valley reaction to thiel's speech, kpix 5 spoke with russell hancock, the stanford university professor and ceo of joint venture silicon valley. >> both of these people are men of contradictions. i mean, here's peter thiel, um, a guy who, um, comes out of silicon valley and its culture of innovation, an immigrant himself, and yet he's cozying up with, um, with donald trump and the republican party. none of that makes any sense to me. >> trump's speech prompted a brief response from the democrat hillary clinton. she said, you are not our voice, donald trump. clinton could announce her choice of a vice-presidential running mate as soon as today. democratic sources have told cnn the front runs are tim kaine of virginia and tom vilsack, a former iowa governor. also said to be in the running, secretary of labor tom perez and u.s. senator cory booker of new jersey. some sources say clinton could reveal her choice by text message this afternoon and then formally announce it tomorrow in florida. >>> in san mateo county, a cop trusted to protect the community is accused of r

so, to save time, congressional president john hancock is the only signer that day.ntil one month later, on august 2nd, that his fellow congressmen attach their names to the declaration. >> news of independence spreads throughout the colonies, now the 13 united states of america. general george washington stands at the head of an army that will soon fight as a nation of free people. >> sir. >> well, what do we have here? they did it! >> congress has given washington what he wants. they've declared independence. and now, all he has to do is confront the greatest army on the planet. [ insects chirping ] >> with staten island overrun by british troops, and the royal navy soon to join them, washington assembles his american army and equips them with a powerful weapon -- their freedom. >> "when, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people..." >> the declaration of independence was, in a sense, a propaganda tool, as well as everything else. and washington especially knew this. the soldiers needed to know what they were fighting for. >> "we hold these

why we are celebrating independence day, and can you get as close to the original document as john hancockn you read the text, but they have a high resolution scan of the original parchment, and you can be the historian of your own backyard party, and this is cool. they have the signers, all the people that sign the declaration of independence, and it has their resume and you can get their personal history and see where they went to school and what led them down the path to our declaration of independence. >> how did we used to survive without the apps? >> we had to call somebody or have a betty crocker cookbook. >> and that was before lincoln, and now we can find out about him. >> thank you. >> like your holiday shirt, too. >>> and let's check out what is coming up on "fox & friends," the producer that did not hear back from the fbi on what happened in orlando. >> everybody talking about what unfolded in orlando, and then the producer that asked the questions, here's a look. >> why can't we get an explanation about that? doesn't the public have the right to know why their money is being s

. >> reporter: the state senator lonny hancock authored a law that would ban the high capacity magazines. would ban the loan of a weapon to anyone without a background check and make it a crime to file a false report that a gun was lost or stolen. >> the gun safety regulations are good for california, and they do good for the country if we can get washington to take some action. >> reporter: the governor did veto four other bills passed by lawmakers and the new laws are expected to be challenged in court. eric thomas, abc7 news. >>> san francisco police have arrested two men in connection with a union square jewelry store last week. this surveillance video shows one of the burglars smashing it on grace jewelry. police say the thieves stole $500,000 in merchandise. the owner says the value was closer to $2 million. investigators arrested 24-year-old andreas garrick and lonis pitts. >>> 8:36 is the time. santa clara county patrol have confirmed that two mosquitos have tested positive for west nile virus. this affects 91225 and they have scheduled fogging for next week. west nile virus does

i'll ride shotgun with jazz legend herbie hancock in a car he bought 'cause he was told he couldn't afford6,000. i'll bring you the cash tomorrow." >> [laughs]

>>reporter: state senator hancock of berkeley author a law that would ban the possession of high capacityazine. the governor signed that bill and others including ones that ban bullet button, require background check to buy ammunition, ban the loan of weapon to any one without a background check and make it a crime to file a false report that gun was lost or stolen. >> gun safety regulations are good for california. they would be good for the to take some action. >>reporter: the governor veto 4 othere bills by lawmakers andq they are expected to be challenged in court. eric thomas abc 7 news. >>> san francisco police arrested two men in connection with the union square jewelry store burglary last week. surveillanceu video show one burglar splashing the display case on o'farrell street june 23rd. police say9j the thieves stole half million ind9 merchandise. own of the store says value was closer to two million dollars. investigators arrested 24-year-old andrea and 27-year-old karl hit. both live in san francisco. police release these crystal clear photo of the suspect after the heist. >>

recognize from the state side, right behind me is attorney general kim paxton, senators royce west, kelly hancock, angie button, linda cue, cindy burkett, matt renin i rinaldi, and i apologize if i missed you, but that's the list we have. but regardless of who is and who is not on the list, it's essential to understand the way that the state of texas stands united with the city of dallas. already, the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in the efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand, also, there will be ongoing challenges, as a result, my office is extending aid and support to the dallas police department for counseling, for their officers, for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now to respond to what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a veritable tale of two cities. on the one hand, it's been the tale of heroism of police officers. at the same time, it's within a tale of cowardice by an assassin. we are so proud, even in our mournin

probably some brief, heavy rainr it does appear that is going to be headed towards the hancock area. not much locally around our region. there have been a couple of stronger storms around the north carolina area. some of this moisture that yout see out to the west is going too be visiting us tomorrow afternoon. we have a little better chance of seeing some activity tomorrow afternoon.ct a bit of down around the lynchburg areare as well. wel not much around at 10:00 tonight, but we'll cook up a few more showers and storms in the afternoon. so we're going to head right back up to the studio now. i'm not sure if they want to send it back up to the anchors or head to break. > back up to you. you >> coming up, president obama in dallas tonight honoring the fallen officers. and turning the white house ho blue. one police unon. uno the philandro castile case, the judge hired to represent the castile family. walk out after the nba game after seeing the controversialhe shirts the team was wearing.ear stealing co-workers lunches. one woman set up a nanny cam to catch the culprits. that story a

recognize from the state side, right behind me is attorney general kim paxton, senators royce west, kelly hancock, angie button, linda cue, cindy burkett, matt renin i rinaldi, and i apologize if i missed you, but that's the list we have. but regardless of who is and who is not on the list, it's essential to understand the way that the state of texas stands united with the city of dallas. already, the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in the efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand, also, there will be ongoing challenges, as a result, my office is extending aid and support to the dallas police department for counseling, for their officers, for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now to respond to what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a veritable tale of two cities. on the one hand, it's been the tale of heroism of police officers. at the same time, it's within a tale of cowardice by an assassin. we are so proud, even in our mournin

authorities say officer randall hancock is in stable condition. >> it's incidents like these that we'rerealization to the dangers that our police professionals face each and every day in serving out their duty to serve and protect. >> 31-year-old steven paul beck and beck is in serious condition. and early thursday morning before dallas was trang formed into a war zone, bristol, tennessee, a gunman blasted drivers in a motel, officers raced to the scene, engaged in a gun battle. >> in that exchange, the suspect fired shots at three responding officers at which the officers returned fire striking the subject. >> reporter: female newspaper carrier is shot and killed, two other civilians and a police officer struck and wounded. a federal investigation says 31-year-old mckean keyon scott may have been involved in other shootings throughout the country. a witness heard the gun manuel imanuel -- man yelling--in baton rouge on tuesday, the new orleans fbi notified local police departments of social media postings with threats to officers in louisiana. while louisiana police say there's no thre

>> reporter: state senator lonnie hancock supports a law that would ban high capacity buns.thers ban bullet buttons, require background checks to buy ammo, and ban lending a weapon to anyone without a background check and make it a crime to file a false report that a gun is lost or stolen. >> gun safety regulations are good for california and would be good for the country if we can get washington to take some action. >> the governor did veto four other vetoes passed by lawmakers and the new laws are expected to be challenged in court. eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> san francisco police have arrested two men in connection with a union square jewelry sto store burglary last week. this surveillance video shows one of the burglars smashing a jewelry case on june 23rd. police say they stole a half million in merchandise. the owner of the store says the value was closer to $2 million. investigators arrested 24-year-old andreas garrett and carnell pitts. police released these crystal clear surveillance photos after the heist. >>> mosquitos collected in two zip codes tested positive f

. >> everybody talked about john hancock's cursive.ow big his name was. >> things have changed 240 years later. but the visitors we spoke to say they hope the lesson live on. >> the things in the document are meant to be there forever. >> i'm christine, abc7 news. at 6:00", what you need to know before heading out to see the 4th of july fireworks show from the weather to the crowds and security. what we are learning about the investigation into a virginia teen who stepped on to an explosive in central park. >> we have seen 11,000 flutes purchased by the pentagon. a $75,000 cello. the pentagon needs to prioritize the spending. michelle: that is your tax dollars at work. the millions spent on military bands and the move in congress to change that. >> now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. leon: right now off the top at 6:00, all eyes remaining on the skies as thousands are getting ready to head out for the 4th of july fireworks. maureen: we hope that the rain will hold off long enough for the event tonight. some areas, though, have alrea

among them, berkeley senator lonnie hancock's bill would bar high capacity magazines holding more than ten rounds. another co-sponsored proposal for lost or stolen firearms. other bills, clarify stealing a firearm as a felony grand theft. limit the purchase of one per month. and firearms only loaned to family members. all the bills are headed to the governor's desk. jerry brown has been vocal about the number of gun laws coming his way. he's likely to sign some and perhaps veto others. >>> i wish i had sort of a genius cap and a crystal ball and predict his decision-making. it's always been a little tough on this issue. but it's my hope that he'll do the right thing and sign a good number of those measures. >> won't have to wait long. the bills will be signed no later than tomorrow when the governor leaves for a european vacation. >>> it's no secret that the booming population and surging housing prices created a mega region. researchers say more people than ever are living outside of our nine bay area counties. but commuting in for work. take a look at this map. the mega region includ

. >> jason: it's 9:30, sight of the hancock building there. definitely an indoors type of morning, so far this morning. we've been so lucky with beautiful weekend mornings. >> catherine: we're at the end of july and now we have this foggy kind of cool weather. with you yea, we need this rain, jason. >> jason: a little bit of a cool down. >> jason brewer: yeah, you said it. we are getting appreciable rain too. i'll review those areas coming up. northern worcester county, approaching southern new hampshire as well. as they hold together around the winchendon gardner, moving toward nashua here this late morning hour. ound. low ceilings like the low cloud deck covering some of the buildings. south ward the cape and islands not much rain, just patchy light track this future cast, 11:00 in the morning, heaviest rain north of the pike. 2:00, 3:00 this afternoon, pop up showers around, but overall cry times and late in the day as well, does look like a drying trend. not going to be a total wash out today is my point. temperatures much below normal, th

it happened on this porch on west hancock street. the attacker was wearing a and a 16-year-old boy. the teen described trying to grab the bat away before injuring his hand. >> the third time i grabbed it he let go and he hit my hand with the bat again. >> manchester police are looking for 30-year-old robert russell for three counts of assault. if you see him you are asked to call police. >>> dozens of marijuana plants seized in one local town. state police joined officers in a raid on two homes on thursday. th no word yet on any arrests. >>> a dedham couple took a last minute plea deal to avoid a trial for their part in a deadly meningitis outbreak. it's story we've been following for you since 2012. dozens of people died after using infected medication from the new england compounding center. hundreds of others got sick. carla and douglas were among the 14 arrested in this case. they were about to face a federal trial for illegal bank transactions to hide faces charges for painting a black lives matter mural. the sign was pointed on an underpass in rochester. pictures of beth witte

road sign on the onramp to interstate 481 south from vare rolled meant to direct dryers to syracuse hancockd it was misspelled. new york state officials say they don't know how long that sign has been up with the missed spelling and unaware of any new signs going up. sign has since been replaced. >> guns n' roses reunion tour rocked its way through philadelphia, thousands packed the linc to see it. >> as he will rose, back together, on stage, for the first time in decades. the bands even called the reunion in the in the this this this lifetime tour, that's how rare they thought it was. and tomorrow night in toronto. >> i love that. >> busy time in the city last night. >> okay, guys, it is hot. >> but meisha cranked up the ac in the car and jumped on the road. >> yes, i did. even though, it is hot out there, guys, no stopping me whatsoever our new adventure together, so glad i d i found some hidden gems out there, involving new baby, little protein, perfect family remedy for this summer's forecast. take a look. >> i'm rolling out to spring city first, and ending in pottstown. >> on our way t

biggest optimal on the east of the shoreline also for the peninsula with the return flow for tonight hancock ahead. >>reporter: was to see the numbers spark that is going but more imports. after the sunset here at temperatures returned from a loft in numbers for example 11:89 and lost it is 91 for phoenix water vapor to attack compliments along low temperatures are closer inspection 5974 going on for rescinding 74 cupertino around 81 mountain view. >>reporter:. >>reporter: south from 880 right into it we have the the feeling what you consider a lack of red and orange on the screen and traffic definitely so in the area who can come to prefer was bound for from antioch in to threats or will have slowed traffic here because of an early cranston has been cleared now as we move to have further . >>mark: lubricants and of and i'm more than two dozen people are dead after a tour bus burst into flames and taiwan. >>james: 26 people and all were killed when the bus caught fire will have some of the news picture showing the moment but the bus burst into flames of people outside this for to rescue thos

. >> it happened on this porch on west hancock street. the attacker was wearing a ski mask, hits two adults and a 16-year-old boy. the teen described trying to grab the bat away before trying to injure his hand. with the bat again. >> mark: manchester police are looking for 30-year-old robert russell for three counts assault. if you see him? a. you are asked to give them a call. >> vanessa: the aspca has been called into help westport police with the largest case of animal cruelty ever in the northeast. they will help relocate more than 1,000 animals found living in deplorable conditions on this farm last week. many of the animals had no access to food or water. now working on this project. police are building a criminal case against the owners. the hunts is on tonight for a cat in bridgewater, with an arrow through his ear. look at the left side of your screen here. a motion activated wildfire camera at a backyard -- or wildlife camera in a backyard captured this picture on tuesday of a black cat impaled by something. the animal control

. ♪ ♪ >>james: courtesy of our hancock partnership with abc seven numerous as a consent the sizes ofre mr. larger than the caught fire this morning. >>mark: and was a massive fire visible from locations include across the back in san francisco. >>mark: whistle something to show my house down the street that is not caught fire from the embers from this massive build and firewood to six alarms. >>james: hearing the batteries inside of the car to explode as the screens and calls not just the building itself some of the car there were park the ride on the bottom adjuvant. thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast >>jackie sissel: the condominium's brain actuated you can see the glow and the distance that is what we assume an arson and that the secondary fire

we have senators royce west, bob hall, kelly hancock, representatives ken sheets, angie button, linda coop, helene geddings, rodney anderson and i apologize if i missed you. that's the list i have. regardless of who is or who is not on the list, it's essential to understand the way that the state of texas stands united with the city of dallas. already, the state of texas has provided texas department of public safety officers, texas rangers, forensic specialists to aid in the efforts of responding to this challenge. we need to understand also there will be ongoing challenges. as a result my office is extending aid and support to the dallas police department for counseling for their officers for issues and challenges that they will be facing for some time. now to respond to what has happened in the past 24 hours. the past 24 hours in dallas has been a veritable tale of two cities. on the one hand, it's been the tale of heroism of police officers. at the same time, it's been a tale of cowardice by an assassin. we are so proud even in our mourning today of the men and women who wear the

i think we have her explaining to jonathan hancock today in aspen why this is not a resus sal, she'll still be involved in the case. >> i wouldn't be briefed on what the findings were or what the actions going forward would be. and while i don't have a role in those findings in coming up with those findings or making those recommendations as to how to go forward, i'll be briefed on it. >> what she hasn't said is what the sometiming is going to be. as far as we know, the fbi still has not interviewed hillary clinton. >> it seems pretty clear that the justice -- the way this normally works is the fbi investigates, the fbi makes a recommendation or the justice department, now that's always true in any criminal case because the fbi doesn't get to prosecute anybody. that's not their job. they make a recommendation to justice, it goes to the career folks, what she's saying here is that senior career people will look at it and ultimately she will, but kate asked her today, what's the timing. how soon will you make this decision? and she said i don't know where this case stands, which i think

>>terisa estacio: where hancock to work her way for you to see right behind in its already crowded andhis morning with everyone trying to get to work and now there is news that more funding is becoming available with the help to protect those commuters last night come to costa county supervisors approved allocating funds that will help pay for high-tech camera surveillance program can license plate reader system. >>terisa estacio: camisard in the works in conspiring in fact is supposed to be activated sometime this week. >>darya: his pants and giving an emotional interview here with the have to say this morning about their son will have as the helplessness of the sow for cold case murders of the surveillance video police are releasing. hey guys lunch is here! it's on me fellas. with the chase mobile app, stephen curry can send money to more people in less time. thanks, steph! no problem. even to friends in a growing number of other banks. ya'll ready to go? come on fellas let's go! easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. sfx: turbines revving up, you hear tha

of town. >> i like that tre value go guy. >> why do we say john hancock? they were both abroad. >> let's see if we can get back to the liberty bell. >> that was the declaration, not the constitution, right? >> that was the constitution. >> can you see i'm really enjoying this? >> having a good time. >> how much does the liberty bell weigh? what do you think? 950? >> what about for the people on the radio? >> 950, 1,200, 2,080 or 3,000 pounds? >> i took the tour at the liberty bell. >> do you remember what they said? >> i'm going with "b." >> the answer is -- brian, you're wrong. the answer is "c." >> take that, brian. >> made off tin, traces of lead, zinc, arsenic, gold and silver. >> really? >> how much do you do? do you walk around philadelphia all the time reinvigorating your knowledge of history? >> all the time. >> all right. >> i will say this about my mike jerick. i had dinner with him in philadelphia. he is pretty much the mayor of this team. >> i'm sure. >> who paid? >> i did. >> of course. >> which movie was not filmed in philadelphia? rocky, the

campaign, kelly anne conway and washington news columnist charlie hurt and democratic strategist charlie hancocks the bounce many said thursday night in cleveland we would never see for donald trump. >> that's right. that's if you just look at the main horse race number where donald trump is beating hillary clinton by 3 or 4 points. you put jill stein store gary johnson in there hillary clinton is at 39%. you look at the cross. we are up by 15 points among independents and the cnn poll actually, hillary clinton is beating trump by 4 points among women. but trump is beating hillary by 12 points. so who has the gender gap? hillary clinton. men distrust her and don't like her and do not want her to be president of the united states. >> in this environment, we have seen it all year long. outsiders versus insiders. the disrupter versus the status question, the disrupt erwins. and when we see all of these events both here domestically and abroad, you have got a guy who is unafraid, talks about america first which is offensive to a lot of people in this room. he talks about he's the law and order candi

and i'm a member of the hancock county republican executive committee s. we go to our state conventions. we elect our representatives to go to the state. that's about as grassroots as you can get. we go to our state and we represent them and before, as a delegate to the state convention, i could ask my county who do they want to support for our national committeeman and national committee womwoman as well as o elected people we do, so i think it is grassroots and states rights and i think that's where it ought to state. >> thank you the chair recognizes this gentleman at the back microphone. >> thank you, from the state of delaware. among other things i am the party attorney in delaware and as a result i work with our legislatures quite a bit in the general assembly and so i'm very familiar with the legislative process. and one thing that i'll say troubles me a little bit about the way that rnc conducts its business we meet every four years people have different ideas, but a lot of times it is strengthened by reflection, collaboration and looking at things

and i'm a member of the hancock county republican executive of committee. we go to our state convention. we elect our representatives to go to the state. that is about as grassroots as you can get.re we go to our states and would represent them.we as a delegate to the statebefore convention, i ask my county, who do they want to support for our national committee man and woman, as well as the other elected people that we do. so i think it is grassroots.e wm i think it's a states' rights and to think that's where it ought to stay. >> thank you. that chair recognizes the gentleman at the back of the out microphone. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. among other things i am a party at turning in delaware as a result of work with our legislators quite a bit in the general smb. legislative process. one thing that i will say pols be a little bit about away the rnc conducts its business, this rules committee meets once every four years.ha a lot of times the legislative process is strengthened by reflection, collaboration and looking at things more carefully because on

in the big chair behind you you had john hancock. >> the declaration of independence. >> what a symbolell is. >> it is. >> the bronze came from england. >> yes. >> but it was made here and originally used to do what? >> call the meetings of the pennsylvania assembly. >> what does this crack represent to you? how do you smain explain it? >> the crack represents the ideas and the dreams of all the people all over the world. our life isn't perfect. that's what that crack represents. >> so the final resting place of benjamin franklin. >> yep. >> maybe the most beloved in philadelphia history. and here is his grave site with his wife. and he wrote his own epitaph. that said -- >> if you will not be forgotten as soon as you're dead and gone. >> i love that. >> and you were dying to see this again. >> i love terri. >> if this doesn't work out, maybe i'll go work there. lonely planet. >> showing us around philadelphia. remember the tavern one. >>> so donald trump focusing on issues of crime and corruption in his acceptance speech. president obama says he painted way too dark a picture. why he

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