if you came from massachusetts you vote for john hancock, the small states would never have a president and the others would vote for mason. you won't have the president picked directly by the people. you have state legislatures deciding how their chosen and assume the electors would exercise independent judgment. then they portioned the electoral college so the south gets greater clout than they would in an election and the small states have a greater opportunity to elect someone. as you know, the number of house numbers plus the number of senators is the number. virginia is the largest state. it has 12 times the population of delaware. there are ten virginia representatives but in the electoral college, you add your senators to your house members which means there are 12 electors from virginia and three from delaware. that is a 4 - 1 advantage rather than a ten team at one advantage. the small states like that in the slaves states like that because their house numbers include the number of slaves for the three fifths rule and there's some other complications worked in there. the only

he responded with a reference to john hancock.ly. >> no one remembers who john hancock was, but they know that's his signature. because he wrote his name so bigly and boldly. >> you just said bigly. [ laughter ] >> and i just won $5. >> you embarrassed me in front of my nephew and he loves it. >> he's the one that paid me the $5. >> bigly. if you don't know, something many feel that donald trump has said many times over the recent months. >> does he say bigly? >> big league. >> it is nice to see lighthearted moments. he talked about mutton busting on tuesday. >> bronco busting. >>> let's get a check on cnn money stream. stocks are mixed. investors paused as the vote on health care looms. that is important how tax reform may go. wall street watching. president trump's pick to lead the s.e.c. faces lawmakers today. the likely will ask him how he will police the wall street firms he defended as a lawyer. the s.e.c., the top cop for wall street. jay clayton advised goldman sachs on the bailout. his wife works there. he worked with bea

it's where john hancock and paul revere and many founders are buried. i came across the tombstone of a man who is largely forgotten as we're all destined to be soon enough. his name was sumner and on his tombstone was this description of the man. as a lawyer, he was faithful and able. as a judge, patient, impartial, decisive. in private life, affectionate and mild. in public life, he was dig nifid and firm. party was allayed by the conduct and silenced by the weight of his virtues and rancor softened by the amenity of his manners. those words stick with me. i keep them on my desk. a daily reminder of the law's integrity, that a useful life can be led in its service with the hard work it takes and encouragement to good habits when i fail and when i falter. at the end of it all, i could ask for nothing more than to be described as he was, and if confirmed, i pledge to you that i will do everything in my power to be that man. >> thank you, judge. i have just a few words to say to read but before i do that, we will convene tomorrow at 9:30. each person will

on the declaration of john hancock if you can't write out your own? athlete couldn't better cursive. i think chase utley signed this ball for me. it's hard to tell. >> they have more attention to what they're putting on the paper. >> she thinks writing cursive makes her students write more thoughtful content. a bipartisan group of legislators agree and introduced a house bill to require all delaware public school students to learn cursive. some districts haven't required it in years. in the bill becomes law the governor will have to sign it using cursive. still plenty of things us big kids have to sign, mortgage documents to the occasional check. always good to learn something new. many think there's still plenty to be gained from the old-fashioned way, too. >> i did when i was a kid and i still see the importance here that i'm teaching at a catholic school. it's still something we find important. >> tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> in other news this morning, if you live in pennsylvania, you may have received a letter at changes to e-zpass. we know e-zp

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the signature no one remembers who john hancock was, but the that they know thaj signature because he wrote his name so big and bold -- [laughter] >> i just wanted $5. [laughter] you embarrassed me in front of my nephew and he loves it. [laughter]of my ne she's the onkey is the one payie five bucks. [laughter] the declaration of independence i think. is that where we were? i think my work here is done but i do want to hear your answer. he didn't want it to have any ambiguity about who it was signing the document. that is remarkable. apologies to my wife. the declaration isn't the law is a declaration of independence to answer the question. i think certainly every american you should inform an understanding in the background of the constitution. it's not a document that should be blithely discarded. >> i do want to ask some questions about the ninth andd tenth amendment but i won't say that for future rounds. >> on the issue of america being an exceptional nation, i would hope you can consider what de tocqueville said about america being an exceptional nation and say that without being

watch. >> no one remembers no john hancock was.o bigly. >> you just said bigly. [laughter] >> and i just won five bucks. an be a the senator going on to say the judge's nephew is the one paying up. we all need those light-hearted moments in the hearing. brian: in brian: interesting to see if he gets democratic votes. he has been flawless in these hearings. abby: that's for sure. cool, calm and flawless. brian: investigated for islamic extremism. were there warning science and were they ignored? we will have the details next. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver probl

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. >> no one remembers who john hancock was, but they know it was his signature, because he wrote his name so bigly -- boldly and big. >> officials and citizens in the east bay spoke in support of sanctuary cities. laura anthony has the situation from richmond and martinez where a loud protest made its way into the sheriff's office. >> we want ice out of california. >> a demonstration that started outside, but spilled into the administration building, into the office of sheriff livingston, who opposes senate bill 54, which would make california a sanctuary state. >> sharing livingston has gone out of his way to work for the trump administration. >> is he afraid to meet with us? >> he was unavailable. but a spokesman explained the sheriff's opposition to sb 54. >> many state chairs are opposed to it. it would prohibit law enforcement from talking to ice. >> it's an unconstitutional act. >> in the meantime, the city of richmoned is going to federal court to stop donald trump from executing a january order that threatens to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities. >> we're going to go be

judg>> no one remembers who john hancock was and they remember that's a signature because he wrote hisr] >> and i just won five bucks. abby: senator going on to say the judge's nephew the one paying up. rob: former vice president meeting biden the golden retriever e. abby: he is the cutest thing. don't put me next to a golden retriever. rob: puppy's owner taking him to d.c. hoping to meet him. the two instantly bonded. abby: how you cannot? that is the cutest thing. what happens when a little girl please the pope for the very first time. watch. [laughter] abby: that is 3-year-old h estelle la snapping his skull cap off in roam. shrome. had everyone laughing. rob: first day and in the news. abby: can you imagine going to rome and seeing the pope live in the flesh. rob: "fox & friends" starts right now. abby: have a good thursday. >> raids and searches happening around the u.k. at this hour. >> police making seven arrests in birmingham. [gunfire] >> what a twist, house intelligence committee chairman defensive nunez says communications were monitored by the previous administration. >> wh

. >> reporter: even as thumb prints and online signatures replace the old john hancock, signing your name is a unique and personal experience. >> it's not that hard. writi writer's cramp and all. >> we're a bunch of old world onset right now. >> this story is being shared right now on our nbc washington facebook page. virginia is one of 14 states that require cursive in public schools. spor supporters say it's an important life skill when you have to sign your name. we have more on the app search cursive. i have two signatures on a check, i don't want anybody to also do -- >> forge it. >> that's a mess but my regular signatureif i'm an autograph or something, it's more ledgible. >> sheena and i were saying when we write checks i feel i have to write cursive on the check. >> that's the only time i write >> yes, and this is perfect cursive, not my sloppy half regular, half cursive. >> i have to remember how to write the z and r. >> i wonder if a lot of kids can write the z. it was a tricky one and never made sense and still doesn't make sense. we'reé(tn talking about a cold morning thi

. >> his language appears to have incorporated some -- >> no one remembers who john hancock was, but they know that's a signature. because he wrote his name so bigly -- big and boldly. >> you just said bigly. [ laughter ]. >> and i just won five bucks. >> embarrass $me from front of my nephew and he loves it. >> he's the one paying me the five bucks. >> the hearing resumed later this morning and will include testimony from witnesses who both support and opposes gorsuch's nomination. >>> let's get a check on the weather with msnbc's bill karins. it's a chilly morning in new york. give us good news for the weekend. >> all the warmth is going for the east coast. when you get the big swings you can get severe weather. that's what we'll be talking about. that's what you'll see the pictures of, the hail, possibly tornadoes, too. here is the big cold over the east. it's not as windy. it's cold but not the biting wind like yesterday in northeast. it just barely gets far enough into the plains to kick off the storms. kansas and nebraska, almost 2 million people at risk. you can get the baseba

it's where paul revere, john hancock and many of our founders are buried. there i came across the tombstone of a lawyer and judge who today is largely forgotten as we're all destined to be soon enough. his name was encry sumner. on his description, as a lawyer, he's faithful and able. as a judge, patient, impartial and decisive. in private life, he was affectionate and mild. in public life, he was dignified and firm. put aty feuds were allayed by his condition duct. columny was silenced and ran corr softened by the amenity of his manners. mr. chairman, those words stick with me. i keep them on my desk. they serve for me as a daily reminder of the law's integrity, that a useful life can be led in its service with the hard work it takes and an encouragement to good habits when i fail and when i falter. at the end of it all, i can ask for nothing more than to be described as he was. if confirmed, i pledge to you that i will do everything in my power to be that man. >> thank you, judge. i have just a few words to say to read, but before i do that -- >> neil gor

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packed with names on the declaration of independence, how uh are you going to make out the name john hancockn't make out your own? >> i think they have a lot more attention to what they are putting down on the paper. >> reporter: mrs. delmonico thinks it makes kids better focused and think writing cursive makes kids write more better, thoughtful content. a group of delaware legislators agree and introduced a house bill to require all elementary students to learn cursive. they have not required it in years. if the bill becomes law, the governor has to sign it using cursive. there are still plenty of things us big kids have to physically sign from mortgage documents to the occasional check. it is always good to learn something new, but many think there is plenty to be gained from the old fashioned way, too. >> i did when i was a kid and still see the importance now that i'm teaching here at a catholic stool. and it is something we still find important. >> reporter: tim furlong, "nbc 10 news." >> "nbc 10 news" at 6:00 is next. >> here's jim rosenfield. >>> thank you, guys. coming up at 6:00, "t

listen to him talk about the founding father, john hancock. this. >> but they know that that's his signature, because he wrote his name so bigly -- big and boldly. >> you just said bigly. >> bigly -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he said bigly. [ applause ] that's right. then gorsuch pulled off his mask and was like, i fooled you! it was me all along! [ laughter and applause ] "scooby doo!" meddling kids. i saw this week, trump's kids, don jr., ivanka and eric took their families on a ski trip to aspen. which was fun 'til they said, wait. if we're all here who's watching dad? uh, let's go. get on a plane right now. [ laughter and applause ] everyone get your stuff. he might be tweeting right now! well, this is everywhere. last night on "wheel of fortune" a contestant was down to the final letter on a puzzle and it seemed like a sure thing. but check out how it went. >> $600. >> "k." >> no. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: naked desire. no. turns out that wasn't the only mistake in that episode check this out. >> f. >> no. $600. >> n. [ light laughter ] >

it's are paul revere, john hancock, and many of our founders are buried. and there i came across the tombstone of a lawyer and judge who today is largely forgotten. as we're all destined to be, soon enough. his tombstone had written on it almost 200 years ago a description of a man. as a lawyer, he was faithful and able. as a judge, patient, impartial, and decisive. in private life, he was affectionate and mild. in public life, he was dignified and firm. party feuds were laid by the correctness of his conduct. was silenced by the weight of his virtues. and ran rancor softened. mr. chairman, those words stick with me. i keep them on my desk. they serve for me as a daily reminder of the law's integrity that a useful life can be led in its service of the hard work it takes and an encouragement to good habits when i fail and when i faulter. at the end of it all, i can ask for nothing more than to be described as he was. and if confirmed, i pledge to you that i will do everything in my power to be that man. >> thank you, judge. i have just -- >> that was presid

student many years i found myself walking through the old burial ground in boston where paul revere, john hancock, and many of our founders are buried. there i came across the tombstone of a lawyer and judge who, today, is largely forgotten , as we are all destined to be soon enough. his name was sumner and written on his tombstone was this description of the man. "as a lawyer, he was faithful and able. as a judge, patient, impartial, and decisive. in private life, he was affectionate and mild. in public life, he was dignified and firm. allayed by thee directness of his -- he was silenced by the weight of his virtues and rancor was softened by the amenity of his manners. mr. chairman, those words stick with me and i keep them on my desk. they served for me as a daily reminder of the laws -- laws's , of the integrity hard-working work it takes and the encouragement to good habit when i fail and when i falter. at the india middle, -- at the end of it all, i can ask for nothing less to be described as he was and if confirmed, i pledge to you that i will do everything in my power to be that man. host

it is where all revere, john hancock and many of our founders are buried.ss the tombstone of a lawyer and judge who today is largely forgotten. as we are all destined to be short enough. was increased sumner. written on his tombstone was this description of the man. as a lawyer, he was faithful and able. as a judge, patient, impartial, decisive. in private life, he was in affectionate and mild. in public life, he was dignified and firm. were allayed by the correctness of his conduct. colony was silenced by the weight of his virtues and rancor softened by the amenity of his manners. those words stick with me. i stick them -- i keep them on my desk. they served for me as a daily reminder of the laws of integrity that a useful life can with the its service hard work it takes and an encouragement of good habits when i fail and when i falter. , i couldd of it all ask for nothing more than to be described as he was and, if confirmed, i pledge to you i will do everything in my power to be that man. >> thank you, judge. scarlet: that was president trump's supreme c

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many years ago, i found myself walking through the old burial ground in boston where paul revers, john hancock and many of our founders are buried. i came across the tombstone of a lawyer and judge who today is largely forgotten as we are all destined to be. increase sumner was his name. written on his tombstone was a description. faithful and able as a many, as a judge patient and impartial and decisive. he was dignified and firm. party feuds were relaid by the correctness of his conduct. soft n by the manners. they serve for me as a daily reminder of the laws of the useful life can be led in its service of the hard work it takes and an encouragement to good habits when i fail and when i falter. at the end of it all, i could ask for nothing more than to be described as he was and if confirmed, i pledge to you that i will do everything in power to be that man. >> thank you, judge. i have just a few words to say to read but before i do that we will convene tomorrow at 9:30. each person will have 30 minute rounds. i want to finish the first round tomorrow. not taking into consideration any of th

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it had only been signed by john hancock. it wouldn't be signed by the rest of the representatives of the states until the end of august. but now we have to understand, on july 2nd, is there a federal government? no, because we have just thrown it off. on july 4th there is no federal government either. there is just the states. now, our first federal government is formed through the articles of confederation. but there's a problem. and the problem isn't probably what you have been taught. you see popular teaching, teaches that the articles of confederation failed because we created a federal government too small. do you know the implying indication? that the -- the implication, the nest federal government was much bigger and more powerful and that simple my is not true. when you look the debates and you look the history, you see that the largest driving force to the reconsideration of the articles of confederation, had to do with an authority that was actually delegate teed the federal -- delegated to the federal golf. it's n

let's bring in john hancock, former party director and the former director of the missouri party.oing to try to get you to agree here. i assume that's not going to be the case, but i want want to start with you, mike, i want your opinion on what middle america is talking about, specifically when we see this reaction from the governors. what specifically do the governors want to see changed? >> well, there's several provisions in this bill that are problematic. donald trump promised in the campaign that everyone who was covered right now would remain covered and, two, their health care would be cheaper. the cbo said this week, 20 million americans would not be covered, and the premiums were going to go up. it's another failed promise by donald trump and i think ultimately, donald trump's done an incredible job of keeping his base support with him, that he had during the campaign. but it's promises like this that he's backing out on, as well as this failed budget that he's proposed that's going to test the strength of those people who were with him during the campaign. >> we're goin

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. >> no one remembers who john hancock was. but they know that is a signature. wrote his name so bigley -- big and boldly. >> you just said bigly. [laughter] >> and i just want five bucks. [laughter] >> you embarrass me. true to so he does know donald trump well. >> poor guy. three days of being assaulted by midgets. this has been again, the unseriousness of democrats and basically asking me what you tell us you are going to decide cases based on the political constituencies on the attractiveness of the litigants. you will pay the little guy against the big guy rather than uphold the rule of law. this has been a very unserious exercise. god bless them for subjects to himself. he's done a superb job. maria: good to see you. thank you so much. we will be right back. ed legal questions hold you up, because we're here, we're here, and we've got your back. legalzoom. legal help is here. maria: welcome back. harrison and london. eight people overnight following an attack on the four people dead. another 40 injured. kitty "logan" has not been with the very latest. good

listen to him talk about the founding father john hancock. >> they know that is a signature, becausewrote his name so big and boldly. >> you just said bigly. >> i know. >> ed bigly. that's right. then gore pulled off his mask and said, i told you, it was me all along! >> senator sasse said i just won five bucks that you would say bigly somewhere in this hearing. katy tur, to you. the leader kevin mccarthy says the vote will happen by 7:00 tonight and that might be optimistic. is there a chance in those 12 hours some freedom caucus votes move and the bill gets through? >> certainly a chance. the freedom caucus is going back to the white house today. the white house is giving the hard sell and tasked with trying to get conservatives on board with this bill. by our nbc news count i believe 29 no's on this bill right now. that is a mix of both freedom caucus members and moderates. they need anything more than 21 votes means that this bill is going to be sunk. so whether they are going to be able to bring this to a vote on the house floor remains to be seen. i was speaking with representa

>> it seemed like they had been getting along, both carl icahn and john paulson are on the aig board. hancocknnounced he was going to sell assets like they asked to make the company leaner and also to return about $25 billion to shareholders. it was going well, but again, it's the credibility issue. one big thing was a lot of credit rating agencies started putting aig on ratings watch. a very important ratings agency for insurers put them on watch and that was something a lot of people had their eyes on. it also made hancock lose credibility. betty: it made shareholders nervous, and may be shortened the time for the turnaround the prove that itto would take some time. this will be the seventh ceo, i .hink, at aig since 2005 are there any names out there of who could succeed him? >> that's the question everyone wants to know the answer to. long potential list. it could go externally or .nternally just from our very long list we externally, dan gleason is a former aig executive now the head of marshall mclennan. that's one potential external candidate. internally, it could come from someone on