. >> reporter: the successor to the liberty bell and you get to toll it. >> yeah, pretty special. >> ter: almost every day, the centennial bell here is rung on the hour by a machine. except for one day, typically on the fourth of july, when phillips brings the ropes. >> we do one, two, and we hit it. >> reporter: a team of bell tollers rings the bell by hand. phillips is the head bell ringer of the independence hall bell ringer society. there are 13 members in tribute to the 13 colonies. membership is normally handed down in families or by personal invitation, but all of the members call it their connection to history. the bells of philadelphia starting with the liberty bell called citizens to hear news of the revolution, and then the declaration of independence. >> i've loved coming here and being just in this atmosphere. >> reporter: 91-year-old keith taylor, a decorated veteran of iwojima, is the oldest member of the society. what is it that's special about ringing the bell? >> maybe i can reclaim my patriotism by ringing the bell. >> reporter: taylor's respect for the bell has bee

. >> the successor to the liberty bell? pretty special. >> almost every day the centennial bell is rung on the hour by a machine. except for one day, typically on the fourth of july, when phillips learns the ropes. shall we do one, too, and that we hit it. >> a team rings the bell by hand, phillips is the head bell ringer of the independence hall hist society. there are 13 members in tribute to the 13 colonies. membership is normally handed down in families or by personal invitation, but all the members call it their connection to history. the bells of philadelphia's starting with a liberty bell called citizens to hear news of the revolution and then the declaration of independence. >> i have love coming here, and just being in this atmosphere. >> 91 year-old keith taylor, a decorated veteran, is the oldest member of the society. >> what is it about ringing the bell that special? >> maybe i can proclaim my patriotism by ring that bell? >> his respect for the bell has been handed down in his family to his grandson harry and

and the red, white, and blue flags have images of the twin towers, the pentagon, and the cracked liberty bell. that flag will fly in front of city hall all week long. >> today, a local hospital is marking this anniversary by making sure its staff members are ready in the event of another major emergency. it is simulating both buy logical and natural disasters all for the purposes of training. >> i'm andrea mccarren at southern maryland hospital center in clinton where staff members are memorializing september 11 by getting better prepared for a disaster. beyond the american flag flying at half staff. >> i want to help people. >> nursing students, stephanie rahmis trying on her first decontamination suit. keep me safe when i'm helping the patients who are contaminated. >> she and other southern maryland hospital center staff are learning everything they need to know to protect themselves while caring for others in the event of a disaster. >> the more you get comfortable with the materials and the different things that we have to use, the easier and quicker you'll be able to help people. >> we

(bell tolling) bro, we just broke the liberty bell. i'll get you, my pretties! (screeching laugh) (mimics witch's laugh) it's totally broken. stop this story... okay?! we're not quite finished yet. we're just climaxing there. i've finished listening. have you, now? uh, okay, well, that's fair. uh, the end, i guess. uh, so are we a historical landmark now? no! you gotta be kidding me. such a good story. maybe she didn't understand the story. maybe we skimmed too much. let's tell the full story this time. - we won't leave out any details. - a lot more details. you know what? sit back, get comfortable, this is gonna take a little longer this time. okay, you ready? it starts the same. okay. the year was 1776... captioning sponsored by comedy central (laughter) >> i think i can get america back from those that want to change this country. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report, everybody. hey! fantastic to have you with us. thank you so much! thank you so much, folks. nation -- >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen

. >> it is like the liberty bell. >> exactly. >> she had it in a duffel bag on the bus. >> gordon peterson is live in our newsroom with a look ahead. >> we have more on the investigation into this case in herndon or four family members were found inside a home this morning. the president and mitt romney both talking foreign-policy in new york city today. opinions of these hot topics differ greatly. we look at what each had to say. >> the american university professor who created controversy when she breastfed her child in class will be on " katie" tomorrow. >> is breast-feeding ok in class? you can see that interview and more tomorrow at 4:00. >> we're also following the weather. >> what is the latest? >> the sun just made a little dip behind the clouds. they will break up of debt to marlee. look at what is coming -- they will break up a little bit tomorrow. look at what is coming. those will dissipate before they're really coming to washington but there may be a few light sprinkles. temperatures to marble be in the 80's. ready or not, -- temperatures tomorrow will be in the 80's. here is

francs who was a fascinating person with a great sense of humor whose father and imported the liberty bell to philadelphia. there was a group of two peggys and two backes who hung out together and peggy shoe is the young woman who andre took, his date. they all dressed as knights or turkish maidens and in fact one of the big mysteries we didn't speculate on but talked about what the possibilities could be is a family story in that the shippens did not allow them to attend the. at the last minute group of quakers came to the door and said this is terrible. you can't consorts with the british this way. those girls are too in decent. the argument about the outcome is worked. >> peggy shippen, and the evidence is mixed over whether she went to the party or not. that did not stop major andre from drawing her picture wearing this fancy turkish made in party dress. we have reproduced a copy of that picture in the book. is one of the object in the yale university art collection. >> one more follow-up on what your question really was and peggy shoe. she maintained the birthday club with the british

. >> the image of the liberty bell in the background as the case goes to court is poignant, if not, ia moment for us think about what these laws really mean. michael waldman, you guys have done some incredible research at the brennan center, you've been tenaciously documenting in terms of statistics and data what voter i.d. laws mean. one of the most shocking parts, it's not just i.d.s or you may need to have to vote, it's curbing voter registration drives which is so blatantly political and so nakedly -- just make itted make itted naked in terms of transparency keeping people from polls. the florida times union has a poll on the decrease in democratic voter registration. 2008 democrats registered 260,000 voters from july 2011 to august 2012, registered 11,000 voters. now, certainly some part of that may be lack of enthusiasm for the race. but that's a -- that's 5% of what it once was in the previous election cycle. >> you're exactly right, alex, it isn't only voter i.d. laws. over the past two year we've seen a wave of creative and tremendously destructive laws all over the country t

they had pigeons up in the liberty bell, and they let them loose right before he was supposed to speak they were so tied up that they went swooping down. they landed on speaker rayburn's head. it was a mess. but we didn't have the media, the twitter then. that would have taken away from truman's speech. just as this took away from romney's decent speech. >> tom, i was sitting next to you. i had the pleasure of seeing you genuinely shocked. >> i immediately sent a message to lorne michaels of "saturday night live" and said, you booked him, right? and he wrote back and he said no, but you'll be seeing him. four years ago the republican convention gave "saturday night live" sarah palin. this time we'll be seeing a lot of clint eastwood, obviously. was it a distraction that we're paying too much attention to? i rode up in an elevator with a group of michigan delegates right after that and they were very unsettled by his appearance. not just the manner in which he conducted himself, but some of the routines that he had about the president, you want me to tell him to do that to himself, and

found, a few american patriots confiscated their own bell soon to be known appropriately as the liberty bell and hid it in the safest place they could find: under a pile of horse manure. [laughter] the gambit worked. the marauding redcoats never got their british hands on our american liberty. the lesson learned back then rings as clear today: sometimes in order to save and honor something we cherish, we have to [bleep] on it, and i think you know where i was going with bleep. [laughter] unfortunately, the c-span cameras would be upset with me. but, now, to cut to the chase and suggest to the world, well, what i actually feel about the constitution, i think there's one other thing i could read for you. um, the book end as well. their beloved stamp was in jeopardy. it had been designed carefully and artfully, graced not only with the stately visage of an adored and adoring national icon, but also with the denomination chosen to reflect just how long it would last. nay, how long it should last. forever, a forever stamp. [laughter] it was 2011, 125 years after the statue peeture had been -- fea

liberty road. nothing to get in your way towards pikesville and outer loop nice and clear. this is in overly, bell as 11 minute ride on the outer lap from 95, -- loop from 95 up to 83. clear towards 95. >>> a private funeral will be held today for late actor michael clark duncan, he passed away september 3rd from a heart attack he suffered in july. his funeral is invitation only. >>> chris brown has a probation hearing related to the assault against his former girlfriend rihanna. >>> an 8-month-old mother is charged with kidnapping in the disappearance case of her son. jury selection begins for johnson. she sent a text message to the baby's father saying she killed the baby. she then recan'ted the story saying a couple took the baby after she gave it away to them. >>> the trial against a college professor is set to begin, amy bishop accused of killing three colleagues at the university of alabama huntsville in february of 2010. >>> leon panetta will be in pennsylvania, scheduled to tour the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville. >>> teacher says it's about fitness and fun, not everybody buyin

liberty road. we'll have a look at the traffic coming up on the other side of this break. (bell rings) hi. yes? you know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats? i love those. we've added more to every box. really? wow! honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better. >>> good wednesday morning. thanks for joining us, i'm megan pringle. time for your abc 2 news to go. we're going to start things off now with meteorologist lynette charles. how's it looking out there? >> we're not looking too bad. humid, though. we do have one spotty shower try to go move into the picture this morning, megan. we can see around carroll county and cecil county, around rising sun, port deposit, over bel aire, these showers very light in nature right now, really sprinkles, drizzles across the area, just dampening the roadways. i-95 a little bit on the damp side this morning as well. and then as we slide a little bit further to the south, we can see some more light showers around middle river, also essex and even edgemere. that's going to be the scenario as we go throughout the day with some more

liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ [ sighs ] [ bird chirps ] [ bird squawks ] ♪ [ bird screeching ] ♪ [ elevator bell dings ] [ sighs mad is she? she kicked me out. but took the best stuff. i'll get the wrench. ♪ [ male announcer ] kohler's tresham collection. life. with a twist. ♪ >> shep: al-qaeda terrorists are calling for muslims to kill more u.s. diplomats. last week militants killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three others at our consulate in benghazi. now al-qaeda affiliate in north africa is calling for more murders. in a statement posted on the web, terrorists urge preliminaries to kill or expel representatives of the u.s. government as retaliation for that anti-islam video that went viral last week. u.s. officials have been giving conflicting information, really, about whether that video may have played a role in the murders. ed henry is live at the white house. i guess jay carney spoke out about this today. >> he did. 'cause there has been conflicting information as you suggest. some administration officials have said look, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that's the opposite, as you k

liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ [ sighs ] [ bird chirps ] [ bird squawks ] ♪ [ bird screeching ] ♪ [ elevator bell dings ] [ sighs she kicked me out. but i took the best stuff. i'll get the wrench. ♪ [ male announcer ] kohler's tresham collection. life. with a twist. ♪ >>> so we just told you about the big, dumb spending cuts nobody wants. part of nobody wanting those big, dumb spending cuts is republicans not wanting the big, dumb spending cuts. but those aren't the only spending cuts republicans don't want. lately their presidential candidate mitt romney has opposed a lot of spending cuts. take his acceptance speech. >> his frtrillion-dollar cuts wl eliminate jobs and put security at risk. his cut to medicare to finance obama care will both hurt today's seniors and depress innovation and jobs in medicine. his trillion-dollar deficits, they slow our economy, restrain employment, and cause wages to stall. >> did you hear that? you don't want to cut spending because it could hurt jobs and the economy. government spending, jobs and the economy. you might have this big idea that the real cleavage in american politic

bell tolls. i'm involved with mankind. this is what we must understand and deal with that we can recognize one man under god indivisible for libertytice for all. liz: i want to get to challenge you are working on. north korea, kim jong and we'll let you in or not yet? >> we don't know. you have to talk to your enemy aid your friends and we don't have to worry about them. we have to deal with what what israel's wiccan get-together have a communication. i had mandela, the peace ambassador. perez appointed me the cheap investor of the middle east. you know the investor they appointed me, you have to bring people together of diverse entities and respect. respect culture, you know what i mean, inclusiveness in dealing with what people think you have to walk in their shoes and then you can talk about peace and make things happen. liz: who would be the boxer in korea? >> i want to make certain he gets an opportunity to prove he can be a mini tyson. they have some great games over there. the games in north korea, to some fantastic domestic work. the world should be able to see that. if we can have a reciprocal situation, two people have d

liberties to dub over your voice? >> no, no, i read the contract. >> you met this producer, known to you as sam bacile, apparently also known as nakoula bassely nakoula. did anything about him set off alarm bells you? >> no. actually he seemed very polite. he was very boastful about the fact that he had written the script that i had that's totally different on the -- >> did he give any indication about the views he apparently holds about the muslim faith? >> no. no one spoke of the muslim faith, no one spoke of muhammad, nor would i ever do that. >> let me talk to your lawyer. you've filed a lawsuit against youtube for basically putting this on the internet as well as the producers. the lawsuit does not appear to have a great chance of success because of a federal law. it basically immunizes these third-party providers. do you continue to -- do you plan to continue to press this suit? >> no, i think that's correct. i think congress has passed a law that does in fact have a very good chance of immunizing google and youtube, but i think we should be very clear that google and youtube are doing the wrong thing. in fact, they say in their own terms and guidelines that hate speech is not allowed. h

liberties to dub over your voice? >> no, no, i read the contract. >> you met this producer, known to you as sam bacile, apparently also known as nakoula bassely nakoula. did anything about him set off alarm bells you? >> no. actually he seemed very polite. he was very boastful about the fact that he had written the script that i had that's totally different on the -- >> did he give any indication about the views he apparently holds about the muslim faith? >> no. no one spoke of the muslim faith, no one spoke of muhammad, nor would i ever do that. >> let me talk to your lawyer. you've filed a lawsuit against youtube for basically putting this on the internet as well as the producers. the lawsuit does not appear to have a great chance of success because of a federal law. it basically immunizes these third-party providers. do you continue to -- do you plan to continue to press this suit? >> no, i think that's correct. i think congress has passed a law that does in fact have a very good chance of immunizing google and youtube, but i think we should be very clear that google and youtube are doing the wrong thing. in fact, they say in their own terms and guidelines that hate speech is not allowed. h