the cornerstone was placed by marquis de lafayette. it's a monument to the first revolutionary battle that was staged in hope to create a world with rights, and the right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. >> hinojosa: and one of the things that you focused on in your work, there are two groups of people who you have focused on in your work that are really, really fascinating. one of them is immigrants, immigrants without a voice, and the other one is the homeless. >> and veterans. >> hinojosa: and veterans. so let's talk a little bit about the work with immigrants. you have... >> they are called the alien staff. >> hinojosa: the alien staff. >> yes. >> hinojosa: which i remember when i first saw it i was like, "what is this?" it's essentially a staff that has... it's carrying... >> it's like a walking stick. >> hinojosa: it's a walking stick. >> it's got a certain symbolic power, like, that's why it's called staff. >> hinojosa: and it's got their memories, it's got their passport, it's got their papers? >> it has plexiglass conta

live view from the lafayette de marquis hotel in cape may.esterday. 6-mile-per-hour wind in philadelphia and trenton, too. just enough to make it feel like the teens in philadelphia. and 1 below in the pocono mountains and 22 degrees in mt. holly. but with sunshine, it will warm into the 40s this afternoon. >> jessica boyington has the traffic and starts us off on the schuylkill. jess. >> slowdowns, no surprise here, though. moving by the city avenue off-ramp. getting off the ramp isn't the problem, that's westbound drive, from montgomery drive. to king of prussia pretty slow. also a crash on horsham road. >>> the republican health care plan goes up for a vote today on capitol hill. among local republicans pennsylvania congressmen charlie dents and ryan fitzpatrick say they will vote no. new jersey congressman tom macarthur says he's changed his vote from no to yes. chris smith, leonard lance and frank lobiondo say they will vote no. stay on nbc for the update on the votes. remember, you can let the latest news, weather and traffic on the app