philadelphia made all three errors here. the city cannot identify a neutral, generally applicable law after six attempts. it now acknowledges its decisions are subjective and individualized. yet the courts below still applied smith. they even said smith would be a dead letter if petitioners prevailed. that demonstrates the confusion and instability smith has caused. respondents, rather than defend smith, asks the court for a newly minted constitutional standard that is even less protective of religious exercise. that approach has no basis in the text, history, or traditions of the free exercise clause. the city has no compelling reason for excluding catholic social services, which has exercised its faith by serving at risk children for two centuries, nor does it have interest in refusing to allow the agency to step aside and provide referrals elsewhere. philadelphia is refusing to place children with loving mothers just because they chose to partner with an agency who shared their faith. respondents act as if this is zero su

so he gets to philadelphia before almost anybody else. he waits for his fellow virginians to arrive. he would talk to them about his plan that he drafted and how he wants it to be presented, which ed mon randolph does, as we know. of course, then, after that, he is instrumental in working with his first friend, later enemy, alexander hamilton. it's so fascinating how much people know now about hamilton, so we don't have to explain a lot anymore. of course, hamilton writes the most federalist essays, and as emily said, they are critically important in helping us to understand what the thinking was at the time about various issues that were objectionable to the anti-federalists. so madison is, again, contributing his brilliance and his ability to argue a point, albeit in very flowery language to these debates. so when the first congress convenes in 1789 in new york city, where washington is sworn in at federal hall, it is important to note that madison was a member of the house of representatives. he was not a senator, he was a member of th

so philadelphia the largest and most kcosmopolitan. it has the biggest and most beautiful buildings. it is densely packed around the delaware river. the most buildings, the most people, the most cultural things going on. this is the city that assumes the predominance as the capital. and here is the hall where the u.s. congress sits. and madison is in congress this whole time. we're going to leave anymore congress. we're going to go back and start again with dolly and see how dolly gets to philadelphia in 1794 where she meets madison. dolley's biography is really, really interesting. because for a long time it was sort of dominated by narratives written, many of them by her friends friends and her nieces, that see controlled very carefully. it was not until into the 20th century that we were able to pull back and look at primary sources and see that a lot of what dolley communicated to her niece was not true. so dolley tries to control her biography in a way to make herself look better. particularly the story of her r origins. her paren

days later, every hospital bed in philadelphia was filled. a lot of hospitals. >> it became a superspreader event? >> it was the mother of all superspreader events in 1918. and philadelphia was probably the hardest hit. they knew it was coming. they should have seen it coming. they shouldn't have allowed this parade. they did, because again, priorities. what were the priorities? the war effort, and selling these war bonds. >> when i was reading about the parade in philadelphia, this huge liberty loan parade that was going to be in 1918, i was thinking to myself, don't do the parade, don't do the parade! then the week later, i think it's thousands of people die. perhaps 14,000 people. and then you go to st. louis, another city also had prepared a parade. they listened to the medical authorities. the next week, only 700 people died. so when you're reading this as a historian and you know the end of the story, you want to say, stop, do the right thing! >> the day after the parade, the philadelphia inquirer printed this picture. the caption, "fig

days later, every hospital bed in philadelphia was filled.lot of hospitals. >> it became a superspreader event? >> it was the mother of all superspreader events in 1918. and philadelphia was probably the hardest hit. they knew it was coming. they should have seen it coming. they shouldn't have allowed this parade. they did, because again, priorities. what were the priorities? the war effort, and selling these war bonds. >> when i was reading about the parade in philadelphia, this huge liberty loan parade that was going to be in 1918, i was thinking to myself, don't do the parade, don't do the parade! then the week later, i think it's thousands of people die. perhaps 14,000 people. and then you go to st. louis, another city also had prepared a parade. they listened to the medical authorities. the next week, only 700 people died. so when you're reading this as a historian and you know the end of the story, you want to say, stop, do the right thing! >> the day after the parade, "the philadelphia inquirer" printed this picture. the caption, "figh

the parade in philadelphia is september 20th. dallas officials were on the scene thinking about this more rapidly than others in other cities. the epidemic death rates in dallas where somewhere in the range of 250 to 511 per hundred thousand. that's likely closer to the low number. better than new orleans, better than birmingham, better than most midwestern communities even like st. louis, that didn't do very well. some people asked, well, who got the flu? babe ruth got the flu, among others. the world series ends a bit early in fall 1918, because of the flu. the red sox win. and there is a curse after that, as you may have heard of. he called, it came back from it very rapidly. franklin delano roosevelt got the flu on a ship in september. again, at the time, these were two very healthy individuals not prone to get this. press suggests that it's not that much. in 1919, woodrow wilson got. if there is an argument that part of the problems with his peacemaking in paris to and world war i were related to having gotten the flu. peopl

because philadelphia could not keep up. in the modern par lens, the curve could not be flattened and the city was utterly devastated because of that. so across the country, public health officials continue alonged those lines, however, and that's one thing we learn. here's more from philly and about the ambiguity of that moment. the surgeon general said there's no cause for alarm if precautions are observed. as i have up here, president of the west philadelphia medical association began an antiscare campaign arguing that the public should be educated to the fact that the disease is not as deadly as many believe. think back to the image of the young girl with the mortally ill sister, in that case, actually. the editors of the philly enquirer said the orders went too far. they made a case, as i say here, shutting down schools, churches, et cetera, largely promoted and unreasonable amount of fear. and here you see an antispitting campaign among others. but you don't see masks or social distancing campaign. and there you see in

we resolved that the honorable sharif street of philadelphia county be chosen vice president of this electoral college. thank you, miss bass. are there any nominations? if not, nominations are closed. those in favor of the nomination ent byive their banass saying aye. the resolution is unanimously adopt did. the chair requests the sergeant rms to escort the vice president of the podium. vice president? [applause] >> the chair has the honor to present to you your vice president, the honorable sharif street of philadelphia county. [applause] >> good afternoon. .t is an honor to be here rarely do i read anything, but, on this occasion, i am touched by the words of martin luther king jr., in the "i have a dream speech. the magnificent vote of the constitution of the declaration of independence. it will be a promissory note to which every person will become an heir. this vote was a promise that all men, black men as well as wightman, and i would add women, lgbtq+immigrants, the bemunity and others, would guaranteedequal and unalienable rights. he noted that it was obvious at that time in

louis, for example, who did a good job with public officials in philadelphia.apid information is obviously important. these layered closures don't seem to work as well. kind of closing the door abruptly does, whereas reopening more gradually, tracking disease, being ready to close any moment is most important. then the final takeaway i have that you all probably thought of yourselves, in the u.s., the main actions were local, the governors and health officials weren't on the federal government. just like 2020, local government has been where the action has been. finally, here's a set of recommended resources. lots of great stuff. i've got some articles in there, but there are amazing books and articles free from the archive of the university of michigan. it's amazing. the library of congress has a great exhibit and there are a bunch of others. without further ado, let's see if jeff and i can have a good conversation. >> i can not only talk, but i can see myself. awesome. that was good. and impressive. and distressing. we've got a ton of questions, and i know i'

amy: in philadelphia, a black mother who was attacked with her family in october by a horde of police officers is speaking out about the harrowing experience. rickia young was driving an suv with her two-year-old son and teenage nephew when officers descended on the vehicle, broke all its windows, assaulted and arrested young, pulled her 16-year-old nephew frothe car, and grabbed her child. we will he rickia her own wordand speato her aorney. then we look at how the ride-hailing companies uber and lyft scored a major victory against worker rights with the passage of proposition 22 in california. they're now pushing similar measures in other states. >> with this passage, this will basicivers like me from protections afforded to most in the state. these companies are promising to roll out this model tionwide. it foretells a grim future for gig workers across the country. amy: we will look at other ballot initiatives around the country. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united stes confmed more than 200,

but in a stunning turn, the philadelphia d.a.'s office recently concluded much o the testimony against hicks was false. dna and other contradictory evidence cast further doubt. >> a rush to a judgment that he was him three times in the back. >> reporter: hicks marks the 16th exoneration since 2018 attributed to the philadelphia d.a.'s conviction integrity unit rebuilt by larry crazner who became d.a. well after hicks' conviction are these exonerations a win or a loss to a prosecutor's office? >> these are a win every prosecutor should care about the truth, should be seeking justice. >> reporter: the exonerations have put philadelphia's police department under a harsh light. a police spokesman telling nbc news the officers involved the hicks arrest have been placed on restrictive duty during an internal investigation. i think you would be justified if you were bitter are you bitter >> oh no no not at all, man. physically and mentally i wouldn't have made it through. >> reporter: though termaine hicks believes he was framed for a cr

gary grumback at a nursing home in hard-hit philadelphia. gray outside of a hospital in chicago. >> all right. let's start with jay gray. right now we're seeing these boxes of vials going on to the truck. from those trucks they will be distributed around the country including to hospitals around the country. how is the hospital in chicago preparing for this momentous day? >> well, lindsey, kendis, good morning again and they've been preparing for weeks getting ready for this. you would think by proximity that rush university medical center in chicago would be one of the first to get this vaccine. it's only about a two, two and a half hour drive from portage to chicago, so they've been expecting an early delivery here. actually went through a test run of their process on friday just to make sure that they were ready for the arrival. they don't know when and they don't know how many, although they suspect they will get about 2,000 vials of the vaccine. their entire main lobby has now been shifted to a vaccination center and down the hallways t

in philadelphia, the republican convention names governor he we -- huey. few weeks later, the democratic party nominates president truman. ♪ in the town and missouri, is the birthplace of president truman. in the first world war, harry truman enlisted as an artillery captain, and saw fighting in france. in civilian life, harry truman entered public service, it led him to the senate of the united states. he always wanted to return to his original home. once he was a partner in a haberdashery shop, which he revisits. as running mate to franklin delano roosevelt in 1944, he was elected vice president. president roosevelt stunned the people in every land -- the death of president roosevelt stunned the people in every land. harry s truman succeeds his former chief as president of the united states, and takes the oath of office. the truman home, independence, missouri, where we see the president and his daughter. wife, and hiss mother, to whom he was devoted. presidential duties soon call him back to washington. a san francisco conference, at which delegates fro

capitol moved to philadelphia and have eight daily newspapers suddenly in a town -- philadelphia was on the river to 9th street. it was tiny. thatinflux of media and media coverage of the capital was as amazing as the influx of digital media today. there have always been these dynamics of people on either sides, people stuck in the middle into the media fanning the flames. >> boston, massachusetts was at the forefront of the revolution. what happens to sam adams when he goes to this loyalist city and he has to be mindful that virginia feels like they should be leading everything. .> he doesn't that's the short story of sam adams legacy in a great degree. he has a complicated relationship with the american revolution. the thing to remember about john adams is that he like thomas jefferson are not here. they're not un-american shores. they are in europe securing funding, support, troops. they come back a decade later to a very changed world, to people who are creating a government who -- who they have not seen since the continental congress, a different media landscape, people actively

in philadelphia, while there was slavery, the biggest issue in philadelphia was remaining free, and the prejudice against them that came. that is why they had to start their own churches. african-americans worshiped in churches with mixed parishioners and then were being told they had to worship on balconies and when they wanted to start their own churches, benjamin rush drew up the first plan, the white churches were mad that it made them look like they were prejudiced. one thing to keep in mind is abolition is incredibly important as a subject. but in many northern cities, the biggest issues day in and day out was making sure that free blacks have rights. rush went on to make sure that they had educations, that they were taught as part of the public school systems. so even these big picture issues are different in different states at different times. but our fear that the 1% controls everything, i bet if went back and asked people during the founding era, they would say that the 1% controlled everything. and they would be the continental congress. >> there were many, many different in

these are what they brought together and what drew them together to philadelphia. so when george washington comes to philadelphia for the continental -- for the constitutional convention, the very first place he goes after dropping off his bags at robert morris' house was to make -- to visit franklin. they sat down there under the mulberry tree in front of his house. they discussed what they needed to do to make a more perfect union. >> that is great. you have given us so much to think about, taking washington down and franklin up to the constitutional convention. you begin your book by describing the scene of washington deciding -- you imagine not to drive up to franklin's house, because he was accompanied by enslaved people. franklin did not approve of slavery. washington did. he thought it would have more simplicity to walk. you take from all those experiences this powerful shared devotion strong central government, strong commerce power to keep the west open and to ensure economic independence. lindsay, i would love you to gives your insight on that broad perio

and fedex, and then it's coming here to philadelphia. but officials tell me, they don't know how many vaccines they're going to get here in philadelphia. when they do have that number, they will distribute it to every single hospital here in philly, so that every hospital has at least some of the coronavirus vaccine. and it's going to go to those front line workers, as we've been saying. to those folks that are dealing with covid-positive individuals on a daily basis. after that, it will go to the rest of the hospital staff, and places here like the nursing home behind me here in northeast philly, these residents are excited, this staff is excited, and it will be administered by the cvs pharmacy. the pharmacy will come in here, go room by room in this facility, and they are going to administer the covid vaccine to everyone who wants. it and then they're going to go to the staff and set up a clinic for that, as well. now yesterday, i spoke to the commissioner of the philadelphia department of public health and he told me, for folks who ar

was formally recognized as a minister in the philadelphia meetings and began traveling to give public lectures on abolition, nonviolence, peace, native american indian removal, freedom of religion and any other number of causes she spoke to. as a minister, she was not allowed to be paid when she so sheublicly, of herd on the income husband, james mott. 1838, she and her husband were part of the founding of the american antislavery society, which had a philadelphia chapter. note in this image that there are several women in the founding. she helped to draft the mission statement, although as a women, she was not allowed to sign it. you will notice she is sitting behind -- sitting beside james horton, an african-american sail and abolitionist in the philadelphia community. she went on a few days after the founding of the american antislavery society to the philadelphia female antislavery society. it lasted until 1870, when the 14th and 15th amendments were ratified. they were not good -- they were , actingt only for being and speaking in the language of the day with they called as promi

it's a hot summer in philadelphia. they kept up the windows. of those 55 people, 25 of them owned slave s so almost half. i think it's important to recognize that even of the delegates in the united states there wasn't a lot of talk about racial equality. it's not a racial paradise even in the states where slavery was being gradually phased out. there's still a consensus that enslaved people were property and there was a lot of talk about property rights. probably right of the people who owned the sleeves. that's shared amongst a lot of the people in the delegation. stop short of saying that -- could divest a person of the property rights. >> and is that something with you all want to share? you mentioned that slavery was starting to be phased out. a post revolution, we are several years removed from it. are there states that are trying to deal with slavery. >> pennsylvania's the first, -- the first. and there's a gradual and emancipation scheme where you may not confer someone's freedom right away but when you reach a certain age, then they ar

a jamaican couple spent more than two years in a philadelphia church. why they're finally stepping out of sanctuary. >>> well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. breaking overnight, after months of gridlock, congress passed a new coronavirus relief package. both the house and the senate overwhelmingly approved the deal sending it to the president's desk. it will give a majority of americans another round of checks plus businesses hurting from the pandemic will also get help. debra alfarone is in washington. deborah, it was a late night but what other aid does this new package deliver? >> reporter: so many different things, anne-marie, but the number one thing most people are going to be so happy about is a $600 stimulus check and that's going to go to people who make $75,000 a year or less. >> the most to concur is agreed to. >> reporter: congress passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief package last night. >> the ayes are 359, the nays are 53. >> reporter: the bipartisan measure includes $600 direct stimulus payments to many am

willor six weeks, humboldt be in philadelphia and washington, hanging around with some of the leading artists, men and politicians, and it will shape the course of our history for the next 50 years. this is basically how humboldt was when we first met him. he looked happy and his environment, his favorite barometer is here in the left corner. he is pressing plans and his travel journal. he's looking at you with that kind of mona lisa smile, that says, i am having the world's best time, and you should follow me. and so we did. when he first arrives in the united states, he was worried he was not important enough for the president to pay attention to him. so he he writes him a letter which we have here in which she he explains, i love the declaration of independence and by the way, you have the -- this thing about mammoths. i found mammoth teeth in the andes. can i visit? jefferson had been tipped off by the consul, you want to meet this guy because in addition to his being charismatic and wonderful and interesting, he's spent the last year and mexico creating the most detailed map of n

things will wrap up in the philadelphia metro area early this morning. but the snow doesn't stop until midmorning in new york city and boston will see snow until this afternoon. >> looking at the snowfall map, four to eight inches in philadelphia, 8 to 14 in new york city. about a foot in boston. but more than two feet of snow from the poconos through parts of new jersey and new york into southern new england. >> and the plows can barely keep up. this morning, a powerful storm packing blizzard conditions. hammering the northeast. snow piling up as much as three inches per hour in some areas. >> it sucks when all the snow is hitting your face. you know it stings a little. >> reporter: now the storm turning deadly overnight. in central pennsylvania a pileup involving up to 60 vehicles killing at least two people. 19 vehicles were involved in this crash in new york city injuring six people. officers on the scene making this plea. >> if you don't need to be out, stay home. >> reporter: this morning millions of people from new york to boston and down to phila

the chair recognizes the honorable charles hadley of philadelphia county for the purpose of offering a resolution. thank you, madam president. resolve that the honorable kathy kemper be appointed parliamentarian of this electoral college. >> thank you. thank you, mr. hadley. those in favor of the resolution? opposed? and the have it resolution is unanimously adopted. the chair request the sergeant at arms to escort the secretary and parliamentarian to their chairs. [applause] the chair extends to the temporary officers the thanks of the college for the able manner in which they have presided during these proceedings. without objection, the college of electors will adopt forms and proceedings to carry out the essential task of the electoral college of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. hearing no objections, they are adopted. we are now ready to proceed with the balloting for president and vice president of the united states. the chair recognizes the ta ofable malcolm kenyat philadelphia county for the purpose of offering a resolution. , a ballot for the president of the united states.

but this was dug up in upstate new york, installed in charles wilson peels museum in philadelphia and this is the creature that literally helps bring jefferson, humboldt and american art and culture altogether. so, let's figure out how that works. if you walk into this first room ,it really is about those six weeks in the united states. this is splashdown. this is where humboldt meets jefferson. and this is the relative ages they are when they meet. this is humboldt at age 35, and jefferson at 65. both painted by members of the peele family, the first family of artists. so this is the relationship that will energize the way he think about exploration, the way we think about nature and the way we think about our national standing on the international stage. so, i mentioned the map. this is it. this is the copy we made of it. this is humboldt's map of mexico, texas, the western, southwest united states, baja, california. if you zoom in, you will find santa fe up here. the location of the comanche indian tribe and most important for us, this is the biggest geopolitical gift we could have

will beweeks, humboldt in philadelphia and washington, hanging around with some of the leading artistsence, and politicians. and it will shape the course of our history for the next 50 years. when he first arrives in the united states, he is a little worried is not important enough for the president to pay attention to him so he write him a letter which we have here in which he explains, i love the declaration of independence. i have read your notes on this data from virginia. by the way, you have the thing about mammoths. so do i. i found mammoth teeth in the andes. and i come visit? you really want to meet this guy because in addition to his being charismatic and wonderful and interesting, he spent the last year in mexico creating the most detailed map of north america that is going to change the way we negotiate with the king of spain after the louisiana purchase. so jefferson has an agenda. humboldt has an agenda, and the two men forge a friendship that will last the rest of jefferson's life. so this is the thing that brought them together when you get right down to it. this is the

perished in philadelphia.give you some sense. shwashington was deeply this. and he could not control it. he could command his army, he cannot command congress. here's a subject of congress. congress was answerable to the states. he had no power over that. he continually tries to arrange informal exchanges with the british tsh tno avail. they continue trying in trying, they could never agree on terms. largely because the states are oftentimes guarding the prisoners, and not giving them back to washington. there are prisoners now. or gonna hold them in exchange for our guys. washington has to confess he feels deeply embarrassed on the issue of prisoners. both prisoners on both sides, british in american custody and americans and british density. they will languish until the treaty of paris. this is an image down of american prisoners on the jersey, the famous jersey prison ship. showing the sunken faces of these men. you don't have any images for the british prisoners, but british pension applications who made i

the philadelphia one around the country.t people that go to bed tonight in prison. think about that. >> very impressive reporting. >> ahead, the tallest place on earth gets even taller. imagine that. why it took two countries years to establish the real deal height of mt. everest. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. >>> wonder woman is one the most anticipated movies this season. we'll take a look at the movies you won't wan . >>> good morning. it's 8:25. a homicide investigation now underway in san jose. this happened near the intersection of center and coyote road. that call came in at one in the morning. no word on the motive or any arrests. >>> facebook getting hit with a lawsuit today. the washington post reports more than 40 states in the government plan to file an anti trust lawsuit against the tech giant. the suit claims they used unwillful tactics t

and in one of his first letters, after he lost philadelphia. george washington wrote much of the same thing, to his nephew who became date member of the supreme court. but this constitution will only work as long as the people have virtue, and the leaders have virtue. that is what they brought to government. that's why they brought to the mission, that's what they brought to what they were trying to create. they knew how fragile, a republic was. >> fascinating thank you so much for that. tell us more about that lindsay that powerful statement, that both franklin and washington believe, that we would falter unless the leaders and the people had virtue. so how did washington, believe that people should cultivate the habits of virtue? franklin famously proposed 13th virtues, that all of us should follow every day. leading from temperance, to patients, to humility. he got it from pathetic arrest is golden virtue. he put check marks by them. as and i've tried it it's quite sobering to get the check mark but washington had circulated although he didn

indeed, simply getting from montpelier to philadelphia was quite a challenge. his trips were over roads that would not be called roads today. he often traveled in the rain. i am struck by how often it was muddy on those roads and one time it was worse than that. he was forced to dismantle his carriage, take the whole carriage apart, make three trips with it in what he called something like a boat, over a swollen pond. and then he had to swim his horses across. so this is an extraordinary amount of energy to spend if you were sickly. now it is true that madison had gastrointestinal problems that plagued almost everyone in the 18th century. this is a time, remember, when people believed that illness was caused by bad air and doctors did not wash their hands. but in addition to the common ailments of the day, madison suffered from what he called sudden attacks. which he described as somewhat resembling epilepsy and suspending the intellectual functions. madison's most influential biographer described these attacks as hysteria. now he was writing in a time when fre

20 of them perished in philadelphia. gives you some sense. so washington was, was deeply, deeply upset by this. and he could not control it. he could command his army. but he could not command congress. he was a subject of congress. and congress was answerable to the states. all right? so he had no power over that. he continually tries to arrange informal exchanges with the british, and to no avail. it's just, they tin trying and trying and trying. they just can never agree on terms largely because the states are oftentimes guarding the prisoners and not giving them back to washington. no, no, no, they are our prisoners now, they are wooing to hold them to exchange our guys. washington has to confess that he feels deeply embarrassed on the issue of prisoners. prisoners on both sides, british in american custody and americans in british are going to languish again until the treaty of paris. and this is an image done of american prisoners on the jersey, the famous jersey prison ship again showing the sunken faces of these

he also left for philadelphia early from new york. in fact, he was the first out of state delegate there. that meant he could greet the other delegates as they arrived. and, in particular, the de delegates from virginia. because madison was there early, he brought them all together, and all together they produced the virginia plan, which as you all know set the agenda for the constitutional convention. during the convention, madison was one of the delegates who spoke most often. and he made crucial critical interventions. when the convention was about to write into the constitution, that congress had the power, quote, to make war, madison stood up and successfully changed it to declare war. thus making the president commander in chief. now, if you think about it, we would have not ever done so well, i'm sorry, dick, to mention this, but if all the congressman were in charge of our war, of war, it would not have been successful. so this was a really important intervention. while he is speaking and understanding how important it is to g

in the constitution center in philadelphia, in our majestic i.m. pei temple to the constitution, there is a quotation in the library that says, the people are the makers of the constitution. and it says, and when they disagree with judicial decisions, they should be able to overturn them by popular vote. it's an appalling expression of populist enthusiasm, and i call increase awareness and understanding of the constitution on nonpartisan basis, and i can say with complete nonpartisan confidence that the idea of tweeting presidents would have appalled the framers. it is exactly right. it says so in federalist pen. you're tweeting, i'm sure. the framers didn't want federalist ten says, taking notes is fine, though. madison would approve, just like madison. >> i'll tweet it to the president. >> you can tweet to him, but he's not supposed to listen to you, because madison is considering, should the people be able to issue direct instructions to their representatives and their presidents and he says, no, because you want to set up barriers and cooling m

one of them is that the national constitutional center in philadelphia. the very first amendment proposed by congress is not the one involving freedom of speech. it says there shall be one representatives in congress for every 30,000 citizens. if that amendment had passed, there would be 6000 representatives in congress today, which is about the same size, interestingly enough, of the athenians assembly which the founders believed degenerated into demagogues. it's also the size of the chinese national congress today. the reason they were so concerned about the size of apportionment was because they wanted enough representatives to be responsive to their constituents, but not so many that the size of the assembly would become unwieldy and degenerate into demagogues. here, there cautionary tale is an athenians who was a silver tongue demagogue seduced the assembly into invading spart*a and causing the polyphony xin war. subsequent scholarship has suggested that aristotle and plato and later anti democrats may have done him an injustice and that fenian democ

george washington lived in washington betsy ross lived in philadelphia, but she was his friend.sy ross is sitting because when she is sowing, she can't stand, her legs would hurt. george washington has again because he was only a soldier. >> ♪ ♪ >> even small children can use to learn -- can learn to use the animators camera. and when they film their drawings, frame by frame, their own liveliness makes the pictures grow before our eyes. >> this is george washington's flag made by betsy ross. this is george washington's cherry tree. this is an american flag. this is a boy scout when bad weather comes, then you should take the american flag down. that's a rule about american flag. when you see a parade marching with american flag, you have to take the hat off your head. american flags should not be pasted on cars, they should be flying freely on and antenna. >> why are the stars in a circle? >> because many states came to america because it was the last day of the old american flag. >> the first flag and the american british colonies was the english flag of st. george. it arrived

the chair recognizes the honorable jordan harris of philadelphia county for the purposes of offering a resolution. >> thank you, madam president. resolved that the college of electors of pennsylvania, having met in the forum building at the state capital in the city of harrisburg, pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and the laws of the united states and this commonwealth, and having completed the business for which they were elected, do stand adjourned. >> thank you, mr. harris. those in favor of the resolution will give their assent by saying aye. the resolutiont, is unanimously adopted in the chair declares the 59th session of the electoral of pennsylvania adjourned. [applause]

here in philadelphia alone there's 113 individuals on ventilators. this is the busiest the hospitals across pennsylvania have been, and that is why at this moment in time it's such an important juncture for these frontline workers, stephanie. >> 157% up. vaugh vaughn, stay safe, and in sioux falls, what's going on there. >> reporter: the first line of vaccinations. a line over here, katie over here checking people in and also scheduling second appointments. important part. you do need that second dose of the vaccine. follow me. these are the rooms where people are actually getting vaccinated. four rooms and moving people through every five minutes. four people getting vaccinated every five minutes, and here we've got tony and deb vaccinating cindy, who is a nurse that works in labor and delivery. how are you feeling, cindy? >> good. >> reporter: great. and stephanie, they're about to do that vaccination. i want to take you out here. already more than 900 frontline workers are signed up to get vaccinated through monday. that's a lot of people already

at the time, philadelphia was deserted by government types citizen volunteers -- at the time philadelphia was deserted by government types, citizen volunteers were left to bury the dead. if you look at george washington's correspondence with his cabinet during this period, it indicates that the nation's leaders saw the war in europe between britain and france as much more pressing business than the fever in philadelphia. this is what they are writing about. when congress reconvenes , they debate on a national quarantine law in terms of constitutionality, not on the potential to save lives. congress considered something that looks like disaster relief legislation after a fire happened in the city of portsmouth, new hampshire in the summer of 1802. the part of the map circled is where portsmouth was affected by the fire. the other shaded parts were other fires. there were a lot of fires in early american cities. here, forw pictured what it's worth, called an act for the relief of the sufferers by fire in the town of fort smith. and that law -- town of portsmouth. and that law is passed by c

willett said, i'm not doing it, that is not the bargain we made in philadelphia. pardee at that moment says, you are going to get $75 more when you actually muster into the regiment. in camp. pardee also tells him, that there are thieves around the camp, so if you want to do, if -- if you wanted to, if you thought it was a good idea, you could leave your bounty with me for safekeeping. can you imagine this? you know what is going to happen. willett thinks he is talking to his commanding officer so he says, ok boss, here is $170. and pardeese peck are not officers in the 29th connecticut, they are leading the effort that is sponsored by the state's governor, william buckingham, to recruit african-american men for connecticut regiments. so they are still officials of the state, but they are totally misleading the men they are recruiting. in fact, connecticut's bounty $300, not $400, but they had to promise philadelphia men $400 to get them to come with them. in alexandria, virginia, they only had to promise men $100. so pardee has this network of agents working for

al schmidt, republican city commissioner of philadelphia told "60 minutes" his office has also received death threats. this is happening across the country to republicans and democrats doing their job. it's not normal, it's not acceptable. so as the president gets set to hold his first rally in georgia many understand are on edge. ryan young is covering it all. >> reporter: just a lot of questions about what the next 48 hours will bring to the state of georgia. look at the last two weeks we have seen large protests outside the state capitol, people are basically saying they plan not to vote for the republicans because they feel like the election is already rigged.

will beweeks, humboldt in philadelphia and washington, hanging around with some of the leading artists, men of science, and politicians. and it will shape the course of our history for the next 50 years. when he first arrives in the united states, he is a little worried is not important enough for the president to pay attention to him so he write him a letter which we have here in which he explains, i love the declaration of independence. i have read your notes on this

we have reports this morning from los angeles, wilmington, philadelphia, atlanta, teheran, london, jerusalem, and berlin. just about everywhere. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett, and always great to have boris sanchez in d.c. >> thank you so much for having me, laura. i'm boris sanchez in for christine romans. it's monday, december 7th. we have a ton of news. >> breaking news overnight, some of the key players, president biden will lean on to address a pandemic. a top california politician familiar with the growing covid crisis in his home state. the harsh reality there is where we begin this morning with 33 million people in southern california, the san joaquin valley and the san francisco bay area now under new stay-at-home orders as icu capacity in hospitals there near the breaking point. 33 million people. that's more people than live in new york and pennsylvania combined. they face the closure of bars, hair salons, museums, movie theaters, playgrounds and more! yeah, the number of americans hospitalized remains above 100,000, and that's before the expected surge following thanks

philadelphia you're all snowed out after the sunsets you will see sleet moving in. you should get a three to six inches here. just got a report in brooklyn. new york city in the next hour your snow begins. it should be snowing very hard in new york city around 8:00 p.m. here is what i'm thinking as far as time goes. 6:00 p.m. the heavy snow. southern new york, and 6:00 p.m. to midnight possibly thunder snow out of this if is going to set up from it state college. we could get two to three inches per hour. be off of the roads at that time. all of the way through wednesday, thowednesday kentucky, those are all of the areas it will be impossible to drive on. over in philadelphia, ending in new york, you will have to wait until noon or 2:00 p.m. the winds will be high, but not like crazy. looks like atlantic city 50 miles per hour winds. i think we'll get a food in new york city. someone. >> going to get two feet out of this? >> can we go shredding sledding on saturday? >> i think the sun will come out by thursday afternoon. the exception may be around boston. i think p