i look at benjamin franklin and benjamin franklin was another unlikely revolutionaries because frankland at the status quo worked for george washington it would work even better for benjamin franklin in. he became world-famous in the british empire and george washington wasn't very excitable character so he didn't get excited about the british empire. benjamin franklin was then in busiest of the british empire. he thought that british empire was the greatest thing going and it was within the british empire and under the auspices of the opportunities of the british empire provided the benjamin franklin became the most famous american of his time. it's entirely possible the world would not have heard of george washington. he was a virginia planter and he would have lived his life as a virginia planter and that would have been that norwood people goaded thomas jefferson to write the -- people would have heard of benjamin franklin because he was this world-famous scientist and as i say he was in and busiest of the british empire but he turned against the british empire and the striking thing

legend has it that benjamin franklin created it, but now millions are saying thanks but no thanks, ben. ♪ not totally on board with changing the clock back and forth for daylight saving time? you're not alone. momentum picking up to do away with the switch once and for all, keeping it lighter longer all yearlong. in the last four years alone, 19 states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions to provide for year-round daylight saving time, likely a welcome change for places like fairbanks, alaska. which only gets three hours 42 minutes of daylight total each year on december 21st. setting our clocks back is also difficult on folks with seasonal affective disorder, defined as a type of depression suffered by 5% of american adults, occurring during the fall and winter months when there is less sunlight. but can these 19 states just go rogue and keep their clocks the same all year round? not quite. congress would need to pass a federal law. because it was a federal law, the 1966 uniform time act, that got us into this in the first place. though daylight say to conserve. since then

he was appointed to be the benjamin franklin presidential practice professor. first of all benjamin franklin was never a president but number two, he never taught a class he showed up some events may be one dozen but never taught a class he was a professor paid nearly $1 million. only in america. steve: and with biden not just a donation to political campaigns that takes it personally it is more corrupt than the normal stuff that we talk about. here is number two. near one —- an end by advocacy group says corporate america sucking up to china. >> blackrock the biggest money american manager where the investing in many? china putting in billions popping of chinese communist leaders bringing money into surveillance companies for the chinese military. steve: like this group a while back about those as i called will corporate coca-cola making hitting them hard now they are hitting this is a huge company. larry fink ceo going on how they will make the world a better place and so on. i think this is brilliant. >> but i guy named brian who worked at blackrock during

benjamin franklin's autobiography. with the struggle for statehood. and the complete works of lord byron. so little piece of advice from the president, it is been a lifelong program for me and if you start out even on this incomplete list is a lengthy study although worthwhile and keep you out of mischief. now i will turn over the control for the final thoughts on truman's literature. so in honor of the library's 50h anniversary in 2007. >> nolan who was harry truman's cousin wrote very perceptive things about truman. i don't know anybody in the world who ever read as much or as constantly as he did. and is what you would call a bookworm. history became a passion going through the standard works of ancient greece and rome. but it wasn't something in the book but it was a part of life and dissection of life of the former time. because it had to do with people. truman understands that history is human. he understood that history is not simple. and america is not simple. so there is no such thing as the past. nothing ever happened in the past. it only ha

franklin. not even alexander hamilton. my favorite founder is john adams. some say adams is my favorite founder because he is cranky and slightly overweight. i think those are wonderful attributes. but that's not why love adams. he was the heartbeat of the revolution. adams was this person who stood on the floor the continental congress day after day and said it would only be independence that brought the people of this continent true freedom, true liberty, true happiness. he was shouted down day after day by colleagues from all over the country. from pennsylvania and south carolina, from georgia and new york, he kept getting up every day and saying it. it was because of the will of people like john adams and his wife abigail that this country came into being. four years later, after adams had served as an ambassador, after he served as vice president, he was back in retirement writing for his diary and he said he was writing this for posterity. he was writing it for us, for all of us, people h

this could have been handled by alexander hamilton or benjamin franklin or george washington or any of the delegates at the constitutional convention. it's pretty close to the way it looks when it came off of dunlap's press. >> i'm stunned that it's in such good condition. >> reporter: selby kifer is a specialist in historic americana here. he brought this document to auction the last time it was sold. >> the year was 1988, april. >> reporter: that year the document sold for $165,000. purchased by howard goldman. >> and when howard won the bid, he actually walked around the block saying out loud, i can't believe a little jewish boy from brooklyn just bought the united states constitution. >> reporter: dorothy tapper goldman worked for years as an educator. she is howard's widow. >> it's interesting, because he never displayed it. he always kept it at home. in the bottom drawer of a steel case cabinet in a manila folder. >> reporter: that changed when howard died. >> does it feel like there's some extra responsibility? >> absolutely. absolutely. i felt that i had not only a responsibili

with our clients, benjamin franklin's autobiography. given the decline and fall of the roman empire. misery struggle for statehood, plato's republic. the complete works of robert first. the completeworks of lord byron . edward shepard 15 decisive battles of the world. charles pearson's economic interpretation of the constitution and william shakespeare, all of his writings. overwhelmed yet? a little piece of advice. it's been a lifelong program for me and if you start out even on this incomplete list you will find it a lengthy study but well worthwhile. and it will keep you out of mischiefto . as we approached the station i am going to hand over the control david mccullough to give the final thoughts on truman's heart of literature as told to an audience in front of the truman library and honorable libraries 50th anniversary and 2007. >> apple nolan who was harry truman's cousin wrote very perceptive things about truman. she said among other things i don't know anybody in the world who ever read as much or as constantly as he did. he wa

franklin, one said, an investment in knowledge pays the best interest and the race to create cobit 19 vaccines is certainly required. some pretty big investment from federal authorities in the us take medina, jap, the company received more than a little help from various government agencies from bottom to the age. billions in funding was granted to madana to expedite the creation of spike back the investment paid off. vaccine is one of many saving lives in the us and abroad. but what about that interest? mister franklin mentioned. the devil is in the details and tens of billions are at stake. madana is now at loggerheads with the u. s. government over the question of patenting. he's the thing, aside from access to government coffers, the company also had help from some of the best brains in the land, working closely with federal scientists to create the vaccine that even gives them a not a fun thing. one of it's full patient applications acknowledging their role and designing some components. but that's where the thanks stops. the company had all along recognized the substantial role

franklin's autobiography. the fall and decline of the roman empire. bunker bean. missouri's struggle for statehood. plato's republic. the complete works of robert byrnes, the deplete works of lord byron. edward shepper kreezer 15 decisive battles of the world. charles veersen economic interpretation of the constitution and william shakespeare, all of his writings. over awed yet. then a little piece of advice from the president. it's been a lifelong program for me. and if you start out even on this incomplete list, you will find it a lengthy study but well worthwhile. . it will keep you out of mischief tori. as we approach the station i hand over the controls to david mcall to give final thoughts as told a audience in front of the truman library in honor of the library bra as 50th anniversary in 2007. >> ethyl nolened, who was harry truman's cousin, wrote some very per acceptsive things about truman. is he said among other things, i don't know anybody in the world who ever read as much or as widely as he did. h

constitution was written in 1787. 27% correctly stated benjamin franklin was a u.s. diplomat and less than half knew that woodrow wilson was president during world war i. 51%, a little more than half knew the nine justices serve on the supreme court. so overall the percentage of americans who could pass the u.s. citizenship test was only 42%. what do we do to change those numbers? host: i think at the end of the day what you need to do is recognize that we need to rethink how we are teaching american history. two years ago we did a survey will we talked high school students really getting a sense of why they weren't learning history. quite honestly boring and irrelevant to their lives and we see on the largest percentage of minority students in her schools , they are not seeing the connection to the way american history is taught. we largely look first we spent a semester focused on the founding of the country going up to the revolutionary war and then you come back after christmas break and begin to study the civil war and hopefully after student testing in april yo

has historic names and that would eat benjamin franklin hancock. they have twin boys in 1824 named winfield scott after the soldier and the other named hillary baker which doesn't seem famous to us. it was locally prominent at the time in six years later they had a third john named john. john hancock. john hancock is with his brother wind field in gettysburg so armistead and hancock have family members at the battle. hancock grows up in norristown and gets an appointment to west point. his father doesn't think it's a very good idea to young. sixteens the youngest a.g. can get in but it's also small. we think the big strapping winfield hancock. i. do you know how tall he was when he got out of west point? 5 feet 5 inches tall. his classmates considered him a pet. these small a fair amount of time and it gets picked on. boys being boys he gets bullied and one time one of his larger classmates steps in to fight one of the bullies that classmate is alexander hayes who ends up commanding a division. hancock never forgets this years later in a flowery la

benjamin franklin said that our founding fathers created a seaside a republic and i can tell you that i have traveled all across the country and that so many of you in this freedom loving generation that i believe is the freedom generation in your generation will keep everything that's great and i believe it. >> i was excited. >> my journey in public life began when i was the age of most of you in this room and i want t to share with you a little bit about my story in talking about the issues and maybe leave you with a little bit of a challenge before we talk about things that may be on your mind. sorting politics, i was a democrat. use democrat party court may either in 1976. kind of a community organizer, if the truth be told. we walked door-to-door candidates and that's where my career began. but over my high school years i began to be the constitution and the american founding and i went off to a small college in southern indiana and i took a degree focusing onto the same ad it was in that time that i came to a personal faith in christ that my politics and my thinking about americ

that would be benjamin franklin hancock. they have twin boys in 1824 named winfield scott after the soldier and name the other hillary. they are from southeastern pennsylvania. -- six years later, they named him, simply john. scott hancock. and john hancock is with winfield. hancock said he's an impressive young man. he gets an appointment to west point and his father doesn't get a good idea. he is young, 16 is the under stage you can get in but he is also small. -- he's a big guy. and we consider hancock a pet. winfield scott hancock was the pet. about six feet. but he is small a fair amount of the time. and one time he gets -- that classmate is alexander hayes, who ends up commanding a division. hayes beats up the bully, in hancocks honor. hancock never forgets this. years later, in the flower language of the 19th century, he writes, when i was a boy, i once had difficulty and alexander hays was the first to assist me. and then expecting me for my troubles he became involved himself. i never forgot his generous actions, am

benjamin franklin famously said that the founding fathers, they created as he said, a republic if you can keep it. i have to tell you, as i have traveled all around this country, i have met so many of you in this freedom love loving generation. i believe yours is the freedom generation, and your generation will keep everything this great about this republic. i believe it. i was excited shortly after we moved back to indiana to be contacted by young americans foundation. my journey in public life began when i was at the age of most of you in this room. i want to share a little bit of my story, talk to you about some of the issues that i face. when i -- it would leave me with a little bit of a challenge to get to things that might be on your mind. for starters, i started in politics as a democrat. in fact, i was the youth democrat party coordinator in bartholomew will county, indiana. it was a community organizer, truth be told. we want door to door campaigning for candidates. that is where my political career began. over my high school years, i began to study the constitution and the a

i actually think here in philadelphia, i believe benjamin franklin and the quakers -- william penn bought the land so i let that one go over my head a little bit. there is a time and a place for everything, i think it's actually okay to take one day out of the year and be thankful to god for the blessings, all of the blessings of your life. there are other days to think about other problems. >> ben: congressman, i wonder if you have your own reaction to this. it seems to me to be over the top and not something that is appropriate to be denigrating the idea that we can't be thankful for all the gifts that we can and have enjoyed as americans today. >> black lives matter are just trying to be relative, they are trying to create controversy and they really don't care. it's how they raise money. i'm an enrolled member of the cherokee nation and so are my family, in oklahoma we came over what we call the first wave, the first walk in 1850, roughly and we have been in the same spot, we still live in the same spot and we are cherokee, we are natives and we celebrate thanksgiving as a family. the

daylight saving time is something benjamin franklin, who has been dead for 230 years, came up with as a joke! and it's still screwing with us. for no reason. we don't have to worry about conserving whale blubber for our lamps anymore. here in california, we voted to end this three years ago. we passed proposition seven, which was supposed to give our local authorities the authority to end daylight saving in 2018. it got 60% of the vote, and yet, here we are in the dark again at five o'clock. going around the house, resetting all the clocks. enough is enough! i got up before 6:00 this morning. kids don't know it's daylight saving time. i tried to explain it to my seven-year-old yesterday, i finally just gave up. i was like "just go to bed." i don't know what it is. by the way, you know who is in charge of daylight saving? the secretary of transportation. pete buttigieg. mayor pete. the last time pete was on the show, i asked him to end this, and he said he'd see what he could do. you know what he did? he did nothing. he did nothing at all. but now i'm hopeful because pete buttigieg has

you know, benjamin franklin famously said that our founding fathers had created, as he said, a republic if you can keep it. and i have to tell you as i've travel thed all across this country and met so many of you in this freedom-loving generation, i believe yours is the freedom generation, and your generation will keep everything that's great about our republic. [applause] i believe it. but i was excited, i was excited shortly after we moved back to indiana to be contacted by young americas foundation because, actually, hi journey -- my journey in public life began when i was the age of both most of -- most of you in this room. i want to talk to you about some of the issues that we face and maybe leave you with a little bit of a challenge before we get to things that might be on your mind. so for starters, let me tell you that i started in politics as a democrat. in fact, i was the youth democrat party coordinator in bartholomew county in indiana in 1976. we went door to door campaigning for candidates, and that's where my political career really began. but over my high school years, i

i remember i read at some point that the well day light savings thing was proposed by benjamin franklin because he was sleeping too late in the day when he was living in paris and missing too much of the sunlight. i know that's a problem we have when we go to paris and sleep the day away. i think we should keep it and just in case, you know, that ever is my life, i want to make sure that i get plenty of day light in. although probably not. >> by the way, that's where the expression paris in the springtime comes from. i don't know if you knew that or not. i just totally made that up. that's not true. i made that up. >> i was going to say. you learn something new every day. >> it was a cue drop. >> misinformation. >> exactly. listen, one group of people who may have a special challenge going into this time change, people like me, a parent. "the new york times" note that parents of small children dread these shifts. it disresults nap time. with the sunset, they're not going to bed at 4:45. that's for sure. running around sunlight? >> well, you know, we often laugh about things in society l

that would be benjamin franklin hancock. they have twin boys in 1824. they name one winfield scott after the soldier, they name the other hillary baker, which doesn't seem famous to us, but they're from southeastern p.a., he had been a mayor of philadelphia, had been in the revolution, so it was locally prominent at the time. six years later, they have a son, they name him john, john hancock. and john hancock is with his brother winfield at gettysburg. so armistead and hancock have family members at the battle. now, hancock is an impressive young man growing up in morristown, p.a. he's young, 16 is the youngest age you can get in, but he's also small. we think of big strapping winfield scott hancock, big guy. you know how tall he was when he got to west point? 5'5". one of his classmates wrote they consider hancock a pet. winfield scott hancock was their pet. so he is about 6 feet by the time he leaves, but it's small a fair amount of the time, and he gets picked on. boys being boys, he gets bullied. one time it gets so bad one of his larger classmates