>> reporter: and ben franklin encouraged them to pray at the start of every day. and pace and reconciliation came upon the founders. >> and they were able to proceed and continue their job of hammering out the american constitution and bill of rights. in the context of prayer. >> reporter: as america moved into the 1800s, desperate believers prayed for revival. it hit at yale, where a third of the students were saved, and then it spread across the whole growing country. even out on the frontier. were you circuit writer wrote about what he saw. >> he said, it seemed like the whole country was coming to god. >> reporter: he believes the second awakening saved america from the second revolution. another revival hit in the late 1850s, just in time to cushion the blow of the mighty war. >> god has come as crucial times, i believe to preserve this nation. >> reporter: and hyatt says he is praying his new book will be part of what ignites a new passion in christians for another national spiritual awakening. paul strand, cbn news. >> coming up, what may be the most remark

>> reporter: and ben franklin encouraged them to pray at the start of every day. and pace and reconciliation came upon the founders. >> and they were able to proceed and continue their job of hammering out the american constitution and bill of rights. in the context of prayer. >> reporter: as america moved into the 1800s, desperate believers prayed for revival. it hit at yale, where a third of the students were saved, and then it spread across the whole growing country. even out on the frontier. were you circuit writer wrote about what he saw. >> he said, it seemed like the whole country was coming to god. >> reporter: he believes the second awakening saved america from the second revolution. another revival hit in the late 1850s, just in time to cushion the blow of the mighty war. >> god has come as crucial times, i believe to preserve this nation. >> reporter: and hyatt says he is praying his new book will be part o what ignites a new passion in christians for another national spiritual awakening. paul strand, cbn news. >> coming up, what may be the most remarka

ben franklin who gave up essential liberty to obtain a temporary little safety deserve

ben franklin who gave up essential liberty to obtain a temporary little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan.

and decracy, ben franklin way back in the 17 hundreds said very clearly a democracy requires a citizenry of vir tuch the democracy cannot be sustained by people without virtue. it will go to december pitism. you need to have every person independently want to do the right thing. be honest, care about their fellow citizen. and to be willing to sacrifice, be willing to give somethingch for sake of the greater good. >> professor william damon. we are leaving young americans unprepared for citizenship is the book. a rise in self abc shoppertion is the problem you say? . that is the downside there. is two down sides to miseducating young people in the way that i have mentioned. one downside is for the country. we will not have. that is what we have been talking about. mostly this afternoon we will not have a citizenry to run a democracy to turn into something else. not as good. like despitism but the downside of the individual. apart from the public damage that is done. is that it becomes a world of self centered pursuits. self abc shoeshtion and the irony here is that people that are out for

let's call it plastic. >> it resonates when you do it more with ben franklin's glasses. i feel like i am actually there. >>> coming up, the portuguese bonds and stocks lead the heavy declines in the market. and it triggered the worst political crisis since the bailout. instead will the next mayor give a craple about the big apple. bill schulz reports, or pretends to report. we stopped caring. >>> is anyone on the scene besides the wean? anthony wiener is not the only candidate running for mayor of new york city, but do new yorkers know that? are the non-wiener politicians any better than current nanny and chief michael bloomburg? well i believe it was captain kangaroo who once said better the devil you know than the devil you don't. he was referring to mr. green jeans. we sent bill schulz out to test locals on their november knowledge while quietly hoping he gets run over by an out of control dump truck. >> how much do new yorkers know about the candidates for mayor? probably not a lot. and to prove i am right i said this after i interviewed them. a lot of these guys are

but what we think is more likely is ben franklin's. franklin commented that he had spent much of the time watching the back of george washington's chair. on the back of the chair, franklin said that he had been very curious to figure out whether the sun was rising or setting he concluded that it was rising. we think these case studies are cautionary tales, but they are not a entail that indicates that the sun is setting. indeed, we think the sun is still rising. >> okay, sometimes i am caught up listening. we have done a few of these talking about the book "balance." [laughter] >> okay, so you have thrown me, but we do have copies here. and you guys for being here. as glenn mentioned, i'm a spurs fan, and tonight they are in a decisive -- well, maybe not decisive, but if they when it's a big deal. maybe just fans of basketball, any of you here tonight, they set a record with the most three-point shots in the nba finals game at the end of the night. it was just a treat to watch. different places around the arc, to think the game would b

franklin gave to us. >>host: what are some of those? >>guest: beyond it is not just all about me. you are in it. is brodeur recall the national good or a national purpose especially in times of crisis. the economic crisis if the country is attacked it is important to rally behind the country to gather together to make the sacrifices we have seen this starkly as recently as world war ii for example, and in order for people to make those sacrifices, they have to value the national good and the sense called patriotism and dedication and patriotism is not in favor at the current time its educational circles there are few efforts to promote a sense of love for the country. >>host: is teaching civics gone? >>guest: it is not gone but marginalize. for those to make policy and national leaders in the department of education, the business community all of these people in a well intentioned way are promoting the goals of success and the sense of confidence of the stem subjects so our students can compete with peopl

i was left that to pitchers one was of agatha christie and another was ben franklin. agatha christie i had in mind her book and then there were none. remember there were rich people doing things in the mansion and then a murder happens. and then pandemonium breaks out. but soon people come back together but then another murder happens and then another and then there were nine. the country without changes on the agatha christie pass but what we think is more likely in the book is ben franklin. at the end of the constitutional convention, franklin commented he spent much of the time watching the back of george washington's chair and on the back he said he was curious to figure out if the sun was rising or setting and he thinks it is rising we think is a cautionary tale but not that indicates the sun is setting but we think it is still rising. >> i think i just caught up to listening. we have done a few of these. >> makes up. [laughter] -- makes it up. >> we do have several copies year ended do want to mention there selling it over there so thank you for being here. on t

from george washington to ben franklin. >> is that your real name? >> what's it like to be a normal american with a larger-than-life name? >>> good morning, everyone. dan harris is taking some well-deserved time off this holiday weekend. we're happy to have abc's new "nightline" and legal anchor, dan abrams. >> it's good to be with you. i was going to wear my red suit and blue tie. but i figured as the fill-in guy, probably not a great move. it is saturday, july 6th. we hope you're enjoying the holiday weekend. there's a lot going on. >>> let's get to the breaking news overnight in egypt, where the violence has escalated, after the military ousted that country's first democratically-elected president, mohamed morsi. his backers have been in deadly clashes with opponents. abc's alex marquardt has the latest from cairo. alex? >> reporter: good morning, dan. it's the worst violence we've seen yet between supporters and opponents of ousted president mohamed morsi. it happened just a short distance from where we are here in tahrir square. and many fear it

. >> with all due respect, anything created by ben franklin, i'm going to back a little bit. >> sure p b. the government doesn't need monopoly. royal mail end the monopoly six years ago. there is no reason why that the government should be running a business. >> but there are people by choice or necessity who have to live or want to live in certain areas that would be completely unprofitable for any private organization to service mail to should they be left out in the cold probably literally. >> do you think amazon does not deliver passages to their house? are they left out of the cold of the other delivery systems? >> amazon will deliver if it's a profitable transaction only. if it's a moneney loser, i doub they would. >> show me where in the united states amazon doesn't send to. the postal service should are the opportunity fto decide whether they want to keep a physical location or not. they don't have that ability. congress has to micro manage this because everybody has a rural post office that they want to keep up in their district. that is not a way to run a business he is ess

. >> reporter: when ben franklin came up with the early to bed, early to rise stuff, he obviously had not met gregorius, he is sometimes on the prowl late at night. except for the wine? >> if you don't like what you see. [ laughter ] >> i want to party with you. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but be careful what you wish for. see, ikaria is named after icarius, remember the guy in greece who flew too close to the sun? i began to suspect it had something to do with the local's grape juice. and that wine last night? that is not your typical bottle of merlot. that stuff is like 15 proof. >> yeah, you can remove paint with it. they very rarely drink wine by itself. it is always consumed with a little bit of food. it is consumed with friends. it is not something you come home after work and pound a couple of glasses. >> yeah, nobody is drinking alone there. >> reporter: the rest of their diet is typical mediterranean goodness, with fish, nuts, a little meat. they start every day with the spoonful of honey, to help the stomach. and they drink the herbal tea, keeping inflammation down. do you give you

. >> ben franklin said they who give up essential liberties to obtain a little temporary safety. >> those who choose to trade liberty for security will find they have neither. >> john: side note. it turns out watching c-span with binoculars is exactly as boring as watching c-span without binoculars. so, look, that's great news for this building because we all know if you can get bipartisan support for something it's going to pass. unless another bipartisan group emerges to fight it. but there's no way that's going to happen. is there in roll the tape. >> the top three republicans in the house oppose the measure. >> a top republican and democrat of the committee released a joint statement calling it unwise. a white house released a statement urging the house to reject it. >> john: john boehner and president obama agree on something. the only other things they've ever agreed on were, one, estimation you need a good cry. two, michael keaton is is a best batman and three, brazil nuts are nothing more than packing material for all the other nuts in the mix. so they got a four. nothing shows th

but the path we think is more likely is ben franklin are. at the end of the constitutional convention, franklin commented he had spent much of the time watching the back of george washington's chair, and on the back of that chair was a sign, and franklin said he had been very curious to figure out whether the sign was rising or setting, and he concluded that it was rising. we think these case studies are cautionary tale but they're not a tale that indicates the sun is seeing. we think the sun is full rising. tim? >> gosh. i'm caught up listening. we've dune a -- done a few of these, talking about the book, and agatha christie is new. so you've thrown me, glen. we have copies here and i wanted to mention harriet and bob are over there selling "balance." so thank you for being here, and as glenn mentioned, i'm a spurs fan, and tonight the spurs are in a decisive game four, maybe not decisive but if they win it's a big deal, and i think anyone else here who is a spurs fan, or maybe heat fans or just fans of basketball, the spurs set a record wi

>> there was a question that franklin who was on the committee -- >> ben franklin. >> ben franklin part of a committee of five men to draft the constitution. jefferson was, by the way, the last of that committee. there were four men chosen. adams and jefferson. adams get let's get jefferson, he's a good writer. he's from virginia. very important to include virginia in this decision. and adams said he was a ten times better writer than me. although adams' letter to abigail on july 3rd revealed the humanity for the people. >> and adams and jefferson both died on july 4th right? >> that may be the most extraordinary coincidence in all of history. on the 50th anniversary of the declaration adoption the two giants both died. >> not the same year but the same day. >> the same day, exactly on the 4th on the 50th anniversary. jefferson died first. adams was alive, of course in massachusetts. didn't know that jefferson had died but said famously perhaps apocryphally that jefferson lives. >> you've been called the king of all knowing by a lot of people, they say you've become an expert in all you

who would be today's ben franklin? >> wow! somebody give me some help here! seriously. give me a nomination. >> we heard ted kennedy. >> no. >> i don't think we have a consensus on that one. couple more. >> [inaudible] >> that is what i would have said. bill clinton. >> a lot of -- >> boo! >> a lot of people will say boo. let's face it. he is a guy who works toward getting things done, getting things accomplished. he has a good sense of humor. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> there are extracurricular romantic lives. i'm sorry, my favorite moment between john adams and benjamin franklin is, they're serving in france together negotiating the treaty of peace and adams, a new englander, is up every morning at dawn, getting ready to go to work to protect the right of new england to, you know, fish in those atlantic fisheries off the coast of newfoundland and franklin is out late drinking and partying with all of these lovely french women and john adams goes into franklin's bedroom at about 11:00 in the morning and franklin is naked in the bathtub, surrounded by beautiful women

to have ake we ought ben franklin caucus in the senate. said that anyone who gives up liberty for security does not deserve either. that is certainly true. but today, i thought that a different founding father would be appropriate for wrapping up. james madison, the father of our constitution, says that the accumulation of executive, judicial, and legislative powers is the very definition of tyranny. nation on to assure the that the constitution protected us from that fate. my question today is, by allowing the executive to secretly follow the secret interpretation of the law under the supervision of a secret, non-adversarial court and occasional secret congressional hearings, how close are we 's veryto james madison definition of tyranny? i believe that we are allowing our country to drift a lot closer than we should. if we do not take this opportunity to change course now, we and all americans will live to regret it. thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning

franklin owned many slaves as did most of our founding fathers thomas jefferson actually wrote that quote the blacks are inferior to the whites in both body and mind john j. tried to write a law prohibiting catholics from holding office john adams believes in hereditary monarchy than aristocracy when others call his opinion in a democratic he flip flopped just like our politicians today. alexander hamilton was a straight up elitist socialist who firmly supported government intervention that would be in favor of big business. james madison was supposedly super compassionate towards native american indians he wanted to teach them all how to farm and become civilized under his presidency those indians were largely pushed off their remaining tribal lands but i'm not saying our founding fathers weren't a tom pushed men with great philosophical ideas they just weren't that awesome at putting those ideas into practice in that they were very much like our politicians today rich privileged just men who talked a lot of stuff but walked a very different walk if they were freedom fighters than

franklin. he faced financial crisis all his life, he lived below his means, whe is the federal rainy day fund. >> there is nothing wrong wh debt, pere, but it has to be done prudencely, in my own life i put 20% down when i bought a home, i payoff my credit card every month, called prudence money management in government we don't have any evidence of prudence money manager. john: bobob last word. >> as recently as 2001, government projected an endless surplus. and it was bush tax cut, bush wars then deregulation of finance that created the huge deficits. >> we agree to disagree thank you bob and mark, mark has ornized what we calls world's largest gathering of free min. freedom fest in las vegas, theme this year is, are we rome? i'll take this show to the road to be in freedom fest in july. and tape a show. tonight, what if you manage yr budget like the politics manage their? >> this is a family budget, what do you think about that? they make 24, anpend 35, they lost 10,000 this year. they are a

. >> john: on the website since ben franklin the post office has changed with america. but you don't change. you are a government monopoly, you barely change. >> 200,000 less employees than we had. >> big government media would say things like that? >> they are hell bent on seeing the u.s. postal service die. >> john: so the managers wait for workers to quit or retire. attrition is kinder, is that why you do it? >> we have union contracts and in no layoff provisions. >> john: how can you run a business that way? >> that is how the cookie crumbles. >> john: that is your tax money. >> private delivery services continue to thrive while the postal service. >> fed ex and ups make billions because they innovate and cut costs. postal officials like mickey try to do that, try to close money losers like these. >> john: why weren't they closed long ago? >> political pressure. >> john: congress can do any major change, save billions by adjusting benefit payments? not a chance. >> so the politicians aren't dumb, what are they thinking? >> they are thinking about reelection. >> john

ben franklin said, they who give up essential liberties to have a little bit of safety deserve neither. i yield back. >> the gentlelady time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. >> i yield myself as much time as i may consume. >> the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. >> we are here to answer one question for the people we represent. do we oppose the collection of every american's phone records? when you have the chance to stand up for america's privacy, did you? please support the amash amendment and oppose the right of our constituents. >> the time has expired. the gentleman from florida? >> i yield two minutes for closing argument to the gentleman from arkansas. >> the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you. i rise to strongly urge opposition to the amash amendment. this program has stopped dozens of terrorist attacks. that means it saved untold american lives. this amendment is not simple. it does not limit the program. it does not modify or constrain the program. it does not end the program. it blows it up. some of you have heard the analogy

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. >> since ben franklin the postal service has grown and changed with america. you don't change you are a government monopoly. >> if they fired people they would say this. >> they are hell bent on seeing the u.s. postal service die. >> they would wait for workers to quit or retire. >> attrition is kinder that's why you do it? >> we have union contracts that have no layoff provisions in it and so forth. >> how can you run a business that way? >> part of being -- >> private delivery services like fed-ex continue to thrive while postal service bleeds billions. >> fed-ex and others make billions because they innovate and cut costs. postal officials like mikey barnett tried to do that tried to close money losers like these. >> why weren't they closed long ago? >> political pressure. >> close post offices no way. save billions by adjusting benefit payments? not a chance. >> these politicians aren't dumb. what are they thinking? >>> oo they can't be so shortsighted. they are supposed to be responsible. >> if the post office can charge anything it wanted it would operat

ben franklin, 36-year-old, brooklyn. every time i go to the supermarket. i get a double take, ever since i was a kid. thomas jefferson writes if i had a choice i would not given myself this game. in harlem. 79. george washington people thing it is a joke. 53 in manhattan. john hancock, manhattan, says, i hated it. it's rough. ♪ politics and foreign wars all the weather all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the "world news" polka ♪ ♪ tapes that roll in way too slow stuff you saw on koppel's show ♪ ♪ that's the "world news" polka ♪ ♪ it's late at night you're wide awake and you're not wearing pants ♪ ♪ so grab your "world news now" mug and everybody dance ♪ ♪ have some fun be a pal every anchor guy and gal ♪ ♪ do the "world news" polka ♪ ♪ that's the "world news" polka ♪ let's hear it ♪ that's the "world news" polka ♪ she didn't stop to pack that's one more woman late at night who won't be back anchors come anchors go one thing you can count on though ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ ♪ how do you get to lincoln center i a

i don't know what ben franklin would have thought about it? >> you know, i think that there has been an interesting relationship over the years with the british royals. and when you look at how -- they are very close to the prime minister. when you read the biographies of the prime minister, winston churchill they have a very important relationship with the royals. they consider them in many cases their biggest southbounding board. queen elizabeth has been through 12 prime ministers. i think that they have built this constitutional monarchy. they have realized that the ruling monarchy didn't work that well. i think the united states set the example that changed so much of that for them in this country. and, also, you know, the royals love the united states. they are huge fans of the u.s. so, i think after all of the revolution, absolutely. everyone is asking for you here. but, you know, i think all is forgotten and forgiven. i think at this point and i think obviously they are our biggest ally and always have been. >> bill: maccallum i want th

from george washington to ben franklin. >> is that your real name? >> what's it like to be a normal american with a larger-than-life name? >>> good morning, everyone. dan harris is taking well-deserved time off this holiday weekend. we're happy to have abc's new "nightline" and abc legal anchor, dan abrams. a busy man, dan. >> it's great to be here. and seems to be the case on most holiday weekend, it's another busy one when it comes to news. i say good morning to everyone, on this january -- sorry. july 6th. not january. breaking news. it's january. it's a holiday weekend. >> yeah. >> january 1. seems like i'm the guy that's here january 1, july 4th. >> the holidays. >> exactly. >>> there's a lot going on. we start this morning with breaking news overnight in egypt, where the violence has escalated after the military ousted that country's first democratically-elected president, mohamed morsi. his backers are in deadly clashes with opponents. alex marquardt has the latest from cairo. hi alex. >> reporter: it's the worst violence we've seen between su

ben franklin said, they who give up essential liberties to have a little bit of safety deserve neither.i yield back. >> the gentlelady time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. >> i yield myself as much time as i may consume.quite the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. >> we are here to answer one question for the people we represent. do we oppose the collection of every american's phone records? when you have the chance to stand up for america's privacy, did you? please support the amash amendment and oppose the right of our constituents. >> the time has expired. the gentleman from florida? >> i yield two minutes for closing argument to the gentleman from arkansas. >> the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you. i rise to strongly urge opposition to the amash amendment. this program has stopped dozens of terrorist attacks.that means it saved untold american lives. this amendment is not simple. it does not limit the program. it does not modify or constrain the program. it is not in the bank the program. the program.end it blows it up. some of you hav

. >> ben franklin said they who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. >> are we so small that we can only look at our facebook likes today in this chamber? or are we going to stand up and find out how many lives we can save? >> get a specific warrant bases on probable cause or stay out of our lives. and that's the way it is. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> give it to them straight. the amendment to block the nsa's bulk collection of phone records failed. it failed by just 12 votes tonight. the simple fact that it got a vote is amazing. countless reasons to believe it would die and be buried without any kind of official debate, much less an official vote. if you're sitting at home trying to figure out where youen stand, allow me to give you this taste of where michele bachmann stands. >> the only people who have benefited from the revelation of classified information, by someone who worked for this government who intentionally and unauthorized declassified some of the most sensitive national security information that w

it's a good question i would be fascinated to spend time with ben franklin i think he was one of the most well rounded. multifaceted people as was thomas jefferson. it would be really interesting to meet with. also to have dinner with lincoln now obviously these are the because this is what everybody would say you know so. yeah not really any thanks michael for the call for a in chicago a ray corporation is a long time watcher thank you guys want to comment a little bit on you were talking about the people being corporate i'm sorry corporations not being people that actually people are corporations still your name with a capital police your corporation. in their eyes that in the government's eyes anyway all this is the one that is going on the theory that we've got a shadow government and we're actually incorporated and we are incorporated when we have a capital name capital letter yeah i've heard about it thank you for the call tony in point pleasant west virginia and tell me what's up yeah. you're on the air tony . thank you you need to listen to your telephone number to ok go ahea

it's a good question i would be fascinated to spend time with ben franklin i think he was one of the most well rounded. multifaceted people as was thomas jefferson. it would be really interesting to meet with. also to have dinner with lincoln now obviously these are the because this is what everybody would say you know so i. don't really need any. thanks michael for the call or a in chicago a ray corp it would be a long time watchers thank you guys want to comment a little bit on you were talking about the people being quote i'm sorry corporations not being people actually people are corporations still your name with a capital police your corporation. in their eyes that in the government's eyes anyway all this is i want to see another theory that we've got a shadow government and we're actually incorporated and we are incorporated when we have a capital name capital letter and read what. i've heard about it ray thank you for the call tony in point pleasant west virginia and tell me what's up yeah. you're on the air tony. thank you. you need to lose your telephone number to ok go ahea

at this point i usually conclude in mentioning ben franklin and often joked about a ben franklin caucus in the senate. it is good enough for government work. anyone who gives up security -- liberties for security really doesn't deserve that either. that is certainly true. but today, i thought that a different founding father would be appropriate for wrapping up. james madison, the father of our constitution said that the accumulation of executive and judicial power is the very definition of tierney. madison went on to assure the nation that the constitution protected us from our faith. so my question today is by allowing the executive to secretly follow a secret interpretation of the law under the supervision of a secret and non-adversarial court and occasional secret congressional hearings, how close are we coming to james madison's very definition of tyranny? i believe that we are allowing our country to drift a lot closer than we should. and if we don't take this opportunity to change the course now, we and all americans will live to regret it. thank you very much. [applause] >> the

. >> it is from thomas jefferson and ben franklin and john adams and lists the punishment of the ten commandments. christian groups came out to protest and blaring christian music and honk for jesus. and locals say they will not fight this monument, listen. >> certainly as christians, we rather not so the monument and if we have a choice of removing the ten commandments or those with an opposing view. let the people of america decide which one is the real truth? >> the first atheist monument that we know of. and american atheist say you can look for more popping up in free speech places in the country. >> it is less than a month since the white house will announce they will aid the syrian rebels. one rebel group beheaded a catholic priest a week ago. we are not going to show you the video. we'll investigate whether there are safe guards in place to keep our tax dollars from going to rebel groups like this one. and imagine, you are grabbing something off of a store shelf and a man out of no where grabs your toddler and holds a knife at the child's throat. and the texas senate has a ef

ben franklin. >> ben franklin. >> can you google that? >> he's not going to be mad? >> you are wrong. here's what our armchair analyst thought, j.p. morgan said 24% said it would mooetd meet expectation. 60% said beat. you were right. 16% said miss. that's on the metrix of eps. joe, you pointed out as only you did. >> you did before i did. but once again, you sold that like you were interested. >> i am interested. i do care. i do care. let's get the street's reaction, calling it to the squawk news line the managing director and bank analyst. anthony, almost every metric we are seeing here is up, up, up, the stock is down, why do you think? >> i don't think the street likes the way they beat. we had some fwhegtives in the quarter, primarily net interest margin, net interest income. loan growth. about 15% of that headline number probably is sluff. >> you mean bringing back reserves, things like that? >> well, there was about 5 cents from credit spreads tightening during the quarter dba adjustments. there was about 10 cents if you look at it on whole about reserve relea

he's joined by thomas jefferson and ben franklin. this is the annual fourth of july tradition at the national archives where the original declaration of independence is on display. >>> more fires reported on the fourth of july than any other holiday of the year. so we're talking about fireworks on this fourth of july. the sale and use of personal fireworks, very few cities where this is allowed. one of the few places where people can still buy them legally. >>reporter: this is the only city where you can buy these, safe and sane fireworks. you can see behind me the stand is about to open in the next 25 minutes or so, and there's some gentlemen inside unpacking boxes and getting their stand ready. now, these fireworks you can't buy in gilroy and then take to san jose or another city where it's illegal and then set them off. they do not leave the ground or explode. people caught with any other fireworks will be issued a disdemeanor with a $1,000 penalty or could pay $250 get a citation. it just depends on the circumstances. in all of s

at this point, i usually conclude with mentioning ben franklin. i often joke we ought to have a ben franklin caucus in the senate. he always said and i mangle it up a little bit, but it's good enough for government work -- anybody who gives up liberty for security really doesn't deserve either. that is certainly true. but today, i thought a different rounding father would be appropriate for wrapping up. james madison, the father of our constitution, says the accumulation of executive, judicial and legislative powers into the hands of any faction is the very definition of tyranny. madison went on to assure the nation that the constitution protected us from that fate. by allowingtoday is the executive to secretly follow a secret interpretation of the law under the supervision of a secret, nonadversarial court and occasional secret congressional hearings, how close are we coming to james madison's very definition of tyranny? i believe we are allowing our country to drift a lot closer than we should and if we don't take this opportunity to change cour

ben franklin who gave up essential liberty to obtain a temporary little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. amash: i yield myself such time as i may consume. we are here to answer one question for the people we represent. do we oppose the suspicionless collection of phone records. when you have the chance to stand up for america's privacy. did you? please support the amash amendment and oppose the blanket surveillance of our constituents. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. young: madam chairman, i yield two minutes for closing argument to the gentleman from arkansas, mr. cotton. the chair: the gentleman is ecognized for two minutes. mr. cotton: i urge opposition to the amash amendment. this program has stopped dozens of terrorist attacks and saved untold lives. this amendment is not simple. it does not limit or modify or constrain the program. it ends the program. it below zero it up. some of you heard the analogy if you want to have a search for

history is this letter from ben franklin to congress in february 1790, and you might know that franklin died in april of 1790, so this is the last public act of his life. he dashed off a letter representing a quaker association, saying how about you guys abolish slavery right now and 1790, not just end the slave trade, but make it illegal for other human beings to own human beings today? you know it was generations before that happened or was even discussed in congress again, but it was debated for two days, and they did not keep full transcripts in those days, but there are steno notes of the discussion, and they gave all sorts of practical objections to this. who is going to compensate the property owners for all the expropriation, go back to the greeks and romans, slaves have always been with us, etc., etc. there are hilarious parts where they say franklin is getting old and he is a little loopy. they were right at that time. now today they seem crazy, and franklin turns out to be right. it took a while, but things can change massively. and there is a vast opportunity out there that

ben franklin said that those who gave up liberty for safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. >> the gentleman from michigan. here to answer one question for the people theesents, do we oppose suspicionless collection of every american's phone records. when you have the chance to stand up for america's privacy privacy, did you? please support this amendment. >> i yield two minutes for the closing argument to the gentleman from arkansas, mr. cotton. >> the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. opposition. urge this program has stopped dozens of attacks. it is saved dozens of lives. this amendment is not simple. it does not limit or modify the program, it ends the program. it blows it up. some of you over the analogy aat if you want to search for needle in haystack, you you have to have the haystack. this blows away the hair sac. blows awayt -- this the haystack. it does so, despite all the safeguards that you've heard. this program is constitutional. a precedent that goes back to 1979. this program was approved by a bipartisan majority. overseen by three judges who've been confirme

to prolong what ben franklin said, it's a republic madam if you can keep it. that's our goal. that's what we hope to do. and i really believe today, we made a step in that direction toward reforming the system and starting down the path of eliminating the duplication. and i realize it may not all happen in this farm bill, by the time we agree with the senate, but then we can expose those in the senate that did not do the right thing. and we can expose those in the house that didn't and it will end up giving us a majority of those who will do the right thing, not that everybody doesn't have the right motivation, but you need to do the right thing even under pressure and enemies to do something else. i think we did a good thing today. and i yield to my friend from nebraska. >> if you would allow me for three minutes of commentary. mr. gohmert: i yield such time to mr. fortenberry may use. take all you need. mr. fortenberry: i wanted to add to mr. gohmert's conversation and add a few words on the syrian conflict. in my office this week, i read a accounts about father -- francisca

ben franklin said it originally. thanks for joining us. >> gang, up next, nbc's richard engel is on the ground in cairo where egypt's president is defying the army's ultimatum to yield to protesters. also, "the washington post's" david ignatius. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. hi! i'm sandy, and after nine years of working at walmart, i know savings. and right now we've got everything you need for a great summer. this 5-piece dining set on clearance, save over $49! marco! polo! this metal frame pool on rollback, you save $80! woo! fire up the savings. this 4 burner grill on rollback, you save $11. how bout all these bikes on rollback? like this mongoose adult bike, you save over $20! get more summer for your money at walmart's super summer savings event going on right now at your local walmart. i tthan probablycare moreanyone else.and we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce natural gas. that's how we make our living and that's how we can pass the land

it's bigger than the constitution actually, my show. [ laughter ] >> brian: bigger than ben franklin and george washington. what do you is -- you hide it well, but you are extremely bright guy, extremely well read. that's why your show a hit on broadway. went to the history of the world. sherry lane theater is where we see it. what did you find out in researching our forefathers? one, they drank a lot. >> they drank. that's the premise of the whole show a whole national personality is based on the drinking four-month bar crawl basically. >> gretchen: what was the drink of choice? >> they had these giant punch bowls every day. >> gretchen: really? >> filled with liquor. i have a whole list in the show of all the different kinds of liquor. >> steve: so they would have drinking parties every time somebody mentioned the wig party, we take a shot. [ laughter ] >> gretchen: i like that. let's talk about something else that got our attention on the show a couple of weeks ago. i don't know if you happened to see this. but mark dice, another comedian, was on the beach in california, on the bo