john hancock i.t. get is the leading merchant perhaps in the colony, what was his part in the boston tea party. >> he wanted no part of it. [laughter] he wanted to continue smuggling and making money. he was killed wealthiest merchant banker in america. there was no in this hemisphere that time, so the merchants everything was on the barter and merchants, large merchants like hancock would provide seed or tools to say a former or smaller merchant against for the futures and that's why the work of a merchant bankers because they were lending money and they were fulfilling the role of the modern banker as well as modern merchant, and he was the largest. his uncle had built a business in the house of hancock was the largest merchant bank in america. now suddenly, these rye terse or all over the place and threatening in the merchant who does business with england and he tried to straddle the role as long as he could but as the mob's became more and more powerful and began burning down the mansions they bur

oman them, john hancock, yes, they john hancock whose bold signature was on the declaration of independence and left his name synonymous with the word signature. long before he put his john hancock on the declaration of independence, he was arguably among, arguably the wealthiest merchant banker in america living in an opulent mansion on top of boston's beacon hill with a commanding view of the massachusetts landscape and seascape. far from espousing individual liberty, hancock and his fellow merchants in new england governed their businesses and communities with economic ruthlessness that often left their competitors homeless and penniless. like today's tea party movement, the colonial tea party had almost nothing to do with tea. t. was nothing more than a social beverage for wealthy women. men seldom drank it and it ranked below ale and from among the beverages that americans consumed the most. the tea party movement that sparked the american revolution actually began 20 years earlier and 1750s and 60s when new england business leaders like today's tea partiers supported a costly governme

thunderstorm watch in the western third of the state, allegany county, washington county and towards hancock. we have seen some storms firing up. and that's going to be the scenario through the rest of the evening. i think some pop-up storms but the main line yet to arrive here and as we go into our live scan mode you can see nothing around the immediate baltimore area, so that's a good thing. high temperatures low to mid-80s and the current temps in the upper 70s. a warm evening and i think quiet for the most part. there will be a chance for scattered storms to the west. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> well, got some sad news. if you were hoping for some relief when you fill up, bad news. this week the average price for regular unleaded is expected to jump to $4 a gallon. this is the first time we've seen this since july of 2008. the national average is $3.97. over the weekend gas prices jumped three cents nationwide. experts said the spike was a delayed reaction to the deadly storms across the south and midwest. the storms temporarily knocked out power at some oil refineries along the

as paula hancocks shows us, some patients are willing to travel around the world just to find out. >> reporter: the word miracle is not a word that stanley jones uses. a spinal surgeon in texas, he prefers medical facts. >> i couldn't walk. my knee hurt so bad, i just barely got out of bed here. >> reporter: jones said he had a sudden onset of auto immune arthritis two years ago which affected his knees, hip and wrists. within a week he couldn't walk, he says and had to cancel 70% of his surgeries. >> i never considered stem cell therapy. i thought it was probably voodoo. >> reporter: fat cells were extracted from jones' abdomen in the u.s. and sent to south korea to be cultivated. he then travelled to japan to have the stem cells injected back into his body. compared to what you were? >> i feel great. i mean, i can jump, run, play. i can dance again. i can walk without a limp. >> reporter: jones is now a man on a mission to put his home state of texas and countries around the world to increase them cell therapy. regulations here in south korea mean that stem cells can be cultivated a

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this moves through hancock and also just moves to the west of wayns burro. they do weaken a little bit. some more thunderstorms back to the south and west. 79 still downtown after a high of 81. 79 in manassas. it's still 83 in fredericksburg and it's still 80 up in the hagerstown. all right. just remember that, this time tomorrow is going to be way cooler. thunderstorms possible until midnight. some thunderstorms are heavy. some could be severe. the greater threat is west where the watch is. prepare for a wet commute tomorrow morning and prepare for a much cooler day on wednesday. we're going to lose 20 degrees between today and tomorrow. now late tonight, showers and maybe a few areas of heavier rain down to the south and west, but i think for the most part by midnight, some thunderstorms, severe thunderstorms will go away. colder air and more stable air moves in. by morning again, we're going to look at light rain, nothing severe in the morning certainly, but the roads are going it be wet. this is cool. that's blue. that's snow. west of the divide. i don't

east of the town toward white marsh, now a new batch much showers, just north of cumberland, north of hancock, these are also weakening. i don't expect to see much additional rain other than the showers we had earlier today. i think we are just about done for now. 48 at the moment. north and west in the states, deep creek in the mid-30s right now. down at the beach still 53. it'll be a chilly night and a chilly start during the day tomorrow. winds right now have been relatively light and you can he so highs today depending where you were, from annapolis south and eastward, closer to 70, that cooler area lived quickly in the places like frederick and tomorrow i think we are back close to 70 or so. this is federal hill, about 70 tomorrow, hampton maybe 68, and little further south and west, howard county, woodstock, 68 in the afternoon. on the whole weather quieting down with a little bit of rain diminishing to the north and west. ill about the high pressure, dry air and clear skies over ohio, kentucky, tennessee, eventually we will see the skies clearing out as the high pressure cell makes its

auto pen, a lot of people don't know this john hancock used it. we have to look at history. >> who knew? jamal, will, pete, thank you so much for being here, our political buzz. we'll be back tomorrow. >>> in just minutes, a wreath laying ceremony on the "uss intrepid" serving as a museum at pier 86 on the west side of manhattan. 100 foot american flag unfurled during the ceremony. >>> memorial day service is being held at 1:00 eastern on the vietnam veterans memorial in washington. the names of six service phep are being added to the wall. >>> joplin, missouri, an update at 2:00 p.m. eastern on the tornado that ripped across the city may 22nd. >>> president obama is will take part in ceremonies to honor the nation's war dead. we're expecting that to begin later this hour. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to crea

hancock, 51 degrees. the clouds are rather thin and low. they are not making rain. all of this should be hung up and dissipate to some degree. rain chances are there today. the main weather maker is out to the west. the brain changes will increase as the day warms up. sully float will keep pumping moisture income -- a southerly flow will keep pumping moisture in. in our part of the world, things will be relatively quiet. we should see a change in temperature. chilly temperatures out to the west. 20's and 30's west of the cold front. mostly cloudy skies today. there could be some sunshine breaks. we cannot ignore the chance for the front of aging in from the west slowly. we could see some scattered showers. the rumble of thunder, although that is slight. the wind will be 10 to 15. the south wind that will be pumping in some relatively mild air. a son break or two will help spike the temperatures. -- a sunshine break will help despite the temperatures. the rain chances are kind of scattered. we could see some thin spots in the clouds from time to time. by tuesday into

. >>> carlos santana, paul simon and hermie hancock are among those who signed the letter to the recording academy. they claim the academy unfairly targeted ethnic music in choosing the category to cut. the grammy editors say the cut was not aimed at ethnic music. >>> the state could reduce a merger between at&t and team mobile. the utilities commission has a -- the deal will reduce competition and result in increased prices for cell phone service say opposers. >>> the court has sited with social network. facebook, twitter, google, and online match making sights are some of the companies opposed to the bill. >>> the holiday weekend is upon us but the weather is not cooperating. it's not going to be that warm this week weekend. we go to storm tracker 2. the jet stream is going to remain in our area. when it's up here it continues to increase our winds and bring more cloud cover into the bay area proper. with that in mind. temperatures below the average than they were today. >>> out toward half-moon bay, you can see the jet stream the winds, the southern part of it. this looks like march to

. >>> carlos santana, paul simon and hermie hancock are among those who signed the letter to the recording academy. they claim the academy unfairly targeted ethnic music in choosing the category to cut. the grammy editors say the cut was not aimed at ethnic music. >>> the state could reduce a merger between at&t and team mobile. the utilities commission has a -- the deal will reduce competition and result in increased prices for cell phone service say opposers. >>> the court has sited with social network. facebook, twitter, google, and online match making sights are some of the companies opposed to the bill. >>> the holiday weekend is upon us but the weather is not cooperating. it's not going to be that warm this week weekend. we go to storm tracker 2. the jet stream is going to remain in our area. when it's up here it continues to increase our winds and bring more cloud cover into the bay area proper. with that in mind. temperatures below the average than they were today. >>> out toward half-moon bay, you can see the jet stream the winds, the southern part of it. this looks like march to

this is from paula hancock in seoul and here is tokyo. >> reporter: this is the image that the world has of the japanese worker, serious and buttoned up and hard worker. guess what, that stereotype is true. according to japan's government, the average japan worker gets 18 paid holidays a year but half, 50% of those take only eight of the 18 days. that's less than half of their paid vacation. the reason why? there's this long standing notion incorporate japan that if you take all of your vacation days that you are lazy or considered a better employee if you leave those vacation days on the table. little wonder that there is a legal term here in japan called karochi, which means death by overwork. >> reporter: i'm paula hancocks in seoul. according to recent figures from the oecd, in 2009, south koreans worked an average of 52-hour work week. that's compared to a 34-hour work week in the united states. so you would assume that vacations would be very precious. but not so. according to government figures last year, almost half of all vacation days were simply not taken. 48% of days off

on hancock street. but when she checked her account, something was very wrong. >> i checked it on my lunch break. and i noticed there was a $1,000 missing from my checking account. and another $500 from my savings account. >> reporter: police believe she was a victim of skimming. >> it comes from atm cards, credit cards. it's basically the financial system at risk. >> a skimmer. and that would be fit over an actual atm slot. >> reporter: how do thieves do it? they alter it with card numbers. disguised as small pin hole cameras. >> that can collect information, legitimate information off a credit card. but can also be sending it to a person, sitting close by, that has a computer. it's a wireless type system. >> reporter: britney did get all of her money back. >> now, when i go through, it's like if there's something that didn't look right, if they had a device over where the card scanner is that looks kind of external, i don't even bother. i'm like, never mind. >> reporter: they have also broken into sec

and it looks from hancock to winchester and we'll watch that today into the course of the afternoon. to our weather maps to take a look at yesterday daytime highs. below seasonal. 68 degrees at national airport. and dulles 66, and 68 at baltimore. so as we start out this morning, your temperatures into the 50s everywhere. low 50s. 54 at national airport, 51 at baltimore. we have 52 degrees at dulles. and today we are talking about more clouds than sun. and the showers. but we'll be mild, warming up to 70 degrees today with a light wind from the south, 5-10 miles per hour. and our forecast, as we look ahead, it won't be too bad but a few unexpected things. i'll have those details later. back to you. >> tank you, gwen. >>> this past week president obama released his birth certificate in hopes of putting the controversy to rest. he said the nation needs to focus on real issues. >> we're not going to be able to do it if we spend time vilifying each other, we're not going to be able to do it if we just make stuff up and pretend that facts are not facts. we're not going to be able to solve

our paula hancocks and kyung lah take a look at a couple of countries that make americans look like slackers. >> reporter: this is the image that the world has of the japanese worker -- serious, buttoned up, and a very hard worker. guess what, everybody? that stereotype is true. according to japan's government, the average japanese worker gets 18 paid holidays a year. but half, 50% of those workers, take only 8 of those 18 days. that's less than half of their paid vacation. the reason why, there is this long standing notion in corporate japan that if you take all of your vacation days you are lazy. are you considered a better employee if you leave those vacation days on the table. little wonder that there is a legal term here in japan called kuroshi which means death by overwork. >>> i'm paula hancocks in seoul. south koreans are one of the hardest working people in the world. to be considered a workaholic here is almost like a badge of honor. according to recent figures from the oecd, in 2 thoup 9 south koreans worked an average 52-hour work week. that's compared to a 34-hour work week in t

we had a house, i was raised in there in hancock county, she raised my sister and i in. and they lost that in katrina, and she moved out in the woods in a little trailer. and i've always told her since i was 5 that i'm going to grow up and become a star and get her out of that situation she was in. and i'm just -- i'm really glad and blessed -- >> did you do that? have you -- >> yeah. it's been built. the frame's up now. i'm sure by next month she'll be sitting in there. her and my grandfather. >> so you've managed to repay that -- >> yes, sir. >> that debt that really she incurred. >> she deserves it. her and my grandfather both, yes, sir. >> amazing thing to be able to do that. >> well, you know, if someone can do it in the family, i'm sure they would. i was just the one that had the opportunity to do so. yeah. >> when that house is done and you give your grandmother the keys to the house, it's going to be quite a moment for you. >> it is. it's going to be emotional, i'm sure. i can't wait. >> you've got this album coming out. it's called "michael grimm." >> yes, sir.

the very birth of america had its roots in urban interactions in boston in the 1770s between john hancock who badly wanted the political change that could be created by a mob and sam adams who like many purveyors of liquor knew how to conjure a mob and their connections as created by the city of boston. it changed america, helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century, the gray problem is making the wealth of the american accessible to the markets of the yeast into your. cities me that happen. they grew up with a great transportation network that enabled the rich dark soil of iowa to become productive. if you go back to 1816 it cost us much to move goods 32 miles overland as it did to ship them across the atlantic. it was enormously difficult to access all the wealth that was in the american history. cities grew up with this great transportation network. the city that grew up along the erie canal. chicago which was started off with the illinois and michigan canal created a watery arcus band from new york to new orleans. rail only supplemented that transportation network th

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small settings, answering questions from everyday voters, like at the home we visited this morning in hancock, new hampshire. the man in the middle there, jon huntsman, the former republican governor of utah, and until a month ago president obama's ambassador to china. he's soft-spoken, polite, seems to think he can win the nomination of america's conservative party without embracing that label or the harsh anti-obama rhetoric of the tea party or the birther movement. >> we live in a world where everybody carries a tag, everybody carries some description of who they are. it's a little artificial. and i think we need to probe beyond these tags of democrat, moderate, conservative, and really take a look at what people have done and what they're willing to do going forward. and there's no better way to do that than kind of look at somebody's established record. >> after that event we stepped outside and spent a few minutes catching up. >> as people get to know you, if you want to be the next president of the united states, you just worked for the current president of the united states. why would

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. >> i'm paula hancocks in seoul. to be considered a workaholic here is almost like a badge of honor. according to recent figures in 2009, south koreans worked an average 52-hour work week. that's compared to a 34-hour work week in the united states. so you would assume that vacations would be very precious. but not so. according to government figures last year, almost half of all vacation days were simply not taken. 48% of days off were work through. now one of the reasons for this could be that it is quite a h e hierarchical society. it is frowned upon to arrive before your boss or leave before your boss. even if your work is done it is a good idea to stay and be seen to stay so you can get ahead. >>> this is the image that the world has of the japanese worker -- serious, buttoned up and a very hard worker. i'm kyung lah in tokyo. guess what, everybody? that stereotype is true. according to japan's government, the average japanese worker gets 18 paid holidays a year. but half, 50% of those workers, take only 8 of th

patricia hancock sent in a photo. she writes, i'm almost 55 and still wear my checkered flag bikini -- in public, too. catherine writes i'm 47. i wear bikinis. so sue me. if courteney cox can do it at 46, demi moore at 48 and sharon stone at 53, then why can't you? all right. leslie seymour is here from more magazine. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we are going to start a lot of women on this. this is going to anger people. according to the expiration date on wearing some of these things if you look at the survey, bikini, 47. mini skirt, 35. stilettos, 51. knee high boots, 47. leggings, 45. tight vest, 44. see-through blouse, 53. long hair, 53. ponytail, 51. >> this was done by what i call the fashion taliban. >> we should be in burqas. look how gorgeous she looks. look how beautiful you look. i'm wearing stilettos. >> please. >> at 40 we may as well put the granny clothes on, lock the door and don't go outside. >> it's so retro. >> without question. if you are 50 and shopping at forever 21 an alarm should g