not because of captain barnum. captain barnum happens to have the medal of honor. believe me, you are going to get sick of it. and they all sort of told me they thought that was pretty funny. they had to keep it policed up because they never knew when a general was going to stop in or a movie star or football fan. but on into the battle they learned real quick i stood up for them. and i think the day i turned the battle is the chief of staff of the marine corps was visiting a fire base. and the order was the uniform will be bush hats. i had been trying to get bush hats and green t-shirts under utility uniform for two months. trying to get them. they wouldn't give them to me. the infantry had them, artillery didn't. so i fall out in a helmet and an old black t-shirt. and the colonel who was the regimental commander went on to be commander of the marine corps pulled me aside and said the uniform is bush hats and green t-shirts. i said colonel, i've been trying to get them for my troops for three months. he says well we set up a bush hat and green t-shirt for you to w

because barney barnum has the medal of honor. than, majorst cap barnum. it is barnum with a medal.people are looking for. i had a recruiting training italian. in two crew years, i trained 12,000 -- i had a recruiting training batalian. in two years, i trained civilians. i was there because cigars with seller. they respectively. that is awesome. the troops look up to. as general chapman says, marines do things that they are supposed to do and don't do things that they are not supposed to do. i did what i was supposed to be was leading by example. [applause] this is for both of you. you have addressed this to a certain extent. what effect the upbringing by your parents, your church, hunting, fishing growing up, how much help you become what you became? --dictate in the center it gave me a moral center. there has been a change in my life because of the medal of honor. it is the way you live. the hardship that i had in my youth, that also helps you to do things. time eatingt of rabbit and squirrel, right? i learned to hunt when i was a small kid because it was necessary. i have the for

because barney barnum has the medal of honor. it is not just cap than, major barnum. it is barnum with a medal. people are looking for. i had a recruiting training italian. in two crew years, i trained 12,000 -- i had a recruiting training batalian. in two years, i trained 12,000 civilians. they knew i was there because cigars with seller. they emulated me because they respected me. they wanted to be like me. that is awesome. the troops look up to. as general chapman says, marines do things that they are supposed to do and don't do things that they are not supposed to do. i followed general chapman's edict and i did what i was supposed to be because i was leading by example. [applause] >> this is for both of you. you have addressed this to a certain extent. what effect the upbringing by your parents, your church, hunting, fishing growing up, how much help you become what you became? >> dictate in the center -- it gave me the standards to live by. even today a little bit more because there has been a change in my life because of the medal of honor. it is the way you li

in the midst of an emotional rally in portland, oregon, police sergeant brett barnum and 12-year-oldevonte heart. and it turns out he has a remarkable story himself, born into a drug-addicted mother, he and his two siblings were adopted into a loving family. and devonte was at that rally with a message of peace and holding a sign offering free hugs. sergeant barnum asked if he could have one. >>> we've learned of the death of a huge star in the spanish speaking comedies. >>> we learned died at his home in cancun, mexico. he drew comparisons from captain kangaroo, mostly for his clean comedy, much of it for children, best known for his character elshovel deocho. he'll be remembered by generations of his fans. he was 85 years old. >>> if you are a "star wars" fan, if you have one in your life, then you know this was like christmas, a very big day. the trailer for the new movie came out today on the web and in theaters. let the speculation begin. between fades to black, it's a clip reel of dramatic vignettes and voices and backdrops and hardware. and the social media reaction is off and

it shows sergeant brett barnum embracing 12-year-old devante hart during a ferguson demonstration. the boy was crying and wearing a sign that read "free hugs." barnum says he took hart up on the offer and the two talked about the protest and just life in general. >>> today, people in our area will be taking to the roads, the rails and the air to return home after the thanksgiving holiday. philadelphia international airport says today is the busiest day of the year for them. the airport recommends that travelers arrive about two hours early for domestic flights and three hours early for international flights, that way people have plenty of time to go through check-in and security. let's take a live look at 30th street station in philadelphia. it's going to be busy here today as well. amtrak is advising its riders to get to the station today. amtrak has added extra holiday trains and there are more seats on the northeast corridor. but they do expect large crowds. >>> it's a reunion four years in the making. how a missing boy was able to tip off police while hidden inside of a georgia

barnum a barnum sand bailey circus happened to be in washington. a circus promoter brought a little person who identified herself as a circus midget. during a break, morgan was sitting at the witness stand, and the circus promoter dropped the midget into morgan's lap. he thought it was a little girl at first. he said i have a granddaughter who's bigger than you. she said yes, but i'm older. then he realized that it wasn't a little girl. he quickly dropped her out of his lap. every press photographer had a picture of it. the committee came back. they asked the press not to print this picture. of course it was on the front page of pretty much every newspaper the next day. it was a symbolic picture of bankers being humbled by what was going on in congress. he had nothing to do with the circus midget, but it showed the attention that was being given to his committee and the effectiveness that his committee investigation was having. >>> opened in 1909, the russell senate office building caucus room has witnessed many notable senate investigations. in th

the officer, sergeant brent barnum asked if he could have one. i'm joibd now by sergeant barnum.'s a photo that -- >> thanks for having me. >> it's a photo that's touching so many people. are you surprised at the kind of reaction that that moment has received? >> i am. i am very happy too in the sense that hopefully it can bring some peace and calm to what's going across our nation right now. just filing fortunate that i was able to help devonte with facing some of his fears. it's something police officers do every day when we go out and we work the streets and we make these citizen contacts, and it just happened to be that this situation that day was highlighted through what i would have to say is a spectacular photograph and i was thoroughly impressed. >> what was that contact all about? describe that moment, how it happened, what preceded it. how did you get to that moment and what happened immediately following? >> i had a colleague of mine and i that we were dispatched to that particular portion of the free speech event that was happening that day, and the free speech event

sergeant barnum asked if he could have one. >>> we learned died at his home in cancun, mexico.dy, much of it for children, best known for his character el shovel deocho. he'll be remembered by generations of his fans. he was 85 years old. >>> if you are a "star wars" fan, if you have one in your life, then you know this was like christmas, a very big day. the trailer for the new movie came out today on the web and in theaters. let the speculation begin. it's a clip reel of dramatic vignettes and voices and backdrops and hardware and the social media reaction is off and running and off the hook. it's a long way from completion, but it's just enough j.j. abrams, just enough john williams to get the heart pumping and the base pumped up for the seventh installment, the force awakens. >>> the government's media watchdog agency in china has launched a crackdown on puns. chinese media are often full of them, but now the state administration for press publication, radio television says puns take away from standard chinese and cultural heritage and may mislead children by causing cultur

barnum. just lie and get it through and that's what happened. the -- you know what? not the republicans or anybody or any conservative or libertarian. they didn't vote for this crap. barnum made a mint off of side shows and bearded ladies and two-headed goats but this is a three-headed make. pelosi, gruber and obama. >> according to the american insurance institute 10 million new people insured. >> i wish i could give you the amount of e-mails that i get from people who have lost their health care. >> right. >> who have seen their rates skyrocket. they write constantly. you ignore that. >> well, no. i don't ignore it. i came in here today with -- >> in a second. the segment about the media treating this. >> why -- >> dana, how long before abc, nbc and cbs decide this is a story? >> i don't think that they probably will or if they do it's just dismissed and derisive and you'll have to watch fox to find out where it goes. he'll have his tenured position at mit but i do think that the weight of this bill, whether or not it's a great as bob says and we are too stupid to

it shows sergeant brett barnum embracing the 12-year-old. his name is devante hart.was during a ferguson demonstration. the boy was crying a wearing and sign that read "free hugs." barnum says he took hart up on the offer and the two talked about the protest and life in general. >>> must-have toys for the holidays are right out of hollywood. we'll let you know what items will likely be flying off the store shelves. >>> and temperatures are finally warming up. we'll head into the mid 50s today, even warmer by tomorrow. what to expect is coming up in your first alert seven-day forecast. by 90% of doctors the card accepted in the philadelphia region you have the freedom to relish right now. independence blue cross. live fearless. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather, with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. warmer temperatures on the way for us today, heading into tomorrow. we're also tracking dry conditions as we end your weekend. a chance of showers back in your seven-day forecast. a live look right now at the comcast center. quiet conditions on this sun

barnum. you are really the master of ceremonies. >> you are very good at that. >> i love respecting people and showing an audience -- specific people doing amazing things. the ed sullivan and maywood like to post a variety show. -- in me would like to host a variety show. >> we hope more than that. >> roller skaters -- >> you could've been ed sullivan. would you like to do a show like that every sunday night at 8:00? >> i am enamored by the fact that people for generations have studied a single thing and are the best in the world at an are not able to show it off. the tony's are great because it is live and massive amounts of performances. all performances that have been done at night after night after night. you are a shirt a quality level that is hard to achieve on the other award shows because those are one-offs. writing an original song, getting choreographers and getting people to perform with you and crossing your fingers. the tony's did it. they are so happy to be performing and they k

barnum. >> charlie: they never tried it themselves and maybe the landscape is so changed all the wisetelevision know why it hasn't been tried because they think whatever is offered is offered in so many different ways it no longer has its magic. >> i'll tell you why i think it's different. >> charlie: okay. there is way more channel and the attention span of people is very small. when you used to watch ed sullivan or any of the morning variety shows, the magician could do eight minutes. he would come out in tails, make his cane vanish, do some cards. he'd produce a dove. people will change the channel now. you have to do a show now where it's their best two and a half minutes next. so instead of six acts, you have 26 acts. like "america's got talent." that's why it's so successful. you want to meet the person, see their best thing. talk about it and move on. that's the difference. >> charlie: the name of television, move on. >> move on at m.p.h. kind of bad. >> charlie: it was so great because there was not much on so you knew the first time you saw elvis was on ed sullivan. he was th

sergeant brett barnum assigned to the ferguson protest last week at the justice center. he noticed 12 year old heart holding a sign that said: free hugs. the photo captures the raw emotion and comfort as many across the country protest the grand jury's decision not to indict officer darren wilson for that fatal shooting of unarmed teenager mike brown. >> and then when the tears started going away, and they started drying up, i realize we had made a connection. >> young dave and tai attended the pros can his family and overcome with emotion. sergeant barnum says this goes on beyond an officer comfort ago child in need, beyond race annette necessity, but about ac good person in a time of tension, anger, and unrest. >>> well, pope francis is spending his last day in turkey, celebrating mass alongside pay tree arc bart thole new, before returning to the vatican, francis will meet with young refugees from syria and iraq. earlier in his trip, the holy father criticized the muslim extremist group isis, describing their actions, as barbarick. in a historic moment saturday, the p

. >>> the feds have fined ringling brothers & barnum & bailey circus $7,000 for a stunt back in may. the mishap sent eight of them falling 15 feet to the ground. some sustained serious injuries. $7,000 happens to be the maximum fine that osha is allowed to impose in such a case for safety violations. the spokesman for the company that operates the circus said it disagreed with osha's conclusions here, but it will follow osha's guidelines for rigging equipment when the tour resumes next year. >>> big buzz in los angeles over a big new arrival. for the first time in 26 years the l.a. zoo has welcomed the birth of a healthy baby hippo. it was something of a surprise because -- how to put this -- they were using protection. the mother hippo mara was put on birth control a while back but apparently no one briefed the father hippo adama. hippo gestation is eight months. the zoo is happy because the family of three is bonding. the baby will be a major and growing attraction. >>> another break and when we come back, it may change your mind about car dealers when you see what one has done for

. >>> federal regulators blame the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus for a hair hangingnt that injured eight acrobats. osha proposed a $7,000 fine for the circus' parents company that include add clip -- or concluded that a clip wasn't properly loaded by circus staff. the company disputes the fining and hasn't announced if it will appeal. the acrobats were injured during the performance on rhode island on may fourth. the clip snapped and they fell 15 feet to the floor. >>> happening today, nfl star ray rice will appeal his indefinite suspension from the nfl for abusing his wife. rice will argue his case in arbitration, not during a trial. he says the nfl and commissioner roger goodell knew he had attacked his wife in an atlantic city elevator long before the full video of the incident became public. he also says the league is punishing him multiple times for the same incident. goodell will testify under oath at the appeal. >> time now to take that first look at morning business. now, gm as you know has recalled about 30 million vehicles this year. but what do you do abou

barnum & bailey circus happened to be in washington.ircus promoter brought along a little person who identified herself as the circus midget. and during a break, the senators withdrew to a back room to talk. morgan was sitting at the witness stand and the circus promoter dropped the midget into morgan's lap. he thought it was a little girl. he said, i have a granddaughter bigger than you. she said, yes, but i'm older. he dropped her. but every press photographer had a picture. when the committee came back, they were chagrined. they asked the press not to print the picture. it was on the front page the next day. it was a symbolic picture of these once olympian bankers being humbled in congress. it had nothing to do with the circus midget, but it showed the attention was being given to his committee and the effectiveness his committee investigation was having. [gavel pounds] [echoing voices] >> in september, 1964, the president's commission on the assassination of president kennedy headed by earl warren released its findings to the public

. >>> ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus has been cited for the hair hanging stunt that went wrong. eight acrobats were hurt last may in rhode island. they used a defective rigging components. the company disputed the $7,000 fine and is deciding whether to contest it. >>> first it was the nsa, now verizon and at&t admit they may be tracking everything you do on your phone. on the consumerwatch, julie watts tells us the two largest wireless carriers are using something called super cookies on our smartphones. julie. >> reporter: we have all heard of cookies. those markers that enable websites to track what you do while you're on their specific site. well, super cookies are similar but you can't just delete or disable them and they track what you do on any site. what you search for, what you buy, what you click. now verizon and at&t have admitted to using super cookies on your phone. a unique identifying code attached to all your web traffic enabling them to track everything you do and share it with third parties like advertisers and even the nsa. verizon said it began tracking

the wringling brothers barnum and bailey circus threatened to stop coming to oakland if it is adoptedare used to intimidate the elephants even when they obey orders. >> oftentimes the elephants would get wounds from these sharp points and they will squeal, move away, do whatever they can to submit and have it stop. >> very disturbing video. the oakland zoo stopped using bull hooks in 1991 after the death of a trainer. workers now use treats and padded sticks to perform welfare checks on the elephants. >>> americans are expected to spend $620 billion over the 28 shopping days from thanksgiving until christmas. retailers have kicked off holiday sales even before black friday. abc 7 news business and technology reporter david louie is at a walmart store in san jose to look at what is a growing trend. >> reporter: it is a trend. you have noticed that some of the malls around the bay area are already playing christmas music. retailers know how important black friday is but they have also been tracking a trend that many shoppers are starting their buying well before thanksgiving. some shopp

. >> ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus is being blamed for that hair raising stunt thatd and they all fell 15 feet to the floor. osha proposed a $7,000 fine for the parent company of the circus. the report says a clip was not properly loaded by circus staff. the company disagrees with the finding but has not said if it's going the appeal. >> it is 5:58 just about. we're working on brand new stories for "action news" at 6:00 including an overnight house fire that forced people out of their homes in the lehigh valley. >> ♪ we gdid he help pick it out?er. no, he's a cat. how did i get so big? where am i? you're in mom's belly. how did i get there? wizards. can you make it go faster? no i already tried. is this mine? that one's for alice. but she doesn't know it yet. why not? mom says she's still cooking. capture your memories with hallmark keepsakes ornaments. caring for you ... just got a little easier. pearle vision accepts flex accounts and most vision plans, including eye med. this is genuine eye care, right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. >> ♪ >> "action n

occupational and health safety administration is finding the ring them brothers barnum & bailey circus for improperly stalling equipment to cause a terrible accident. remember this dramatic video? the acrobats were forming what they called the human chandelier stunt in rhode island when the clamp broke, sending them 35 feet to the ground. eight of them were seriously injured. the circus's parent company has 15 days to either pay the fine or contested. >> a different kind of show for you to check out this time, this one is about wrestling. as you know it is usually staged , but this is a pair in china that probably did not do a lot of planning beforehand. caught onpandas camera scuffling. they were at the breeding center . they were apparently using a variety of different tactics, if you could call it that, to win. wrestlers that you see on television. >> a little bit playful there. sky from here the to halfway across the world? >> find out what people were saying about the situation, coming up. >> thrown into the back windshield of the car in front of him, he says he is lucky to be ali

"peta" is trying to stop the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus from using four elephants in its upcoming performances in chicago. a veterinarian in denver says the four animals have foot problems. "peta" is arguing to mayor emanuel's office that the elephants' ailments would be further aggravated if they were forced to perform here. the city will have the elephants examined, and make a decision. chicago's christmas tree will be delivered to daley plaza tonight. the winning tree was chopped down in front of a home in elgin yesterday. its owner nominated the tree the past three years, but it was always a runner-up. the fourth time was the charm for this 57-foot colorado blue spruce. >> it's gorgeous. doesn't look it now. but when they get it down it's going to look gorgeous again. why not have people enjoy it? >>the city's official tree lighting ceremony is the tuesday before thanksgiving. our own micah materre will emcee the ceremony. the tree will be on display until january sixth. the process didn't go as smoothly in downstate moline, where the city's christmas tree brok

the officer is portland police officer brett barnum and the boy is 12 years old. he was holding a sign that said free hugs when the sergeant came over and just asked for one. >> i bet you are smiling right now, aren't you? >> i was tearing a little bit. it's really sweet. >> what's going on outside? >> it's not sweet when we start looking at temperatures. they've dropped very fast, in some case a 60-degree difference in temperatures from yesterday at this time to now. as we look at the temperatures across the board, cold is clearly around the canadian border. it's central idaho into montana. we are getting a lot of snow in these mountain, that's why travel is poor as we get through the course of the day today. also poor is where the rain is focused in on northern california. let's talk more about where we got snow and it was pretty impressive to see it come down mainly in the north of seattle, where they have winds converged together around the olympic mountains. it dumped one to two inches of snow very fast. as soon as the snow moved out, the arctic blast came in

ring ling brothers and barnum and bailey circus is expected to appeal the fine. nine women were hurt in that accident in rhode island in may. >>> cell service provider, sprint, is losing customers and its employees are paying for it. the nation's third-largest carrier is laying off 2,000 workers to save $400 million. sprint plans other moves to save more than $1 billion overall. the company lost 272,000 subscribers during the third quarter. august was the worst month the company has ever seen. >>> the vatican is now weighing in on the suicide of american brittney maynard. today a vatican official called her suicide reprehensible. but he also said he's judging her act, not brittney maynard as an individual. she ended her life on saturday at the age of 29. she suffered from terminal brain cancer. before her death, she became an internet celebrity after going public with her view that she wanted to die with dignity. >>> president obama resumes his so-called pivot to asia next week. he'll be visiting china, myanmar and australia to focus on the global economy and the

sergeant breath barnum was assigned the ferguson protests where he in the dollars 12 year old devant heart, he was holding a sign that said free hugs. it captures the raw human emotion and comfort as many across the country protest not to indict police officer darren wilson in the fatal shooting of teenager michael brown. >> when the tears started going away, they started drying up, i realize we had made a connection. >> he attended the protest and overcome with emotion. sergeant said this goes beyond an officer comfort ago child in need, and beyond race and ethnicity. but it is about ac good person, in a time of tension, anger, and unrest. >> preliminary numbers are out. it appears "black friday" sales are down. research firm trooper track said shoppers spent $9.1 billion at stores on "black friday". that's a drop of 7% compared with the same day last year. sales on thanksgiving day however jumped 24% to $3.2 billion. the figures do not include on line sales. president obama and lou wong his daughters were doing some shopping, the president bought two bags of books at washington and

representatives from the wringling brothers barnum and bailey circus have threatened to boycott san franciscod. >>> there is optimism that consumers are in a mood to spend this black friday. abc 7 news reporter david louie has a preview. >> reporter: there is lots of talk about big deals on black friday and even deals on thanksgiving day. however, the reality is shoppers are already out today stalking the aisles in search of early bargains. the person number one in line at the best buy store has been counting down the days until he can snap up the bargains on his shopping list. this is the fourth year in a row he's camped out. >> so far, i saved about $1500 because i just got a tv and i will probably save another $2,000 to $3,000 more. >> reporter: topping his list, a 55 inch 4k tv. >> a lot of enthusiasm going on with the new technology these days. 4k tv is pretty popular. tablets and computers. it will be a fantastic year for us, we think. >> reporter: across the parking lot at walmart there's a bit more restraint about black friday and holiday spending. marian says while the aisles are alr

here is retired marine colonel harvey barnum describing his decision going back to vietnam after receivinghe medal of honor. >> my instructor, cecil ryan, after eight hours of teaching me , asked me to pull up to the t in the middle of the field. mocha field was just a field, it did not have runways, just a grass field. to the tee, and he got out of the pt-13d and stood on the grass and looked up at me -- he said go up there and kill yourself. i took off because i knew what to do. i took off. i went through the pattern. came down, bounced all over the place, never landed just get going. [laughter] i came back and landed properly because he had taught me to do that. i pulled up to the tea to pick him up and he said no, go up and kill yourself. things was one of the that i remember. solo withso low -- two more days, you have to shoot three landings at the airport. i shot those three landings and on the fourth day they said you are on your own. i'm supposed to go out and rectus with they taught me but believe me, that first hour out there, all i did was ride and look and think how proud my mo

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now police sergeant brett barnum started hugging 12-year- old devonte heart. >> he has a sign that sayspicture which is pretty amazing. i was reading more about this young man there, and they said that he was actually adopted when he was 4 years old. he had a really tough history of abuse and neglect and disabilities and all that, and yet his -- the two women who adopted him also have five other children and they said he has been amazing. he actually sent his 11th and 12th birthday working for charity. that's how he wanted to spend his birthday. he wanted to inspire people. >> very powerful image that we probably will continue to see as we wrap up 2014. >> yeah, absolutely. >>> toys and clothes aren't the only deals you can find during this big holiday shopping weekend. what our travel expert said about the low prices you can find when it comes to traveling around the holiday season. >> and here's a live look, just a few feet away from us. this is a segment i've been waiting for. we are joined by the world food sandwich champion for a look at how to put together a pretty awesome kale, b

federal safety officials cited ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus for misusing a key component eight acrobats and one person on the ground. osha said the component was overloaded and caused a catastrophic failure. parent company of the circus is being fined $7,000. >>> and caught on camera, a rocky rescue in canada, where a man spotted a frightened squirrel trapped on a rock in a raging river so he paddled out with a camera on his helmet, tried to coax the critter to come aboard. instead the squirrel jumped off the rock into the fast-moving water. the man was finally able to grab it and bring it safely to shore. good for the squirrel. >>> let's get a check of the weather now with al. mr. roker? >> happy anniver -- you've been married 25 years? >> 25 years. >> where is your husband? >> he's home. >> and that's the secret to 25 years. you want to say hi to him? >> hi, honey. happy anniversary. love you. having a good time. >> that's the best. all right. let's show you what we've got going on. a lot of wet weather from texas all the way to boston. you're going to see rain later to

barnum.that's largely true, but i think i might have said it for other casts also. >> that's right. who is the straw that stir this is drink? >> geraldo is terrific i have to say. he is a vicious guy, a smart guy. >> vicious guy? >> gilbert, he is a piece of work, sick individual. no question about it. we have some of the women, the way they fight, unbelievable. i will say this. can you believe it? 10 years, 14 seasons. >> this thing is working. it has a chance to catch on. >> it's working. >> do you ever pick up the phone and call these people directly to book them? >> i do, every once in a while but we have more people that want to come on this show than we have slots. we probably turn down 15, 20 people that want to come on. but there are certain people you really want on. terrell owens was great. he was a wild man. just a great group of people. >> over the ten years and 14 seasons, have you drawn conclusion about someone's profession and how it impacts their ability to play this game? for