and he joins me along with sergeant barnum.ou for joining me tonight, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> thanks, don. >> johnny, you captured the moment in ferguson, the hug that everyone shared. the picture of the portland community college student, an aspiring photographer. did you ever expect that this photograph would go viral and get this much attention? >> no, not at all. when i took the photo and i looked at the screen on my camera, i knew i had something special, but i never expected it to get that much attention whatsoever. i mean, my plan was just to post it on instagram and for my online friends to see. but when i was at hole and on my laptop i knew i had something powerful and a message behind it that i wanted people to see. that's when i went to the "oregonian." and they published it like a day later, and that's when it went viral in less than like 48 hours. >> there were thousands of people around you at this ferguson rally in downtown portland. what was happening around you, and how did sergeant and devonte hart catch y

and it makes me feel good about the work i do. >> thank you, is the bret bar barnum.an who took the photograph said he was there to take pictures for himself but felt that scene was incredibly powerful. >> since the photo has been published i've gotten hundreds of e-mails and comments saying how the photo has helped people feel more hopeful that it has restored faith in humanity and has impacted them greatly especially because of what's been going on. also people have been telling me how this photo was what the world needed to see, what america has been needing to see and should continue to see and i think that's partly because out of all the photos we've seen on the protest they show violence, anger even to the point of destruction and people have told me how great it was to see a photo that showed more of the other side. >> yeah. >> humanity that it helps spread positivity and shed light on a lot of the darkness that's been transpiring throughout the country. >> this was nguyen's first published photo. not bad. he said he was in the right place at the right time and

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took pictures of the crowd and said when he turned baca round he saw devante speaking with brett barnum. jen hart captured conversation from her perspective and captured pictures on facebook. >> i motioned for him to come over and he slowly came over and was a little tremblely and i said where are you crying he said he was sad about the protest and what's going on in the world and all i could do was sigh. >> they talked about school, vacations, >> i looked down at the sign he sat on the ground i seen him holding it earlier and i saw it said free hugs. i pointed to it and said hey do i get one of those. >> the rest is captured forever than now viral image thousands shared the picture and shared the message of hope it brings. >> i think the reason my photos got so much sxeesh you're is because deep down this is what people wanted to see. i guess the message that i want people to take away from the photo is that just like the photo what we have to do as a society and as people is come together. find a common ground and come together to find that peace we want. i think we have a tlot learn

. >> feld entertainment started when your grandfather bought the rights to wringling brothers barnum and bailey. >> that's right and then in the 1980s they acquired ice follies holiday on ice, this is my dad and grandfather and disney on ice was the brain child of my father who went to disney and said i have a great idea to put all your characters on ice. they were taken back but eventually agreed and we are now one of the longest licensees offer the disney company, it's been almost 40 years. >> you used to have some of the elephants at your birthday parties. >> that's true. >> what are some of the best and worst parts of your job. >> the greatest part i get to a think about kids all the time and be with kids and i sit in the audience and see the instant gratification and happiness we bring families. i think is always challenging to be an owner. i think my family feels a great responsibility to keep these brands moving forward. we're always looking for the next trend in live family entertainment. we know that we have to be the forerunners in whatever that is. >> nicole thank you very

police officer brett barnum tried to help and a simple hug made a huge difference. >> it is powerful. especially with what is going on now. a white american cop speaking to a black american boy. >> when the tears started going away and drying up, i realized we had made a connection. >> they weren't the only ones who felt the connection. since the photo first appeared friday in the newspaper in oregon it has been shared more than 150,000 times on facebook. >>> other news now. is threatening language posted on social media protected by free speech? or can law enforcement step in if they think they can prevent a tragedy? what started as a man's dispute with his ex-wife on facebook has made it all the way to the supreme court. mark albert has more. >> reporter: anthony alonous has already been to prison for what he posted on facebook. the aspiring rapper talked about want to go kill his ex- wife. writing quote i'm in the going to rest until your bodysy amess, soaked in blood and dying from all the cuts. another post said enough elementary schools in a ten mile radius to initiate the most

barnum and amazing sort of marketeer and ahead of his time on that level. >> jon: an awesome, job.peals. >> those images, they unfortunately, or fortunately, stay with you forever. i go to sleep at night with those eyes staring at you. that's why i can't sleep at night. i have insomnia. >> jon: i hope that never changes because i love the work that comes out of it. "big eyes," going to be in the theaters christmas day. theaters christmas day. tim burton, everybody. ♪ ♪ break the ice, theaters christmas day. tim burton, everybody. with breath freshening cooling crystals. ice breakers. ♪ vicks nyquil severe. helps relieve your ugliest, nastiest, roughest, toughest cold symptoms. vicks nyquil severe. with maximum symptom fighting ingredients. ♪ choosing is half the fun.. because there's a little something delicious... for everyone. hershey's miniatures, choose your own delicious. motor trend's 2015olf car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf, and the 45 highway mpg tdi clean diesel. and last but not least, the high performance gti. looks like we're gonna need a bigger podium.

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portland there was this encounter. 12-year-old devonte hart and portland police sergeant ba barn barnuma sign that said free hugs. then came this. >> as a photographer you look at that scene, it's powerful, especially what's going on now. a white american cop speaking to a young black american boy. >> and when the tears went away and started drying up, i felt we made a connection. >> reporter: they're not the first ones. it's now been shared more than 150,000 times on facebook. >> i didn't realize it was going to have this kind of an impact, but it's a pretty special thing. >> reporter: a moment between a 21-year police veteran and a 12-year-old kid. devonte's mother wrote on her facebook page he struggles living fearlessly when it comes to living with police and people who don't understand racism that's prevalent in our society. >> we're humans. this is exactly that that was on this day. i'm human. i want to reach out to a child and say, hey, are you okay? >> reporter: the other aftermath of ferguson. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a tore renlts of toys rained down. when the

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it was started when your grandfather bought the rights to ringling brothers barnum bailey circus, thatn chiess. how did you go to where you are today. >> in the 1980s, they acquired ice folly, holiday on ice. this is my dad and grandfather. then my dad -- disney on ice is the brain child of my father. he went to disney and said i have this great idea. i'd like to put all of your characters on ice. and i think they were taken aback but i eventually agreed and we are one of the longest license sees of the disney companies. >> you grew up in the business and you used to have elephants in your early birthday parties. >> that's true. >> what are the best and s of y >> the greatest part of the job is i get to think of kids all the time and be around kids when we go to a show. i sit in the audience and see the instant gratification and the happiness we bring families. it is always challenging to be an owner in your own company. i think my family feels a great responsibility to keep these brands moving forward. we're always looking for what's going to be the next trend in live family entertain

crowd and said when he turned baca round he saw de'vante speaking with portland police sergeant brett barnumeart captured the conference from her arlen spectertive and posted pictures on takes back. >> i motioned for him to come over he slowly came over he was trumbleing i said why are you crying he said he was sad. sad about the protests and sad about what's going on in the world and all i could do was sigh. >> they talked about school, vacations. >> i just looked down at his sign he sat down the ground i seen him holding it earlier and i thought it said free hugs and i hospitaled to it and said do i get one of those. >> the rest is captured forever and this now viral image thousands have shairtd picture and shared the message of hope it brings. >> i think the reason my photo got so much exposure is because deep down this is what people wanted to see. so i guess the message i want people to take away from the photo is that just like the photo, them coming togethers. what we have to do as society and people is come together find a common ground and come together to find that peace that we wa

barnum's most famous acts, colonel tom thumb would be extended an invitation as mrs. lincoln recognized the power of a white house request. first lady decided to throw a very large ball in february of 1862 and was in the thick of her plans by the end of january. her lavish gestures and grand manners invited criticism. mary decided to issue 700 invitations and planned to funnel all these guests into the east room, not only the labor required for such an event but the worries associated with such an enterprise became immediate and acute to the lincoln sergeants who by now had nicknamed her hell cat. while the president they dubbed the tycoon. mary was firmly convinced that diversion was an absolute necessity. she ignored senator benjamin wade who wrote indignantly, are the president and mrs. lincoln aware that there is a civil war? if they are not, mr. and mrs. wade are and for that reason decline to participate in dancing and feasting. but feast they did. as heaping plates of partridge, quail, duck, turkey foie gras, beef, and the president's favorite oysters, greeted

downtown port lan, there was this encounter, 12 year old devante heart and police sergeant brett barnumn patrol with his partner. >> i looked over, i said is that kid crying? i said yes, he is. >> came with a sign saying free hug. soon after came this, indelible image, captured by freelance photographer. >> as a photographer, you look at that scene. it is powerful. specially with what's going on now, a white american cop speak to go young black american boy. >> and then when the tears started going away, they started drying up, i realize we had made a connection. >> they aren't the only ones who felt the questions since it first appeared in the newspaper, it is to has now been shared more than 150,000 times on facebook. >> i didn't realize it was going to have this kind of an impact. but it is a pretty special thing. >> a moment, between 21-year police veteran and 12 year old kid. >> mother wrote on facebook page he struggles with living fearlessly when it comes to police and people that don't understand the complexity of racism that's prevalent in our society. >> we're humans. and that

barnum. barnum's american museum was across the street from the fulton studio. if brady was a huckster then he was no artist. i find this pretty foolish but effects linger today in public collections who curators are reluctant to attribute photographs that are clearly to him and sometimes they attribute them to his studio. but this is changing. what i would like to do is hint at the case i made in the book that brady was not only a photographer but a conscious artist. i person who did not just oversee the taking of pictures but often had a real idea of what he was doing. one of the things that intrigued people about photography in its first decades is that it seemed like a completely mechanical art form. degarrett types were often referred to as sun paintings because the images appeared not by the hand of an artist but by the work of light passing through the mechanism of a camera. in a world increasingly under the sway of science, photography was the first objective medium of art. brady's first connection to the world outside, rural upstate new york we are spen

barnum's most famous acts, colonel tom thumb would be extended an invitation as mrs. lincoln recognized the power of a white house request. first lady decided to throw a very large ball in february of 1862 and was in the thick of her plans by the end of january. her lavish gestures and grand manners invited criticism. mary decided to issue 700 invitations and planned to funnel all these guests into the east room, not only the labor required for such an event but the worries associated with such an enterprise became immediate and acute to the lincoln sergeants who by now had nicknamed her hell cat. while the president they dubbed the tycoon. mary was firmly convinced that diversion was an absolute necessity. she ignored senator benjamin wade who wrote indignantly, are the president and mrs. lincoln aware that there is a civil war? if they are not, mr. and mrs. wade are and for that reason decline to participate in dancing and feasting. but feast they did. as heaping plates of partridge, quail, duck, turkey foie gras, beef, and the president's favorite oysters, greeted

heart was holding a sign that read "free hugs", and sergeant barnum motioned him over.ifficult conversation about policing. but there are people on both sides who are the two talked about the demonstrations, about school, art, and life, before he asked for a hug himself. if more of us would reach out and more would reach back, maybe we can find mid ground. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> leading the way. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews back in washington. i'm back and i'm thrilled to see how president obama is leading this country across what has been for centuries, the san andreas fault of american life. i'm talking about race. what the president said today carries power and truth to both sides of this red hot topic we now call ferguson. and like the word watergate, the name of this community in missouri carries far more meaning. it means something historic, someg

a spokesperson for ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus says that means the circus won't be ableow to oakland when the ban takes effect in 2017. oakland is now the second california city to ban the use of bull hooks. l.a. has already banned it. >>> straight ahead, what we're learning about the span of the bay bridge and the thousands of parts that support it. >>> we know you innocent. these strong sons just what i said. >> an emotional plea from a family friend of the boston marathon bomber. both sides clashing outside of a rare court appearance. >>> plus -- >> and i'm scott budman. a movie is pulled. security experts call it a case of cyberterrorism. we'll tell you why, coming up. >>> the film has been yanked but the interview can't escape the spotlight. fallout continues tonight. another film:00 north korea starring steve carell was scrapped today before production even started. u.s. officials are still investigating the cyberterror threat calling it a national security matter. but critics say there is a bigger concern, the threat to freedom of expression. nbc bay area's busine

pt barnum and elisha otis demonstrated this device at the crystal palace, which is where bryant park is today. otis went up in this elevator in the crystal palace, went up several stories in this elevator, and he took a giant , andof pliers, big shears cut the cable to the elevator, and the crowd gasped, because they thought he was going to plummet to the earth. safe, ando, it is all the elevator went down a couple of feet and stopped, because it was stopped by this elevator safety break. -- brake. and with that safety brake came the era of skyscrapers in new york. right after that, they were able to build skyscrapers because of that safety brake. you can see all over the new york otis elevators to this day, otis escalators. he opened a plant in yonkers, and they are still making those in big buildings. world trade center, the new building going up. we owe the what skyline of new york city to. this was 1863, the draft lottery. names were thrown into that we'll. that wheel is still at the new york historical society. the names were thrown in. the wheel was spun around. the names were

a douchebag is born every minute, that was pd barnum's premise when he invented the circus and nothing much has changed. you know if you put out-- any piece of crap people will line up to see it but long after you are gone i will be on that stage earning my living, bearing my soul wrestling with complex mum emotion, that is what we do. >> is that what tonight, you wrestling with complex emotion. >> tonight was about being alive. this isn't a-- new york city is how we do things. >> where are you going? >> they have coffee here. >> what is interesting about "birdman" and boy you knee it after you had that dinner with alejandro, it really was, it was his story too. >> here is a guy who was wondering what is it all about. >> yeah. >> and how do i find something new. and how do i define what i want to be in a new way. >> right and what kind of person can i con into playing and be photographed doing me. >> yeah, no, not really but it is, what i love about him, i love a lot of things about him. but he will tell you that and unabashed and not just being coy about t he is to the being ironic he