it's not just captain barnum colonel barnum barney barnum. it's barnum with a medal. you're on parade. people are looking at you. i had a recruit training battalion at perris island and in two years i trained 12000 unorganized, overweight civilians into being hard charging low crawling united states marines. and the people in the px said you know what? we know when the second battalion graduates because all the recruits come in there and all the cigars sell out. i always had a cigar in my mouth. they emulated me because they respected me. they wanted to be like me. that's an awesome responsibility. the troops look up to you that way. so as general chapman said, the marines do things that they're supposed to do and don't do things they're not supposed to do. i followed general chapman's edict and did what i was supposed to do because i was leadership by example. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> this is for both of you. and you have addressed this to a certain extent. what effect did the upbringing by your parents your church, your -- the hunting, fishing that you did grow

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 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 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? >> 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. i spent a lot of time eating rabbit and squirrel, right? i learned to hunt when i was a s

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 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 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 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. i spent a lot of time eating rabbit and squirrel, right? i learn

barnum. barnum's american museum was across the street from the fulton studio.f 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. -- sometimes they won't even 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. a 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

how about these barnum and bailey specials right here? defenders rush him. he flies right by.ers, leads the league in assists almost 11 per game, averaging 17 points per game, third in steals, fourth in double doubles. >>> finally game of the week winner, we got some basketball tomorrow. you know i like that stuff. w.t. woodson at west springfield, over 40,000 votes, highlights at 11:00. we'll have some great highlights. this was the shirt they were giving out tonight, the buff- out, not this but this. >> you get that and i guess you can automatically become a strokologist. >> y we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. stop living with half-fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads. get a fios triple play for just $79.99 a month online for two years and get a $400 bonus with a two year agreement! hurry! it's your last chance. this offer ends january 17th. call the verizon center

robert covington goes bar unanimous -- barnum and bailey. later, michael carter williams strong to the tin. last chance for the pacers. david west trying to play hero but can't. he had 28 points as the sixers win. >> you know it feels great, because in the beginning of the season, we had a few of those. but we gave it away. so for us to be at home and have a crowd like that and be able to come home with it feels great. >> the eagles will interview seahawks director of college scouting scott fiderer about their general manager job, this according to espn. nfl playoffs yesterday. patriots hosting the ravens which you saw right here on nbc 10. fourth quarter tom brady to brandon lafell for the 23-yard pitch and catch. new england with their first lead of the game 35-31. joe flacco out of university of delaware. he's done it eight times. win on the road in the playoffs but it wasn't meant to be yesterday. picked off in the end zone as the patriots win 35-31. >>> nfc divisional action. panthers and seahawks. russell wilson airing it out to jermai

jason barnum will spend the next 22 years in prison for shooting a police officer.ck in 2012. he goes by the nickname eyeball. i'm sure you can figure out why. he has a tattoo that darkens the white of his right eye. that had to have hurt. >> did you know you could do that? >> no. i had no idea. >>> on sunday pope francis named 5 new cardinals from 14 different nations to reflect the diversity of the church. a majority of the new cardinals are from africa asia and latin america, none are from the united states. >>> and for anyone who ever has seen the characters at a theme park and wondered, ares they muss those muscles real? a visitor at disney world challenged one to a push-up contest. it didn't go well for this guy. gaston now, look at that just to rub it in one handed. >> the crowd too. >> hopefully that makes the guy seem -- yeah gaston is for real apparently. >>> now a look ahead, a preliminary hearing is scheduled for eric frein, the man accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and seriously wounding another in an ambush style attack. >>> a wake will b

robert covington goes barnum and bailey with the circus shot here. the sixers go ahead 91-90. michael carter williams strong to the tin. last chance for the pacers. david west trying to play hero but can't. he had 28 points as the sixers win. >> you know, it feels great. in the beginning of the season we had a few of those. we kind of gave it away. so for us to be at home and have a crowd like that and be able to come home with it feels great. >> the eagles will interview seahawks director of college scouting scott fiderer about their general managing job, this according to espn. the patriots hosting the ravens yesterday, which you saw right here on nbc 10. fourth quarter tom brady to brandon lafell for the pitch and catch. joe flacco out of the university of delaware. he's done it eight times, win on the road in the playoffs, but it wasn't meant to be yesterday. picked off in the end zone. >>> nfc divisional action. panthers and seahawks. russell wilson airing it out to jermaine kearse with a pretty one-handed grab. tabs it to the s takes it to the barn. >>> college hoops. we

ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus. >> reporter: the feeling at santa rosa's climbing center is one of excitement. >> yeah. >> reporter: the sport these folks love is getting pushed in a new direction. as their homegrown hero 30-year-old kevin jorgensen and jorgensen's climbing buddy tommy caldwell take on an unprecedented feat scaling the face of yosemite's el capitan. >> it's definitely the hardest big wall climb in the world, in any opinion, anyway. >> right, tommy? >> no problems. >> reporter: for the past 18 days, the pair has been free climbing on el capitan's dawn wall. while they have ropes for protection, they don't use any for the climb. instead, they're scaling the 3,000 foot vertical route using just the tools within them strength, patience, and precision. >> so what they're doing is they're actually like gripping the rock with their hands and feet. >> reporter: jorgensen a santa rosa native who got his start at just 11 years old has made it a nail-biter. it took him an entire week to scale one section, it really did come down to the wire for him. handy had to per

barnum kind of turn of the century or even -- then i thought, well what a great thing to set it during was the end of one freak show and the beginning of another freak show. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] yeah. >> and you know, so, we set it in 1952 and it's the tail end, which lends something to it you know? that this is the end of it. >> seth: and you sing a lot this year. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> seth: does that makes you -- you're great! i mean, you -- >> i am not a singer. i am not a singer. >> seth: you're great. >> but it was -- it was great fun to do. i have to say. i really enjoyed it. >> seth: that's good. so you didn't get nervous? 'cause if i have to -- if i would have to sing, i would just, like, crawl in a hole. [ laughter ] >> i was nervous. but it wasn't live, you know, so you go in and you record it and, you know, you might do one line ten times because you can't get it right, you know? >> seth: yeah. and then when they put it together, they use the line that did work next to the next line that worked. >> seth: right. [ laughter ] >> and suddenly it sounds like you know w

robert covington goes barnum and bailey. sixers go ahead.ng to the tin. last chance for the pacers. david west trying to play hero, but can't. he had 28 points as the sixers win. >> it feels great. in the beginning of the season we had a few of those. chicago, orlando. we kind of gave it away. so for us to be at home and have a crowd like that, and be able to come home with it, it feels great. >> the eagles will interview seahawks director of college scouting scott fiderer about their general manager's job, this according to espn. the nfl playoffs yesterday, patriots hosting the ravens which you saw right here on nbc 10. fourth quarter tom brady to brandon lafell for the 23-yard pitch and catch. new england with their first lead of the game 35-31. joe flacco out of the university of delaware. he's done it eight times. win on the road in the playoffs but it wasn't meant to be yesterday. patriots win. >>> panthers and seahawks. for their part russell wilson airing it out to jermaine kearse with a pretty one-handed grab, takes it to the barn 63

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 secretaries 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, greet