barnum, jr.edad: for saving the lives of many on that december day in 1965, barnum received the medal of honor in february 1967. in his case, it took just 14 months. when you look back at your career and all the tremendous opportunities you've had, how d you feel about it? >> i feel blessed, i really do. soledad: why do you think some people did not get their medal who look back at now and think >> i can see that bias, person bias, and you know, when we' dealing with individuals who make decisions, we're dealing with imperfection. and as a sometimes is not done. soledad: do you think it matter to set history straight? >> without our history, what a i mean, we are what those that have gone before us have done. as they say, if you don't recognize the heroes who'vet freedom free, then shame on you soledad: next on "matter of fact" -- sergeant melvin morris -- a story of recognition denied. >> the actions that morris took there was little doubt in my recognized. soledad: and later, he set a record bi

quarter finals of the german cot as sort of a david versus goliath clash with eighteen time champion barnum unic facing third division part of born the underdogs will have home advantage in the match and they'll have to make that count against the successful efforts elsewhere frankfurt host local rivals mines leverkusen takes on bremen and shaka faces will work the matches will take place an early february. the sindo france gal has died after tear battle with cancer gal was one of france's most beloved stars her pop songs were often unconventional critical and satirical like her first hit a song about the empty life of a pop star. so francisco's international breakthrough is in one nine hundred sixty following that was when she won the european song contest to look some bloke with what stole ragdoll it was written by famed songwriter serge gainsbourg. across goal soon became a teen idol and then won a french pops brought to stone's. biggest hit was ninety nine just a lot a love a tribute to american just sing the ella fitzgerald bargirls husband michel version the world wide hit was perhaps

except for sheikhs who want twenty four karat gold toilet bowls that say nobody wants a fricken gold barnum or when you want it well that is that's it and that is it is very said what about this michael plant oh yes or do you describe to the theory that the features gold price is in part responsible for the difficulty gold is having in the physical market to achieve paper gold prices you know a paper gold artificial paper gold yeah i do believe that yes i do people people getting rid of. you know millions and millions of dollars of gold within five seconds putting in a market order right you know when when there's new when there's no market around ok you know that does that in the jet it is accorded basis they do that to hit the price of gold now of course they do you have more legitimate maybe like the price you want to sell a large chunk of gold yeah millions of ounces would you sell it when there was no liquidity in the middle of the night all at once with a market order clear indication of manipulation this but but but let me say this minute delay she goes both ways yes but but but we h

some might even say a circus after y show on earth, ringling broth s brothers, barnum & bailey circus lowered its curtain for the last time in year. as the curtain rises on a new year, many hope it brings with it a new sense of optimism and unity. jay gray, nbc news. >>> on this new year's day, let's get you another look at what you're up against on this weather alert day, sheena. >> brrr. some areas 7 degrees below zero. we'll take a look at what you can expect today coming up. >>> new details about how the fbi was tipped off about russia meddling in our presidential election. the campaign adviser now being accused of leaking the information. >>> and new year, new rules. what you need to know before tossing anything in your garbage or >>> we are off to a frigid start. windchills before zero. we have not bottomed out yet with our temperatures occurring around 7:00, 8:00 this morning. i'll show you the forecast later this week coming up. >>> we'll check in with you then. maybe a new year but the investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia continues. >> w

except for sheikhs who want twenty four karat gold toilet bowls actually nobody wants a frickin gold barnum or when you don't have it well that is that's it and that is it is very said what about this michael plant yes or do you describe to the theory that the features gold price is in part responsible for the difficulty gold is having in the physical market to achieve paper gold prices you know a paper gold artificial paper gold yeah i do believe that a yes i do people people getting rid of you know millions and millions of dollars of gold within five seconds putting in a market order right you know when when there's new when there's no market around ok you know that does that in the jet it is accorded basis now do they do that to hit the price to go now forced to do so. so you have more elegantly maybe like the price you wanted to sell a large chunk of gold millions of ounces would you sell it when there was no liquidity in the middle of the night all at once you the market order clear indication of manipulation yes but but but let me play this minute delay she goes both ways yes but but

and worst for nostalgia buffs, after more than a century of clowning around the ringling brothers barnume circus being done. be done with the circus. let the animals be free. go be free, animals. ♪ >> best movement in media, the amazing resurgence of podcasts. >> podcasts are bigger than tv shows now. podcasts are bigger than movies. podcasts are it. >> worst mayhem for shopping malls. the steady decline of some mainstream stores pushed into financial straits by online competition. >> toys "r" us, toys r not us anymore. people are buying things online, no one goes in the store. >> that blew my mind. toys "r" us was my childhood. >> i'm not sure whether or not amazon will own the universe, but if it does, you know, they'll do it in less than two days and arrive on your doorstep in that timeframe. >> worst pop culture problem, keeping up with the kardashians amid news of multiple pregnancies as fall rolled in. best way to save up for the kids' college, maybe bitcoin. the online currency which saw huge spikes in value this year. worst word, although also the most hilarious, covfefe. best de

forbes magazine reports the big screen musical starring hugh jackman as p-t barnum, posted a 77-percent "increase" in its box office sales between its opening and second weekends. the soundtrack to "the greatest showman" also posted an impressive peformance, jumping from number 63 to number five on billboard's top 200 album charts."dread it. run from it. destiny still arrives."(nat thanos reveal)what is the most anticipated new movie of 20-18? according to fandango, "infinity war" tops the list. the movie ticketing service has released its annual "moviegoer survey," detailing the most anticipated movies as picked by its customers. "avengers: infinity war" leads the list, followed by fellow marvel cinematic universe flick, "black panther." universal's "jurassic world: fallen kingdom" rounds out the top three. in hollywood, i'm rick damigella. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after th ( will ) more breaking news we are following this morning... firefighters are on the scene of a fire at a cardboard

entertainment asset and after 146 years of being the greatest show on earth ringling brothers and barnum circus brought down the tents. hugh hefner and don rickles and tom petty and others passed. >>> we have a first for this new year's. a pretty picture. this hospital released this photo. mom samantha powell and dad martin dominguez. the first baby born in the bay in the new year. the little bear born two minutes after midnight another usf at mission bay. we expect to get more information from the parents about the little one. what a welcome to the new year. >>> happy healthy family. >>> congratulations. >>> again, now that it is january, we can say pitchers and catchers start next month. >>> that, too. we will hear this for months. thank you. >>> i will see you back at noon. >>> i will go take a nap >> announcer: live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show." ♪ say it like you mean it feel it baby feel it ♪ >> now here's wendy! [ applause ] >> wendy: here we go again! [ cheers and applause ] they're back in town. here they are. thank you for watching today. [ applause ] how y

barnum & bailey circus lowered curtains for the last time this year. now as the curtain rises on a new year, many hope it brings with it a new sense of optimism and unity. jay gray nbc news. >> i took my kids to final ringling bros. performance that was here. >> now, no more. >> no more. >> pretty cool. >> i think locally as far as last year, even losing our jim vance was a tough one for many of us. >> absolutely. >> you think positive going into -- next at 6:00, another vacation tragedy. ten americans killed when a plane crashes in costa rica and we're learning new details about the family of five among the dead. >> finale. disappointing loss and end to the redskins season. what exactly happened new year, new you. a look at the popular new workout getting thousands moving and dropping the weight. we're back in less than two minutes. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card

pt barnum took her on a circuit tour, throughout the south and north and she would tell stories and sing songs and let people look at her skin. when she passed away, they did an autopsy, he held a public autopsy and sold tickets for people to come and witness her dissection. before she died in a seven-month period, he made about $42,000 in today's money on tickets just to view her, and after she died, he still make money off of her body. he blamed her, after they found out she was only about 80 years old, he said she tricked me. people were very upset with him for promoting her as a very aged nursemaid. returning to the dead, baker and harris have lots of company in the 19th century. the university of north carolina, university of pennsylvania, dartmouth, harvard, as well as medical colleges in the deep south all participated in the domestic cadaver trade. not all bodies were african-american, but the majority were, and in my research, i was interested in the ones that were, if i could find out if they were formally enslaved, but i also came across a number of free black people on dissec

barnum, and that's a compliment. and i think she would have believed in that.lso believed that women could do anything and anything as well, if not better than men. and i think that's how she felt politically as well. >> can i just say that the book sort of transcends her? it's like a pop cultural tour of a certain era. and i think it's extremely well done. i really appreciate you being here. >> >> thank you so much, i'm thrilled to be here. >>> joan rivers confidential, great, great book. >>> still to come, your best and worst tweets and facebook comments. with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. i work ovi need when i my blood sugar to stay in control. so i asked about tresiba®. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® is a once-daily, long-acting insulin that lasts even longer than 24 hours. i need to cut my a1c. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® works like my body's insulin. releases slow and steady. providing powerful a1c reduction. my week? hectic. my w

barnum. this film is a musical, telling the story of p.t. barnum.ible musical, and the music itself, written by the lyricist who wrote "la la land" and also the people who wrote the music for "dear evan hansen." worth seeing for the songs alone. my issues with the film were the lip-syncing of the songs. it felt off, and it took me out of the film. actually better than the movie. the beginning is entirely too fast, and i couldn't find myself focusing on one particular character to have an emotional arc. it kind of loses the audience at times. overall, though, jackman is fantastic. i love him in this role. the breakout star here is keala settle, and she plays the bearded woman. my apologies if i have her name wrong. but she's amazing in the film, and she has a performance of a song called "this is me" that will absolutely blow your mind. i gave this movie a 3 out of 5 only because i felt the lip-syncing was off. the songs are amazing. worth seeing for the songs alone. i just didn't think it was as good as it needed to be with everything going into it

lurk --mumler was arrested years later, pt barnum showed up to testify. most infamously, the promise of his abilities brought mary todd lincoln to his studios twice. the first time was right after willie lincoln had died and she hoped to have a picture taken with her dead son. later, after abraham lincoln died, she returned to his studio and he made what is perhaps her most famous photograph. it is a picture of mary todd lincoln with the ghostly image of abraham lincoln standing behind her. it is on one hand the picture of , single woman in her grief some would say struggling with her sanity. seen another way, a broader way, it is the portrait of a nation that was still grieving from the loss of the president. in his trial for fraud in 1869, it was said the intensity of interest, manifested by the public, has never been surpassed in reference to any criminal investigation. there are thousands, they said, thousands who believed. that is what is interesting to mler.out william mu he can be looked at just as a petty con man. we can look at these images and s

connecticut, barnum ran an advertisement because so many been lockeds had up, he could not find any to be in the act for the circus. jail.ere all in governors had to get involved. we just have a couple of minutes left. chase as aneeded anchor, a bridge to the radicals. when lincoln sent over people to suggest ideas, the union was unable to pay its soldiers and topliers, and he sent people suggest ideas on how to solve this problem. chase kept saying, that is unconstitutional. lincoln said, i have the constitution of the and you do not need to worry about that. chase'sto look at financial incompetence. things that need to be looked at if you are going to look at chase. frank: i am sure walter will look at it in his new biography. thank you. have madet believe we it this far without maccallum's name coming up. frank: i think that is the reason because it is mcclelland. [laughter] >> do we have any record of how he responded, reacted to losing to lincoln? i wanted to comment, professor engle, you always read how the soldiers really loved my: -- really loved mcclelland. question first. the

after 146 years of being the greatest show on earth, ringling brothers and barnum and bailey broughtthe tents. finally, there was some sad farewells and during 2017, leaving a void for many fans. soundgarden's front man chris cornell, playboy founder, hugh hefner, chester bennington of linkin park, tv agent, mary tyler more, don rickles, glen campbell, and rock icon, tom petty. [♪ music playing ] adam housley, fox news. >>> today is the final number of college football. mayfield leaves oklahoma can start a in arousal. the winner of the game plays the winner of tonight sugar bowl, that is clemson against alabama. >>> we witness the very first recreational marijuana sale here in berkeley. coming up we talk to the very first customers about what the statement to them. >>> did i say 35 or 45 for livermore? it is 35 and chilly for you there. gorgeous with partly cloudy conditions overnight

barnum, and that's a compliment, and i think she would have believed in that, but she always believedt women could do anything and everything as well if not better than men, and i think that's how she felt politically as well. >> can i just say that the book sort of transcends her. it's like a pop cultural tour of a certain era, and i think it's extremely well done. i really appreciate you being here. >> thank you so much. i'm thrilled to be here. >> joan rivers confidential, great, great book. >>> still to come your best and worst tweets and facebook comments. this is frank. sup! this is frank's favorite record. this is frank's dog. and this is frank's record shop. frank knowns northern soul, but how to set up a limited liability company... what's that mean? not so much. so he turned to his friends at legalzoom. yup! they hooked me up. we helped with his llc, contracts, and some other stuff that's part of running a business. so frank can focus on the beat. you hear that? this is frank's record shop. and this is where life meets legal. but he's got work to do. with a sore back. so he

fox entertainment assets and after 126 years of the greatest show on earth, ringling brothers and barnumailey's circus brought down their tent. and finally, there was some sad farewells during 2017, leaving a void for many fans. sound garden front man chris cornell, playboy founder hue hefner, chester bennington of lin kin park. mary tyler moore, funnyman don rickles, glenn campbell and rock icon, tom petty. ♪ free falling. >> in hollywood, adam housely fox news. >> a-list hollywood stars are launching a new campaign for this year. >> reese witherspoon along with other prominent women in the entertainment industry have announced an initiative called times out, aimed at protecting those facing sexual harassment in all sectors of the work force, including a legal defense fund and a push for strengthens laws and many female stars are involved, including gwyneth paltrow and jennifer an ston and jessica bale. >>> and while launching marijuana sales in california, how a well known dispensary in the city of berkeley kicked off today. >> one of the most failed new years resolution, how you can s

as >> in connecticut, barnum ran an advertisement because so many secessionists had been locked up, he could not find any to be in the act for the circus. they were all in jail. governors had to get involved. frank: we just have a couple of minutes left. >> lincoln needed chase as an anchor, a bridge to the radicals. when lincoln sent over people to suggest ideas, the union was unable to pay its soldiers and suppliers, and he sent people to suggest ideas on how to solve this problem. chase kept saying, that is unconstitutional. lincoln said, i have the constitution right here and you do not need to worry about that. we need to look at chase's financial incompetence. a lot of things that need to be aa lot of things that need to be looked at if you are going to look at chase. a will frank: i am sure walter will look at it in his new biography. thank you. you and >> i cannot believe we you >> i cannot believe we have made it this far without maccallum's name coming up. -- mclellan's name coming up. frank: i think that is the reason because it is mcclelland. [laughter] >> do we have any re

across the board, as we pay attention to the pt barnum of american politics, as he engages in his carnivalarking, right. underneath it all, trump and his administration and republicans are redoing everything. >> and it's not just carnival barking. look at the 58 judges that have been nominated. 18 already confirmed. it's not just circus noise. it's not just barking. there's some real stuff here. >> it's the stuff that's not being talked about it. >> we're talking about it now. >> to your credit. i think there's a certain carelessness and recklessness and thoughtlessness to the deregulation. some in response to what president obama did. other parts of it, when you talk being allowed to coal sludge back into rivers. the longer term consequences are underappreciated. they're certainly a business positive from a short-term possibility perspective. i think that's the way the financial markets certainly viewed it in 2013. the longer-term consequences, generally speaking, i think have yet to be priced in, if you will, to the national consciousness. >> the good thing is, we're going to focus on th

barnum of the 21st century. >> donald trump may have pulled off his biggest deal to date. >> narratorrvived. >> working on a bailout plan... >> narrator: but his casinos were still deeply in debt. >> the bankers do not want trump to file for bankruptcy. >> narrator: he was looking for a way out. he found one-- wall street. >> donald trump is gambling investors want to bet on him. >> this is a very exciting day. this is just the right time, and it's the right time for this industry. so we're really, uh... we're really happy, and this is a very exciting day. >> narrator: he was selling shares in the casinos. with trump as the pitchman, the stock djt hit a high of $35 a share. >> and, of course, it left donald trump as the steward of a publicly traded company, which is kind of like leaving a kid locked in a candy store overnight. >> narrator: trump paid himself $44 million for services, and he'd been reimbursed millions in expenses even as the stock price began to fall. >> so he was making tens of millions of dollars a year personally while the stock price was sinking, almost collapsing.

the greatest show on earth, ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus brought down their tents.d farewells during 2017 leaving a void for many fans. front man chris cornell and hugh hefner and chester bennington of linkin park and tv legend mary tyler moore along with tom -- funnyman don rickles. there was glen campbell and tom petty. >>> in hollywood, adam housley, fox news. >>> it is a: 55 and apple is working to get back on the good side of customers. they are working to get replacement batteries to customers faster. >>> apple says iphone users can buy discounted replace batteries but supplies may be limited. at first they said they would not be available to later this month. apple says replacing batteries should restore phones to normal speeds. >> the last jedi was the highest grossing film in 2017. it brought in 17 million- dollars and it put it ahead of beauty and the beast as the top release. the last jedi has earned one billion dollars world wide. >>> people visiting the national monuments can make reservations today. it is to protect the park resources and improve exper

barnum proud. the best movie of 2017, number one "get out." why?it a 99% fresh score. second, made for a mere $5 million, it grossed over $200 million at the box office. probably the most successful movie of the year. and third it was the most relevant movie of the year forcing audiences to tackle a race issue. and finally with two golden globe nominations, it could go on to take the top prize of this year's academy awards. what can we expect for the year ahead? more dinosaurs, more monsters, more sequels and more star wars. back to you in times square. kennedy: thank you very much. jesse: do you smell pot? i smell pot. kennedy: to me that just sounds like a skunk or some sort of a kitchen fire. let's leave it at that. jesse: my friends tell me that's what it smells like. kennedy: while i celebrate your freedom, i don't engage in it. jesse: neither do i, kennedy. neither do i. i didn't see any of the movies that were the best and the worst. it didn't bother me. kennedy: don't you wish you were in a movie ther theater right n? jesse: i do. kennedy: