linsey davis, abc news, bridgeport, connecticut. >> severe storms battered parts of the upper plainsith hail from a strong thunderstorm. breaking windows of many homes in iowa. the hailstorm measured as much as 2 inches in diameter. winds gusted up to 60 miles per hour. and there may have even been a tornado. residents turned out to help let's turn now to what might turn out to be the cutest video you will see all day. >> the roanoke county virginia police department got a call after a 200-pound black bear cub climbed into a car. >> got to be a black bear. why can't it just be a bear? >> but he started, just ignoring you. he started honking the horn. the bear gets in the car. starts honking the horn. waking everybody up all. >> my word. >> locked in. the officer came to the rescue. unlocking the door. leaving ate jar a loug the bear cub to scamper off. >> smart little cub. >> that is so cute. >> he tried to call aaa. they didn't respond that late at night. >> trying to press onstar all day. >> hello? no. >> coming up, world war ii vet, setting a high flying record. >> bill cosby's la

today is her first day of work at our school in bridgeport. she decided to be a social worker and give. -- give back. thank you so much. ] pplause >> thank you for that powerful message and thank you to all of our panelists. this has been an amazing day. it has surpassed my expectations and i hope you have enjoyed it as well. we looking forward to having many more of these operations about barriers. i do not want to keep you from enjoying the food and reception. you should note on the way out you will receive a pen to commemorate the first official event of the center for advancing opportunity. >> i want to say, just before you go, this is our first event. i want to recognize our step. when i walked in the room and saw the beautiful stage and color-coordinated chairs and all of the tchotchkes on your chairs, purple, lavender, i thought, i don't know what i'm going to do with this book. i put on my tie, right question mark my spring type. with the folkst who were the core team for the center for dancing opportunity. of course, jennifer. please

bridgeport? nope, the south side and west side where black people live. that's a really odd coincidence. >> why do we always have to fight so hard for what should be given to us? >> if we want to talk about violence in our communities we have to talk about the support systems we have. teachers are our support systems. that's what we are fighting for. black lives matter stands firmly on that. thank you. >> you know, we are here to talk about the bonds in chicago. a lot of parents connected to lack of schools and lack of school resources. >> that's right. >> i think that's something people don't really think about. they think violence is one thing. >> that's the false narrative, right? people want to put it solely on the shooters or gang members. the reality is people like you said, are connecting the dots. >> i think poverty brings on all of these problems. why do you cut our kids down to the bare minimum? we pay our taxes. we do what we have to do. i feel like if we don't push back we will lose this battle. i feel it is an absolute class struggle. >> he w

bridgeport? lincoln park? nope, the south side and west side where the black people live.hat's like a really odd coincidence. >> why do black and brown parents, educators, students, why do we always have to fight so hard for what should be given to us? >> and we want to talk about violence in our communities, we have to talk about the support systems we have. teachers are our support systems. and that's what we're fighting for, and black lives matter chicago stands firmly on that. thank you. [ applause ] >> the thing i was interested in today, we're here to talk about the violence in chicago. parents connected the lack of schools and lack of school resources directly to the violence. >> that's right. >> i think that's something people don't really think about. they think violence is one thing, schools is another thing. >> that's the problem. people want to individualize it and put it solely on the shooters or gang members. the reality is people, like you said, are connecting dots. >> i think that poverty brings on all of these problems. why do you cut our kids down to the

according to bridgeport, connecticut, police, the officer shot negron after he refused orders to stop hit the officer with a stolen car on tuesday. >> this is a young man, who put himself in a really bad situation and lost his life. >> reporter: the 21-year-old passenger was also shot, but suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. the police chief says negron's body was lying in the street for about six hours after the shooting for evidence-gathering reasons, but negron's family members say that police never provided him medical attention that they believe might have saved his life. hundreds gathered last week to pay tribute to the teen and call for action. that officer is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. david. >> linsey davis, thank you. >>> when we come back -- the police officer's accidental overdose after he touched a kind of powder. they revealed what it was. >>> and remembering the actor famous for his bad-guy roles. >>> and then more on that devastating fire. the home in flames. the family of seven trapped and investigators on the scene. or dt and

host: stan is from bridgeport, connecticut, dependent line. good morning. -- independent line. good morning. caller: if the trump tapes exist and there are gaps, what would happen? guest: i don't know. it depends on why they exist. if it turns out that the president or any of his aides deleted information in order to keep it from a prosecutor, that might constitute obstruction of justice. that would be a serious offense, not only against the ordinary criminal law, that applies to all of us and the next and impeachment investigation in congress and obstruction of investigationsn would be a crime. gaps can exist for other reasons. technical difficulties are common, so they would be near existence of a cap would not be proof of guilt that it would raise the question. host: why is this so important for history, for people to know it is out there and to take part in places like your website or come down for a visit? why is it important? guest: the president is so important to our lives, the presidency is so important to our lives. it is a constant source of dispute and the struggle.

the school we started in bridgeport, the school we started in bridgeport is not segregated, although it is almost all entirely black and latino. it is a choice that these families made for their own future. they bet on a school that did not even exist. i need you to understand how badly our community wants out. not one parent in the entire city new even where the school was going to be, at 1000 applied -- 1000. all the students that applied to that year, we would have been the biggest school in the city in just our first year. we tell the story of how african-americans, latinos, and poor people do not care about education. really? we have been writing that underground railroad since a long time ago, not to get out of slavery, but out of segregation, because there are a few families today who sent their children to schools outside their district and said art is keeping their children. keep that people are forfeiting their parental rights. the book that understand, something got to shake us lose when a parent will forefront their parental rights and give so child someone else today tha

the blue route dealing with an accident in bridgeport at 2nd and green streets.ck to you. >>> chris blue! you did it! [ cheers ] >> you are looking at the new winner of "the voice." chris blue took the title for team alicia a. the singer wins $100,000 and a recording contract. the next season will be here before you know it with a couple of changes in the judges' seats. miley cyrus will be back and for the first time an "idol" goes to "the voice." jennifer hudson has been preparing by judging the uk "voice." the two will be replacing alicia keys and gwen stefani. >>> the smith family from trenton had the moment we've all dreamt of. they won a $425 million powerball jackpot. they're making plans how to spend the money to help people in their community. last year, pearlie smith and her adult children decided they wanted to give back. they formed the smith family foundation. so far they've given away $16 million. they gave away 100 book bags filled with supplies to trenton public school kids. they're helping to build a church in bridgetown. in haiti, they're buildin

we have a new accident just popped up in bridgeport watch for it on west second street at green streettersection of west second street so police are on hand directing you around the scene. mass transit the route 15 trolley back to normal dave but we still are having some rims from -- residual delays from earlier. >> it looks philadelphia dries out over the next half hour or so or maybe over the next hour by the shore. if you're dressing the kids some of you in some neighborhoods might want to gear them with at least a poncho or umbrella. this afternoon it's shorts and t's on the way home. temperatures right now are in the 50's everywhere so a little bit on the cool side. winds are life. 62 degrees by noon with sun coming back but by 3 o'clock 69 going for a high of 71 at 5 o'clock. a dreary start but partly sunny this afternoon and nice, tam. >> all right, thank you david. >>> a group of fourth grade students stepped up when they witnessed a break in across the street from their classroom in oklahoma city. the teacher called 911. >> this is 911. >> i am at sam woody elementary school.

. >> reporter: police arrested bartender edison archaga of bridgeport after he allegedly sold cocaineo undercover radnor officers wednesday in the parking lot at the restaurant. sources say police made four undercover drug buys from the bartender. >> today they made their final buy. he had on his possession cocaine and marijuana. >> reporter: superintendent cola raoul low police and health department officials closed down the restaurant temporarily after a canine found traces of drugs on two refrigerator handles behind the bar. >> cocaine in an establishment as well respected as estia through the back door is unacceptable and it puts the public at risk and puts the co-workers at risk. >> rachel stern and her friend wendy were seated at estia ordering lunch when the police showed up. >> the waitress came and said you can finish your drinks and they'll be no charge. >> no tab. >> but there's going to be no food. >> we're closing the kitchen. there's been an emergency. >> sources say the investigation started during a recent car st stop. drugs and other evidence led police to the bartend

bridgeport? no. the south side and west side where the black people live.y odd coincidence. >> why do black and brown educators, parents, educators and students have to fight so hard for what should be given to us? >> if we want to talk about violence in our communities, we have to talk about the support systems we have. teachers are our support systems, and that's what we're fighting for. black lives matter chicago stands firmly on that. thank you. >> joins me now. what surprised you most about filming this episode? >> i think what surprise willed me most because a lot of the episode is actually about the gangs in chicago too and the gang situation. >> right. >> what surprised me most is when you talk to the gang members, they don't want to be in the gangs. they feel like it is a life they have to live in, and they actually have the solutions for how to clean up the neighborhoods. they just need resources. >> really? >> it is not a life they want to live, despite all of the rhetoric we hear about -- or, you know, what we think we know. this is not a life t

say is a grandson of a holocaust survivor who fled the whole quarters of nazi germany and went to bridgeport connecticut from where i was raised, your comments about our position on immigrants have a personal residence for me. it's incumbent upon all of us as public figures whether we hold elected office or whether were involved in organizations like all of us or simply prominent in our community but to speak up and stand up for the other. we were once strangers and we know what it means to be strangers thank you. >> thank you for participating in a very worthwhile meeting we've had in a very worthwhile panel. meeting adjourned [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] allow me to tell you that our moon as small as it was compared to earth has five times the mass of pluto. so they were never told that, were you? welcome to the company of informed people. jeb hensarling chair of the house financial services committee talked about his plan to replace the dodd frank financial regulation law.

say is a grandson of a holocaust survivor who fled the whole quarters of nazi germany and went to bridgeport connecticut from where i was raised, your comments about our position on immigrants have a personal residence for me. it's incumbent upon all of us as public figures whether we hold elected office or whether were involved in organizations like all of us or simply prominent in our community but to speak up and stand up for the other. we were once strangers and we know what it means to be strangers thank you. >> thank you for participating in a very worthwhile meeting we've had in a very worthwhile panel. meeting adjourned [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> here on c-span this morning, washington journal is next. then at 10:00, newsmakers with democratic congressman peter defazio of oregon. that, fbi director james comey testifies before the senate judiciary committee about agency operations and his own actions during the 2016 presidential campaign regarding hillary clinton's private email server. coming up on today

say is a grandson of a holocaust survivor who fled the whole quarters of nazi germany and went to bridgeport connecticut from where i was raised, your comments about our position on immigrants have a personal residence for me. it's incumbent upon all of us as public figures whether we hold elected office or whether were involved in organizations like all of us or simply prominent in our community but to speak up and stand up for the other. we were once strangers and we know what it means to be strangers thank you. >> thank you for participating in a very worthwhile meeting we've had in a very worthwhile panel. meeting adjourned [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

because you start at greenwich, go over to bridgeport. this is a state that's hurting. something. governor malloy's poor approval rating may actually risk the democrats' majority in the state. i want to ask you, congressman -- first time i've ever asked. just curious. would you consider running for governor in 2018? >> joe this is so not the first time you've asked that. >> and to save the state and save the property values of the good people of this state? i know nicole also a connecticut resident would like to know the same thing. >> keep my lights on when it rains. >> i'll just ask you one time. one time. are you thinking about running for governor? >> joe, you know, when i used to be a banker, this is what was called talking your book. hey, you know, i actually think, joe, connecticut probably needs a media savvy moderate republican who might have the personal wealth to actually fund a campaign. >> there you go. there you go. >> i'm just saying. >> let me tell you something. i think nicole would be a great governor. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> but this question is dir