i live here in bridgeport. and i have the nefarious distinction of being a politician here. i also went to the university of virginia. thanks a lot. you really brought to life a lot of what barnum, self-awareness i didn't know he had about him. i wondered in all of your research, were there things you started to get on to and wonder about that you just are still today kind of hoping to find an answer to that you might find in some trove somewhere down the road? >> well, there's a wonderful collection of letters from barnum to a figure that i think of as sort of the boston barnum, a man named moses kimbel who was a close friend of barnum's, also had a museum very much like the american museum, also traded acts with barnum. they put on similar sort of moralistic dramas. like barnum, kimbel also became a politician later in life, and there's only -- there's one very intense chunk of their correspondence that is in in the boston, all from barnum to kimbel, all concentrated really in about one year. i wrote to arthur who edited the selected letters and is a great collector of bar

marcus has been to vietnam and i have been to bridgeport, and waterbury and -- [applause] announcer:s for college, what he got was his army physical. our young men are dying in a war that doesn't make sense. let's be honest, withdrawal from vietnam doesn't mean withdrawal from the world. >> donahue for democrat. >> is there a way out of vietnam? this is ed marcus. i went to vietnam to talk to our troops. >> duffey had long opposed the war. his opponents called him the peace candidate. by 1970, everyone was tired of the war. >> so i say we can pull our troops out of combat now. no matter what the political machine may say. >> vote ed marcus for senator. >> primary day, very close. 800 votes either way, that is how close it is, we think. 800 to 1000. >> we have gotten our cards and check them against the vote, a couple of districts in one town. >> while your challenger is challenging many, many people, every challenge is being overruled. >> what do we do now? contest the election? >> you can take a look at that list, you hold the list at the end and find out if they did vote any dead p

outside like to check in on conditions around the bay area, here's the golden gate little bit of bridgeport northbound in your way heading out of san francisco but not slowing down traffic and the temperatures are in the 40's and 50's right now the looking good as we head into the afternoon topping out in the low 70's we'll have specifics of the hollywood minute coming up. >>welcome back to the kron 4 morning news a time for 25 thanks for waking up with us >% now it's time to check in on the entertainment headlines and we're starting with a movie about a scandal of enron to cable news network. david daniel has more in this morning's hollywood minute. you may have >>there was a dust-up involving yours truly in presidential contender donald trump. >>on the first full trailer for bombshell features and almost unrecognizable shirley's theron as megan kelly margot robbie is a young producer and nicole kidman as gretchen carlson who sued fox news founder roger ailes played by john let's go for sexual-harassment bombshell hits theaters, december 20th. the adams family exceeded expectations debutin

over 70% of the kids in bridgeport, connecticut don't test at age appropriate level in math.cies that democrats say help the cities is actually hurting them. connecticut was the only state in the entire country last year where the poverty rate actually went up. so you know, i just don't understand. i think a lot of cases these democrats are pandering for votes. they raise taxes, and we need more ways out of this. that is what we need in connecticut. we're not seeing it with this new governor unfortunately. stuart: before we to, give the forecast for the economy for the state of connecticut, as these new taxes, raft of new taxes go into place today? >> we already see it. we see businesses moving out. there is rise of minimum wage by 50% over the next few years. businesses are moving out. people are moving out. unless we change fundamental policy, if we have a downturn in the economy, it will be even worse. we've underperformed one of the most vibe brand economies over the last two years. if there is change in the economy, it will be stuff for connecticut. stuart: bob, thank yo

onary officials say bautista died when a vehicle he was in rolled over at a training facility in bridgeporte same day, three army troops georgit ft. stewart in georgia. >> they were sergeant first class brian andrew jenkins, orporal thomas cole walker, and olevate first class antonio andert garcia. they died when their bradley fighting vehicle, a vehicle like ikere one here, rolled over. their divisions' commanding general struggled to hold back tears as he described what tears as. e> i would like to offer my incere condolences to the family members of the three soldiers we lost in the tragic accident. it is hard enough when you lose one soldier. but when you lose three at one time, that pain is amplified. werecording to a recent congressional report, there were service wice as many active duty service members killed in accidents than in combat between 2006 and 2018. >>> there are new developments in the case of a wrongway accident involving an american in england that we've been following very closely here. 19-year-old harry dunn was on a motorcycle when he was hit by a car driven by ann s

bridgeport, connecticut, may set a record columbus, jackson, danville, and norfolk. and while the heat will continue one more day through the south with temperatures way above normal for little rock, nashville, cincinnati, valdosta, shut the front door on summer in the northeast. we're talking about temperatures in the next 24 hours, thursday, 20 degree drop in boston, new york city, almost 30 degrees philadelphia, 25 washington, d.c., minus 13 in 24 hours. you only have to put up with these one more day in the northeast, and hoda you have to put the shorts away. >> if you don't like the weather, wait a minute that's exactly what's happening. wait 24 hours. >>> a new warning from the tsa and the nation's dmvs, you have less than 12 months to update your driver's license with a real i.d. or this time next year you may not be able to board a flight tom costello, remind us, why are we changing our driver's license? >> this dates back to 9/11 congress passed a law to maintain a minimum level of security for every driver's license in the country but as you said it takes e