the in the book i quote some of them because he was only 17 during the civil war and thomas bennis talksbout how difficult this was but the view was all about ending slavery and perhaps he saw it more clearly than the older generation. so it i it's just a fascinatingt of social history that he is writing about especially when you think of how we are still having these struggles even to this day in the black lives matter movement. turns out they are all better se so above relationships improve after that. so he joins at the end of the civil war and is a big guy and marries the bosses daughter. when you think back to the 70s it wasn't like you hop on a plane and the only way you communicate is by telegram. so thomas bennett is in charge of going to paris so they can ship them to mexico and then he goes also to london because he wants to see what the british are up to. he is also a brilliant writer and all of his letters exist. thank you so much to the society for keeping the letters. when he gets to london of course he says the british how do they make any money, two hours in the morning a

bennie from the south jersey side, no problems at all up and over bridges. things are quiet on the major roadways coming from the suburbs. we're off to a good start, thomas and karen, back over to you. >>> you you know election day is here and they are making final push for voters even early this morning. >> democratic nominee hillary clinton flew to north carolina after her concert in philadelphia republican nominee donal trump talking to voters until after midnight. "fox news" has just released these numbers, latest presidential pole this has hillary clinton with a four-point lead overdonal trump, nationally 48 to 44 percent. this morning we have crews all over our area to get you ready for this election day. we have lauren johnson covering locally electricians in particular the big senate the race. steve keeley is covering presidential election live from new jersey where polls will be opening in less than two hours. let's begin with steve, good morning, steve. >> reporter: well, people vote first and we will end up with puppies that are polling places in pennsylvania, so you don't have any stress, at the polling place. everybody loves puppies. they th