Jim biggs. [applause] its always special to have them. Welcome, everyone, to the barnum museum. I know many of you have been here before, but is this anybodys first time here . Oh, well, welcome. Welcome to the barnum family. Were delighted to have you on this Beautiful Day in downtown bridgeport, connecticut. This is the barnum museum. It is, in fact, p. T. Barnums last museum. As we all know, he started his museum inn 1842, and this was hs last gift not just to city of bridgeport, but really to the Global Community that we serve. Many of you are very familiar with thewe museum. In 2010 we were hit by a tornado because thats the kind of stuff that happens to barnum. And then the year after that it was hurricane irene, and then the year after that it was superstorm sandy. Want to also give a huge shoutout to state of connecticut and our delegation who supported a 7 million bonding because we are just about to embark on a historic recap of thatde gorgeous barnum building from 1893. So t
The street. While doing his job, the chief says became involved with the suspect at the cemetery where he was shot and killed. The bounds travel to a corner store leading to it was quick. I was joking it was fireworks in december. Reporter after the shootout, police say they want five people dead in the corner store. Two them believes to be the suspect for the other three possibly civilians. The Police Department of jersey city and our partners did an extraordinary job, a very difficult circumstance with a high powered rifle fire where. Reporter they found they still youll at the crime scene that contained a possible firing device. Of their bomb squad examines the truck, the police chief says their investigation into the shooting could last months. Police say they are called to the three civilians found that in the store were shot with a gun man, not my police. Detectives leaves behind his wife and children. Candice nguyen, ktvu fox 2 news. Stay with ktvu, ktvu. Com and all of our soci
The street. Responding to a homicide investigation, the chief says he became involved with the suspect of the cemetery where he was shot and killed. The violent traveling to a Grocery Store leading to a shoot out. After the shootout, police say they found five people that in the store. Two of them believed to be the suspect, the other three, possibly civilians. The Police Department of jersey city and our partners did a good job. No other city was stuck with them for. Reporter police found a stilley uhaul that contained a possible fire device. Asked their bomb squad examines the truck for the police chief yslast months. The police chief says detective still was one of the best when it comes to getting and illegal gun out of her cct. Still save and his wife and children. Candice nguyen, ktvu fox 2 news. New details from Sonoma County where authorities have arrested a man on suspicion of carjacking. It is a case that led to the death of the illegal owner of that car. Estrada was booked o
This Beautiful Day in downtown bridgeport connecticut. It is in fact, barnum news last museum. As we all know he started museum in 1942, this was his last gift not just to the city of bridgeport, really to the Global Community that we serve. Many of you are very familiar with the museum in 2010, we were at a tornado. Thats the kind of stuff that happens to barnum. The year after that it was hurricane i also want to give a huge shadow to the state of connecticut in the delegation who really supported 72 million bonding appropriation because were just about to embark on a major reese doric rehab of that gorgeous Barnum Bailey building from 1993. Thank you. [applause] are congressman has also really been working very hard with us to get to the barn building in the National Register of historic places. I feel like im on the register this. But we are in the process of being reviewed to become a National Historic landmark and that, theres only about 2500 in this country that is a significant
To add to that also the congressman has been working very hard with us to get the building on the National Register of. We have been working on that for a long time and the reasons for why we are here today because we are still talking about pt barnum relevant in our lives today. Robert wilson is here to talk about the fact you can contextualize him in a modern way and its something to be looked at and examine and reexamine and brought into modern culture. He is the father of the Entertainment Industry that he was a philanthropist. The doer of good eats many tim times. But enough about me. Thank you for coming to the museum. Please support us. We do programming all year the museum is open during the week the couple of days even during the big historic construction project thats going to be happening soon but with no further ado let me introduce you to bob wills. The editor since 2004 that won the National Award for the best feature in may of 2006 and Digital National magazine for comme