bill: now on "chasing news". >> the battle for political correctness. elementary school and haddon heights, new jersey. find out who is saying what. >> swindles wealthy wall street types by drugging them and racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars on the credit card. >> you get a tina turner. >> what it sounds like to me , i case of justifying criminal behavior based on who the victim is. >> am doing a story about mercury going into retrograde. >> mercury in retrograde. >> it's something that they

>> why don't you work? bill: you are chasing a story that has some folks up in arms. the school in haddon heights are the aclu has said having a kid say god bless america is a violation of the constitution. >> absolutely. the battle for political correctness has a new enemy, and it is an elementary school in haddon heights new jersey like glenview elementary student therecite the pledge of allegiance, but that is not the issue. every morning the students have started a tradition of saying bless america after they recite the pledge. the victims the victims of the 1st responders that have lost their lives on that day. they have been doing this for 15 years without incident, but surprise surprise the american civil liberties union has a

a representative of the aclu asked them to remove it from their daily routine. the aclu legal director sent "chasing news" a statement reading, our constitution is clear. schools cannot coerce or impose religion on children. it is the java parents to describe how on whether to install religion for monopoly school. fearful of costly litigation against the giant that is the aclu crippling the budget on educational programs and education in general, the school had to concede and removed it from daily practice. bill: this was about honoring the 1st responders. the teachers got together and it had nothing to do with the religion. stretching the interpretation of the first amendment. it was not written to

the public square. it was designed to protect religion. >> why they singling out this elementary school? they should be doing every living american president. i'm pretty sure after every speech they ended by saying god bless america. something that is actually significant. >> go through every single school and find out who is saying what? >> i just want to add that it is not clear whether or not this is a complaint filed by the parent or something of the aclu found out by themselves. the ones that i spoke to wanda state then outthere not upset with the school district for making the decision to remove it because they know it will cripple. have a frienda friend that wants to join me in a practice that we all know well. >> an american flag right here. let's go.

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why it is so cold. smitty the weather dog's back. headquarters here in manhattan. the reason it's cold out is because it is winter. >> this is why we need experts, to help us. earlier about the 1st snowfall. bit, december 12. what do you expect will happen over will it be warmer? whiskey season be upon us? >> well, smitty the weather mild. agrees with the farmer's almanac. i warmer than normal winter and she disagrees with the almanac who has now paid there -- change their position.

took the liberty of forecasting without consulting. to answer your question, it is hot. warmer than normal winter. also by the end of this week will be back in the mid- 40s. >> twelve or 13 degrees above any other december in recent memory. so far out on a limb. >> smitty has an issue with your combativeness. >> definitely have the possibility of snowfall. bill: thank you very much for your insight and expertise. you are in new york city. what do you got? >> it is cold outside.

thirty-two or below. real deal 5 degrees. the mayor released a statement saying it should be a reminder to dress warmly and take precaution when outdoors. ioutdoors. i threw on a wife beater and headed indoors here where they have a crazy amount of storm activity. i spoke to the manager who told me about some of the benefits and why this should be your choice. >> best way to get them in the door. >> nice. >> nice. >> first i started in the sauna valley, six different saunas himalayan salt sauna which regulates the water

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street smart girl. >> i asked her if the women feel any remorse now that they have been caught. she says no, they are angry that they got arrested. they thought it was unfair. it wasn't a big deal. bill: is jessica have some kind of anti- male bitterness? it sounds like she put these women up like they were some kind of storybook heroes. the headline was robin hood. the way you are presenting it as she puts them up as telling their story is if there is some credibility to it. >> she had a balanced perspective. there is no black and white. the women felt like these men were treating them like trash.

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>> hank the me tell you the story, today is the big day. mercury goes in the retrograde. >> i'm doing this story

retrograde. >> why don't you work. >> "chasing news" starts without the morning call. no better way to remind yourself. mercury is in retrograde. >> i could not here you. >> a communication problem. >> mercury when into retrograde. mercury went into retrograde this morning. for the 1st of four times. some freak out because an astrological terms mercury rules truth and clear thinking. when mercury seems to go backward one astrologer says it can warp good communication. >> let's cut to the chase. why should we get apprehensive? >> i think probably one of

something they cannot control. it is like with nature. nature. you can only react to it and plan for it. >> but mercury retrograde seems to have gone beyond the point or anyone argues about it. thank goodness one astrologer has joined us. bill: what does it actually mean? >> basically with the planet is doing is how i explain retrograde, it looks like it's going backwards. if you backwards. if you were to have an express train and a local train and they both feel at the same time that obviously expresses moving faster the local chama look like it's going backwards from your

>> why don't you work? >> people react differently. supervising producer. >> look around you. >> and there is my sister who knows mercury is in retrograde. it is communication. it is clarity. >> like i said. >> i've never even heard of mercury in retrograde until i came here. it was a really big deal. but you coming here and kind

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