i know are you a big fan of francis scott key. oh, don't mess with the original, francis scott key.s of national anthems. >> francis scott key only wrote the lyrics. it was written by a british composer. we have a national anthem with words written by a guy who was a critic ofal bowl -- abolitionism. it is time for a new american anthem, preferably america the beautiful by ray charles. it would be a great national anthem. as for this rendition, i am not uh -- offended, but it wasn't good. >> what about john cougar, "r-o-c-k in the us a"? >> i think it is true to think it is more of the performance, but it is a nascar event. people spending their afternoon watching cars go around -- >> careful, joe, careful, joe. think about what you said. >> really, the controversy makes me go, huh? especially after roseanne bar? >> can we be honest there is no controversy? >> there is no controversy at all. >> there are no big protests going on. >> people are turning over cars right now on broadway. it is horrifying. lou it shirtless and beating a protestor. >> that is any day. >> you thought it wa

the former principal center school and actually the former francis scott key on 42nd avenue is kind of a bad tooth in a neighborhood that is not getting -- the neighborhood is getting better and the property is actually getting worse so this is where the principal's union currently has its office. we moved the principal school out to a real building because we didn't feel students should be in a site like that and we have no desire to put money into that building so the goal is leverage that site -- the highest and best use according to a financial analysis for housing. obviously it could be a small school site if we chose to do that. there are private schools in the area that see it as a place to build a play ground or athletic field and no decisions have been made but that is clearly on our portfolio list and there is a high desire from t supervisor of the district and from neighbors that see it as blight in the neighborhood and i don't blame them and you see a photo here and it's intensely built up around it mostly single family homes and duplexes and there's our property right in t

francis scott key's pen to paper and write the poem. we were so desperate for a victory that the newspapers published the poem that becomes famous and we decided to make it out national anthem. we don't have very many mozart's death and so we borrow it drunk british tavern song and here's the purpose of the song. when you go to a pub or tavern you get drunk and you try to sing a song with an impossible melody. it goes something like this. it's so hard to sing that not only beyoncÉ can sing it. [laughter] the last battle we are two for two. now we have new orleans. 12 to 14,000 men under general packing him are ready to hit new orleans. the problem is we don't have an army. throughout the war there is this man from tennessee who likes horse racing gambling in dueling and doing. his name was andrew jackson and he wanted to get into the war but madison and monroe would not let them in. no one trusted him for good reason but he's the only thing standing between the british and washington. he can round up two or 3000 riflemen so they send ja

thought program will continue to the end of the school year some kids will be able to keep them at francis scott key some other parents may have to find school for their children by next fall there is a school board meeting district school board meeting tomorrow night many of the parents will be there. to express their frustration. >> : coming up wheat chat with paulina edmonds is now back from its getting it from the olympics and she tells all about the social experience pete >> : and coming up at the end of this broadcast the potential danger in the brightly colored items that if you cite every day. and as somebody targeting dogs more potential poison meatballs and another bay area neighborhood. >> : one of the city's pain relievers and the shelf. warning for pregnant women and unborn babies out details of the new study next. for over 60,000 california foster children, ni i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep tra

his name's francis scott key. [laughter] and key goes out to negotiate, and the british won't release beans, but key pulls from his satchel letters. he thought to get letters from the british officers whose lives were saved by bean, so they release beans but not this the next day. all night long beans and key have to stay on the ship ask watch baltimore bombed. so all night long they march back and forth watching the rockets' red glare, watching the bombs bursting in air. their only hope was that in the morning, our flag would still be there. right. [laughter] and our flag was will, and the british give up and sail away. and francis scott key puts pen to paper and writes the poem. and we were so desperate for a victory that newspapers published the poem, and it becomes famous. we decide to make it our national anthem. but we don't have a melody. we don't have very many bachs and mozarts in the country back then, so we borrow a drunk british tavern song. and here's the purpose of the song. when you go to the pub or

his name's francis scott key.nd key goes out to negotiate, and the british won't release beans, but key thought to get letters from the british officers whose lives were saved. so i r so they released him, but not until the next day. all night long they have to watch baltimore bombs, so all night long they marched back and forth on the deck watching the rockets' red glare, watching the bombs bursting in air. their only hope was that in the morning. >> [inaudible] >> our flag would still be there, right. [laughter] and our flag was there, and the british sail away. and francis scott key puts pen to paper. newspapers published the poem. we decide to make it our national anthem. but we don't have a melody. we don't have any bachs and mozarts, so we borrow as our melody a drunk british song when you go to the pub or tavern, you get drunk, and then you try to sing this song with an impossible melody. it goes something like this -- ♪ ♪ [laughter] >> it's so hard to sing it, not even beyonce can sing it. [laughter] so yo

scott will be binging for the next four days. >>> still ahead here at 6:00 a mystery wondering who would crash and go? >>> i'm monte francisre giants' fans will notice a big security change this spring when they walk through the gates and might headacmight going to the game like going to the airport. >>> i don't know if they will reach that 7 million but young people are not signing up. >> the push bag on a runup of president obama enrollees. finally momentum but is the 3.5 million number told by administration too good to be true? reality check is coming up next. >>> while most of us are used to this, now it's coming to the ballpark. every time you fly you do this, but now it's going to happen at every giants' game. big changes coming to at&t park before opening day. fans have to go through metal detectors. this is part of major league baseball's new rules. monte, will it be faster or slower to get inside the giants' games? >> reporter: raj, that's right. they think it will be faster. they are expected to be installed sometime next month in time for opening day april 8th and once fans get used to it, the process of gettin

francis today on "money." adam. what is the tells you where we rank on pecking order. she had this in planning for a while with governor scotte cable combo, comcast buying time warner is all the word on wall street. some question whether there will be antitrust issues and what that might mean for approval. we're starting live at the new york stock exchange because even when they say it's not, it is always about "money." melissa: when you talk about the. >> a brutal storm slamming the east coast, half a million people are without electricity and more than 6,000 flights a canceled, flightaware is calling this the worst air travel day of the year. the domino effect from the storm is being felt coast to coast. you can see the conditions are literally stopping people in their tracks and that of course is having a huge impact on business. just about everywhere in the nation. just a bit we will go and hear from the owner of an atlanta business that says, he is losing thousands of dollars just because of this terrible storm. >>> the biggest biz

you can see in front of our truck, we are right off of 85, next to francis scott key mall, if you're familiar with the area. we have seen plows, we have seen salt trucks out today. also last night, as well. in all, i think meteorologists are talking a quarter inch to 1/3 of an inch accumulation in frederick county. we stayed here overnight because we were nervous about getting up here this morning, making sure everybody was safe. i'm glad we did. i can tell you the parking lot of our hotel was a mess. areas like that, sidewalks, bridges that freeze quickly obviously going to be kind of a mess for people this morning. we went to a gas station this morning to talk with folks and see how the drive has been. one guy works for ewing oil in hagerstown. he said the roads, it depends where you are. take a listen. >> i've been out since about 7:00 last night. and down around the beltway, pretty good most of the roads. once i got to germantown, it started getting slushy here and there. i haven't been west. what it's like. >> reporter: right now, back live. we just took a right, we're headed ba