so francis scott key were there. a few thousand soldiers marched south and hundreds of virginiians came up as well as units from the army, united states marine corps and the united states navy. and americans were able to put around 5,000 men on the field at bladensburg. on the 24th of august, though, a confused battle erupts. the british attack with about 2,000 men and the americans are almost instantly thrown into disarray. the president of the united states himself james madison gallops away from the battlefield. some of the american positions are quickly overrun and whole american units break and run away. american militia units receive some training, but not as much training as professional soldiers and certainly not nearly as much training as battle tested british regular army soldiers. and so they didn't really hold up too well. francis scott key. some say he relied some misorders to some of the american high command. others say he just packed up with the artillery unit and retreated in great haste along with e

but that's not what francis scott key meant. what francis scott key meant and what you will see because the sun is so bright today is that the flag, with its light weave is almost translucent. you will see the beams of light actually shining through the flag. it's the exact affect that this flag had 200 years ago. i would also like to thank the maryland historical society for loaning the original first draft manuscript of the star-spangled banner which is on display in the visitors center in the park. you can see francis scott key's original crossouts. that represents the fragility our young republic had at that time. a young nation slightly over 30 years old against every prediction that the country would fail in a war that was going poorly at the time, out of nowhere came a miraculous victory. while the casualties were fairly light on both sides, the point was a stand had been made and the tide had been turned. thank you for asking that question. when you are a park ranger, you thrive on questions from visitors. you do. the ge

ladies and gentlemen, francis scott key's question persists to this day.rican. we are americans, and as every american enemy has -- whoever faced us has learned, it's never, never, ever been a good bet to bet against the united states of america! [ applause ] because we are one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. may god bless you all and protect our troops and continue to bless the united states of america. thank you. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the singing of our national anthem performed by the president's own united states marine band, the morgan state university choir and jordin sparks. [ applause ] ♪ >> if we could put our hands over our hearts. i think that's fitting here. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the nig

when the americans held full navy of named n, a young lawyer francis scott key looked to a a simple l asking question -- does that star-spangled banner yet wave? that question and its implications and its aspirations have echoed every prayerless fight. did that star-spangled banner war in the hands of civil sergeant william carney, the medal of ican-american honor recipient, as he took that banner from a fallen comrade and charge the ramparts of fort wagner? did that star-spangled banner wave over observation post that medal of honor recipient ryan fitz held against enemy rocket propelled in the kootenai valley? angle better rt of yet wave over six marines on -- in iwo jima? did that star-spangled banner yet wave over troops in the jungles of vietnam, the the tains of france, streets of falluja? star-spangled every yet wave over forward position, ship, base, deployed in our service for this nation today? front it wave on the porches of families waiting out those deployments, their ly playing for warrior safe return? wave over walter reed, the center for the intrepid, the va trauma cen

ladies and gentlemen, francis scott key's questions persist to this day.oes that star spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? thanks to all of you veterans, to the unbroken line of warriors who have answered the call, the answer, generation after generation, continues to be yes, now and forever. because as every adversary in every age who has ever come up against you as learned, american warriors never bend, never break, and never, ever, ever yield. [applause] that's why, as i tell every foreign leader i encounter, it's never, never been a good bet to bet against the united states of america. because we have you. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise and join the united states marine band in singing "god bless america." ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above from the mountains to the prairie to the ocean white with foam god bless america my home sweet home god bless america my home sweet h

ladies and gentlemen, francis scott key's questions persist to this day. the land of the free and the home of the brave? thanks to all of you veterans, to the unbroken line of warriors who answered the call, the answer generation after generation continues to be yes. now and forever. because as every adversary in every age who has ever come up against you has learned, american warriors never bend, never break, and never ever ever yield. [ applause ] that's why as i tell every foreign leader i encounter, it's never ever been a good bet to bet against the united states of america because we have you. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise and join the united states marine band in singing god bless america. ♪ god bless america ♪ land that i love ♪ stand beside her ♪ and guide her ♪ through the night with a light from above ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home >> a beautiful rendition from the m

as the dawn's early light broke following that battle, a young lawyer named francis scott key lookedn -- does that star-spangled banner yet wave? that question and its implications and its aspirations have echoed through every perilous fight that has turned will return to american veterans. did that star-spangled banner wave in the hands of civil war sergeant william carney, the first african-american medal of honor recipient as he took that banner from a fallen comrade and charged the ramparts of ft. wagner? did that star-spangled banner yet wave over observation post, that medal of honor recipient, sergeant ryan pits held against enemy rocket propelled in afghanistan? did that star-spangled banner yet wave over american troops in trenches in france, beaches of normandy, mountains of korea, jungles of vietnam, streets of fallujah and the valleys of afghanistan? and does that star-spangled banner yet wave over every forward position, ship, base, woman and man destroyed in the service of our nation today. does it wave on the front porches of families waiting out those deployments? sil

the same style as the one that inspired francis scott key to write the national anthem. key saw that flag at a unique i

that is most caustically expressed by the grandson of francis scott key. editorey howard was an of a newspaper called "the exchange." he thoughtt while the cell should not have seceded from the union, he believed it was totally legal for them to do that. were interpreted as being pro-southern. his newspaper was shut down. and he himself was arrested and locked up at fort mchenry. ironically on the very anniversary day that his grandfather would see the star-spangled banner. mywould say, whereas grandfather saw the stars & stripes as a freedom of free -- a symbol of freedom, for me it stands for yankee tyranny and despotism such as this world has never seen. for many baltimoreians who had loved ones arrested here, those who were arrested on political suspicion, many perceive the flag as the stars and stripes the violations of the constitution. so for them, they saw the flag as an abuse of presidential power. a symbol of a tyrannical northern government. very different symbol. however, many white union soldiers from ohio, pennsylvania, and other such states

so, had gone to francis scott key elementary school, hoover middle school, lowell high school and amt so proud to be able to come back full circle to support a lot of those schools that i went to and be part of that community in a very integral way. >> so, you spent most of your life in san francisco. why did you choose to live in the city? >> well, first of all, my parents decided to move us to the sunset district because they really wanted my brother and i to have a really good and safe r growing up. there were a lot of children and families in the sunset district and i think they felt like it would be the best environment for us to grow up. so, we ended up staying out there and fell in love with it and have a lot of pride after especially working for the sunset district as the electricity i have aide to supervisor chiu for over five years. and working with -- very intimately with a lot of community members, the merchants, our local residents who have, you know, interest in things such as public safety or public transportation, our school communities, our parks and play grounds, ju

at the time, kara cooper was her kindergarten teacher at francis scott key elementary. >> it made meremely nervous and worried about how we were going to continue her education, how i was going to keep her learning. >> reporter: during one of her visits to the family's home, cooper came up with an idea. >> they had face time on their computer. i had her working on an ipad at home and just at the table with her parents. we thought wait a minute, this is something we can do together. >> reporter: using two ipads, one at olive's home and the other in the classroom, the teacher was able to include olive in the daily lessons from the hospital or from home. her classmates knew exactly what to do. >> she moved around the classroom with us. people who sat in the back or sat next to the table just took the ipad and put it places so she could see. >> reporter: her parents say olive never missed a day of instruction. >> she was almost fluidly reading certain level books by the end of kindergarten while she was getting aggressive chemo treatments weekly. >> reporter: the idea inspired other teac

ladies and gentlemen, francis scott key's question persists to this day.r-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? thanks to all of you veterans to the unbroken line of warriors who have answered the call, the answer generation after generation continues to be yes, now and forever because as every adversary in every age who has ever come up against you has learned, american warriors never bend, never break, and never, ever, ever, yield. [applause] and that's why, as i tell every foreign leader i encounter, it is never, never, ever been a good bet to get against the united states of america. because we have you. god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. [applause] jon: with a vigorous finish there the vice president of the united states, joe biden, addressing the crowd at the memorial amphitheater at arlington national cemetery on this veterans day. there will be some music and then the ceremonies will conclude. >> ladies and gentlemen, please -- heather: well it is a family affair at the george bush presidentia

francis scott key wrote "star spangled banner" because he was expressed with the flag flying at fort mchenry. gris grandson was -- his grandson was flown into fort editorials. >> irony. the biased that existed then has not been seen before or then, despite what we complain about. >> without apology. they were straight forward about being shady. >> the back is "lincoln and the power of the press." we'll be back with more of >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> bying homes by the landlords. monitory value. >> they're being taken advantage the crisis continues. >> ground breaking... >> they're firing canisters >> ... emmy award winning investigative series. landlords. >>> do bigger babies have a better success at life than smaller counterparts. doctors used the weight at birth as all that a baby needed for a great start. a study in florida shows that bi

francis scott key wrote "star spangled banner" because he was expressed with the flag flying at fort mchenry. gris grandson was -- his grandson was flown into fort mchenry for writing bad editorials. >> irony. the biased that existed then has not been seen before or then, despite what we complain about. >> without apology. they were straight forward about being shady. >> the back is "lincoln and the power of the press." we'll be back with more of "consider this". >> america votes 2014 midterms it's all come down to this... >> you are going to determine whether i'm going to be the next senator from iowa >> the candidates last chance to convince voters they're the one... they will stop at nothing to get your vote >> david young, how are you? >> run for congress >> it's important to be out here talking to voters >> director aj schnack's unprecedented series concludes >> it's certainly something that doesn't exist in politics on television >> america votes 2014 midterms only on al jazeera america >>> do bigger babies have a better success at life than smaller counterparts. doctors used t

francis scott key wrote "star spangled banner" because he was expressed with the flag flying at fort mchenry. gris grandson was -- his grandson was flown into fort editorials. >> irony. the biased that existed then has not been seen before or then, despite what we complain about. >> without apology. they were straight forward about being shady. >> the back is "lincoln and the power of the press." we'll be back with more of real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> do bigger babies have a better success at life than smaller counterparts. doctors used the weight at birth as all that a baby needed for a great start. a study in florida shows that bird weight is not destiny, but it helps. babies weighing 7 pounds were healthier and did knert at school. the heavier a baby, more likely it will fare well at school. i'm joined by chicago, by david, a co-author of the study, which will be published in "the american economic review", and a professor at univer

at the time kara cooper was her kindergarten teacher at francis scott key elementary. >> it made me nervousinue her education and how i would keep her learning. >> during one of her visits to the family's home, cooper came up with an idea. >> they had facebook on their computer. i had her working on an ipad at home and at the table with her parents we thought this is something we can do together. >> using two ipads, one at her home and the other in the classroom, the teacher was able to include olive in the daily lessons from the hospital or from home. her classmates knew exactly what to do. >> she moved around the classroom with us and people who sat in the back or sat next to the table just took the ipad and put it places so she could see. >> her parents say olive never missed a day of instruction. >> she was most fluidly reading certain level books by the end of kindergarten while she was getting aggressive chemo treatments weekly. >> the idea has inspired other teachers to do the same. >> for example, another teacher at the same school was recently diagnosed with cancer. with the use of

at the time kara cooper was her kindergarten teacher at francis scott key elementary. >> it made me nervous and how we were going to continue her education and how i would keep her learning. >> during one of her visits to the family's home she came up with an idea. >> they had facebook on their computer. i had her work being at an ipad at home and at the table with her parents we thought this is something we can do together. >> using two ipads, one at her home and the other in the classroom, the teacher was able to include olive in the daily lessons from the hospital or from home. her classmates knew exactly what to do. >> she moved around the classroom with us and people who sat in the back or sat next to the table just took the ipad and put it places so she could see. >> her parents say olive never missed a day of instruction. >> she was most fluidly reading certain level books by the end of kindergarten while she was getting aggressive chemo treatments weekly. >> the idea has inspired other teachers to do the same. >> for example, another teacher at the same school was recently diagnosed

at the time kara cooper was her kindergarten teacher at francis scott key elementary. >> it just made me nervous and how we were going to continue her education and how i would keep her learning. >> during one of her visits to the family's home, cooper came up with an idea. >> they had facetime on their computer. i had her working on an ipad at home and at the table with her parents we thought this is something we can do together. >> using two ipads, one at her home and the other in the classroom, the teacher was able to include olive in the daily lessons from the hospital or from home. her classmates knew exactly what to do. >> she moved around the classroom with us and people who sat in the back or sat next to the table just took the ipad and put it places so she could see. >> her parents say olive never missed a day of instruction. >> she was most fluidly reading certain level books by the end of kindergarten while she was getting aggressive chemo treatments weekly. >> the idea has inspired other teachers to do the same. >> for example, another teacher at the same school was recent

at the time, kara cooper was her kindergarten teacher at francis sco scott key elementary. >> it madervous about how we would continue her education and how i was going to keep her learning. >> reporter: during a visit to the family home, cooper came up with an idea. >> they had facetime right on the computer. i had her working on an ipad at home. and at the table with her parents, we thought, wait a minute, this is something that we can do together. >> reporter: using two ipads, one at olive's home and the other in the classroom, the teacher was able to include olive in the daily lessons from the hospital or from home. her classmates knew exactly what to do. >> she moved around the classroom with us, and people who sat in the back or sat next to the table just took the ipad and put it places. and so she could see. >> reporter: her parents say olive never missed a day of instruction. >> she was almost nutriently reading -- fluently reading a certain level of books by the end of kindergarten while she was getting aggressive chemo treatments weekly. >> reporter: the idea has inspired ot

katherine scott is live with more on this announcement. >> reporter: pope francis made the announcementwere rumors hinting he would come, but the confirmation came down, it is official. after all the hard work getting the hope here next september for the world meeting of families. the delegation from philadelphia went to rome to try to purr -- persuade the pope. the world meeting of family is set to be held from september 22 through the 27th next year. the pope will be the 25th through the 27th for the closing event. pope francis said he would come to philadelphia, god willing. we spoke to one of the members of the board of directors. i'll go to philadelphia for the world meeting of families, thank you for your prayers with which you accompany my service to the church, bless you from my heart. >> i think it's a significant event and great announcement as one person said this is the most important rsvp we're getting to the world meeting of families. we're excited beyond belief and so happy to the hope confirmed this morning. >> reporter: so, again, the pope will be here for the closing e

here's the confirmation in my hand that pope francis will be attending the world meeting of families in philadelphia in september of next year. katherine scott is outside the archdiocesan head quawrdz in the city -- headquarters in the city, as a matter of fact you're inside. >> reporter: that's right, matt, pope francis will be here for the world meeting he have family, there will be a papal massen 0 the benjamin franklin parkway which will open to the public. back in march a delegation from philadelphia went to rome to try to convince the pope to come here, the mayor was here, the governor, archbishop shah pew, the morning's announcement came from speech, pope francis said he would come to philadelphia god willing. the world meeting of families would be from the 22nd of september to the 27th. the pope will be here from the 25th to the 27th. archbishop chaput was present for the announcement. he said his hallmark was on the challenges many families face. there will be a press release and we'll be hearing from the archdiocese and the people in the catholic community are so excited for the appearance next year, so stay tuned for that. >> grea

reporter: pope francis will be here for several days, that malice on the benjamin franklin parkway seems to be a particular point of excitement, 2 million people could be there for it. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a pope visited philadelphia for the first time 35 years ago. like pope francis is expected to do, pope john paul ii celebrated mass outdoors on the benjamin franklin parkway before an estimated 1 million people on october 3, 1979. unlike pope francis, pope john paul had been to the united states before his visit as pontiff. pope paul visited chicago and washington, d.c. during the last visit to the u.s., one that philadelphia played a huge part. we'll have more on pope francis' upcoming visit at 6abc.com. go there to see pope john paul's visit in 1979. and pictures of the canonization of paul john ii as a saint at 6abc.com. >> turning to accuweather it's a soggy start to a new week. this is a live look at penns landing, foggy and gray, it's been raining throughout the morning. you want to keep that umbrella and raincoat handy as you go about your day today. rain could become heavy at times. let's go outside to meteorologist david murphy on details on how lo

president, pope francis stressed citizens of all religions-- muslims, christians and jews-- must enjoy the same rights and respect. >> jordan is bursting at the scenes with syrian refugees. scottlley went to for "60 minutes," and spoke to the families desperate to escape the violence and the men and women working to escape them. >> pelley: the map said "no- man's-land." we plowed the border of jordan and syria, where the jordanian military told us we would find war refugees. but considering the wasteland, it seemed more likely the map was right. who could survive here? but after several hours, we found them, pouring over the land like a flash flood. with 300 miles behind them, these syrian families made their final steps through a war that nearly killed them and a desert that could've finish the job. watch a moment and listen. this berm marks the border between syria and jordan. the refugees that we ran into were coming across the top of the berm and turning themselves in to the safety of the jordanian border officers here. more than a million have crossed into jordan so far during the three-year civil war in syria. they had been farmers, shops keepers, office workers. now. th

chief meteorologist scott williams has plenty to update you on that's coming up in your fox 29 weather authority. >> pope franciscoming to philadelphia for the world meeting of families next september. it will mark his first visit to the united states as pope. and it will make him only the fourth reigning pontiff to visit the united states. >> happening now in new jersey, a woman's beloved dogs stolen from her home. she says the animals are like family and since they've been gone, she's missing them by her side. it happened in trenton. friends are stepping in now to help. now they just want to get the pets back. our dawn timmeney is live in trenton night. dawn? >> reporter: good evening, iain much this happened a few blocks from here and tonight the owner is extremely worried the temperatures are starting to drop. she has no idea where her two dogs are or if they're in dang danger. and she's also wondering who in the world would do something like this? >> this is my familiar. these are my kids. i don't know what else to say. >> reporter: pat foal system devastated. she says a heartless dog thief snatched her bel

francis's visit is spreading like wildlife all day today. no matter your faith you can't help but feel the excitement that comes from the pontiff's big visit and what that means. katherine scott spoke to lots of people today. >> i think it's a wonderful thing for philadelphia. >>reporter:the news of the pope's philadelphia visit brightened up this rainy day in center city. after months of rumours it's official. >> what he says is a pretty big deal either way. >> i think it's great. 12 years of catholic school i am excited about it. >>reporter:the new was welcome at mass at the chapel of the basilica. >> they are enlightened with more grace when they come personally to the city, they can actually see it. >>reporter:the students were invited for at the announcement and thrilled that a model that they try to emulate. >> he is a heartful person. >> when i saw that. no words. we are overly excited. he is such an inspiration to all of us. >>reporter:as to how many are planning to attended the ceremony on the parkway? >> you better believe it. >>reporter:pope francis will be in town for several days. it is getting people particularly excited. organizers say that at least 2 million p

francis is addressing the european parliament. we will continue to monitor her speech and bring you in it any headlines. >>> back to our top story, seconds of ferguson, missouri, are under protests. cnbc special correspondent scott cohen joins us live from ferg standard operating procedure. set the scene for us on what you are seeing on the ground. >> sure, seema. it's been a long and largely sleepless night here in ferguson. and i'll orient you to where we are. we've pulled back from where we spent much of the night about half a mile down the road. that's the neighborhood where all of this unfolded back in august. michael brown, the unarmed 18-year-old who was walking home after apparently robbing a convenience store gets into an encounter with the police officer, darren wilson, is fatally shot, his body left for four hours. there were protests, sometimes violent, back in august. local police say this is much worse than that. there were at one point directly across the street from us about four fires burning among 12 in the overall area. 29 people arrested overnight. and a lot of gunfire around, remarkably police say nobody was shot, nobody hurt, no deaths last night. but the situation is still tense as firefig