she said greenwood's patriotic ballad is too grown up.and lee greenwood author of the god still bless the usa. welcome to all of you . lee, you are in the middle of controversy two or 3times. what was your remines when you found daniel's class would not sing it. >> i didn't understand why after they practiced it they stopped singing the song. and you heard justin bieber's song was reaction. >> it is for a teenage love and that is worse than singing "god bless the usa". >> i would think so. one phrase. are we an item. girl an item. can you believe that, daniel. did you like lee greenwood "god bless the usa"? you even know the song, right. lee, you heard daniel in the break he loves the song and got the words done. what is your reaction. >> next year is 30 years since i wrote it. and i understand that the delivery was the first word of the song. i wrote that about my grandparents and how they lost their farm through the grain subsidy to rush yampt it is about today. people don't have job. i think the principal has the problem with the secon

lee greenwood, i know him. a good guy. with the republican party, but so what? >> kimberly: so what? >> dana: give a shout out to the young guy. 5-year-old. >> kimberly: cute. >> dana: to sing anywhere outside of the somehower is difficult thing. i don't even sing in the shower. i recite my ideas. >> greg: terrible. >> dana: i can't believe you told them. coming up, bob beckel's worst nightmare, not being able to say bad words. even out of context. we'll also tell you about a town that could drive bob to bankruptcy. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ another cup of coffee? how long is this one going to last? forty-five minutes? an hour? well... listen. 5-hour energy lasts a whole lot of hours. take one in the afternoon, and you'll feel alert and energized 'til the cows come home. it's packed with b-vitamins and nutrients to make it last. so what's it going to be, partner? 5-hour energy. wise choice. 5-hour energy. hours and hours of energy. ♪ ♪ >> bob: welcome back to "the five." you have probably seen this. this is my swear jar. ev

lee greenwood, i know him. a good guy.republican party, but so what? >> kimberly: so what? >> dana: give a shout out to the young guy. 5-year-old. >> kimberly: cute. >> dana: to sing anywhere outside of the somehower is difficult thing. i don't even sing in the shower. i recite my ideas. >> greg: terrible. >> dana: i can't believe you told them. coming up, bob beckel's worst nightmare, not being able to say bad words. even out of context. we'll also tell you about a town that could drive bob to bankruptcy. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ every bite goes above and beyond the call of deliciousness. that's a big 10-4 kosher. with no fillers, by-products, artificial flavors or colors. hebrew national. the better-than-a-hot dog- hot dog. ♪ ♪ >> bob: welcome back to "the five." you have probably seen this. this is my swear jar. every time i swear, i have to put money in it. if i lived in middleborough, massachusetts, which is about 40 miles south of boston, where tonight the citizens are having a vote on whether if you swear in public

we are speaking about one of the well-known patriotic songs god bless the usa by lee greenwood. you have heard it. if not let's play a little bit of it for you. >> the principal made the decision to ban this song because she says it is not age appropriate for kindergartners. a spokeswoman for the city's department of education says this is not about patriotism. students here at the school recite the pledge of allegiance and sing america the beautiful every day. the principal does not think the song is appropriate for kindergartners and that is not sitting wiell with one parent w spoke with. >> it is a patriotic song everybody should be happy and proud to sing. a lot of the coaches are here because they want to live freely. that should be a song everybody should be able to sing with no problem. >>> you may be surprise to do learn that one song that will be sung at the up coming graduation ceremony is "baby" by justin bieber. that is the latest live from brooklyn robert moses fox news. back to you. >>> the principal first said she was afraid the song would offend certain cultures

the president and first lady rolling down greenwood avenue under security tonight. people lined the entire route. they were lining the streets all the way back to lake shore drive. although the white house does not confirm they will be attending a wadding tomorrow, reaching -- wedding tomorrow. they will not have to walk far. they also emerged later tonight taking a stroll with her daughter, son-in-law, and some friends to the home of a local businessman who also lives on south greenwood avenue. although she was not giving interviews, she was in a terrific move, holding hands with her daughter. the first family going to that barbeque. the president and first lady going there on foot taking a long way around the neighborhood. a large contingent of the u.s. secret service always close behind and a lot of visitors to the neighborhood stopping by hoping to catch a glimpse of some members of the first family. the president just behind me, in town until sunday. the president then departs for the g20 summit. live wgn news. >> a bombshell announcement earlier in the day by

we're banning certain size sodas and lee greenwood?of battle pay for going into "the view"? i was trying to hear you over the din of the ladies, oh, my goodness, of that hard to understand. >> gretchen: you got to speak up or don't get a word in. >> i'm glad you didn't make any assad jokes with barbara. glad that didn't happen. i think this is the kind of thing that drives people of both political parties really nuts. maybe we could have done god bless jehovah. would this have made the principal happy? you guya great feature on this yesterday when you had that little student on singing, that was great. we loved it. but look, the bottom line is this principal represents the angry left in the united states, really, because she was out there saying a short time ago that, well, it used to be the principals at this school system were all white and jewish and this is -- basically there is a new game in town and there are a lot more like me coming, or something vaguely -- >> gretchen: she's under investigation for saying that, actually. >> ye

. >> i never heard the justin bieber song "baby" but the lee greenwood song" i'm proud to be an american" i was forced to sing that in the boy scouts at every monthly meeting. at the end of the meeting we had to sing that song and salute a flag. but to me it represents huh poke craw see and a dampening of the human spirit, so i agree with the prince pl. i am going to have to listen to all of justin bieber's songs. >> do your research, michael. is this the most controversial kindergarten ever? i think we have done this story about 14 times. >> we did this one last night. >> i thought something was happening in my head. didn't we talk about this? the best thing about this new updated story beyond the comment from bloomburg who by the way said that she was singing it? was the principal singing it? >> i guess so. >> lee greenwood said he was going to sing the song at the school. >> he lives in brooklyn. >> either way the woman who i pointed on ut a couple of monstrous things she did last year. she is under investigation again for apparently striking a child after confiscating a cell phone. t

heckling kids. >> dana: what is weird theory going around some people that the lee greenwood song.it's played a lot. because people love the song. i found out that the song is played at almost all of the immigration naturalization ceremonies where people are becoming citizens of the united states. a great song. leave the kids alone and go get a job. these are history. >> bob: lee atwater brought the song forward for bush in the campaign. to get him in main street. it was connected to politics. people use it for different things but this goes to turner. if you complain about the hecklers, turner is worse. >> andrea: he is running for senate in new york. >> eric: the hecklers weren't heckling bob turner. they were heckling the kids for singing the song. they wanted to sing it in school and weren't allowed to. >> greg: i agree. the story is the fact they weren't allowed to sing that. but it became a political thing. if it's a political thing, nobody wins. >> bob: who is having a debate? having a debate with a kid? >> eric: they were yelling. they had a problem with the singing of the

greenwood's song caused controversy before. god bless the usa leer eubgs at lyrics at an assembly. martha: a massachusetts english teacher gives high school graduates a real reality check during a commencement speech on friday, here is some of it. >> you're not special. you're not exceptional. contrary to what your soccer trophies suggest, your glowing 7th grade report card, despite every assurance of a concern purple dinosaur, nice mr. rogers, and your aunt sylv sylvia. despite how many times the caped crusader has swooped into save you, you are not special. martha: several people are defending his peach. michael graham joins me he's a columnist at the "boston herald." >> i thought the best part of the beach was whe the speech was when he was saying, baby, baby, baby, by justin bieber. some people called in, we got excerpts over it. iin some cities they are talking about changing grades and giving everyone the same grade. this notion of everyone is the same and everyone gets a cupcake i. thought my listeners would be a a hundr

. >>> lee greenwood or justin bibb beer, a brooklyn principal -- bieber, a brooklyn principal banned the god bless the usa song from the department of education because she didn't want to offend other cultures. the children in kindergarten spent the last few months learning that song, but that's not the end of the story. that principal will reportedly allow the justin bieber song baby to be performed at graduation. that song features lyrics about a boy fretting over a girl who broke his heart. the principal got a lot of hate mail for that decision. so we'd like to know what you think. drop me a line, mailbag at wusa9.com or join the conversation on our facebook page. >> a bit of a scorcher today, but tomorrow is shaping up to perhaps be a weather alert day. meteorologist anny hong is in for top tonight. lots of rain on tap? >> we're seeing quite a bit of rain come this time tomorrow. we've actually declared tomorrow a yellow weather alert day because of the showers and storms we're expecting. here's a look at our weather computer to show you some of the spotty showers generally west

to put together a push back with artists with music, but not the stereotypical conservative lee greenwood music. music i call it by oedipus project, the left will be making out with me and they'll never see it coming. somebody will say don't u.n. who produced that music? no. i really like it. it's great. oh, yes, it is. we have to take a stand we're in texas for a reason. draw a line in the sand. we're not just going to say we're not going any farther than this. we're saying this the end of the line. we're moving this way now. that happens on july 28th. we're also doing the day before we're doing a service project. we already have 30,000 people signed up to stand together and go into community after community and serve and help clean and help paint, help raise food. we already, in the first week, in the first week since i've announced this, already just the audience of gbtv has raised a million meals for the homeless. that's in a week. what can we do together? what can we do if we all stand together? it's not enough to be against big government programs, we must be for charity and activel

. ♪ proud to be an american where at least i know i am free ♪ >> greta hawkins banning the lee greenwoodless the usa song because it could offend other cultures. she is ignoring the request to meet with a marine veteran. michael grum asking to meet with her and department of education chancellor says she hasn't responded. no word from the school on why. >>> an incredible video out of houston capturing the moment of a daring vandal facing picasso's woman in a red arm chair painting. you can see him walking up to the artwork spray painting the word on it and escaping. police use that go footage to find him. >> marco rubio was on hannity responding to comments that the president's senior advisor david axle rod made about him. axle rod if i had if romney were to pick rubio as a running mate it would be an insult to hispanics. here's what the senator had to say about this? >> this is the most dee sr divi administration. even one group of hispanics over another group of hispanics. they have decided the only way they can win is distract people from the horrible economic record and pit americans

principal choose to take out lee greenwood's god bless the usa out of the program replace it with justinber's song baby. that song has been given the boot, too. saying she had a change of heart. she hasn't changed her mind about god bless the usa. that is your 5@5:30. >>> the state of florida is not backing down against the federal government in the fight against voter fraud. doug luzader has the latest. making sure ineligible voters don't get to the polls. >>> they are voting issues in the past. voter roles are escalating into a huge blowup in federal government. the data base is filed department of homeland security. they want that so they can cross-check the voter list. the voter's government says it's his job to ensure the elections are fair. >>> we have found individuals that are a right to vote they don't have citizens i have a job to do to defend the right of voters. we have to sue the federal government to get this information. >>> florida's efforts created a standoff with u.s. attorney general eric holder. not only is he refusing to turn over the data base holder is suing florid

>> and then there is this one, n-words and their jew commi bosses -- >> why do you hate lee greenwoodca? >> it is not fair. dan, thank you for pointing out the true losers are the kinder gardeners. >> do we get extra points? i didn't go to the bathroom the whole show. >> the show is not over yet. we hand out points afterwards. kkk wants to adopt a highway. you say the clan that pick up the liquor and forget the sign. not exactly the spirit of the first amendment. >> skip the sign. just skip it. be anonymous. clean it up. >> dan, you pointed out being an exalted cyclops is nothing to scoff about. part of the job is to preside over the council of the sentors and write reports to the grand giant. how does that sound? >> they really show stupid names. they really were in a basement and lonely. >> you take the racism out of it and he sounds awesome. >> they are grand giants? >> it doesn't sound dangerous until you realize they are full of hate. then it sounds like a bunch of nerds who aren't going out on a friday night. >> and you want the clan to plant trees. i am guessing black people mi

. >> mark greenwood has his doubts. >> if you have a fire at 3:00 a.m. and have to be communing by 5:00 a.m. to get to work at 7:00, how will that work for these people? it will not. >> only time will tell if the same voters that spoke out against taxes will answer the call to volunteer. >> other bay area headlines, pg&e claiming that a pipeline test conducted more than half a century ago led to the deadly san bruno explosion. utility company says that in 1956 the strength test weekend and already defective welds in that light. the september 2010 explosion killed eight people. pg&e is citing the decades-old test to prove that it in fact carried out required testing on the gas line. it will take the cost of an international air fare to get the wife of services the sherrif ross mirkarimi to testify at his misconduct hearing. the lawyer for ileana lopez says that her client would be willing to appear in person before the ethics commission, but right now lopez is in venezuela. the lawyer says that if the city wants her to testify, then it should pay for her

. >> lee greenwood, the singer and songwriter is weighing in.ith allegiance and worship. a religious belief that says you cannot do that is out of place. no word yet on what song the students will sing. you can tweet us your ideas of what the kindergarteners should sing. my pick is "wind beneath my wings." should they pull "god bless the usa" because it will offend somebody? thank you for joining me and my team. i'm tamron hall. tomorrow, what went wrong? jamie dimon testifies on capitol hill on the $2 billion loss last month. up next is martin bashir. [ female announcer ] if you care for someone with mild to moderate alzheimer's, you'll also care about our new offer. you get access to nurses who can help with your questions. and your loved one can get exelon patch free for 30 days. if the doctor feels it's right for them. it cannot change how the disease progresses. hospitalization and rarely death have been reported in patients who wore more than one patch at a time. the most common side effects of exelon patch are nausea, vomiting, and diarrh

put together a push back with artists, with musics, but not that's stereo typical conservative lee greenwood music. i call it my oedipus project because the left will be making out with me and they'll never see it coming. they'll say, don't you know who produced the music? no, i like it, it's great. yes, yes, it is. >> yes, i'm secretly your parent and you're making out with me, blah. you know, a democratic president does not have to do this kind of stuff on the left. i know the beltway common wisdom is there's an equivalent and parallel and exactly equal counterbalance on every partisan side of every issue, right? it's not true. there is no equivalent to this on the left that a democratic president has to decide what to do about. yes, there are people who are out there on the left and weird and creepy, maybe not exactly the same way, but on the left, there are people who say things that are very, very politically incorrect or otherwise have a high gross-out factor, right? that happens, but they're not the kind of people who are so central to democratic politics that a democrat president has

trying to put together a push back with artists and music but not the stereotypical conservative lee greenwood music. we have to take a stand. we are in texas for a reason. driveline in the sand. we're not going any farther than this. we say this is the end of a line. we are moving this way now. that happens on july 28. [applause] we are also doing a service project of the day before. we have 30,000 people signed up to stand together and go into communities and serve and help clean and help paint and help raise food. [applause] in the first week since i have announced this, already just the audience has raised 1 million meals for the homeless. that is in one week. what can we do together? what can we do we all stand together? it is not enough to be against big government programs. we must be for charity and actively involved and engaged and let people see it. [applause] i want to leave you with this -- my life has taken such a turn in the last 10 years. in 1999, nobody would cross the street to shake my hand. and i did not deserve it. i spent my life on the wrong side. i changed my life and i

before 7:00 tonight before boarding marine one and arriving by motorcade in their home on south greenwoodspotted shaking hand and posing for photos. >> cenk: ladies and gentlemen, they got 'em. they went home and even shook their neighbors' hands. how dare they. you see, this is what i'm talking about. this manufactured outrage on the right based on no facts at all. when you look at their first year, this is an illustration of the different presidents. george w. bush, 40. clinton, 21. w, 69. and they're under counting that because they don't count camp david. obama, 26. they took less vacations and the bushes took a lot morvay cases. after all the record-breaking and george w. bush broke a record for the first four years and whole eight years how many vacations he took, they turn around and say, can you believe that obama went on vacation? one line after another after another. >>> meanwhile these guys with the six houses have the nerve to talk about obama golfing etc. do you remember when romney was caught on tape talking about all the horses they own let's watch. >> what kind of horses d

we like to bypass because for growing for greenwood -- >> the roundness. >> cut that better. if you're getting rid of deadwood, you can use the anvil type printer that you can have the hard anvil that the pruner comes from. with this, i can go back and see where the new growth is and prune it to shape. wherever you want to go there. now, be careful. it's always good like anything else, use sharp things, use gloves. >> cut back to a particular joint or anything like that? >> usually cut back to the stem or to where you have two more branches or whatever coming out. but again, with these, with boxwoods, whatever next to us, you don't have to be that careful because again, you can actually just sheer these. >> the boxwood can be sheered or if you really have to do a more dramatic cut, you go a little deeper but you selectively, you don't maybe want to take everything back if you're just trying to reduce the bulk of the plant a little bit, right? >> right. you might find sometimes you have it grown a little bit towards the sun. you might have to take out one side of it a little b

ps-90's principal greta hawkins decided to ban lee greenwood's song "god bless the usa" from the graduationing to staffers, she thought the song was offensive to some cultures and religions. the department of education spokeswoman said the principal felt the lyrics were not age-appropriate. instead, principal hawkins approved justin bieber's "baby" be sung in its place. that choice set off a chain of negative reaction. >> i think that this principal at the school may have trouble with the second line of that song. >> which is? >> "i thank my lucky stars to be living here today, because the flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away." i understand that her religion prevents her from saluting the flag. >> she's a jehovah's witness. >> it's confusing, because justin bieber's song is for teenage love, and that's worse than singing "god bless the usa." >> michael grimm released this statement, "i have just one who exactly are we offending?" the "new york post" is now reporting principal hawkins has had a change of heart and will not have the students sing the bieber song either.

to put together a push back with artists, with music but not that stereo typical conservative lee greenwood music. i call it my ed pus project because project because the left will be making out with me and they will never see it come canning and they will say don't you know who produced that music, yes, i like it. it is great. yes, yes it is. >> yes, i'm secretly your parent and you are making out with me. you know, a democratic president does not have to do this kind of stuff on the left. i know the beltway comment is always there is an equivalent and parallel and exactly equal counterbalance on every partisan side of every right issue, right? it's not true. there's no equivalent to this on the left that a democrat president has to decide what to do about. yes, there are people on the left and weird and creepy, maybe not the same way, but on the left there are people who say things that are politically incorrect or otherwise have a high grossout factor, right? but they are not people to central to democratic politics that a democratic candidate or presidential candidate has to make a deci

. >> that was in greenwood, mississippi, where he moved back home to with his mom and sister when heut 11 years old. after a stint up north in chicago. >> that was an unusual thing to do, to give up on the north and go back. why did she go back? >> she wasn't well. my grandmother came up to rescue her. >> oh. my mother was a rolling stone, she was a very -- willful woman. who how can i say about momma? she was strong-willed. but not strong of body. >> did you get your personality from her? >> quite a bit. >> he says his first role at eight years old, was in the play "little boy blue." >> i was little boy blue. >> did you have any lines? >> of course. >> yeah? >> uh-huh. >> do you remember them? >> no. >> from little boy blue to the great white way, broadway and new york city. he proved that he could learn lines and dazzle those who came to watch. people love to watch you. what is it? what's the secret? what's morgan freeman bring to the screen? >> that is not something i can tell you. >> you don't know what it is. >> i don't know what that is. >> his movie star dreams began as a chil

died who gave that right to me ♪ >> that was memorial day here on "fox & friends" the great lee greenwood "god bless the usa". >> alisyn: imagine a group of little kindergarteners singing this at their commencement as they graduate from kindergarten. a group of kindergarteners, having this rousing song and how great the parents would feel until the principal put the kibosh on it because she thinks that that song is too, what. >> clayton: polarizing. >> alisyn: polarizing. >> dave: and also age inappropriate according to the the department. stars and swipes, ps-90 a local school has this as part of their commencement ceremony and as the school filled with lots of immigrants from all offer the place, including pakistan, including mexico, and ecuador and parents loved when it sang because the parents and kids take pride in the flag and this country and they were told by their principal, no longer, the song can't be part of the commencement ceremony. >> clayton: and five different classes prepared for it, rehearsed it and got it down and replaced with another song that's somehow less polarizi

james greenwood, president and ceo of bio. >> hampton pearson has done amazing work all morning longus the decision and the color in the wake of it. >> reporter: amazing decision. we needed to take the time to figure out what the court had decided. so we want to recap. here are basically how they answered the key four points that were the lynchpin of this whole challenge to the affordable care act. so they upheld the mandate, but they upheld it as a tax, not as a penalty. so that got us away from the issue of the commerce clause deciding the case. severability not an issue. once you invalidated the mandate and therefore upheld the whole act. the medicaid expansion critical to a lot of states and hospital budgets around the country. they upheld the medicaid expansion but with conditions and basically a little more flexibility for the states as far as choosing to participate or not participate, et cetera. and finally, they decided that the anti-injunction act, which, in essence, said because it's a tax, you can't challenge the law until somebody actually pays it. the court ruled that i

a school principal put the kibosh on lee greenwood's song. attorney general in contempt. the political risks from a high stakes showdown with attorney general eric holder. that's next. >> i can't imagine our leadership not being willing to go forward. if that were to happen to apply the same standard to the attorney general we need new leadership. e people are bundling their home and auto insurance with progressive. sure seems and why that way. wouldn't you? you can save on both your home and auto policies. yep. we talked about this. [meow!] [meow!] bundling and saving. now, that's progressive. meg around new fallout over the "operation fast & furious" that could take a turn rarely seen in washington. the house oversight committee setting a vote next week on whether to hold the attorney general of the united states in contempt of congress. republican lawmakers saying eric shoulder has failed to respond to a subpoena demanding more d.o.j. records on this botched gun running sting that resulted in the death of at least one border patrol agent.

rick: the bieb's band along with lee gree greenwood.he school that put the end to, god bless the usa. they said it was not appropriate for a kindergarten graduation, go figure. but justin bieber's song "baby" was okay. the school says they will no longer allow bieber's song either. the parents are trying to get the song, god bless the usa reinstated for next week's ceremony. martha: president obama will be giving a speech on thursday. he is expected to redefine a bit this controversial comment that he made about the health of the private sector. >> the truth of the matter is that as i said, we've created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. martha: oops, that was a controversial statement and a lot of discussion has followed it. i'm joined by wisconsin republican ron johnson a member of the senate appropriations and budget committee. senator, welcome, good to have you here. >> morning, martha, how are you doing. martha: i'm doing great. do you expect on thursday t

congressman michael grim, a marine veteran for a meeting so that he could give the kids a book on the greenwoodting can't happen. >> i got a school from the new york restaurant, they canceled my reservation. meanwhile -- a heat wave across caused worsening conditions for crews battling what is now 16 wildfires in 10 states out west. look at that. the total, a million acres burned so far. one of those wildfires, a super fire, this massive one in colorado that's destroyed close to 200 houses is the state's most damaging in history. officials say it is now at 50% containment. that's good. just two days ago, it was at like 10%. meanwhile, let's find out if there's any relief in store for mother nature for colorado and the answer is no. across the northern tier of states and the northern plains, there is some shower activity but none in the -- as you can see, the front range of the rockies or the rockies for the most part period. widely scattered showers around lake erie and ontario. otherwise, the balance of the country is bone dry. currently, a lot of 60's and 70's across the map but later today,

greenwood had it for a while. i mean, how many seats are like that? dingell? still here? and mean, all these guys are here for a long time. massachusetts doesn't change. in texas it's got to be a more than a one-party state. so you're going to have the vote in what they do one of us going to the senate because symantec will come fate he sold us out. he is not a real tea party. bucher just got bumped. these guys are getting bumped and i will tell you orrin hatch is and from the cold yet either. he could get bumped in utah. it is sad, i think, that you can't put it together yourself believe reasonable people do, which is they don't buy the blue plate special. very few voters love unions. they're pro-choice. they go down the list in every single thing. they're against free trade. are there people like this? i think there's about 80% on the other side who were down the line left or right. i liked when people say on this issue is not what the party. i disagree with that, but you hardly ever hear that. i'm been earmarked as some kind of a pro-life nut because that's the one iss