not only the board celebrations but work with the board and i get to do and use the talent of our irish american communities to help us building on the wonderful history to also have fun with the things you're going to see the irish dancers and like the pipers who i got to invited to the kickoff like the mayors cup and have a great celebration there those are all wonderful things happening with our irish american community from building our city, inform celebrating the cultural to having wonderful talent of people help me run it from the public safety to the elected officials i'm proud of the irish history with that, i'd like to provide the celebrations this morning with a declaration to be given to the city council and to, of course, president of our irish united irish communities first to consul general phillip grant and hereby calory this to be relishing or irish american friendship in the city of san francisco consul general. >> (clapping.) >> and to the presidents of our united irish societies let me am come up lee yum . >> (clapping.) >> of course, the greatest cast is my irish an

but the irish, the irish did not reject them. the irish embraced them. they took what was meant to be a badge of shame and they turned it into a badge of honor. it was a brilliant turn, a defiant one. the irish are not the only people who have done this. our country is full of them. the irish did it with such genius, with such stamina, such undeniable dignity that they will always have our admiration. there will always be a special kinship between our two countries. that is why we are here today. that is why ronald reagan and tip o'neill kicked this off many years ago, to show that admiration and celebrate this kinship. it's an act of defiance to poke fun at your opponents and then to break bread with them. it's going against all odds to work with them, to joke with them and to pray with them. so i would like to raise a taste to both of our countries. may we continue to grow in friendship, and may the people of ireland forever stand proud, defiant and free. thank you. now, it is my honor to introduce to you the president of the united states. [ applause

and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right?ah. >> so we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and make s

one which its authors were very particular to address to irish men and irish women.it's built around religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities and cherishing all the children of the nation equally. cherishing all of the children of the nation equally. that's a vision statement a hundred years ago and it would be a visionary statement today. it's a universal value like the ones in america's own founding documents that compels us to continually look forward, that gives us the chance to change, that dares us, american and irish alike, to keep toiling towards our better selves, cherishing all the children of the nation equally means striving to make sure they grow up with equal rights and equal opportunities and i should point out that ireland last year legalized marriage equality and a month later america was proud to join you. [ cheers and applause ] this year, new york's st. patrick's parade is allowing irish lgbt groups to march for the very first time. [ cheers and applause ] as ambassador anderson said, irish america is making a statement. t

irish jokes, of course, are based on irish stereotypes. these are stereotypes i have frequently heard about my own elders. they were not always in good fun, but the irish not reject them. they embraced them. to be in shape and they turned -- they took what was to be a badge of shame and turned it into a badge of honor. didn't want such genius and dignity and will have our admiration. -- it isl always be going against all out to work with your opponents, to joke with them, and to pray with them. so i would like to raise a toast to both of our countries. may we continue to grow in friendship and make people of ireland forever stand proudly proud, defiant, and free. thank you. and now, it is my honor to introduce to you the president of the united states. [applause] speaker ryan, members of congress, thank you for having me here today. you can rest assured that the irish drill holden are in washington as strong as ever. [laughter] it was technically st. patrick's day, but that is ok. most folks who celebrated are not by receiver. i can talk a

the mcging irish dancers' rich history has allowed mcging to become so much more than an irish dancing school. we pride ourselves on being an internationally renowned program that gives children self-confidence, poise, and a fit body and mind both on and off the dance floor. mcging is a family friendly school where your child will learn the skill of irish dance while building character, having fun and developing lifelong friendships. mcging irish dance classes are taught to children and adults of all ages with an emphasis on individual teaching staff ranges from school teachers to lawyers and from world champion irish dancers to dancers in lord of the dance. the mcging school of irish dance is a member of an coimisiun le rinci galeacha clrg , the governing body of irish dance, and our main instructors are all certified teachers and adjudicators within the organization. on a competitive level the mcging irish dancers have produced two world champion solo dancers and a world champion team, which made them the first school in north america to have a female, male and team world champion an

.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san >> (clappin) >> as well as for the irish pipers bandping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.)>> >> (clapping.)>> (clapping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.)(clapping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.) (clapping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.) > well, thank you again for coming today, we'll wrap up a huge thanks for charlotte schultz the best dressed woman in san francisco and never fails to amaze amounts happy heritage month in san francisco and thank you, everybody for wearing green. >> want to say a tradition starts by supervisor el balboa park welcome to my office there is food and drink as well please come and enjoy it and happy happy salesforc >> san francisco when 4 years i have been doing public policy stuff around city hall i have a by the question for a jazz musician kind of got a band together is there a way to play at any kind of public events or you know libraries o

and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right? >> yeah. >> so we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and

irish food is being raised by irish hands but it's not going into irish's mouths.in 1997 british prime minister tony blair apologized and said it was one of the great crimes of england, we are sorry, don't take it so hard. blair's apology had a good effect, what would have been a shameful thing in ireland, you've asked who had been indicated, we couldn't just talk about the famen. a policy of extermination, if a million of them die, they weren't actively killing them, they were letting it happen and the man who was in charge of the famon, he said this death of a million irish was a hand of god and that was a cure for too many irish. if you go to the university, great hunger museum, there's a portrait, this man who could wealthy families and came back and bought the land, they had the biggest house in waterford. he comes of age and this is completely radicalizing. they couldn't storm the british barricades. the brits had a larger garrison in ireland than the indian sub continent. the flag of england is flying over one-fourth of the land mass. so it goes nowhere, h e

and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right? >> yeah. >> so we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and

and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right? >> yeah. >> so we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and

and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right? >> yeah. >> so we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and

i guess it's in the irish dna. i was looking for a story on which to hang irish history, i wanted to go deep into my own past. and then i found meagher. you see the whole arc of irish-american history through this one man, or most of it. all the things the irish have gone through, the immigration thing, trying to take away their language, their pride, their dignity, their religion. you see them becoming americans. and what is said about mexicans right now in this current political campaign is the exact same language that they said about the irish. exact same. you can just substitute the word "mexican" for "irish," and it's the exact same. so i wanted to bring that history forth. but then you get the montana part. and i'm a third generation westerner. my family, it turns out, they're montana irish. they -- my great grandfather came from county waterford where meagher is was from and moved to butte, montana. at one point there was more gaelic spoken in butte than any place outside of dublin, they said. it's because o

and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right? >> yeah. >> so we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and

bagpipers, irish dancers, hottest irish band. >> we have a lot of catholic schools are well representedtholic event. we start with the mass. it will be just a great day. >> dance groups are amazing, 30 different dance groups. >> i know a lot of the dancers, all of the dancers have been practicing all year long. this is their super bowl. >> sure, culmination of events all year for the irish community. we are thrill. we will have a great day. just thank to you fox. i cannot thank you enough. >> this great partnership is good for everybody. we're crust in the looking to air the parade, we will become part of the irish family and community for all of the event all through the year. we will look forward to seeing you at all of the event. we have irish dancers here, we have black thorn here with us today. the don't forget this coming sunday biggest parade in philadelphia is right here on fox 29. we will kick it off 12:00 o'clock on the parkway, join us live or watch us here, on fox 29, and of course, tweet pictures. put up on facebook inn twitter, your good picks if you are getting ready, iri

i'll let you do the pouring of our irish stout. and you've got to be generous with our irish stout. >> put the whole thing in? >> the whole thing in there. >> you're doing beautifully. >> what does the irish stout do to the meat? >> it just intensifies the flavor. it's malty. it's dark. and it just will give you that really rich flavor. >> got it. >> when you move over -- this is going to cook. >> still doing it. >> you can move back over. come with me, kathie lee. i've got one. it's all done really. so you don't have to worry. this is the trick. because you have such a liquidy stew, what you want to do is thicken it up slightly. so to do that -- >> flour? >> yeah. dump in a bit of plain flour will do. and whisk it up. >> fold it in. right? >> i'm going for more of a vigorous whisk today, kathie lee. >> you are a vigorous guy. >> that moment again? i love it! i love it! so -- okay. get that straight in there. it looks a bit miserable right now. but when you stir that through, you're going to get left with a really thick and hardy s

and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right? of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessor-recorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. o'connor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our irish americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and make sure that it reflected

.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san >> (clappin) >> as well as for the irish pipers bandping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.)>> >> (clapping.)>> (clapping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.)(clapping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.) (clapping.) >> as well as for the irish pipers band in san francisco. >> (clapping.) > well, thank you again for coming today, we'll wrap up a huge thanks for charlotte schultz the best dressed woman in san francisco and never fails to amaze amounts happy heritage month in san francisco and thank you, everybody for wearing green. >> want to say a tradition starts by supervisor el balboa park welcome to my office there is food and drink as well please come and enjoy it and happy happy salesforce light for our streets illuminating our ideas and values starting in 2016 the san francisco public utilities commission is xhoefl that light with new led with the did i audits for better light for streets and pedestrian and they're e

the rebellion lasted sick days and fade but ultimately sparked irish independence. >> it woke the irishunity. >> reporter: what incensed so many the murder of the rebel leaders. >> the british actually killed the leaders and that really got the irish people -- got their rage up of the irish people. >> i think it's significant as the birth of the united states. i think that the irish people are very proud of that moment when they were able to break away. >> reporter: michael bradley is the parade director. he says the 100 year anniversary of the easter rebellion in the perfect time to celebrate the heroes and history. songs and dances and floats to celebrate the evolution of the irish cause. and the constant rock of faith. >> it's probably the only parade in the country that starts with a mass much it's important to make sure that we realize that we are irish catholic. we're celebrating our religion and our ethic backyard. >> the mass is at st. patrick's at 20th and low cuff. >> first of all i know we'll have great weather because kathy or will promise us great weather and you have bob k

turning anyone irish after one bite.an guy. >> i'm dave, nobody would buy oh dave's irish poe pay toes. and my last name is lamb bore pelley. >> live lamb parellely has been in the candy business for 29 years starting with christopher's chocolates in newtown named after his first son. >> this is what it began with a chocolate rover. we were chocolate for year and i'm originally from buffalo new york. my sane patrick's day in philadelphia people are coming asking for irish potatoes and i'm going what. i don't know what you're talking about many during the year we started talking to different people and we came up with our own process for doing the irish potatoes. our own formula. >> in that same year luck struck twice giving their irish potato its name after the birth of his second son. >> they're named after my son ryan. >> oh, it gets better. now ryan's son jacob is helping his grandpa continue the family tradition and great ideas. >> give him one and he'll get chocolate all over you. >> great. >> did i mention you can

meet the next star of irish dance. 10 years young and has been irish dancing for four years. when her folks took her to watch "riverdance." >> you're getting ready for a pretty big trip? >> yeah. >> what's this big trip? tell me more about it? >> i'm going to the world irish dancing championships in glasgow, scotland. >> reporter: she's being modest. she is the youngest irish dancer in south florida to have qualified for and been invited to the world dancing championship. think of this as the olympics of irish dance. >> when you found out that you were being invited to world? >> i was like ahhh! i was like crying because i was so happy. that was my goal to qualify. >> it's a very, very tough competition. it's amazing to be able to go. we have a regionals and nationals and a world. you have to qualify at our regionals or nationals in order fiona did so great at regional she was second place in the region. she definitely qualifies. >> reporter: 40 boys andirls from her school qualified to dance in scotland. >> what do you hope to get out of this trip and out of this competition

@come over here with me and @we'ring it to see some great @irish dancing. @ @>> unbelievable! @that was fantastic. @that was great. @now the boys, they're going to @go to the world championships. @>> yeah, the boys are going to @the world championships next @week in scotland. @>> you can come out of it. @are you all set. @>> i'm all ready for it. @>> how do you think they're @going to go? @>> i think they'll both do @really good. @>> your costumes, they're @beautiful. @>> thank you. @>> they're made for you? @>> yes, they are. @>> how long have you been @dancing? @>> i've only been dancing 8 @years, i was a late starter. @>> you're doing really well. @>> are you excited going to @>> very excited. @>> are you intimidated, it's @intimidating you'll be with the @best dancers in the world. @>> i was in it for 15 years. @>> that's like river dance, i @saw river dance in play house @square. @can we go out to commercial, @i'll be behind you faking like @i know how to do it. @. @>> we'll do the step over and @over. @>> 5, 6, 7, 8. @>> there you go. @it's fantastic. @whew! @>> we'll be

a nice riff on the irish traditional irish coffee to get us started. start with this great pew charlie sheen made over at south end. basically the unaged irish whiskey made right here in charlotte. it's great. we're just going to do about an ounce and a half of that. >> okay. >> we're going to do a little bailey's irish cream. about a half understand of that. flush -- ounce of that. about three quarters of an ounce of simple syrup which is just equal parts sugar and water. and then we're going to do cold draft coffee. i have this at smelly cat. but the guys over at central cough foe make a great one too -- coffee make a great one too. a quick shake.

. >> when you think irish, don't you think of fabio? >> yes. >> goes right to your mind. >> all right. we have also have our wonderful chef with us. >> he just left! we saw you on the 8:00 cheating on us. >> i'm sorry! >> twice. >> i feel guilty! >> you should. all right, good. >> and ambush makeover day. st. paddy's day performance from international singing sensations. wait until you see these guys. so darn cute. celtic thunder. so hink we need a little beverage. >> yeah. i mean, i love my stuff but today we should have a little begin guinness guinness, probably. >> hello. >> who are you, richard robinson? >> i'm your local bartender. >> he's from the beekman bar in. making us a guinness beer with a shamrock on top. >> it's called art. >> trying the best i can. d to come over here and bring them to us, okay? >> i'll be right there, ladies. >> because we like to be served by sexy men. you know what, fabio can help >> by the way, do you know -- who knows richard? >> who? >> do you know who richard just came up to me and said "guess who

is on the menu at the field irish pub and eatery. >> reporter: welcome to the field irish pub and eatery. for 15 years this charming authentic irish pub has been serving up classic everest food and drink to pay for locals and visitors from afar. dining is inside and out there . at the time were looking for to create a bit of ireland in south florida. there wasn't a lot of round but there were a lot of irish people. the idea of opening an irish pub and bring everyone together appealed to us at the time. took the offer nightly live music you can come to dance eat or drink and enjoy the culture >> hope they visited ireland in the center of her the beach. >> a pint of guinness in the drink of the day. it's all about the poor and the stories behind the drink. >> reporter: what they're telling is that in ireland nursing mothers drink guinness because it produces iron in the mothers milk. let's get to the graphic chef andrew is at the helm in the kitchen. we have first muscles. they are melt in your mouth delicious. the sauce is elegant and there is so much flavor. these are like little pots of

we wanted to investigate one way the irish could celebrate being irish in new york. >> reporter: what is that? >> that's the st. patrick's day parade. parade. >> the first parade was 1766. it was -- the mayor came out in green in a tophat and lauded the irish and their contributions to america. on this one day, the irish was celebrated in the united states. >> reporter: it's truly a magical place. it was one of the oldest facilities, one of the oldest tenements like that that's preserved in that way. to take a tour yourself, visit tenement.org. we see the st. patrick's day parade every year, but we probably overlook how important it was to people just grasping for a taste of home. steve: yeah. yeah. amazing. it's in a cool part of the city. the whole area continues to change. it's getting down there. >> reporter: i wonder if we have more saloons now or back then. steve: we have more small plate restaurants. we know that. who knows? thank you, simone. dari: thank you. >> a community with a checkered past wants to paint a better picture of itself going forward. steve: the neighborhood a

77-72, irish. >> mike: the fifth irish playern double figures. they have ingm running the team right now from the point. >> tim: 90 seconds to play, allen for three. zach auguste with the rebound. it's auguste in march! >> mike: 2 rebounds, 19 points for zh auguste. >> tim: the irish fans come to their feet. mike brey wants them to take it under minute. down to one minute t play. 5 on the shot clock. jackson! yes! oh, i thought it was in. >> mike: they called the block on the play and he will get up but i think he is taking inventory right now. >> tim: foul on jeter, that is f fe onim, he's disqualified. jeter givesou so much energy. >> mike: he had -- i'm sure notre dame faithful anxious moment right there. >> tim: chaseeter disqualified, 7 points. >> mike: so much expected of demetrius jackson, this is his team. >> tim: performance of the game brought to you by your lol chevy dealers, mike. the performer of the game? >> mike: 18 point 4 of 7 threes, 7 of 1 from the floor. that in the second half and overtime. >> tim: averages 11 points, 4 round

got some irish coffee cupcake cupcakes. >> that's for hodi. >> there's irish whiskey and espresso powder in there. >> delicious. we love you. you give us comfort food. thank you so much. >> thank you very much, ladies. >> you can see more of me on my youtube channel and get all of these recipes at todayshow.com. >> today.com/food. irish eyes will be smiling when celtic thunder performs right after this. >> they are cute. i'm at the perfect age. and i've found the perfect skincare. age perfect hydra-nutrition from l'oreal. deeply moisturizes with 10 precious oils plus calcium. for intense nourishment. ..that melts right in! hydra-nutrition from l'oreal skin expert paris. (rebecca) i've struggled with depression. i thought i needed cigarettes to cope. i was able to quit smoking. and then i started running. now, i feel a lot better. (announcer)you can quit. i'm chris bosh. when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto . hey guys! hey, finally, somebody i can look up to... ...besides arnie. xarelto is proven t

and get your irish up. and you're temperamental. i don't think irish people care. the irish people -- >> i have an amazing cheer leading costume for notre dame with little sham rocks. >> what's the name of the young actress in brooklyn? i don't know if i'm saying it correctly. there's a lot of talent that come out. ireland. i think she is one of the bright young stars that you'll see a lot of her in the future. the star, brooklyn, that just came out. i don't know if it won an academy award. she was nominated and deserved it. she was very good. >> i guess that's a contribution. >> we were showing in the back ground, pictures that all of our fans and viewers were senting in. did you see that? look at that cute little dog. everybody loves to celebrate st. patrick's day. it's cute. look at this little shamrock. >> you at home are at a screen within a screen. >> all i'm saying is the rest of you are missing out on this feast and i've had an amazing time of i ate the corned beef and the potatoes. >> dunkin' donuts. >> did you like them? >> it's interesting. >> you want t

seven to 10:00 the traditional irish breakfast, got the music, we got the irish dance groups, drexel hill, maggie owe meal, meet thrust, we are there live until 10:00 come on by and get the saint patrick's day holiday started in the right way. there is your travel times, both 95, and the schuylkill. and so far so good at the airport. alex back over to you. >> thank you, bob. well today is the day sports fans everywhere wait all year for for the start of the ncaa tournament. hello, sean bell. look at this. isn't this great? >> i'm here. >> yes, the gentle giant. >> games will start running at 12:15 this afternoon until late tonight. also means you're running out of time to fill out your brackets. so alex will be doing her bracket live on the air. really? exactly. that's the point. >> i'm looking confused right now. >> what do you mean? >> reasoning, it is looking real suspect out here. >> i'm sure you will be judging me. >> all right, let's start. >> what do you say? >> so, i have kansas and, you know, we went through some of these already. but kansas, even though it hurt me so much t

the irish, man, are you irish? >> i'm a quarter irish, yeah. >> stephen: which quarter?irish. well, you guys, how about the election, huh? it keeps getting weirder. looks like the gop is headed toward a brokered convention where the party bosses pick somebody other than trump or cruz. but who could it be? (cheers and applause) yeah, yeah, i know. but who could it be? jeb bush's name has been mentioned. followed by loud sobbing and the words leave me alone coming from the vicinity of and you have to find a good compromise candidate. and there is an experienced party elder that everyone respects. it's john boehner. who thinks we should make paul ryan do it. (laughter) in fact, yesterday boehner said we don't have a nominee who can win a first ballot. i'm for none of the above. i'm for paul ryan to be our nominee. oh john boehner. paul ryan already got out of one sticky situation by agreeing to succeed you as speak are of the house when no one else wanted the job. paul ryan is your go to flunky for everything. >> sorry to cancel on your dinner party, you know who is great a

band. >> we grew up in an irish community.tend to mix traditionallal will irish muse wick everything else that we grew up w pop music, rock music, country music and all that kind of stuff. we grew up listening to the the clancy brothers and, beastti boys as well. >> who do we have here. >> we have john callahan playing guitar. >> cj mills, our fiddle player, awesome. >> we can't wait to hear you play. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> all right, monica over here with the coyle school of irish dance. how did you get into dance. how did this come together for you. >> half my family is irish. tradition to start dancing and it just went from there. >> i heard you guys got this big award at sunday's st. patrick's day parade, tell me. >> we recently won an award, big honor to have it, and to represent coyle school for the entire philadelphia area. >> this qualifies you for a big competition too what is that. >> to the world championshipness scotland this upcoming week. >> and is there a name of the dance

. ♪ >> in a city with irish history, the annual st.atrick's day parade brings out a little irish in everyone. ♪ >> a crowd favorite, the dancers. ♪ >> i talked to some proud parents who watched as their little one perfected her kicks. >> amazing. she's so happy out there right now. >> the father is from ireland. >> it's an amazing city and what an amazing parade to have in a city like this. the rain is away. >> a moving moment when counsel general philip grant marched alongside first responders of the berkely balcony collapse that killed a group of irish students. he spoke with abc7's michael finney about the bond that was created in the midst of that tragedy. >> amazing men and women of great courage and great

moving to fill a never heard of irish potatoes.hia thing. >> it is a philly thing. i went out to the laoh, division 87, sweet treats popping up all over the place. this time of the year they make them as a big fund raise inner northeast philadelphia a i went out there and we did some rolling. let's take a look. >> time to roll irish potatoes. >> they are all ready for you. >> here we go, put on your apron. >> getting an apron is this a sign thaw already think i will be messy. >> absolutely. >> we're ready to roll. >> we are. >> work me through the process because irish per tait the owe dough had to be frozen or i guess child for a couple days and then what happened. >> so, it is in this container right here. you guys need a hand. >> yes. >> let's roll. >> so how is everybody doing here so far today. all right. >> yes. >> is that good. >> yes. >> what do you call the big one. >> a meat ball. >> that is a meat ball over here, okay. >> yes. >> so you were out in the shed with us when we were putting it all together. you are one of the

so it's on celticthunder.com. >> living the irish dream! >>0 absolutely. >> ryan, neil, damion, emmett, emmett. >> correct. >> excellent! >> what are you singing for us? >> "ireland's call" today. >> here they are! celtic thunder! ireland ireland side by side we stand like brothers together we will stay united through darker days and we'll be unatable forever ireland ireland together standing tall shoulder to shoulder we'll answer iretand's call come the day and come the hour some will live in song and stories we were born to follow our guiding star and to meet our ireland i iland together standing tall shoulder to shoulderr we'll answer ireland's call hearts of steel and heads unbowing voing never to be broken we will fight until we can fight no more till our final requiem is spoken ireland ireland shoulder to shoulder we'll answer ireland's call ireland ireland together standing tall shoulder to shoulder we'll answ ireland's call we'll answer ireland's call [ cheers and applause ] >> you guys, were so great! >> awesome! >> back with moren

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john, thank you. >>> dancing an irish jig. >> the throw back to my irish dancing days. >> also, coming out bracket we're talking about tips, the bracket butts -- mine is already, not even first round >> t >>> it's 6:45, and developing this morning, a tex police officer is face -- a texas police officer is facing newer der -- murder charges for pursuing a teen. he chased him down in his personal car, and eventually shot both teenagers at a nearby gas station. all of those event go against police procedure. >>> we have policies to deal with off-duty enforcement that we all follow. >> the only explanation i can think of is my client is a black police officer. >> johnson faces assault charges in the car. now he was wounded but is expected to survive. >> hang today, michigan governor rick snyder will be on capital hill -- capitol hill, taking questions about the flint water the water supply became tainted with lead when they decided to switch its water source to the flint river to save money. he is asking congress for money to fix the problem. >>> a pet bereavement day are to help employees

patrick's day we are not celebrating, the irish people. one of the busiest places all >> they there are a good lively crowd. >> these bandmates come to charlotte to help the queen city celebrate the authentic irish music. some experiencing the first st. patrick's day in the states. and that's on kevin machak fox 46 wjzy. >> of a celebrating doesn't end tonight. the st. patrick's day parade will kick off saturday at 11:00 a.m. monday corner of trying on and -- street. our entire team will be out there. , meet our fans. in dublin ireland thousands took to the streets into the st. patrick's day parade read many wearing traditional green. believer or not this is the biggest biggest st. patty steisel operation the world. that right the lungs to new york city. the charlotte fire department's latest recruitment plans got hands-on training this morning. the department burned down a home in a floodplain in the sure workforce neighborhood. the city bought the homes because of problems with flooding in the area in the past. the owners took the buyout

patrick wasn't irish?t the emerald isle and their ancestry. answer a lot of questions and some myths as well. it's called "the story we carry in our bones." irish history for americans. julie osbourne mcknight is a professor of irish studies in the lehigh valley and is the author of the book and she's here now. happy st. patrick's day. >> thank you and -- [ speaking foreign language ] blessings on the day of patrick i' irish galic. >> i love it. your irish roots run game. do you find that a lot of iriár americans don't know that much about their history? >> most irish americans don't know. there were four huge waves of immigration. the first in the 1700s. those were the scotts irish, who fought in the american revolution. then the potato famine. then a great immigration after the irish rising, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. and then an ongoing immigration that's been continuing ever since the 1920s. >> julia, why is it important for irish americans to )jju something about their herit