it took a long time for it to be the nation napnal anthem. only dutook the first vers. >> let's take a -- listen to the english version. ♪ >> an english him of course now that's ours. >> you can hear the mel lol de. i don't know what the words are. it is something spectacular. >> as you point out there's only one verse to it but we only sing one verse. >> the song has only one verse. otherwise it would be 15 minutes long. >> every time a new state came into the union they would add an additional star and eventually with the flag act they stopped doing that. >> they stopped doing that. >> they hwould have had too man flags. >> if you look at the flag there the original is much smaller because they cut it up afterwards and started giving out pieces of it as a souvenir. can you image if you have one of those pieces. >> the original one was 30 by 42 feet. a bunch of young women had sown this together. >> they put it together. you can go to the smithsonian today. encourage everybody to see it it's awe unexpire to go see the original flag. >> it me

which will be followed by the singing of the negro national anthem.ith that, i'd like to ask reverend jones if he would come forward for the invocation. (applause) >> let us bow our heads. unite our hearts in prayer. eternal god, creator of the world, sustainer of life and lord of history, thou art great and beyond our power to fully know or comprehend. so, god, we come today to give you thanks for both the ordinary and extraordinary mercies of our lives. we thank you for the gift of living in a city where the richness and diversity of races and cultures is celebrated. and as we begin this celebration of african-american history month, we remember with fondness those who worked and sacrificed to make a life for themselves and their people. we remember those who marched, who sat in, who were jailed and who lost their lives that we might obtain in this nation of immigrants full person hood and full citizenship. we celebrate with joy notable african-american san francisco ans such as mary rodgers and howard thurman, danny glory, willie brown and now lond

did they also do the american pledge of allegiance and american national anthem?the american pledge of allegiance. it's been a supreme court precedent since 1943 west virginia state board of education versus barnett it's illegal to compel the students to say the american pledge of allegiance and also to compel. >> greta: i interrupted you. >> it should also be illegal to compel an american students to recite the pledge of a different country. >> greta: so what happened to your client? >> my client said that she was having a conscious objection to this, she felt it was not right to recite the mexican pledge of allegiance and when she spoke to her teacher about it her teacher start today coerce her to actually say it and said that she loved mexico and that brenda should not have a problem with this. brenda then went to the principal who tried to coerce her to try to say the mexican pledge of allegiance and she ended up opting out and not do it and she was given an alternative assignment and on that alternative assignment, a girl fluent in spanish she received a 13 o

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> dan ashley singing the national anthem.t on his cape and help the bulls. this is abc7 sports report. brought to you by river rock casino. one of the hardest things, to sing the national anthem with no music and i think dan did a nice job. that took a lot of guts to do that. >> he was excited about it. >> thank you so much. that is it for this edition. news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. i'm ama daetz and for all of us thank you so much for joining thank you so much for joining us. there are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people--psychopaths and mystery writers. i'm the kind that pays better. who am i? i'm rick castle. castle. castle. i really am ruggedly handsome, aren't i? every writer needs inspiration, and i've found mine. detective kate beckett. beckett. beckett. nikki heat? the character he's basing on you. and thanks to my friendship with the mayor, i get to be on her case. i would be happy to let you spank me. and together, we catch killers. we make a pretty good team, you know?

. >> if i could ask everyone more time, i think we short changed chanel silas on that national anthem. [applause] she actually stood in sergeant jerry darcy who laid world series fame and lore was going to sing, and has the same cold that everyone has, and channel showed up. i want to thank the families and friends that are here, and dignitaries. and the board of supervisors who are represented. supervisor campos and weiner, great friends of the department. and commissioner loftus, needs no introduction. and willie brown, tremendous friend of the police department. i don't know if we have been blessed to have a mayor more supportive in our hiring plan, than mayor lee. i appreciate everyone working together to support us here in san francisco. now to the matter at hand. we are privileged to be here of the 56 sworn officers that are sworn to the rank of sergeant, captain and deputy of chief. in all endeavors leadership is critical to success. as we move into the first half of 2013, solid and sound leadership as commissioner loftus spoke us is critical to the success of the san francisco

and ended with the singing of the national anthem. >> it is not possible for me to enter into every home. to greet personally every man and woman, to caress every child in who's eyes is reflected the innocence of life, still i feel close to all of you and you are all in my prayers. permit me to express my sentiments in the lyrics of your own song. america, america, god shed his grace on thee. and crown thy -- >> following the airport ceremony the pope was whisked through the streets of washington to the cheers of tens of thousands of admirers. >>> in 2008, pope benedict xvi flew his plane shepherd i to washington, d.c. even before he landed he began to speak on one of the scandals. the pope said he was gravely ashamed about the abuse scandal. >> reporter: president bush did something never done before. greeted the pope. he told reporters on board that he still has trouble understanding how catholic priests could have molested american children. >> i'm deeply ashamed and can't believe this is possible that this can happen in future. >> reporter: the church has paid out more than $2 billio

and ended with the singing of the national anthem. >> it is not possible for me to enter into every home. to greet personally every man and woman, to caress every child in who's eyes is reflected the innocence of life, still i feel close to all of you and you are all in my prayers. permit me to express my sentiments in the lyrics of your own song. america, america, god shed his grace on thee. and crown thy -- >> following the airport ceremony the pope was whisked through the streets of washington to the cheers of tens of thousands of admirers. >>> in 2008, pope benedict xvi flew his plane shepherd i to washington, d.c. even before he landed he began to speak on one of the scandals. the pope said he was gravely ashamed about the abuse scandal. >> reporter: president bush did something never done before. greeted the pope. he told reporters on board that he still has trouble understanding how catholic priests could have molested american children. >> i'm deeply ashamed and can't believe this is possible that this can happen in future. >> reporter: the church has paid out more than $2 billio

. >>> and finally, could this song replace our beloved national anthem? ♪ ignition hot and fresh off the kitchen mama ruling that body got every man in here wishin' ♪ >> you heard correctly, that's r. kelly's song "igniton." fans have started a white house petition to make this r&b song our new anthem. so far 4200 signatures. i will say i love that song, despite r. kelly's personal and legal troubles i think he's extremely talented. >> for all the sporting events might make it more interesting. >> goes well with a ball game. >>> this next one comes from krvc tv in abilene texas. one 7-year-old plans to leave her mark on the world by following in her dad's foot steps. alicia gutierrez is an official tattoo artist. in five years, alicia's dad expects his little girl will have the skills to complete awesome pieces of work all on her own. pretty brave to let a child tattoo you. >> i'm mara schiavocampo, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> now, a quick look at some of this morning's headlines. the lead stor

. >> last night dan ashley performed the national anthem before the san francisco bulls minor leaguey game at the cow palace. et ♪ the land of the free and the home. the brave ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> dan and his band "push" also performed before the game and at intermission. by the way, the bulls lost the game to the alaska aces 6-2. heytvelt, don't blame that on dan. he did his job. >> we do have some dense fog along the san mateo coast. 2 1/2 mile visibility but that should lift and we are look at mid-60s at our coast withet lighter wedged. the summers get warmer through midweek. extra cloud cover and slightly cool we're the on shore push the end of the week. >> that is going do it for us. thank you for joining us on the abc7 submorning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. abc7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. we are up early this morning because of the nba slow >>> the pacers visiting south

they standing the national anthem and pledged to defend the south china sea and the country's sovereignty. share in the enthusiasm and they welcomed a top diplomat. china's maritime activities are not only a japanese concern. he said those anxieties are shared across the region. he underscored the importance of relations between japan and china. he said he hoped talks might lead to more understanding. the foreign minister said indians have various issues with china and they, too, are trying to settl their disagreements. >>> japan's defense minister has concerns about china buying jets and submarines from russia. the first meeting tuesday was with the russian ambassador to japan. referring to china's recent contract for the purchase of new russian fighter jets and sub marines. he told the russian ambassador china has nearly quadrupled its defense budget over the past ten years. he said, this is raising concern among neighboring countries. heaid russia has frequently cooperated with china on defense and the contract conforms with international rules. saying japan hopes to push ahead with de

. ♪ >> inauguration days for president obama with beyonce singing the national anthem. ♪ whose broadright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight >> it was a moving moment. >> every time i look at her, singing for the president and performing worldwide, and then i think, that was my baby. >> darla johnson was beyonce's childhood dance teacher. >> i know that she's beyonce. i know that she's worldwide and everybody know her and everybody scream, et cetera, but even when i see her, she's still my beyonce. ♪ >> a proud moment that didn't last long. >> did beyonce fake it at the inauguration? >> this was a question on a lot of lips in washington today. >> beyonce and her lip-sync stunner. >> did she or didn't she? >> did she? didn't she? and does it even matter? this was beyonce's response. posted to instagram. online and on air. >> i'm saying leave beyonce alone. >> was it live or on tape? >> she became a hot topic of conversation. >> i'm not surprised that she did lip-sync. >> i still don't think she did, though. >> i just think people think there just has to be something else behind who

next week, the national anthem girl gets a web redemption ♪ what so proudly we hail as the stars like- stars ♪ that is so disrespectful. make sure you tune in to see my new stand-up special happy thoughts, premiering on comedy central march 6th. be sure you follow me on twitter so we can live chat during the shows. and keep up with our daily blog over at tosh.comedycentral.com. and finally some of you have been taking a lot of unnecessary cheap shots at me lately. and it's okay when it comes from my half-wit fans, but it's another thing when it comes from a fellow talk show host, especially one who's not even on network television. listen to what this hack had to say. hi i'm wesley. i watch tosh.0 last night and what can i say about daniel tosh. you think i got this show because i'm funny. >> you said it danny boy. >> it's not hard to do this show. green screen. check. youtube videos. check. random videos of me naked. i'm naked. check. i just don't get it. but hey i'm only 7. thanks for watch. now get out of my room. i thought you were going to play with me. not you. >> the audience.

their daughter's school, claiming she was unfairly punished for refusing to recite the mexican national anthemthe texas teen-ager first shared her story with "fox & friends" back in october. take a listen. >> she told us we were going to recite the pledge and that we were going to do the national and we were going to do all this stuff. and what was sad was that it was like right after 9-11 had just happened and i felt like no, this is wrong. >> gregg: let's bring in our legal panel, both are fox news legal analysts. mercedes, wait a minute here. this is a single cultural awareness assignment in an advanced spanish class. and therefore, it's entirely justified. what say you? >> oh, my goodness. absolutely. when i first heard about this case, i said i cannot believe in this country, there is ethnic intolerance. are you kidding? the united states is a melting pot. in ten years, 25% of the country americans will be of hispanic descent. and it's a single day, single assignment. this is not -- by the way, we're going to forget the pledge of allegiance of the united states. every day you're going to

i mean, she was there to sing our national anthem. >> was she, though?access hollywood" begs to differ. >> "access hollywood?" >> yeah, they said she was lip synching. and i was like "i care why? hashtag, jay-z is one lucky man." >> can we please discuss more important issues? there are very real changes facing this nation. >> speaking of change, what's up with michelle's bangs? >> i am sorry? >> her bangs. what, guest starring on the new girl? when she finally gets those bangs cut, she is going to be like i can see at last, thank god almighty, i can see at last.

. ♪[ music ] >> the venezuelan national anthem rang through the hall for the funeral of hugo chavez whoied tuesday from cancer. leaders from latin-american nations all attended today's funeral. the nation's vice-president is scheduled to be sworn in as interim president this evening. >>> roman catholic cardinals have wrapped up a week of meetings and now all 115 cardinals are at the vatican. they announced this morning this coming tuesday they will begin the conclave to select a new pope. in the last 100 years the longest conclave lasted five days so there is optimism the new pope will be chosen before the beginning f of holy week. cardinal timothy dolan wrote in a blog post this week they are focusing on major issues like preaching and teaching, caring for schools and hospitals and protecting families and the unborn. >>> oakland police join forces with state and federal agencies for a large crime sweep this morning that is part of an ongoing operation called cease- fire. we have more details on the story breaking during mornings on 2, brian flores joins us live with late information on

on may 3rd, it is metallica night, the bay area band will perform the national anthem. on july 10th, the giants slumber party after the game. fans will camp out after the game at at&t park. >> i think that's fun. >> absolutely. great thing to do with the family. be sure to tune in to nbc bay area where you can watch the giants take on the a's. game time, 7:15 right here on the broadcast home of the world champion giants. >>> want to check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. things happening today. >> oh, yeah, it is happening. things are going to get a little bit more active as we head through the next couple of days. good morning to you, laura, marla. good morning to you at home. so close to the all-important weekend. temperatures and conditions will be similar to what we experienced yesterday. we have a little bit of a better chance for showers, specially up in the north bay today. overall, the weather pattern kind of holds off until we hit this weekend. the active weather starts up saturday and fires off on sunday. we'll get to that coming up, 57 to sta

grace, i would not do that right now, but would like to lead you if i could in lip-syncing the national anthemright. that's a super bowl joke and probably need to get serious for a moment or two. but it was an inauguration joke, i guess i'm a little confused. yeah. they had -- they had too much in common. okay, to be serious, and nonpejorative. some of you know i wrote a biography of detrick bohnhoffer and it's because of that that i find myself thinking this morning and often recently about the issue of religious freedom in america. many people have said that they see disturbing parallels between what was happening in germany in the 30's on this usual and america today. and i'm very sorry to agree. let me begin with my hometown danbury, connecticut. some of you-- go hatters. some of now that thomas jefferson wrote a letter to the danbury baptists in 1801 in which he uses the phrase separation of church and state and in case there's anyone who doesn't know it, the sense in which jefferson uses that phrase is actually the opposite of how it's generally thought of today. today we often hear it m

. >> my husband and i, we cry every time we hear the national anthem.his means a lot to me. >> reporter: then the captain who says he's never done this before walked slowly off the plane carrying the flag. the terminal completely silent. >> it is truly an honor for our agency to take part in this service. it's the least we could do for santa cruz officers. >> reporter: from hand to hand, then off to hp pavilion where thousands will pay their suspects. those who knew of the tragedy but didn't know about this flag's journey say it's a fitting tribute. >> excellent. this is a wonderful deal. continue doing it, please. >> kind of emotional. yeah. pretty impressed. >> reporter: gilroy police actually volunteered for this duty. we're told that the flag will stay here in san jose until about 5:00 this evening. then put back on a plane and it will be flown back to texas where it's housed. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, christie. a reminder, we'll bring you the funeral for those two fallen officers live on our air st

but it wasn't until herbert hoover of all people in 1831 that the national anthem. t to sort of gain really popular acclaim to the point where it became our national hymn. most people think it was our national anthem immediately. but it took over 1100 years. and it is where it is today. >> there were other songs running america the beautiful, i think was one of them. how did this win? how did star-spangled banner beat out the population. >> by popular demand. it wasn't crowd source back then. i think it became de facto that the song that people wanted to sing before sporting events and other big moments. it beat out america the beautiful. got bless america. and other songs that we occasionally use as our national anthem substitute. >> didn't do an "american idol" style text your favorite anthem to ryan seacrest. >> alisyn: as a side bar. i did a story on a group called madison rising. i don't know if you have ever heard them. they have been on our show once. they do a heavy metal hard rock version of the star spangled banner it is fantastic. i recommend everybody go

presentation of the colors by the united states armed forces color guard, the singing of our national anthem, and the retiring of our colors. ♪ oh, 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 right stars -- right stars through the perilous fight the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as the chaplain of the united states us senate gets -- gives the invocation. >> let us pray. oh mighty god, sovereign of our nation and lord of our lives, thank you for this opportunity to place a statue in the us capital building that honors a gifted, courageous and talented woman, rosa louise arcs -- parks. we praise you, lord, with infusing her with the resolve to sit down so that millions could stand up, helping to launch a nationwide effort to end the segregation of publi

his older sister sang the national anthem and she is recovering from melanoma and her family says she is now cancer-free. >>> good news from. >>> state game wardens would have new ways to handle mountain lion ent courts under guidelines just released. allowing rangers to consider nobody lethal ways to deal with the animal and set up a team of expert as consultants. proposals are in response to the outrage that followed the shooting of two emaciated mountain lion cubs in half moon bay. >>> the man fell 50' to the ground just before noon today near midway and patterson roads in tracy. alameda county sheriff's office says the parasail received a. electricity, but the man was not elect rocuted. pg&e says there were no disruptions to service today. >>> the federal government says plans to accept private bid for the restoration of moh etfield as hangar 1. the san josi mercury news that future of the airfield has been uncertain since toxins were discovered in 2003. google co-founders larry page and sergey brin have previously offered to pay the cost in exchange for storing their airplanes at

i would like to leave you in lip-synching the national anthem.hter] that is a super bowl joke. i guess i probably need to get serious for a moment. was an hour duration joke. i get them all confused? inaugurationd jokes? i get them all confused. they have to been much in common. to be serious, i wrote a of bonhofer.bo -- because of him, i find myself thinking about religious freedom in america. many people say they see disturbing parallels between what is happening in germany in the 1930's and america today. i am sorry to agree. that me begin with my home town connecticut. some of you know -- let me begin with my hometown of dan bury, connecticut. jeff russ and uses the phrase separation of church and state. -- jefferson uses the phrase separation of church and state. jefferson and the founders bought precisely the opposite. they knew that the states, was always tempted to take over everything, including the religious part of people's lives. they made sure that government could not prohibit the free exercise of religion. [cheers and applause] you

. >> and, now, a new inauguration day for barack obama with beyonce singing the national anthem. ♪ who'srought stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ >> it was a moving moment. >> every time i look at her, you know, singing for the president and performing worldwide and then i think, you know, that was my baby. >> darla johnson was beyonce's childhood dance teacher. >> i know that she's beyonce. i know that she's worldwide and everybody knows and everybody scream and touch her, but even when i see her, she's still my beyonce. a proud moment that didn't last long. >> beon say and her lip sync stutter. >> did she or didn't she? and does it even matter? this was beyonce's response posted to instagram. online and on air. >> i'm saying leave beyonce alone. >> she became a hot topic of conversation. >> i'm not surprised that she did lip sync. >> i still don't think she did, though. >> i just think people think that there still has to be something else bhiempbd wehind is. that no one is really that nice. no one is really that gracious. and maybe that's why people attack so hard a

national an then. and, of course -- anthem.and, of course, because the people are not very much affiliated with the staff, they would just mumble their national anthem. but there's a line in the national anthem that say that we will face our oppressors and enemies. and then the whole stadium will sing loud that one single line. and then, you know, that was the message to generals who were running the country. and they will mumble the rest of the national anthem. so if you can find a way to use words which will mobilize people and will be difficult to censor, that would be the really cool thing to do. so there is two schools of thought. first, avoid the battlefield where they are stronger than you, and go make songs and spread them through different channels. if you don't know how, then sing them. and then the second thing, if you go to the battlefield they can't control, you use the way that people noaa you say, but it's very difficult to censor. so these are the two different ways. and by the way, i know very much clever chine

. >> last night dan ashley performed the national anthem before the san francisco bulls minor league hockey game at the cow palace. [the land of the free and the home. the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> dan and his band "push" also performed before the game and at intermission. by the way, the bulls lost the game to the alaska aces 6-2. coming up next, an amazing super senior who is proving its never too late to learn >> new this morning following in the footsteps of hollywood legend fred astaire, a woman is making headlines. taking up dancing at the age of 88. marion has only been at it a couple of years, but already she's an award-winning student at the fred astaire dance studio in orchard park, new york. the super senior is now polishing her moves to participate in a choreographed dance show in buffalo later this month she also plans to perform in toronto in april. looking good, looking really good. >> the sun coming up at 7:28. we are looking at the extra hour of daylight. low 70s concord and santa rosa. low 60s up toward stinson and point race. warm each and every day. increas

. >>> last night abc7 news anchor dan ashley performed the national anthem before the san francisco bullsor league hockey game at the cow palace. ♪ the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> dan and his band "push" also performed before the game and at intermission. by the way, the bulls lost the game to the alaska aces 6-2. that dan, i'll tell you, you have not lived until you have seen rocker dan there. he performed form friends of faith, our breast cancer walk last year. very popular. >> did he have the suit and tie on? i will doubt it. >> no, he did the whole jeans, that kind of move. >> gotcha. this morning as we check out things arnold. bay, the radar is quiet. knoll surprise. live doppler 7hd, certainly not having any activity with all this beautiful weather and we will be looking at temperatures above the average for the next several days. in fact, we are looking at the week ahead, which will take us out a couple days before the official start of the spring season. the he'll quinn knocks starts on the 20th. we are looking at temperatures well above n

. >> inauguration days for president obama with beyonce singing the national anthem. ♪ whose broad stripes ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight >> it was a moving moment. >> every time i look at her, singing for the president and performing worldwide, and then i think, that was my baby. >> darla johnson was beyonce's childhood dance teacher. >> i know that she's beyonce. i know that she's worldwide and everybody know her and everybody scream, et cetera, but even when i see her, she's still my beyonce. ♪ >> a proud moment that didn't last long. >> did beyonce fake it at the inauguration? >> this was a question on a lot of lips in washington today. >> beyonce and her lip-synch stunner. >> did she or didn't she? >> did she? didn't she? and does it even matter? this was beyonce's response. posted to instagram. online and on air. >> i'm saying leave beyonce alone. >> was it live or on tape? >> she became a hot topic of conversation. >> i'm not surprised that she did lip-synch. >> i still don't think she did, though. >> i just think people think there just has to be something else behind who she is. >