the live oak high school in morgan hill, california, five students wore shirts emblazened with the american flagn school's cinco de mayo celebration. they feared violence as 40% of the students are hispanic americans. the students asked to leave sued. on may 6th, 2010. megyn kelly and i debated the issue and i opined that the school was correct. >> there could have been a fight. don't you understand that that there could have been a fight? because this issue with the arizona and everything else. >> the theoretical notion that there could be a fight is not enough. >> bill: you have got to be proactive as an educator. >> you have got to be proactive in thamp bring all over the constitution then that ♪ allowed. >> legally this vice principal was out of line. the supreme court has held very clear the desire to avoid discomfort or unpleasantness among the students is not enough. >> bill: now the ruling has come down and here to tell us what it is attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly. no spin, tell the folks what the rule was. >> the ruling was completely bone headed. >> bill: now, wait. >> bill:

the flag. i love that you wear the flag on fox. federal judge in california -- a federal judge. not a principal or supervisor saying it's fine for schools to ban students from wearing the american ag t-shirts cinco de mayo. >> andrea: this is outrageous! what happened to the first amendment? right? no one is saying they can't celebrate the battle of puebla but why can't we wear the american flag? they argue students might riot and some students might get out of hand if they see the american flags on god forbid cinco de mayo. take the isolated cases and deal with them. we're going to trump the first amendment because of fear? >> greg: i disagree. as german american i better not see a single american flag during oktoberfest. you better wear liederhosen or i'm taking you to court. >> on behalf of irish i low people to wear the flag on st. patrick's day. >> you wear liederhosen all the time. >> that's a secret. >> drink the green beer. >> i didn't make you. i said here is your beer. stop at four again. the five kids, juan, came out and they said i'm going to wear american bandanas and american t-shirts. i'm going to go to school that way. five of them. the principal calls them in. t

the flag. i love that you wear the flag on fox. federal judge in california -- a federal judge. not a principal or supervisor saying it's fine for schools to ban students from wearing the american ag t-shirts cinco de mayo. >> andrea: this is outrageous! what happened to the first amendment? right? no one is saying they can't celebrate the battle of puebla but why can't we wear the american flag? they argue students might riot and some students might get out of hand if they see the american flags on god forbid cinco de mayo. take the isolated cases and deal with them. we're going to trump the first amendment because of fear? >> greg: i disagree. as german american i better not see a single american flag during oktoberfest. you better wear liederhosen or i'm taking you to court. >> on behalf of irish i low people to wear the flag on st. patrick's day. >> you wear liederhosen all the time. >> that's a secret. >> drink the green beer. >> i didn't make you. i said here is your beer. stop at four again. the five kids, juan, came out and they said i'm going to wear american bandanas and american t-shirts. i'm going to go to school that way. five of them. the principal calls them in. t

the importance of philadelphia as a port city. >> the flag's blue background represents loyalty and justice. it's the same color blue found on the american flag, which originated in pennsylvania. >> well, june 14th is flag day in the united states, and that's because in 1777, the continental congress met in philadelphia, and that's when they accepted the first-ever american flag. >> the declaration ofan flag. independence and the constitution were also written in pennsylvania. despite these contributions to our federal system, pennsylvanians did not want any government to have unlimited powers over their state. so emblazoned across their state flag for all to see is the motto, "virtue, liberty, and independence." and here's another influence pennsylvania had on colonial america. when william penn drafted the state's first constitution, he included religious freedom for all. that provision became the model for one of our nation's most important rights. with flag facts, i'm scott. revlon launches growluscious plumping masascara. with a conditioning formula that helps strengthen and plump lashes up to 200% instantly... for maximum volume...

staff was up here on stage, my friend had shared with many of you, they stood side by side, the american flagone time at war, and the only time you will see to flags of these nations side- by-side at peace, so we go over to our seniors for a flag song. please stand if you are able. long before the star spangled banner, many of these nations saying these songs -- sang these songs honoring the first flag of this nation. the eagles that recognizing the many battles. as the eagles would lead the warriors into battle, we would sing the song says. -- we would sing these songs. when the flood would return again, paying homage -=- when the flag would return again, playinpaying homage to the battle. >> going over to the friendship house frodrum. a retreat song. take them out. our eagle staff, carried by randy surely, united states army. airborne. how about a big round of applause for our intertribal the answers. -- dancers. [applause] go dancing. good singing. thanks for coming out and representing. the antar, the of hard. -- dance hard, dance hard. all right, thank you. you may be seated. randy surel

from overpasses to nearly every town along 680 to the american flag held up by two fire trucks. >> took my breath away. >> she brought her son to support her community, the military she believes in and the family that lost a son. >> everybody came out. amazing. >> reporter: some gave all. >> shows how much it means to us. how thankful we are. >> reporter: two years ago he walked this campus as a senior. >> he was a good kid. he was fearless. >> reporter: today made a huge impact. >> it's an experience. amazing. >> can't imagine what the family is feeling right now. >> the body remains here in danville. some students made care pactages for the marine battalion. the funeral is wednesday at 12:30. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a special american flag will be used for the funeral of fallen officer jim cupoo. he received the flag at san francisco international airport. the flag flown at ground zero and used to pay tribute to those protecting the country. the funeral is wednesday at 11:00 a.m. >>> there is a major break through in the crab strike and fisherman are ou

in california, high s principal banned the display of american flags on cinco de mayo for fears thereere many riots. i think this show may have covered it. now a federal court has ruled that the high school did have a right to force kids to remove the patriotic apparel. because the school's officials were responsible for the safety of plaintiffs on a day to day basis the court finds that they did not violate the first amendment by asking plaintiff to turn their shirts inside out to avoid physical harm. if there were violence on it. you are all right. >>> tank cat is always prepared. >> supreme court has ruled that schools have the ability to restrict speech if there is substantial disruption. the judge did note the year before on cinco de mayo there was a altercation by the flying of the american flag. did they make the right decision? >> i went to middle school that had dress codes. i thought it was ridiculous i couldn't wear a t-shirt with mona lisa on it. but that wasn't allowed to be worn because it had a picture of it. this is picture of american flags, of all things you think sc

all through the 60s and 70s, pan am owned the sky, planting the american flag in countries around thebe. this week 430 former pan am attendants landed in san francisco for their annual get together. renewing friendships torched in cities from beirut to bangkok. the food a reminder of the good old days. >> we have a big pan am family and we like to get together once a year. >> reporter: frank papoucheck was a pan am stewardess. for these fellow travelers memories are sweet. >> what do you miss about pan am the most? >> the comradery. getting together with the crew and joking and just having a great time. because we had such characters. >> i don't think anybody had the spirit that we had or has left the nostalgia that pan am has both for those who worked for pan am and for our customers at the time. >> this year also marks the anniversary of a movement that changed american history. in may of 1961 a small group of people took a journey into the unknown and in the process joined an epic battle to bring equal rights to african americans in this country. tracy mitchell first brought us thi

they were sent home from school last year for refusing to remove t-shirts showing the american flag. administrators worry that the clothes would cause problems. a federal court says that live oak high school has the right to restrict students free speech when it is likely to cause substantial disruption. >>> coming up, if republicans want a candidate who can laugh at himself, rick perry may be their guy. how he is using his 15 minutes of extra family from an embarrassing debate moment. >>> and he helped make twitter the place to be for celebrities. now he is pushing himself away from the keyboard. why ashton kutcher is in twitter exile. >> pushing toward the coastline are clouds and rain lurking offshore. tomorrow, showers and pinpoint the area that will be hit the hardest. as eyewitness news continues. >>> these students shuck corn, knit socks, and compost pumpkins all in the name of learning. why some of silicon valley's top executives send their kids to a school without a single computer. coming up next. >>> there are many private schools in the bay area offering schools advanced c

floor of the main gearly -- gallery at the american history museum, the most visited museum in the world, there is george washington to the left, the american flag to the middle, and the kiprusoffy collection to the right. and i just want you to know that because you know, luis was trying to tell you who the kinseys are and you know what? you need to know who's speaking to you so sometimes you sit up a little bit better and you listen, but we are very grounded in what we're doing and we've lived in san francisco back in the 1970's. we ran a million square feet for der -- xerox out of south san francisco. we ran the oakland branch in oakland for three years there where i had 100 black folks working for me in 1977, just so you know. so we got our roots in the right place. we got our hearts in the right place. and it's a joy to be here in san francisco at this beautiful building here in city hall. i want to thank the supervisor cohen and aughtle supervisors, catchose and others that are here. you get a feel ream quickly whether or not a city really gets it if the mayor -- mayor shows up and the supervisors show up you know what i mean? because if t

sent home from school on cinco de mayo last year for refusing to remove their t- shirts showing the american flag. administrators worried the clothes would cause problems. a federal court said live oak high school has the right to restrict students' free speech when it's likely to cause substantial disruption. >>> today pennsylvania governor tom corbett said he supports penn state's move to oust famed football coach joe paterno. corbett is a member of the school's board of trustees. the board decided to fire paterno along with the university president last night. both men failed to report claims of sexual abuse against children by a former assistant football coach. and overnight students toppled light poles and a news van to protest paterno's firing. >> i think that's kind of despicable. shouldn't have happened like that. it doesn't do any good. it just kind of tarnishes the name further. >> jerry sandusky is accused of sexually abusing at least eight boys over the course of 15 years. he has been charged with 40 criminal counts of molestation. >>> a bad time to get a brain freeze. >> commerc, edu

the district sent them home last year for refusing to remove t-shirts showing the american flag. administrators worried that the clothes would cause problems. a federal court says live oak high school has the right to restrict students free speech when it's likely to cause substantial disruption. >>> you have a dog? well, then you might understand what one man did a few hours ago in san francisco bay. he jumped into the water near red's java house to save his dog. elizabeth cook shows us what happened. elizabeth. >> the man was taking a casual walk right next to red's java house when the dog decided, i'm tired of walking, i want to go for a swim. it jumped over the edge into the chilly water ten feet below in the san francisco bay. proof that this dog owner would do anything for his best friend. after spending more than 15 minutes treading water. at one point, even under the pier, the man climbed up a rescue ladder with his dog in hand. >> a chill from the cold, the dog and the gentleman are okay. but we are doing a full medical evaluation. he will go home tonight with his dog. >>

hard to believe this is the united states and there's a day you can't wear the american flag. >> they were afraid it would promote some type of violence and unrest within the school among people thinking that wearing an american flag is anti-cynco de mayo. on behalf of the irish, i would like to say on st. patrick's day, american flags welcome. i will not take -- >> it is a good point. you're right. >> would that probably be an issue? probably not. >> i pretty much would say you could wear an american flag on st. patrick's day without a problem. >> let me ask a very important question. what happened to the first amendment rights of the american kids who wanted to wear the american flag? >> exactly. >> what kind of lesson does this teach to kids who wanted to be patriotic? sorry, you can't do it at least on one day during the year. >> the principal, the superintendent both agree with this decision. let us know how you feel, friends at foxnews.com. >> and dave made me feel bad today. his tie is so much better than mine. we'll talk about that. a mayor says he can't attend the local veter

. >> we are participating in many events like the -- run which is basically the american flag are running for 12 hours nonstop. >> with some students dreaming of joining the military after graduation they know they can find support. >> we already know what the future will be. >> they only happen once a year, americans can still reach out a lending hand to those who do so much. update new. >> >> many types of people fall into the category of a veteran, some when they fight in wars and others when they step up to the call of duty. with who did just that. >>> university police lieutenant may not come to mind when you think of veteran, but he's a veteran of the worst terrorist attack in the united states. he has reseed -- the new york city police captain was off duty that day but rushed to world trade center to save lives. >> these people and these blank looks on their face, and you know everybody it was frustrating. he says he's not a hero. >> because i didn't do anything spectacular that day. >> spectacular, in his mind are the civil i civilians who rushed to help. >> to me, those people wh

the first of this land. our eagle staff. these flags, the national standard. our american flags. our eagle staff fought on the same battle fields. today, they stand side by side with each other. remember our veterans with these songs as well. [singing and chanting] given up one more time for the singers, dancers, veterans. leaders in our native american community as well. calling up joaquin to present the native american health center with a mayoral proclamation. >> we share a responsibility for vibrant communities, and we have an opportunity to share recognition. last year, the native american aids project honored november as native american heritage month, and we will receive the proclamation from mayor newsom. we are proud to be partners with kqed. let's thank them. thank you so much for your hard work. thank you to the native american aids project for bringing the spirit into the room. thank you for all of our dancers, singers, but veterans, we salute you. on behalf of mayor newsom, the city and county of san francisco, we proclaim november 2010 as american indian heritage mon

now behind me is the assembly building the american flag that you see there, it is so large that you can fit a city bus inside each of the stripes. >> when you look that flag about 210 ft. long, wow! >>reporter: was in a few years nasa wants to start creating its rocket in here one that may take people to mars. [music] >>pam: we have had some partly cloudy conditions for the bay area this afternoon with a few breaks of sunshine. here is a look at the bay bridge we had some clouds out there and over all it was dry temperatures are on the mild side and got a chance to enjoy some sunshine. here is what you can expect for tonight. it will be cool. a little bit of patchy valley fog is expected tonight. by tomorrow morning expect to see a little bit of coastal fog and the rest of the bay area will be clear and we will have some increase in fog that will slowly move back on shore but we will have partly sunny conditions for tomorrow. there's no rain in the forecast and it will be dry and overall mild. now this system has moved on with down to southern california. our overnight lows it will b

you can see the american -- in the forecast. can you see the american flag there and we're waiting for the skies to clear for the beautiful thanksgiving day tomorrow. >> and i hope so. what is it like for the rest of the evening? >> that is going to be blustery and looks like things are drying out nicely. there is some rain out there and some sunshine this afternoon and quickly we fill in with clouds and showers. places like severn janet parker and chesapeake beach and between ann a rentel county and in through charles county, calvert -- ann arundel county and in through charles county and calvert county. if you're heading that way and crossing over the bridge, you may have a few showers youthe m look good and windy. you will need to keep a firm hand on the wheel as you drive this evening. the temperatures are dropping. as a matter of fact, we just looked at this. the high temperature today, 64 degrees and that is at 9:43 this morning and the front came through and where it's coal enough for the windchill value to kick in, feels like it's in the lower 40s an

this guy tuesday afternoon after he ran in the park and tried to get the american flag confiscated by police. in the overnight raid greenlighted by michael bloomberg, the city officials warned demonstrators the park was cleared cleared and restored. but when officers moved in at 1:00 a.m., hundreds of protesters staying in the park overnight resisted. brookfield property is the owner of zuccotti park asked the city to help clear the park, which had been parked with unsanitary cons. mayor bloomberg said the park would be reopened. >> the first amendment protects speech. not the use of tent and sleeping bag to take over a public space. >> but protesters say the more resistance, the stronger they will stand. >> on the 17th, so manymore people come out because of this. it doesn't stop us. it only makes us stronger. >> the lawyer guild had a court order to prevent them enforcing park rule on demonstrators. the judge said that rules in favor of the city banning tent and overnight equipment here. >> julie banderas live in new york. thank you. >> the effort to recall wisconsin republican gove

it's no too long ago, after 9/11 most people had the american flag pinned on themselves. everywhere. i think it's hysterical. >> it defines what it is to be an american, it doesn't have to lead to violence. one class the administrators need to take so necessity can figure out the definition of americans. >> this is ridiculous. inciting violence. whatever happened to the first amendment people. >> i would love for people at home today to get involved on this topic, send us what you think about it on twitter. mercedes, are you on twitter? thank you all. we appreciate it. gregg what is coming up next. >> gregg: an emotional day at penn state university and taking the field the first game since the dismissal of joe paterno that as the fallout from sex abuse scandal continues to grow. we'll have the latest on that. stunning new developments in italy. the prime minister has resigned but can the government hold it together and save their economy? we'll be right back. >> heather: s >> heather: hello. i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. glad you're with us. welcome

an honor guard presented the american flag and the flags of all the branches of the military. also special tribute was paid to the thousands of black americans who served while dealing with discrimination and segregation at home and in the service. >>> president obama spent veterans dane at hearing ton national cemetery honor -- day at arlington national cemetery honoring the memory troops. after laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown he promised the government would hire more veterans and asked private business owners to do the same and then gave a special thank you to all service members. >> to all our nation's veterans, wherever you fought, you are part of an unbroken chain of men and women who have served this country with honor and distinction. on behalf of a proud and grateful nation, we thank you. >> defense secretary leon panetta was on hand for today's ceremonies. >>> the republican president candidate did not take the holiday off, the hopefuls are in new york, new hampshire and south carolina. mitt romney is popping near the top in south carolina, but a majority o

an honor guard presented the american flag in the branches of the military. remony is paying special tribute to the thousands of african americans who served while suffering from segregation at home and in the service. >> montgomery county, maryland, unveiled the new tribute to our veterans today. it's a sculpture in silver spring. the dedication is part of activities planned to honor county residents. there's also a planned concert for later tonight. >> with the wars in iraq and afghanistan now winding down, a new generation of american war veterans is arriving home. and what many of them are finding are few jobs and a bad housing market. fox 5's tom fitzgerald activists are stepping in to help. >> the veterans service center in d.c. provides housing to 77 u.s. military veterans who found themselves without a home. >> came back home and was welcomed back. >> jamar williams said fighting a war was hard but coming home wasn't any easier. >> nothing i expected to face. i didn't expect to face homelessness for five years. it was just tough. >> when jamar came hom

an equal rights issue and that is that if you can fly the mexican flag that day or the chinese flag or whatever, why couldn't you fly the americanssue here is that can school officials extinguish free speech because someone might be offended? i think the judge basically agreed this was a political correctness issue run amuck. >> brian: why did you wear it on cinco de mayo. they said you would be disruptive, you and your buddies. >> we wore the flag pretty often throughout the year. we were showing our pride. if they're allowed to show theirs, we should be allowed to share ours at the same time. >> brian: and you did. you wore it you and ended up in the principal's office and nearly suspended. why was this so important for you to follow through on this and get what you call justice? >> if i were to flip any shirt inside out, it would have shown disrespect toward my flag. i wasn't trying to disrespect anyone else allowed to wear their flag. >> brian: did you, when walking through the halls with or without your friends, were you causing disruption? were some of these hispanic kids getting upset that you were doing that? >> no. i me

with the giant american flag suspended from fire trucks, the town welcomed home a fallen hero. the body first pass bid a. >> high school wraez a well loved student athlete. >> just a great student. life of the party. very happy. just a nice guy. >> he believed in what real heroes are. people look at sports athletes but he lived like one, every day. >> then, a motorcade through the is jernt of town. thousands lined streets, flags in hand. earlier, the casket was greeted by his family, three brothers and parents. and a long line of veterans at travis air force base. the family had private moments before a marine honor guard loaded the body into a hearst. his friends say his legacy will be greater than this final chapter. >> this story touched everyone. he knew what he wanted to do. he made an impact on everyone. >> and funeral services are set for wednesday and tonight at 6:00 we'll show you what this community turn outlooked like from perspective of one of those riding in a procession. >> and coming up, two tablets vie for the biggest share of consumer sales. >> and new place th

the grief we are feeling. this flag goes a long way to honor his memory. >> they carried the flag through san francisco international airport today. americanew the flag in for the funeral. he was shot and killed while chasing a bank robbery suspect. today the airline terminal fell silent when the officers passed die buy. >> touched my heart. >> we need police officers. who is the first person we call when we are in trouble. >> the honor flag first flew over ground zero after september 11 attacks. since then it appeared at funerals for heroes and flew on the final journey of the space shutting atlantis. his funeral is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on wednesday. >>> university of california at berkeley today a letter from the police union to both students and the administration. ktvu's noel walker tells us what the meeting said. >> reporter: the meeting let out 15 minutes ago. this is a copy of the four resolutions that were on the table. among them opposing all violent police action and asking the administration to take responsibility for the action. all of them passed. >> reporter: a special meeting drew a standing room only crowd. there was on

said i would take that if you take five of my bumper stickers say constituting america with the american flagbill: why are the occupiers running in front of the capitol now? because obviously the super committee didn't do anything and the stock market down again today. and, look, i don't know whether they understand this, they being the occupiers, but if the whole system, the whole capitalistic system collapses, jobs are going to be even more scarce, juan. it's going to be 15% 16% unemployment. they will be at the back of the line with the tattoo on the neck. that ain't going to help them. okay? so why aren't they saying to our legislators you pinheads can't do anything. you can't sustain a 15 trillion-dollar debt. so why aren't they there? >> god bless. that's exactly where they should be. because now they should hold these politicians who are absolutely dysfunctional, accountable for not taking care of business. >> bill: you are with me on this one? >> absolutely. >> bill: your reputation is in shatters now, you know that. don't try to go out to dinner tonight. your reputation is in shatter

said i would take that if you take five of my bumper stickers say constituting america with the american flag. >> bill: why are the occupiers running in front of the capitol now? because obviously the super committee didn't do anything and the stock market down again today. and, look, i don't know whether they understand this, they being the occupiers, but if the whole system, the whole capitalistic system collapses, jobs are going to be even more scarce, juan. it's going to be 15% 16% unemployment. they will be at the back of the line with the tattoo on the neck. that ain't going to help them. okay? so why aren't they saying to our legislators you pinheads can't do anything. you can't sustain a 15 trillion-dollar debt. so why aren't they there? >> god bless. that's exactly where they should be. because now they should hold these politicians who are absolutely dysfunctional, accountable for not taking care of business. >> bill: you are with me on this one? >> absolutely. >> bill: your reputation is in shatters now, you know that. don't try to go out to dinner tonight. your reputation is in sh