of only bringing the bill forward so i could get the media headlines. kind of ironic. but this is about the saving of girls. this is about protecting the health and dignity of those girls. female genital mutation is so brutal violent act and we need to be sure that we re putting every step forward to protect these girls. and if a mother or father o somebody in the family decides to put this child through this act, they need to be held accountable. absolutely. you re going to be speaking about this at the u.n. tomorrow. congratulations on that. lori loughlin and felicity huffman two of the parents caught in the largest college cheating scam ever. but next up, we re celebrating
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i wore black, i apologize. but you know what, i m green at heart, as millions across the country are celebrating st. patrick s day bryan llenas live outside of studios of midtown manhattan one block where new york city parade is making along it s way fifth avenue. you re wearing black and i m not surprised always the rebel. [laughter] 257th st. patrick s parade in new york city, the first on march 17, 1762, 14 years before the declaration of independence and o sk, today is an important day, it is all about celebrating st. patrick, the apostle of ireland, he s the person who brought christianity to ireland back in 1631 and ever since then new york city has led the world with largest parade, some 100 marching bands, 2 million spectraiters, cardinal timmy dolan in attendance as the parade went by. not only here in new york, in chicago as well.
you just have to post a picture to twitter or instagram, how you will be celebrating st. patrick s day. you will be entered to win. loan lucky person will earn a trip to the dunkin donuts headquarters and create their own personalized donut. that is a fun thing there. heather: thank you. it is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. and urgent warning all parents need to hear, scary new phone scam that could target your kids. always military police and a lot of 3:00 pm fights. heather: shaquille o neal defending the second amendment, he says banning guns is not the answer. no easy way out my name is jeff sheldon,
are wondering why this guy from ireland is coming over to speak to your political system here and what s wrong with it. that s something for americans maybe to talk b i think our responsibility as irish people is grab st. patrick s day back from that white nationalist viewpoint and to present it as a celebration of immigration. if you re an irish american who is celebrating st. patrick s day or any sort of american who s celebrating st. patrick s day, you have to realize it s a celebration of an immigrant people here and what the irish went through in america is exactly what, as you say, mexicans or puerto ricans or whoever else is going through now. it s the same fight. it s the same story. and we left ireland to come here in coffin ships, which is exactly what syrians are doing now. coffin ships that went to the bottom of the ocean because they are so rickety. that s why we feel so passionate about it because it s a moment in history. an t let . patrick s day just be a parade, it has