anniversary. ainsley: every year have you invited the president. this is the first time a sitting president has said i m coming. that s correct. since 1985 the policy of the united war veterans council to invite all commanders in chief. this is the first time accepted and we are glad to have him. steve: aren t you making it easy on him. isn t that going by his house. he has a different house right now. yes, it will go up to trump tower. one thing that s important if you think about the veterans community. the president has done more for our veterans in the last three years than what so many of us have been trying to do for decades. the choice that he is giving veterans to be able to go to a doctor and not have to wait on a line and potentially die. we lost a lot of veterans to that particular bad incidence at the v.a. he is also getting rid of employees at the v.a. who aren t taking care of veterans. so he is doing a lot for the veterans. brian: he talked about having his own par
political calendar but lately not so much. barely anyone remembers the origin of the st. patrick s day parades. while the supreme court has said that the allied war veterans council get to discriminate the power of the parade the statement of irish americans political clout is all but gone. the religious origins have washed in green beer. it is hard to see at this point why it wouldn t be simpler to just let everyone march. that wraps things up for the reid report. i will see you back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we will talk about tomorrow s medal of honor ceremony, long overdue for two dozen war vetera veterans, who were denied the honor due to discrimination. be sure to visit us online at thereidreport.com. i have to tell you, i am awarding at the end of the show today our award for the most irish of them all on the reid report team. this one is going to declan murphy. our anchor producer, nobody is
represented in green. everybody is irish on st. patrick s day, right? street paddy s day organizers in new york and boston have apparently not gotten that memo. right now, new york city s annual parade is marching through the city as thousands of participants didn t on snund boston. notably absent, new york mayor bill de blasio and martin walsh. both mayors and new york city council sitting out in solidarity with lgbt groups who are not allowed to march if they openly identify themselves. the allied war veterans council and in new york, the ancient order of hibernians. a group founded incidentally as the daily beast s michael matthew points out to fight discrimination under the motto friendship, unity and christian charity. christian charity indeed. now who might catholics look to for guidance in this matter? oh, yes, the pope. what s he said about gays