pete: welcome back new york saint paddy s day parade dates back 1872 before the founding of our country and leading the way for that for the 167th year is the fighting 69th infantry. i have served in that unit and marched in this parade myself along with them and spoke with them before on this show. but, before they start the parade, they are here on our plaza. with us now is staff sergeant kevin singer and other members of the fighting 69th. gentlemen, thanks for being here this morning. really appreciate you being here. this is a big day for the fights 6th. you start at the armory down on lexington lead the parade tout saint patrick s cathedral. talk a little bit about the history of the fighting 69th. we were started by the same man who first flew the irish tri color thomas francis mar came over here to support the irish immigrants here and to kind
do you know who they are saluting members of the 69th. irish brigade infantry battalion. i served in that unit back in the day. they lead the saint paddy s day parade. rachel: don t have to be irish? pete: two for day. university of maryland baltimore county the first 16 seed ever beat a one seed in the ncaa tournament. we have a couple kids to play. i don t know those people but they look like they are good players. ed: a two for saint patrick s day and march madness thanks sports pro-u.s.a. court they put together with our logo on it in honor of march madness. we will go out and shoot hoops. pete: i like three point shooting contests. rachel: all the green on the boards behind us. everything is green. it s saint patrick s day. pete: those green earrings are not hers.
but jason collins signed a deal today to stay the rest of the season with the team. the megamillions jackpot jumped to $400 million. there was no winner in last night s drawing. the next drawing is tuesday, march 18th. after i win, i will not be at work on wednesday. it s chicago s tradition. thousands celebrating along the chicago river as you see the city dyed the waterway green ahead of the st. patrick s day parade. but not everybody joining in on the celebration. sam adams beer pulled its sponsorship from the parade in boston after learning organizers of the parade would not allow gay groups to march openly. heineken followed suit boycotting the st. paddy s day parade in new york city. let s continue to bring you up to date on the breaking news we have been following all afternoon. the disappearance of the missing malaysia airline flight 370. malaysian prime minister saying this morning the plane veered off its schedule plan because of a deliberate action by somebody on board
halcion time. eye time when, as the uffington post sam stein notes, when jokes were a sure thing. then things got more complicated. a handwritten note on clinton s remarks after the 2000 election suggested that clinton commend and not congratulate vice president gore on his failed campaign for president. and indeed, clinton seems to have taken that advice to heart. coming up, they are not called the fighting irish for nothing. as the country gets ready to celebrate st. paddy s day, cities from boston to cincinnati are still battling over whether members of the lbgt community should be allowed to march in their st. paddy s day parade. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon.
behaviors. and these kinds of places are kind of the hives of moral debasement that are leading to, i think, what we re seeing, which is this white-on-white crime scourge. here s my question to you. what is it going to take to get the white power structure, prominent whites, hillary clinton, joe biden, to start speaking out on this kind of thing? to start talking about the st. paddy s day parade. to even just take the first step and condemn the huntington beach riots? you know, i wish that i knew. i wish that i knew. when i look towards the white leadership, when i look towards the justin biebers of the world, and the rush limbaugh s of the world and the sean hannities of the world, i often hear them talking about the problems within the black community, but i have yet to really see them take a serious, long look at the problems within the white community, and look at these kinds of violent offenses that are going on within white neighborhoods and on white college campuses all the