THAT THREAT FOR STORMS AND HOW MANY MORE TIMES ARE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE POP. UPS
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK
. WELL IMAGINE PLANNING AND
PERFORMING IN THE MID
PERFORMANCE AS YOU HERE AT THE
U. S. CAPITOL ONLY TO BE CUT
OFF. BY CAPITOL POLICE IN THE
MIDDLE OF SINGING THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM- THAT VIDEOS GONE VIRAL
ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE ARE
GETTING RESPONSES FROM
WASHINGTON DC TODAY. ONLY ON FOX
ARE IN AIR UNDER LIVE WITH THE
RUSHING BROOKS CHILDREN'S CHOIR
AT FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH IN
TAYLOR'S. A WHERE THE GROUP IS
GETTING READY FOR A PERFORMANCE
TONIGHT ANNA. I'M SORRY THAT'S
RIGHT WE HAVE NINETEEN. TALENTED
CHILDREN PERFORMING IN THIS
CHOIR TONIGHT YOU MIGHT EVEN BE
ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE WRITERS.
AND THE PATRIOTIC BACKGROUND
BEHIND ME BUT AS YOU SAID. THESE
CHILDREN WENT TO WASHINGTON DC
TO PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
AND THEY WERE CUT OFF BY CAPITOL
POLICE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE. ARE
OUTRAGED BY THIS THIS IS WORKING
A LOT OF. CONTROVERSY BETWEEN
LAWMAKERS AS WELL SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE KEVIN MCCARTHY FROM
CALIFORNIA IS CALLING THE
INTERRUPTION QUOTE. UNACCEPTABLE
THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE CHILDREN
WERE WELCOMED BY HIS OFFICE AND
INQUIRED RECTOR DAVID RUSH BACK
TELLS ME THAT HE SPOKE TO
CAPITOL POLICE AFTER THE
PERFORMANCE AND HE WAS TOLD.
THAT THEY COULD BE THERE AGAIN
BY SPEAKER MCCARTHY'S OFFICE BUT
THEN HE WAS TOLD THIS WAS QUOTE
A DEMONSTRATION. AND OFFENSIVE
AND HE DID NOT HAVE PRIOR
APPROVAL TO BE THERE CAPITOL
POLICE LATER ISSUED A STATEMENT
APOLOGIZING TO RUSHING BROKE
CHOIR SAYING IN PART WE
APOLOGIZE TO THE CHOIR FOR THE
MISCOMMUNICATION THAT IMPACTED
THEIR BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF THE
STAR SPANGLED BANNER. AND THE
ALSO DENIED CALLING THIS
OFFENSIVE I DO HAVE TWO LOVELY
CAR MEMBERS HERE WITH ME THEY
ARE BROTHER AND SISTER I'M GONNA
LET YOU GUYS INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES RIGHT HERE WHAT'S
YOUR NAME. I'M CAROLE ONLY'S
CALLUM AND YOUR HAND I'M
CHARLOTTE OKAY CHARLOTTE COUNTY
CHARLOTTE AGAIN BROTHER AND
SISTER RIGHT HERE BUT WHAT WAS
IT LIKE ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO
GO TO WASHINGTON AND PERFORM. SO
THE CAPITAL OF TWO VERY
BEAUTIFUL BUT WHEN WE GOT IN
STATUARY HALL WE LINED UP. AND
STARTED SEEING DASH PANEL ANTHEM
AND AFTER WE SANG THE SECOND
VERSE IN GOD IS OUR TRUST. WE
WERE. CUT OFF BY MISTRUST BUT
BECAUSE- MR MICHAEL RAY WHO
ORGANIZED ALL OF THIS. THE TAP
ON THE SHOULDER AND TOLD CAPITOL
POLICE WERE HERE. AND SO WE JUST
STANDING THERE WAITING FOR WHAT
THE CROSSWALK COME TO SAY TO US.
THE FOLDERS AT THE CAPITOL
POLICE SAID FOR US TO STOP
SINGING. AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE
FOR YOU- I MEAN YOU WERE READY.
TO SAYING AND PERFORM AND THEN
ALL THE SUDDEN YOU'RE JUST. YEAH
WELL THIS WE WERE THE FINE
PHRASE OF THE SONG AND- WE SAW
SOMEONE WALKED OVER TO MR US
BACH AND- HE TAPPED HIM ON THE
SHOULDER AND THEY SPOKE FOR A
COUPLE SECONDS AND THEN. JUST AS
WE ARE PREPARING TO SING THE
VERY END OF THE SONG WE WERE CUT
OFF AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
MAKE OF IT. BUT LATER A COUPLE
MINUTES LATER IN FACT- MR OFF
WHAT CAME OVER TO US AND-
ADDRESS THE SAYING THAT. THAT
THE CAPITOL POLICE AND SAID THAT
WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SING IN
STATUARY HALL. AND THAT IT. WAS
CONSIDERED A DEMONSTRATION AND
THAT IT SIMPLY WASN'T ALLOWED.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN WITH THE CHOIR FOR ABOUT
TWO YEARS OBVIOUSLY YOU LOVE TO
SING- WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT
MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP SINGING
AND WHY DO YOU GUYS WANT TO SING
HERE TONIGHT. BECAUSE WELL.
BECAUSE WE'RE A LOT THE SAME
FLOOR P. PRINCETON AND SONG THAT
AS WE CAN. WHAT ABOUT YOU
CHARLOTTE. IT'S THE SAME WITH ME
I'D LOVE TO SING AND- I'M VERY
GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SING FOR THE
LORD. WHILE WE ARE SO EXCITED TO
HEAR IT AND- YOU HEARD IT FROM
THEM AS WELL THAT. THEY ARE
GOING TO BE SEEING HERE TONIGHT
COMING UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK IT'S
GONNA BE RIGHT HERE ON FOX
CAROLINA SO YOU NEED TO STAY
TUNED FOR FIVE O'CLOCK AND-
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE
THEM PERFORMING. AGAIN AT SIX
O'CLOCK IF YOU MISS THE FIVE
O'CLOCK SHOW SO. BE SURE TO STAY
STAY TUNED RIGHT HERE TO FOX
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