at arlington national semitism terry. according to the cemetery records there has been a 24 hour watch on the tomb of the unknown soldier,, a solemn place consecutively since june or since april 6, 1948 after being closed, lawrence, to the public for the majority of the pandemic the famed resting place of thousands of heros, the cemetery is open again, the president will join the vice president today, the second gentleman and first lady, he'll give a cuts o mariah carey speech after he visits the tomb of the unknown soldier. yesterday, the president delivered remarks in wilmington, delaware at a memorial day cemetery encouraging americans from all stripes to come together and remember those who fought for this country. >> i hope that the nation comes together. we're not democrats and republicans today. we're americans. we're americans who have given their lives. >> [applause] reporter: this weekend also marked the sixth anniversary of the death of the president's son , bow biden, the former delaware attorney general and p

check with frank in fire station 5 in arlington, virginia. frank, when i think you can't do more you keep giving. talk to us what you're doing to honor the 20th anniversary, sir. >> look, 20 years ago we lost 2977 great americans just going to work that day. a lot were first-responders like my brother that gave his life up. he was married had five kids. it is so important we never forget what happened 20 years ago. so i'm walking from the 3:00 places that had such unbelievable loss of life. starting at the pentagon, to shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 73 went down, we remember todd beamer let's roll and they saved a lot of people on the ground and of course ending up at ground zero in new york city, following my brother's final heroics footsteps he ran through the brooklyn battery tunnel. i will walk through there as the sunrises on the 20th anniversary of this year, to make sure americans never forget what happened. rachel: i love what you're doing. again never forget. i have always been surprised, frank, young kids aren't learning the

biden you don't want to put anybody else in arlington? have you thought about this? are we going to let americans in that country tri outside of kabul just die because you were tired of the war and wouldn't listen to your experts? now, when the people outside the ring of the airport want to make their way in with their paperwork and the taliban say no, are we going to stay outside and say oops, i guess you are going to have to stay and live under this regime and be beheaded maybe we can see that video a little bit later. that's the choice you have left it can country. steve: at the airport thousands of americans waiting. dips and thousands members of the embassy personnel on the north side of the airport which is controlled by the military. the balance of americans in afghanistan have been told by the state department to shelter in place. do not come to the airport. but, nonetheless, you know. brian: now they are stuck outside. steve: well, they are waiting for everything to, you know, get a little more worked out there because they can't obviously. ainsley: we knew

org to sign up for arlington project. and we share the photographs on social media for the rest of the folks. pete: thank you both, god bless you. keep us posted. >> thank you. pete: thank you. coming up, meghan markle is exploring a run for political office. how do we get to this story after the one we just covered. plus lara trump. we'll talk to her too. she is great. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa this isn't just freight. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. these aren't just shipments. they're promises. promises of all shapes and sizes. each with a time and a place they've been promised to be. a promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you. i've lost count of how many asthma attacks i've had. i've been on and off oral steroids to manage my asthma. does that sound normal to you? it's time for a nunormal with nucala. my nunormal: fewe

i just talked to nicole neily down in arlington, virginia. she says she sees it in her kid 's school she was talking about how in rhode island, one teacher trying to get the children to be political to testify one way or another even though she showed exactly how she was going to testify against the anti-critical race theory bill, in their town. it's across-the-board, but what's interesting about it is it's not just republican or conservative parents who are up in arms. it is democrats, independents, republicans, it's everybody across-the-board because when you look at what it's about, your kid, sitting in that class, at the end of the class, is going to figure, i'm either a victim or i'm on oppressor, the way they went critical race theory and a lot of parents don't want their kids thinking like that. it's that simple. brian: yeah, there was this guy , i'd never seen before. he was on "meet the press" his name is brad todd and rnc operative and he said i think this started because parents had it with the educational bureaucracy of covid, and

he will be buried in arlington national cemetery after a private viewing for his family. two fbi agents shot and killed while serving a search warrant in south florida. newly released audio revealing the terrifying moments. ♪ fj respond to a shooting in 10100 reflections boulevard. 10100 reflections boulevard. track 2. send those over [inaudible] jillian: the miami herald says the suspect was lying in wait watching the agent doorbell camera as they approached opening fire kill special agents. three other agents were shot. officials say the gunman died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. two of the agents are in stable condition. the third was treated at the scene. it extremity weather winter storm dumping up to 3 feet of snow on the east coast. nominee new york and new jersey still trying to dig themselves out. in connecticut police revealing the driver of this truck that sank in an icy lake was doing donuts in a parking lot beforehand. she is facing reckless driving charges after being saved by rescue crews. now to this story the british world war ii veteran who r

. >> it was an honor and pleasure to serve the residents of north arlington. lawrence: an emotional send-off for a new jersey police officer is going viral after an incredible 20 years in law enforcement. he joins us now, officer shawn peck. shawn, thank you so much for joining the program and thank you for your service to the country and your community. sir, what was going through your mind as that send-off was happening? >> there were so many emotions, half my life basically i've been doing this and now it's going to be over. sadness, excitement, scared, too many emotions to really describe lawrence: you know, shawn, as we reflect on the time that you dedicated to your community, why did you make the decision that it's time to retire? >> the decision came after working 25 years in public safety, and the career that i established. one small mistake, it all could go away, and i didn't want to take that chance, so i had a very successful career, wonderful support with my family , my co-workers, i thought it was time. lawrence: you know, sir, you talk about that

in places like arlington, virginia, across the river from washington, d.c., the arlington public schools, they're going to return to in-person teaching for two days a week starting next month. progress, right? ainsley: all right. nursing homes, then we talked about the schools opening back up and now to impeachment. another story we're following this morning. griff jenkins joins us live as former president trump's defense team prepares to make its case today. hey, griff. >> reporter: good morning. it's trump's turn now after house managers spent two days making an emotional case that the former president is guilty of incitement and remains a danger to democracy. >> if you don't find this a high crime and misdemeanor today, you have set a new terrible standard for presidential misconduct. >> impeachment is not to punish but to prevent. we are not here to punish donald trump. we are here to prevent the seeds of hatred that he planted. >> reporter: as trump's legal team takes the floor, look for them to focus on the former president's language before the riot. >> it's a false dichotomy here

a live look at arlington national cemetery. a beautiful day. the third u.s. infantry unit i'm reading the anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier commemorating bat 21921. this is should be an emotional veterans day as we say good morning on 11/11. speech on dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." it is a salute to veterans and it is a somber day, this memorial marks the first veterans day and 20

hundreds of police officers lined the street from the capitol building to arlington national cemetery for his burial. consulting giant mckinsey and company agreed to pay a $575 million settlement providing drug like is like perdue to aggressively market opiate painkillers was the attorney was reach to attorneys general in 47 states and dc following lawsuits that mckenzie failed to push the painkiller oxycontin. at least 400,000 americans have died from opioid overdoses since 1993. the cdc and a director announces schools can open without vaccinating teachers, this comes as san francisco sues its own school district to reopen in person learning, the first lawsuit of its kind in california and the entire country. in chicago cvs and the teachers union reportedly reach a tentative plan to provide 1500 vaccine doses per week to union members but students are still virtually learning. john travolta throwing it back for a super bowl commercial. >> the red one. ♪♪ it ain't good ♪♪ i got good ♪♪ ainsley: the ad featuring travolta and his daughter ella, the father daughter duo re-cr

he was shot and killed in arlington thursday. us marshals tracked the gps on his own leading police to conduct a traffic stop. officers fired after he allegedly pointed a gun, he was previously deported. capitol hill security finally getting scaled-down. mmo from the house sergeant at arms reporting perimeter fencing will be taken down this weekend after capital police said there is no credible threat. the removal will make independence and constitution avenues open to traffic for the first time since january. and inner perimeter of fencing will remain. the madness begins. oral roberts university getting its first ncaa tournament win in 47 years, pulling off the upset in overtime against number 2 seed ohio state, check it out. >> to the outside washington off the mark and it is over. expect the unexpected. >> the shocking upset busting 5 million brackets. this may surprise you but i did not know that oral roberts university was a thing until i saw it on twitter yesterday. you learn something new every day. will: you had north tex

griff: it's going to be so strange to tune in this afternoon to watch the rose bowl coming to me from arlington, texas because california can't get it right. why? >> yeah. you are absolutely right. i mean, the rose bowl used to be this huge thing for the chamber of commerce in california, right? people all around the country would see the -- this beautiful weather. the mountains in the back drop and people said hey, california is a beautiful place. why don't we move there? and now, of course, it's going to be in texas. this is crazy. i think what's happening is you have got this insufferable air gans of this one party dominated system in california. you have democrats that have all of the statewide elected offices. they have super majorities in both the state assembly and the state senate, and at the very top you have governor gavin newsom who tells people who do one thing and then is caught feasting at some high end eatery with a bunch of lobbyists. you know, it's do as i say, not as i do, i guess. the problem is, of course, the people of the state have had it. they can't take it anymore. and

the president of the united states came to virginia yesterday, arlington just across the river, pentagon city. and during that 17-minute speech, he mentioned donald trump's name 24 times. keep in mind, joe biden won the state by 10 points but because his approval numbers are completely upside down, what is he got to do? he is trying to turn glenn youngkin into a trump clone which is not accurate. ainsley: brought attention to youngkin's fleece vest. listen to what he said. >> trump likes to boast single best measure of the economy was the stock market. i never thought that well, if that's true, take a look at the stock market now. we are on the move. but we are on the right track. we got more to do. so if you are looking for someone that's going to keep your economy going and growing, the man behind me is the guy to get it done. extremism can come in many forms, it can come in the rage of a mob driven to assault the capitol it can come in a smile and a fleece vest. brian: is he actually saying you elect glenn youngkin and is he going to take over the capitol and you will see the shirt he

for the first time in a century, arlington national cemetery will allow visitors to walk along the tomb of the unknown soldier took the honors typically reserved for soldiers of the army third infantry regiment. spectators can lay flowers on the tomb november 9 and tent to mark the 100th anniversary. today president biden supreme court commission will meet to discuss reforming the nation's tort. the 36 member delegation releasing the first report showing members are divided about packing the court. the report comes after democrats called for an expansion following the court's conservative majority. the white house noting their release of materials are an assessment and not a recommendation. the commission plans to cement a final report to the president in mid november. the thrilling first postseason series between the l.a. dodgers and san francisco giants ends on an empire's controversial call. watch. >> no balls, two strikes did he go? he did and the game ends a swinging strike three. gillian: watch it, doesn't look like he broke, two outs, two strikes with the entire ruling two strike

fauci wearing two masks after being double vaccinated wearing a mask walking through a graveyard in arlington. wearing a mask even though his vice president is 1 feet away and off his right shoulder. it is the exact inverse of -- you want people to get vaccinated show them that life is going to change and the cdc came out two weeks ago and said if you have been vaccinated you can't carry the virus quickly had to walk it back while not denying it because it's not politically correct to say truth. bottom line is don't expect people to run to get vaccinated who are on the fence if you tell them nothing anywhere lives will change. ainsley: the new republic writes set us free from outdoor mask mandates and "new york times" talking with irrational covid fears. pete: good idea stop wearing your mask outside. atlantic writer, "new york times" writer right now. brian: absolutely. 26 minutes now after the hour if i'm being accurate actually 27. woke culture has officially entered the classroom. one teacher says here is a way for students to escape indoctrination go to the source he explains that story

. >> vice president kamala harris who was in arlington with the president yesterday is not expected to be in tulsa today. back to you guys. lawrence: thanks, jackie. ainsley: i'm curious to hear your thoughts on reparations. >> so excited we are talking about this story because so often this was. they are open. we call it a massacre. >> all b.a. back in the day 1921 they called it a riot. that's part of the reason how we got here. starts off as dispute between manned am woman. conflicting black man and white woman and as you know, lawlessness disseminates there they started to bomb the town. you have world war i veterans that try to shield the man and say we just want a fair trial. this area was known for the black businesses, even after the civil war. black folks were out there, you know, making millionaires, doctors, lawyers, businesses and people from all over came to greenwood to buy from this area and the government that's who owned the planes dropped bombs on greenwood. ainsley: everything burned. hundreds of people died. lawrence: a lot of people in greenwood, will, don't even k

and to lie in honor, his fellow officers will hold awake overnight. 6nick will be buried at arlington national cemetery. officials in olympia, washington say they will not be changing the way the city approaches homelessness after group of activists tried to take over accounting. 10 people were arrested after the redline hotel on sunday, other guests and staff forced to shelter in place, some said activists were denied. tony winning actor howell holbrook has died, he's known for his role as mark twain who he portrayed for decade in one man shows. he passed away in his beverly hills home last week which he survived by two stepdaughters. he was 95 years old. brian: i saw him as mark twain. it was fantastic. he was great. rest his soul. too bad. communities powered by oil and gas sounding the alarm on president biden's climate change actions. gas prices are going to go up. anyone talking about that? we will talk about it next. one of our favorite friends is back. elizabeth has to back with a powerful message taking on ainslie. ainsley: we love her. ♪♪ every veteran family deserves to

he was reelected by the people he represent in arlington, texas. he and susan got in their car, drove across the country so he could be in d.c. for the swearing in. i don't know how he caught the virus. i knows was a great man, a great public servant. we should remember him for his public service, and the courage of battling cancer to the very end. last week when a member of my family tested postdive for the virus, he's in the hospital, fighting for his life and he's texting me, asking how my family is doing. this is the left doing what they do, they want to politicize everything. steve: the suggestion is, look what he's tweeting out, almost as if divine intervention. as you touched on a moment ago, this congressman had been suffering from cancer for years. >> yes. that's right. and he has been battling it bravely. he was actually holding on in a very tough fight, right up through the end. with the virus, he was fighting the right way, right through the end and watching these guys politicize this thing with the school, yeah, he and his staff tweete

the troops come in from training out of their barracks, even the troops coming from the funerals in arlington and line up for mission bbq food on a regular basis. so, i know how impactful this has been and in spite of this pandemic for mission bbq to come through like this is overwhelming. ainsley: wow. how did you all decide to open up these restaurants and support the uso and have that american flag flying outside of each of these restaurants and you play the national anthem at noon and everyone stands up? >> you know, ainsley, it is a very simple story of just steve and i. we are a couple of best friends love of barbecue and love of country. fun to building is that meant something. so as was mentioned, we opened our first mission bbq intentionally on september 11th of 2011. 10 years after this world changed as we all knew it, in some small way we were just trying to change it back. >> trying to remind people we do live in a great country because what bhax this country so great are our heroes and their families. and we just simply define a hero as anybody that will stand in a line and raise

arlington firefighter elijah snow suffocated and died after getting trapped in a bathroom window at a different resort where the one he was playing. the family believe he was kidnapped and murdered. photos from the crime scene reportedly show his body badly beaten. the investigation is ongoing. indiana university is honoring dr. anthony fauci with distinguished leadership award. the school giving the country's top infectious disease dock tort accolade for his work on hiv prevention as well as at his leadership throughout the pandemic. the school says fauci will also deliver a fire side chat as part of the virtual award ceremony scheduled for early december. a navy widow spending her 100th birthday touring a ship honoring her husband. ima black getting a sky high look after telling sailors it was her birthday wish to fly in a helicopter. her husband was survivor and navy first master petty officer. the two were married for 50 years before his death in 2,000. aren't those photos amazing to see, rachel? rachel: yeah, they really are. thank you, jillian. beautiful. all right. well, a minn

siler began his 500-mile walk nearly six weeks ago in arlington, virginia, to mark the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. unbelievable to watch the progress of his journey. it really is. ashley: i think he has lost weight. jillian: i think he says that he has. rachel: he looks good. lawrence: i will be joining actually as he finishes through the tunnel this weekend for live coverage on "fox & friends." rachel: we are doing live coverage from the towers. todd: can you believe it's been 20 years? rachel: irony 20 year mark was what biden did in afghanistan, you know, many believe to, you know, prop up, you know, the 9/11 and have this photo op. and now this anniversary is going to be, i just think it's loaded with so much more than we ever could have thought. lawrence: a lot of tragedy. todd: when we should just be focused on those who lost their lives on that day. rachel: here is a whole other thing we have to be focused on which is chicago which by the way is another war zone. a 4-year-old boy this weekend was shot in the head. just inside of his apartment. and a stray bu

siller is walking 15 miles a day from the pentagon in arlington to new york city. the walk will take him through six states with his foundation holding parades along the way. siller's brother was a new york firefighter and died in the attack. he plans to arrive at ground zero on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. those are your headlines. pete over to you. pete: very cool we launched it yesterday on the show and we'll keep following him. thank you, carlie. after a weekend protesting the eviction ban expiring comrad cortez and other members of the so-called squad are pointing the fingers, excuse me, squad, at her own party for letting it happen. >> the house and house leadership had the opportunity to vote to extend the moratorium , and there were many, frankly a handful of conservative democrats in the house that threatened to get on planes rather than hold this vote. pete: now, house speaker nancy pelosi is demanding joe biden act, saying, "action is needed and it must come from the administration" that's why house leadership is calling on the administration to immedia

reporting live at globe life field, arlington, texas, back to you guys. brian: we are so jealous. all capacity unbelievable. thanks so much, dan. appreciate it. steve: progress. brian: let's hope. i was at a knicks game with a thousand people it might have as well been empty. ainsley: it was good to be there. brian: i had to whisper sometimes during time-out so they could hear each other. ainsley: jillian upstairs with headlines. jillian: let's begin with this story. the head the capitol police warning the deadliest attack could be exodus. the force is already struggling with staffing adding, quote: i have had many younger officers confide with me they're actively looking at other agencies and departments right now. officer billy evans died after he was rammed by a car. suspect noah green was shot dead. his family told "the washington post" they believe he was mentally ill due to head trauma from playing football. in a fox news exclusive, we are learning what a missing california mother allegedly said to family before vanishing. mya was last seen on january 7th. the very last day

they will accompany joe biden after his swearing in to arlington national cemetery where he will have a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. but a number of traditions have been scrapped either because of the pandemic, because of security risk or because of general political turmoil. president trump will become the first president in more than 150 years not to appear alongside his successor to commemorate a peaceful transfer of power. and that means that another tradition that's entoured since 1837, the inaugural ceremony, the ride from the white house to the capitol and the procession will not happen with biden and trump together. that has endured since 1837 when martin van buren road with jackson wooden carriage made from u.s. ss constitution. it has gone on since with very few exceptions since then. a number of other tradition also continue. biden is going to be continuing his personal tradition of attending church before a very significant event that will happen this morning and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is going to accompany him, steve? steve: a

jones is donating $0 million for the new national medal of honor museum and leadership institute in arlington, texas. jones telling "u.s.a. today" sports in part, quote: we need to show each other love from every kind of bias we can talk about. i have never seen anything that nails it like the recognition of the medal of honor winners and what they stood for. the museum is being built down the road from dallas cowboys stadium. that's a look at your headlines. send it back to you. will: that's an awesome idea a museum for medal of honor winners. that blm activist story that vendized the abraham lincoln statute the most important note there he was a professor. rachel: not surprised. will: president biden threatening retaliation against north korea after rogue regime this week. biden is leaving the door for diplomacy open. the general jack keane joins us next. south dakota governor kristi noem facing backlash after not signing a bill intended to ban biological males from competing in girls sports. the governor will join us live to defend her decision coming up. ♪ ♪ if these beautiful idaho p

when you are walking alone in arlington cemetery you can take your mask off there is no one else around. reporters, back up your cameras six feet and take your mask off because that's a good example for the rest of the country especially if you are vaccinated and even if you are not. dr. scott gottlieb is stuck in reality he is on cbs used to work with both administrations democrats and republicans. listen to what he says. >> look, i think a lot of the sacrifices we have made and measures have made substantial sacrifices over the last year the things we have asked people to do as public health officials were based on mutual consent that people understood we were doing these things to try to protect the public. as the situation improved we were going to pull them back. oftentimes the mistake we quicker to implement precautions or lift them. worried once we lift them we won't be able to implement them. lean more aggressively forward and look at ways to relax some of the provisions that don't make as much sense. the things done outside. ainsley: making decisions based on fear. to say your

brian: ainsley i just think we should start studying the success stories in arlington , texas, the rangers have been playing to sell-out stadiums. there's no surgement in jacksonville they have the ufc event six weeks ago there's no surge and when you have texas say we're getting rid of all restrictions six weeks ago there was no surge and they report zero deaths so why are we reporting that there's nothing wrong in the beginning of a pandemic not knowing but there's just a lack of humility. you're never going to get a vaccine in nine months, it happened. it's an neanderthal thinking to take off the mask, they did, zero deaths. governor cuomo in the beginning, we're not going to get hit like china got hit. we have a much better medical system over here. we got slammed worse than anybody else and we're still number one, sadly, in terms of deaths and hospitalizations and overall, i think that right now, if you just look at logic, since everyone can get a vaccine that chooses to get a vaccine, we have reduced the restrictions. they're gone, as a country they're gone. this is good news. i see

that is who is buried in arlington and veteran cemeteries all over the country. god bless that poor little ignorant be stupid snowman for being there and being in front of the microphone and showing you ignorant he is. pete: that the most stinging indictment of olaf i have ever heard in my life. well done. carley: very well done. can i say quickly that guy who said f the u.s. he said that he never looked at the military in a negative way until he took a gender studies class in college. and that is what happens when marxist literally take over our higher education. it becomes total indoctrination. i don't even think that him feeling that way is necessarily his fault. it's what he is being fed in college campuses. but, you also, joey, have a new fox nation special. usa ink is anow how tattoos have left their mark on history and culture. you have quite a few tattoos yourself and i hear you may or may not have gotten a new tattoo for this special. can you reveal that tattoo to us on air today right now? >> absolutely cannot. let me tell you pete hegseth is bad for my

arlington and fairfax are so politically one-sided. so you don't have the huge push back because parents who are conservative or republican are just, common sense people, they're not in the majority or even half and half in fairfax, they're really outnumbered. when they were going, speaking before their school boards too. but they're so outnumbered. it is even voting, why vote? it doesn't even matter. they're not represented all. >> in loudoun county it is not so. will: there is another big decision in loudoun county. we appreciate you both speaking up. both of you speaking up. lcps declined to comment on jolene's speech. more "fox & friends" coming up. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; it's important. we walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. - we've both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's

pete: chairman and ceo, frank siller, began the 42-day walk in arlington, virginia, on "fox & friends" three weeks ago. this morning he joins us about halfway through the journey. frank, it's great to see you. you're looking healthy. rachel: i think he looks like he's lost a little weight. [laughter] pete: i think so. we've been covering it, and i know you've been following the events in afghanistan. what are you thinking about as you get closer and closer to ground zero? >> well, i'm thinking about, of course, that we lost 2,977 lives 20 years ago, one of which was my hero brother that gave his life wile saving others, new york city fire fighter, but i'm also, of course, thinking about the 7,059 women that gave their lives for our country since nerve if, went and -- since 9/11, went and protected us here ott on our homeland. this past week i've been walking and talking to many gold star widows. last night at the concert we had many gold star families and widows, and they are distraught on everything that is going on as i am and as many americans are seeing what's going on over there.

you go to the sloping hills of arlington cemetery and the row upon row of white crosses, those are each one of them a memorial to the heroes in this world, and i would say their thoughts are a far cry from the patriotism i've seen out of ohs. pete: congressman, those are tweets, and they're vapid and they miss the point, but they might argue, okay, we're going to give a speech, and we're going to demonstrate our love are for the fallen memorial day weekend, but they've also had another chance, this white house to, to continue a tradition, a motorcycle ride happening today. you had to fight to make sure it actually happened. can you help us unpack why wouldn't it be embraced by the white house9 and the pentagon? >> i'm giving you my opinion at this point, and it's because i think they see a lot of the culture just as pawns. i think -- and that's a really painful thing to say. i think this white house sees many of those in service, and they'd rather see an early of the woke -- an army of the woke than an army of the imperfect bad asses that we served alongside. and i would take one of the

give his opinion on anything but you made the point on this, think of all our servicemembers buried in arlington, that was the last place -- all the soldiers crosses that were put up in bargain, all the things that occurred over the last 20 years, deserves a lot more than a backhanded brushoff of talking about what had gone on in the last 20 years and it is personal for you and me and so many others. >> it is not a statement about whether you like afghanistan or not. the reality is there, lives were changed, lives were lost and to dismiss and say -- it is just -- especially when you see the strategy unraveling or lack thereof a strategy. what do you say to afghan vets or others who are dismayed by this? >> we know the barriers, absence of brick and mortar, we left pieces, all of us, left pieces that build that place up and to the afghan vets, i'm so proud to have you all his brothers and sisters in arms, the dirt we chewed together, that we shared, the lifelong experiences, that is forever, we are walking into va and so you see the afghan hat as we are older we are going to be able to talk about

i brought with me the folded flag that was on his cassette at arlington national cemetery. to me it represents our fairytale. i'm so blessed to have had folds of honor come into our lives at a time it was very dark. you know, the weight of this flag is so heavy for families like mine and the fact that these scholarships are given to us, lightened the load of this flag a little bit more. i'm forever grateful to the organization what they have done for me and other families. will: so special. we appreciate the sacrifice of your family. >> thank you. will: lieutenant colonel, we highlighted the stories on several occasions. we had you on the show. you're doing something very special as well. you're here to present in big, multiple ways a big check, i don't know, come around the front, hand this to you, colonel. >> it is amazing. $592,000 in scholarships awarded from our friends at budweiser with this partnership. donated $18 million to the families like the o'hares. flew a t-38. it is unforgiving airplane to step in, many don't realize the flag weighs 2.3-pounds holding it but