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to investigate whether he did that appropriately. >> the president needs to rethink the policy top to bottom. it is hurting his credibility and shortchanging the public. to head the review. how about someone other than the attorney general whose department is so deeply involved? that makes no sense to me. gregg: byron york chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner", a fox news contributor. he joins us live this morning. byron, when it comes to the doj secret targeting of journalists including fox news, is it a charade for the president to have his own attorney general review the attorney general's own actions, a sham investigation? >> yeah. it is an absolute charade because senator coburn is correct. you can't investigate yourself and the questions are, did the justice department ignore its own

guidelines in going after the associated press and also after fox news, not only taking phone records without the knowledge of the news organizations but in the case of fox news actually looking at the personal e-mails of a reporter and suggesting that a reporter, in this case james rosen, was an unindicted coconspirator in some criminal act? that is big stuff. there is plenty of precedent, this is not the first controversy that has ever happened in washington. there is plenty of precedent finding a way to investigate the government outside of the attorney general himself doing it. gregg: of course. the justice department is finally admitting, that, yes, eric holder personally signed off on the warrant that named our colleague james warren as a potential, coconspirator in espionage and yet here's what eric holder told congress 12 days ago. take a listen. >> with regard to the potential prosecution of the

press for the disclosure of material that is not something that i have ever been involved in or heard of or would think would be a wise policy. in fact my view is quite the opposite. that --. gregg: not only had he heard of it, he looked at it, he approved it. i assume he digested in his brain what he read. does it look as if holder deceived congress? >> that is the other element of this. one you have an investigation done either by a special prosecutor, somebody appointed to do that. and two you have what congress does itself. in this case the house of representatives is controlled by the opposition party. they can look into this. they can actually subpoena stuff from the justice department if they feel that it's necessary. so there's two pathways for further investigation of this. one is, in the congress and i should say even in the senate, controlled by democrats. there is a lot of outrain about this press intimidation. gregg: right. >> then two, there's the special prosecutor route as

well. gregg: look, byron, there are increasing calls for eric holder to be fired or forced to resign and not just on the right mind you but on the left as well. for example, the "huffington post" carry ad big headline, time to go, with a big photo of holder beneath it. is attorney general eric holder such a liability now that only his departure will relief the pressure on the president? >> i think he is pretty haveterable now. i think, yes he is close to the president so he has points there always. a lot of people didn't expect eric holder to stay past the first term. most cabinet officials don't. i think eric holder is almost on borrowed time if he didn't have these controversies. since he does and this is not the only one with the justice department i think it will be very, very difficult for him to stay. in the past, by the way, when investigators were appointed, remember the valerie plame case in the

bush administration. gregg: oh, yeah. >> john ashcroft who was attorney general stepped aside the whole thing. his deputy appointed patrick fitzgerald to investigate. gregg: we'll see what happens here. byron york, good to see you what happens. >> thank you, gregg. heather: gregg in the wake of these investigations a top democrat announcing a new "gang of eight" of senators will take a closer look government will investigate he is leaks. to strell what is being called the media shield bill. >> what i will propose with lindsey graham and with four democrats and four republicans another "gang of eight", i love these gangs of eight i guess. to set up rules, if a government wants to go to a member of the press, saying you have to divulge your sources and information they first have to go to a judge. that judge will impose a balancing test. heather: republican senator lindsey graham is cosponsoring

the legislation with senator schumer. this same bill was under consideration four years ago but never made it to the floor of the senate. gregg? gregg: unintentional consequence of the irs targeting scandal. the tea party now seeing a major hike in popularity. tea party organizations are seeing increases in fund-raising and donations. according to a new poll from rasmussen reports, 44% of the voters have a favorable now of the conservative groups, up 14 points since january. heather: something else to tell you about, one of the main suspects in last week's gruesome tear or attack in london. anti-terror police say he was arrested in kenya in 2010 and handed over to british authorities for deportation. greg palkot is live in london. what is the latest into the investigation of the murdered soldier? >> reporter: heather, that new information about the

main suspect in the hacking death last week of the british soldier raising new questions about if authorities did enough to prevent that killing. turns out that adebolajo, the one in the graphic video with the spouting off rhetoric was picked up in africa three years ago on suspicion he was trying to join an al qaeda linked group in somalia and was september back to the u.k. free to do whatever he wanted to do. this is the search for those connected to the killing continues. 500 police are now involved in the investigation. there are more house searches and arrests over the weekend. so far, a total of nine people have been brought in. six of those have an bp released. mostly on bail. the two main suspects remain under police guard in hospitals right now, heather. heather: greg, what continues to be the reaction there? >> reporter: huge reaction,

heather. as you can imagine, huge reaction from all sides. overnight in northeastern england a mosque was attacked. bricks and molotov cocktails were thrown. two people are under arrest. several mosques were attacked since the incident last week and other anti-islam protests a. a lot of negative chatter on social media. outpouring of grief from the scene of the killing continues yesterday. we saw the family of the slain soldier, lee rigby to travel down from where they live in central england to see where it all happened to see mountains and mountains of bouquets and messages left. this is a holiday weekend but the passion and emotion and questions have not taken a break. back to you. heather: greg palkot live from london, thank you. gregg: it is all together possible the brutal terror attack in london may have been inspired or may have

inspired another one in france afterwards. this according to police there who say that the stabbing of a soldier very close to paris bears all the hallmarks of islamist terrorism. the soldier was patrolling a busy underground shopping center and transportation hub. he remains in the hospital this hour and is expected to recover, police are searching for the suspect. heather: fox news alert for you now. new concerns of the conflict in syria is spreading after a number of rocket strikes in lebanon. at least four people were injured when two neighborhoods in beirut started firing at each other. the two districts support opposite sides in the syrian civil war. conor powell joins us live from our middle east bureau in jerusalem. conor, why is this spreading into lebanon? >> reporter: we've seen pro and and at this assad gunmen

battling it out in lebanon and suburbs of beirut. it appears the syrian civil war is beginning to spill over into lebanon. the most recent rockets struck hours after the militant leader nasrallah vowed that hezbollah would continue to support syrian president bashar assad no matter, quote, what the cost. hezbollah fighters are pouring into syria the past several weeks fighting alongside government forces. there are reports that hezbollah are taking heavy casualties in the fight in syria. the fear of all out sectarian violence in lebanon is increasing. this has syria, israel and the united states all extremely nervous. if it were to deteriorate into all-out civil war and take a very bad situation in syria and make it a very worse situation for the entire region. heather? heather: conor, mean time what is israel doing to prepare for the growing conflict? >> reporter: israel moved

tanks and anti-missile systems up to its northern border. there was a nationwide emergency test today. they are taking steps. right now they're watching to try to see what happens. anyone's guess what happens next is the main thing that is going on right now, heather. heather: conor powell, reporting live for us. thank you. ♪ . gregg: on this memorial day remembering world war ii. you're looking at live pictures of the national world war ii memorial where a wreath-laying ceremony honoring those who served there and those who gave their lives for our country in that devastating war. lots of dignitaries are there on hand today. there are prayers. there is the playing of music, the national anthem just occurred moments ago. we'll continue to monitor what is happening there. we'll bring you the latest.

heather: as gregg mentioned we are just getting started on this memorial day. in other news a top republican now calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the irs targeting scandal. >> my belief about the irs scandal is that this culture of going after tea party groups that were, you know, on the president's case about obamacare did just not accidentally happen. i think it comes from the top in terms of tone. heather: we'll speak with an attorney representing 27 of the groups targeted by the irs. gregg: the recent controversies facing the white house now one top lawmaker accusing the president of losing his moral authority to lead the country. a fair and balanced debate. heather: plus deadly flash floods leaving several communities just completely devastated and it may not be over yet. the threat. >> it is bad, really bad. like i said i have never

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heather: the ntsb now on the ground in missouri investigating the cause of a train collision that wiped out part of a highway overpass. seven highway travelers, they were hurt but nothing life-threatening. witnesses describe the crash. >> sounded terrible. it just, sounded like metal mangling. >> i hear the train rolling through pretty fast. next thing i heard was a destruction of a loud crash and stuff. heather: transportation officials say that it will take all summer to repair the damage. it will cost some three million dollars. gregg: new calls now for a special prosecutor to investigate the scandal involving the irs targeting

of conservative and tea party groups. one top republican saying, the administration can't investigate itself. it's time to bring in somebody else. >> there's clearly an organized effort within the irs to target political opponents of the president. that is undeniable. how does such a culture come about? how vast was it? who was involved? this really calls for a special council. gregg: jordan sekulow, director of the american center of law and justice. his group is representing some of the targeted groups of the irs. eric holder recently announced a few days ago to joins a department of justice investigation. look, he is so compromised his own closeness to the president, not to mention his own scanned deals, hills findings, holder's findings would be inherently suspect and therefore the case does demand special counsel? >> gregg, you hit the nail

on the head right there. the idea this administration will come out and say we're going to investigate ourselves. we heard it with the james rosen situation. eric holder said it was bad. find out eric holder did it and doing his own doj investigation. same thing with the irs. we now know white house officials were involved in the process especially with the planted question to the now, she's, she's --. gregg: loy wisconsin lerner on -- lois lerner on administrative leave. >> the deputy chief of staff was involved in the question. gregg: too many were lying about this. the question, was like a double lie. look, tea party groups, jordan, filed lawsuits against the irs, alleging hasment, violation of constitutional rights, violation of first and fifth amendments and violation of the privacy act of 1974. >> right. gregg: one is actually seeking class-action status for all of those targeted which could mean some of

your clients. >> sure. gregg: are you filing suit this week and if so what basis? >> we're filing suit very shortly this week, yes. we represent on this lawsuit, gregg, about 20 clients. we have the largest group. we have not gone so far the class action route. we're filing a multiplaintiff lawsuit in federal court. gregg: on what basis? >> some groups are different. gregg: are you arguing civil rights, first amendment, privacy. >> we've got the first and fifth amendment, the equal protection and of course the freedom of speech but also, there are specific remedies available. for instance, we have two 501(c)(3) applicants. they can get a declare judgment from a federal judge declaring them a 501(c)(3). gregg: right. >> that is one of the actions. there is also punitive damages available in some of these situations involving privacy. the administrative procedures act. it gets complicated. the idea is this. the government slow tracked groups that were approved. we have 15 of those clients. the government failed to

answer on 10 of our other clients which again violates not just irs policy but the law. gregg: of course. let me ask you a bit more about lois lerner. you did some digging. >> sure. gregg: she has said she learned about the targeting in the summer of 2011. and, then she claims, hey, in the summer of 2011 i put a stop to it. as i understand it you have a letter sent to one of your clients dated march 16th, 2012 and signed by lois lerner. what does it say? does it show that she is not telling the truth? >> this was interesting. so we have 15 of these letters between march and april of 2012. now march was key because that's when the acting commissioner of the irs, doug shulman testified to congress there was no targeting going on. you have the letters from lois lerner. we went back in the client files. we realized what she had done put a cover letter on the invasive questionnaires we had filed responses to saying hey, some of these

questions are not getting answers. here's why. she resent them. gregg: in other words you have proof she didn't put a stop to it as she told congress, right? >> it is exact opposite. one we published online and fox news published as well. questions about the facebook page, upcoming speakers, member bios. gregg: we're out of time. keep us posted on the lawsuit you will be filing this week. love it if you could send us a copy so we could look at it ourselves. >> absolutely. >> jordan sekulow, center of american law and justice. >> thanks, gregg. heather: amazing stories of courage and survival exactly one week after that deadly ef-5 tornado ravaged moore, oklahoma. >> debris starting falling everywhere around us and the dirt started coming in. and then it turned back and i don't remember for a while and then it stopped.

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gregg: frightening scene overnight aboard royal caribbean cruise ship, grandeur of the seas. a firebreaking out sending more than 2000 guests and nearly 800 crewmembers to their emergency station. the ship was off the coast of florida at the time heading off to the bahamas. the coast guard helping put out all the flames. nobody was injured and the ship did not lose power. it is headed to freeport bahamas for inspection. heather: well an emotional prayer service last night in moore, oklahoma. governor mary fallin joining victims of the deadly tornado that hit exactly one week ago, if you can believe

it. among the speakers a first grade teacher from briarwood elementary school sharing her amazing story of courage and survival. >> i told the students i needed their help to move the desks to the wall, and the children asked why and i said, we're going to play a game. and the children said, okay. and i, and i did not want them to be scared. after we got all the desks in place, i told students to get under the desk. heather: casey stiegel is live for us in moore, oklahoma, with the very latest. casey, a big turnout for that memorial service, right? >> reporter: yeah, heather. in fact about 2,000 people or so were in attendance. i got to say, this was so significant because it was the first time the community had come together as a whole since this disaster hit one week ago today.

standing room only at first baptist church of moore as people prayed for the 24 who lost their lives. the thousands who lost their homes, and the more than 300 who were injured. perhaps the most touching and emotional part of the whole program was when a group of students that you just talked about, from briarwood elementary school, the other school that was in town that was destroyed but all of the kids made it out alive, they sang, jesus loves me. a song that their teacher said they sang just as the tornado hit. as the walls crumbled around them, as you can imagine, not a dry eye in the house. those little ones got a standing ovation, when they were done singing. pretty powerful, heather. heather: casey, you understand as the storm got louder and louder, they sang louder and louder to help bring themselves through it. that was a remarkable story. how is the recovery going so

far? >> reporter: things are coming along slowly but surely as you can imagine. we've seen power restored in some spots. trucks that have been moving in and out of neighborhoods like the one behind me, carrying out heaps of debris and metal. it is a process that happens one truckload at a time, one shovel scoop at a time. no doubt a job that will be carrying on for the foreseeable future. listen how one woman i spoke with characterized it. >> when you're going to pick up the rubble, there is so much rubble that you can spend an hour and a half in one spot and make very little progress. it is almost like, giving up. you feel like you want to throw your hands up in the air. because of people supporting us you keep on going. that what made us keep on going. >> reporter: the damage here is estimated now to be around $2 billion. heather? heather: casey stiegel reporting live for us from the scene there in moore,

thank you. gregg: a top republican senator is calling out the white house over recent scandals. why senator rand paul says president obama has lost the quote, moral authority, to lead the nation. heather: plus former president george w. bush honoring this memorial day with his annual bike ride with some of america's wounded warriors. what the 43rd president had to say with fox news when we caught up with him. >> my heart goes out to you. i know exactly what our president must feel when he goes to oklahoma, for example, and sees the utmost devastation. people's lives changed in an instant. the amazing you thing about america these communities will rally around their friends. y feelings, todd. i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instd of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flap them chicken wings. [ grunts ]

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heather: kentucky republican senator rand paul now claiming that multiple scanned dalts are hurting president obama's ability to lead. watch. >> i think the constellation of these three scandals ongoing really takes away from the president's moral authority to lead the nation. nobody questions his legal authority but i think he is recently losing the moral authority to lose this nation and he really needs to put a stop to this. i don't care whether you're a republican or democrat, nobody likes to see the opposite party punishing you for your political beliefs. heather: kirsten powers is a "daily beast" columnist and tony sayegh a former aide

aide to republican presidential nominee jack kemp and both are fox news contributors. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. heather: how about a history lesson. start with that. john adams, second president of the united states. he said this, when, it comes to moral authority, power corrupts, society demands for more moral authority and character to increase as the importance of the position increases. so being president of the united states, that is a pretty important position. tony, how is his moral authority shaping up in light of this tri tech at that of scandals facing his administration? >> heather, prior to particularly the irs and the doj controversies most of the criticisms of this president have been rather partisan. they call them witch hunts. benghazi being a prime example. everything that was done in opposition to him was viewed through the political prism. what is happening now, even establishment democrats and

mainstream media outlets are unified in the fact that something went terribly wrong in the executive branch of this president's administration with the irs, with the department of justice, targeting media outlets, specifically a fox news reporter, james rosen. did they abuse their power? in a free society and one that is predicated on the freedom that we, that people are guaranteed and the power that we entrust to our politicians, when you see this abuse of power, it really calls into question this president's ability to keep denying that he knew anything. and the more we're learning, especially with eric holder being part of the james rosen targeting, we have to understand the plausible deniability is no longer a plausible defense and that does put into question the moral authority of the head of the executive branch and that's the president. heather: kirsten, i want to get your opinion in here. what do you think? >> i don't think the president needs plausible deniability in terms of stuff that happened at the

department of justice because this is just his policy. they're kind of walking it back but the real i he didn't need to tell eric holder to do this stuff. the president has been perfectly onboard with persecuting whistle-blowers which has been the whole point of the investigation into the ap and into fox. so i haven't seen them really feeling that they need to, there is no need to like, find that he was actually involved in this. it was the administration's policy. there's that. honestly i don't think most americans really care about it. we care about it a lot because it is the media. the irs scandal is another story. that is something everybody is upset about and there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the president had anything to do with it or frankly anybody in the executive branch had anything to do with it. i don't even understand the idea of trying to pin that on the president. >> look. let's go through the timeline. heather: before you jump in. it does appear to be the affecting the public. they are taking notice of it. all the recent controversies

are taking a toll on the president's standing with voters. according to the latest "fox news poll" of registered voters, just over half, 51% disapprove of his performance. that is up from 45% last month. this is the first time, tony, that the disapproval of president obama has topped 50% since april of 2012. so how are these numbers going to translate to other members of his party? >> sure. heather: will they lose seats, even the senate in 2014. >> absolutely. that's why you sigh so many democrats beginning to distance themselves from the defense of the white house because they know it is political liability going into the 2014 cycle. the president no longer will have to have his name on the ballot. the political cover he can give democrats is it gone and mitigated. go to the point that kirsten made somehow the irs scandal isn't really a big deal. >> i didn't say it wasn't a big deal. why, no, no. don't put words in my mouth. i did not say it wasn't a

big deal. i said the president didn't have anything to do with it. >> trace it back. june third of last year, the deputy secretary of treasury was made aware of the internal ig's report was going to cover this issue. we now know in the spring of this year the white house counsel and chief of staff were made aware of this. this is the political targeting of individuals and groups based on -- >> made aware of an investigation. >> opposition of this president. that has to be troubling, kirsten you're just miss representing everything. >> i'm not misrepresenting anything. those are facts. >> they were aware of a investigation into it. you were sounding like they made aware it was going on and they had done nothing. it was being investigated. >> what have they done about it? >> there was nothing to do about it. >> so the fact that hundreds of parties and tea party groups. >> you would be a lot better off if you stuck to the facts. >> those are the facts, kirsten. heather: here is one fact, the president is ultimately in charge. he is the commander-in-chief and all of this is happening under his watch and i seems

to say he didn't know what happened. so we'll see. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. heather: gregg? gregg: speaking of the president he did promise the most open administration in history, remember that? but has that really turned out to be the case? the new criticism after the three scandals hitting pennsylvania avenue. heather: plus the benghazi investigation takes a big step forward next week and democrats say they're working on a gameplan in case republicans spring a trap.

heather: welcome back. a special salute to our veterans. boy scouts in california showing their appreciation for the fallen this memorial day. hundreds of scouts placing small flags on each and every grave of each and every veteran buried at the national cemetery in san francisco. 26,000 flags in all. gregg: new testimony next week in the benghazi investigation when the coauthor of the state department audit meets with congressional investigators behind closed doors. democrats have indicated they have a gameplan or they have got to get one at least in place when ambassador

thomas pickering appears saying they're wary of a republican trap. well, kt macfarland, fox news national security analyst and was deputy assistant secretary of defense for president ronald reagan. good to see you. pickering, pickering's assignment was a small and narrow part of this whole sordid affair and tragic affair and it was almost irrelevant. so was this so-called big investigation by pickering and admiral mullins really just a subterfuge? >> yeah. here is benghazi. pickering was asked to look at this part of it, was there adequate and why not adequate security before the attack. gregg: we know the answer. >> duh, there was obviously not adequate security. four people died. why about rest of benghazi, why was there no rescue mission? why have we not gotten the people that killed our own? he has not looked into that stuff. gregg: the big question has got to be, and still unanswered eight months hens?

who ordered the standdown. >> there will be paper trail. i talked to one. combatant commanders, one of the embassies in the region had been attacked what would happen? we all have plans on the shelf to do rescue missions. there probably was a plan. we know a lieutenant colonel gibson in tripoli was told to stand down. that doesn't happen in a vacuum. there is a paper trail. the military doesn't do anything without authorization. i want to find out who was at the top of the paper trail and who made the decision to stand down. gregg: we don't even know the names of some of the people who were there, who were being targeted, who were being attacked. >> that's exactly right. gregg: how could that be? >> for couple reasons. we're told and we now think there will is certain amount of intimidation for the people, if you talk, that is the end of your career. gregg: by the administration. >> by the administration. no proof of that but there is a lot of pressure. the other thing if you take the oath of office you promise not to reveal classified information or

you lose your job. so there is incentive not to talk. what will happen? i was in the white house during watergate. these things have a progression. there will be congressional committee hearings. there will be immunity given. people who will be called to testify will be midlevel people. they will all have to hire their own attorneys on their own dime. so they will come out and say the truth and implicate --. gregg: there is paper trail for everything. >> you bet there is. gregg: maybe wasn't that way during watergate. >> there were tapes during watergate, white house nixon tapes. gregg: one wonders why he didn't throw them in the fireplace. >> everyone wonders that. gregg: eventually, even though it may be drip, drip, drip, the paper trail will prove what happened. >> the paper trail will prove what happened. the thing i want to now the congressional committees after the pickering hearings next week will they go to another level, will they ask for example, former head of the cia david petraeus, what did you know night and why didn't they rescue? the most important one, general carter ham, african

command, did you give that order? who told you to give the order. gregg: don't you know where the president was during all of this? >> in my experience the president of the united states when he said to the secretary of defense and joint chiefs of staff after being informed of the benghazi attack ongoing, you guys do what you have to do, tell me what happens after and you use your own judgment. no secretary of defense or joint chiefs of staff will commit the american troops without president's approval. gregg: that is american soil under attack. >> call me when it's over. gregg: you've got an american ambassador whose life is in the end, taken along with three other americans and the president is not in the situation room? he is not monitoring this thing? does that seem odd to you? >> every administration i've been part of even at the they those i've not been part of, 15 minutes there would have be a task force formed in the white house situation room where i used to work and representatives from all the agencies and intelligence --. gregg: president would be there. >> president would be there. national security advisor would be there, secretary of

state, defense and cia would be on the phone. gregg: maybe we'll get to the bottom of it. >> we'll get to the bottom of it. gregg: kt macfarland. thanks. heather? heather: too much, too soon. >> they did not direct the attacks in benghazi or boston. they have not carried out a successful attack in our homeland since 9/11. heather: general jack keen on declaring victory over al qaeda. gregg: supporting our wounded warriors with a challenging mountain bike ride. leading the way, the former president george w. bush. this memorial day. >> we've got great trails out here. they're pretty tough. to know that, in this case, men who had their leg blown off or had serious injuries are able to ride those trails is really inspiring.

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heather: president george w. bush, hosting the annual wounded warrior bike ride. the 100 kilometer ride, roughly 62 miles irk taking place on his ranch. fox news medical a-team, dr. marc siegel, he was invited to go along. he got a chance to talk one-on-one with president bush. >> we've got great trails out here and, they're pretty tough and to know that, in this case, men who had their leg blown off or had serious injuries are able to ride those trails is really inspiring. it was fantastic three days. i'm already looking forward to next year's and we hope you're here, doc. heather: dr. marc siegel joins us live. this is the second year that you've done this. you do plan on going back next year, right? >> with an invitation from

him, of course i'm going back. heather: yeah. >> the theme was humbleness and courage. president bush says no pity. the troops and the veterans act like it. president bush by the way when ininterviewed him wouldn't even take credit for his age initiative which is reaching 10 years right now, $48 billion. has saved over five million lives. he said that was during my administration. contrast that to other administrations. he won't take credit. i interviewed major ken solheim, he won a silver star and up for the congressional medal of honor. he wouldn't even mention that to me, heather. i have a below the knee amputation, to me i'm not disabled. courage, accepting the hand that is dealt you as president bush said. heather: tell me about some of the other wounded warriors there and participating. how many were there. >> there were 14 there. they had some special forces there. they had active army there, riding along with secret service. medical personnel were there. there weren't a lot of major

wounds occurring during the ride because everyone was really up to it and they followed president bush but it was pretty hard conditions. there was a lot of mud there. there was rain. it was slippery. he has one area on the trail which is very rocky. he said to the wounded warriors, he said, follow me up here. this is hard. you may get bloody and most of them went up the hill. heather: did anyone pass the president or was he always in the front? never pass the president. >> they're not supposed to, let me tell you something, i don't think they could. he is in incredible shape. heather: yes. >> the secret service was saying that to me. it is very hard to keep up with him. i'm getting closer but i will never be able to reach him. and even said to me, exercise is preventative medicine. he think that is the future of health care in america. if people would take personal responsibility for their health and do things like stay fit. heather: take personal responsibility for yourself. all this for a good cause for our wounded warriors. >> absolutely. the 100-k ride raises

awareness for the vets. how hard it is to get back to the new normal. post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic train injury and amputations. heather: dr. siegel. thanks for joining us. >> great to see you. heather: gregg. gregg: deadly flash floods and the worst may be yet to come, the threat this emmemorial day. heather: we're awaiting the president and the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery as we remember those who served and sacrificed this memorial day.

heather: record breaking floods make for a tragic memorial day weekend in texas as millions more americans deal with truly unseasonable holiday conditions, and the threat that things could get worse before of the weekend wraps up. welcome to a brand-new hour inside "america's newsroom." i'm heather childress in for martha maccallum. gregg: and i'm greg jarrett in for bill hemmer. floodwaters sweep three to their death in san antonio. many are spending the holiday weekend coming to terms with almost everything they own. >> all our hard work and it's just like it's gone. we have to start all over, my mom has to buy new furniture, everything. >> that is our big question, are we going to rebuild or not, part of us says yes, part of is says no. heather: meteorologist maria

molina is live in the fox weather center with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, good to see you both. good morning, everyone. we are talking about extreme weather conditions over the last couple of days across the entire country. parts of texas, in and antonio those people received over nine inches of rain in one day and that's what triggered the flash flooding across the area. warnings were in effect and unfortunately we did have fatalities from flooding out there in. iowa we have flood advisories and warnings in place out there. you're talking about several inches of rain that fell very quickly, an in iowa unfortunately not only are you expecting additional rainfall today but even over the next several days, and the ground already saturated from all the rain that we have received over the weekend in iowa, so, again, unfortunate situation, we are still expecting more rain in the state of iowa, and part of the reason why we are expecting additional rainfall is we have a brand-new storm system moving on this and it will not be producing rain just in the say the of iowa but as far east as

sections of michigan, parts of indiana and as far west as montana, even parts of texas will be seeing some precipitation from the storm system. again, looking at areas of rain already rolling through parts of iowa and also into sections of indiana. we did have severe thunderstorm watches and even warnings throughout the overnight hours. those have been allowed to expire. so we're not really thinking right now that the storms rolling through iowa and missouri are a severe magnitude. no damaging winds or large hail but the potential is there today, anywhere from texas up into north dakota, eastern montana as far east as illinois, you do have to stay alert because if you have any outdoor plans it is memorial day a lot of you are off some of the storms that roll through could actually produce severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour, large hail and even some isolated tornadoes, and the storm prediction center did also upgrade the risk for severe storms in parts of kansas and also in nebraska out here we are looking at a moderate risk, more of an elevated danger farce

satisfactorier sra. a little better for us in new york city as well. heather: you've got 97 degrees, # 8 degrees you mentioned, but we are also dealing with snow up in the northeast eufrpblgts i didn't even get to that, more than 30 inches of snow in parts of upstate new york. vermont picked up over six inches, a big warm up is in store for the northeast, get this we could be looking at temperatures in the upper 80s, maybe even 90 in new york city as we head into thursday, so it will be warming up just a little later than usual. heather: i'm going to using the nonscientific term and just call it wacky, because that's what it is. >> reporter: weird, strange, yes. heather: we mentioned earlier this was no ordinary storm as saturday's 9.87 inches of rain set a daily record in san antonio, the broke the record for all time daily rainfall during the month of may. set at 6.82 inches way back may

31st of 1937. saturday now marks the second wettest day of all time in san antonio, the wettest being october 17th, 1998. that's when you saw 11.26 inches. saturday is 9.87 inches coming in at number two. july 112-2002 coming in as the third wettest ever with a whooping 9.52 inches in a single day. gregg: new fallout in the trio of scandals swirling around the white house. critics accusing president obama of a conspicuous lack of transparency just five years after he promised to have the most open administration in american history. they say the president's team is trying to hide key details about the benghazi terror attack, and will only release a limited number of documents related to the i.r.s., and the doj reporter snooping scandals.

>> you're supposed to get information out before people even ask for it, you should have consistent explanation -gs. explanations sometimes you don't have a communications problem sometimes you have a reality problem, okay. we have i.r.s. that engaged in abuses and is stonewalling. we have an attorney general who is deeply prom me myselfed and may have misled a congressional h-pl committee. >> we have the editor of red state.com. he joins us live. good to see you, eric. >> good morning. gregg: is the president's obsession with secrecy if we can call it that just the opposite of what he promised, the openess and transparency, is this. for example, the least transparent administration since nixon? >> probably so. this administration is deeply hostile to transparency, they throw it around as if it's something they believe in when they really don't. it's very much projection,

almost saying that they believe in this and they are going to do it and not only do they not do it they are whose still to it and go after reporters who dare to breakthrough the transparency. gregg: on benghazi it was like pulling teeth to get some semblance of the story, still don't have it. it took them months to release emails and they only did it after some of it was leaked and still they haven't even disclosed the names of the people there, that were involved. and on the i.r.s. matter the white house was equally evasive and deceptive. they keep changing their story on a daily basis, and it's strange given what the president promised. take a listen. >> -p what i want to do is maintain this virtual community that we've built and i want people to keep challenging me and pressing me, and i want to create a white house that is more transparent and accountable than any government we've seen before. gregg: 2008, my how things

change. for all the gloss see rhetoric that the president was spewing about freedom and openess, do his actions prove he just doesn't believe it? >> i think they do. i don't think he believes it. i think the president runs a permanent campaign. in campaigns when you're running for office you try to do tree eplt tiff damage control and keep as much out of the press as possible. when you govern you try to over inform so the press doesn't build scandal where there may not be. the president has fallen into this trap of now there are real scandals because his staff didn't want to bring him up to speed and he himse the administration didn't want to tell the american people the. they should h-b not in a campaign mode where they want to boost popularity and poll numbers. his poll numbers are going down as a result. gregg: if you're doing the right thing, if you're honest and sincere, you've got nothing to hide, no need for secrets. the late lou cannon covered the nixon white house, his son carl

is actually a journalist now, he penned a recent column entitled richard milhouse obama. h-pl nixon was thin skinned, felt persecuted by the opposition party had a pension for classifying political adversaries and journalist -gs as enemies and 2r50eud t enemies and tried to control so fiercely that his aids committed illegal acts. he drew a comparison between nixon and obama. a fair comment? >> i think so. for a number of years democrats and republicans have compared bar ba barack obama to jimmy carter. they were wrong it turns out he's this era's nixon. gregg: good to see you. >> thank you. heather: just in time for the unofficial start of summer beach

communities wiped out by hurricane sandy ready to get back to business. david lee miller is live with us from coney island there brooklyn. how are you doing? >> reporter: good morning. we are doing well. didn't start off that way, though. the stormy weather the last couple of days gave a very rough start to the memorial day weekend. as you can see things are very different this morning, clear skies and warming temperatures. new york city has spent $270 million to restore the beach here at coney island and other locations along the shore, but the residents and businesses here are still hurting. many in this community hope their fortunes are now about to change. it will be a make-or-break summer for many coney island businesses. workers made final preparations for the estimated 1 million daily holiday visitors. although almost all attractionses on the elevated boardwalk are up and running many nearby businesses damaged by super storm sandy floodwater are struggling.

>> many of the stores are still only partially or maybe not open at all. we've lost some of our really good people. some are just hanging on, hoping that things will improve. >> reporter: the bumper cars at el dorado autoscooter needed extensive repairs. owner gordon lee who borrowed $20,000 to keep operating is cautiously optimistic. >> we need people to come enjoy themselves. it's so important for us to generate revenue this year, obviously we need to recover from this disaster. we are open, operating, but we are not close to recovering from that disaster yet. >> reporter: residential areas also suffered extensive damage caused by flooding. although receiving temporary housing from fema and private insurance to cover repairs homeowner rocco still has to come up with $45,000 to restore his home. >> i'm taking it day-by-day. i have wake up every morning at

4:00, where i'm staying, come back here at 6:00 to see what i can do to move it along. am i frustrated? yes. but i'm not going to get sick over it. >> reporter: nearly all the concessions and rides are now open nor business, but there is still a great deal to accomplish. over the next several months the army corps of engineers will be bringing in about 1 million cubic yards of sand. a great deal has been done, still a great more to be done. heather: good to see the sun shining and all the folks walking behind you there. thank ahh, david lee. gregg: nice day out. heather: yeah. gregg: well, a lot of new york city couples will soon see the after effects of hurricane sandy. tkhr is a nethere is a new report out that chaise hospitals are bracing for a surge in sandy babies. that's right, baby conceived during the storm and due this summer. many moms and dads to be saying with no power or television there was simply nothing else to do. okay.

so that's what you do when you're board. heather: i'm wondering how many of the little girls dark dash i guess boys too will be named sandy, what do you think? gregg: there you go that is a great idea. heather: quite a few i bet. gregg: don't call them hurricane. heather: dozens of air shows across the country have been canceled due to budget cuts. there is one air show that is still soaring and i will have an inside look this memorial day. gregg: plus, details on a new tribute nor two of the brave americans killed in the attacks on the american consulate in benghazi. heather: and some top republican lawmakers slamming president obama's new counterterrorism strategy, why they say that this major change is a bad idea and the new signs al-qaida may have actually gained strength. >> i think the rhetoric sort of defies the reality in terms of the threat level that we've all been briefed on. >> the idea that we can't have a ko*upt tere terrorism footprint to respond to the future osama bin ladens of the world i think

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talk to your doctor about nexium. gregg: two former navy seals involved in the pwepg r-r attack are being honored today. they will be remembered with special plaques at a san diego's veteran's memorial. they were serving at contractors when the consulate was attacked last september. through other americans of course also killed, including the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris steve sreps. heather: top republican lawmakers now slamming president obama's new counterterrorism strategy after the president said that he believes al-qaida is on the path to defeat. the commander-in-chief also tphal --

>> this is the most tone deaf president i can imagine at making such a speech at a time when our home land is trying to be attacked literally every day, changing the standards of when you can go after somebody with a drone, it has to be a continuing imminent threat to the american people, with no chance of civilian casualties, virtually no chance of civilian casualties. i think we are diminishing our national security infrastructure. heather: general jack keane is a refired four-star general and a former vice chief of staff of the army and a fox news military analyst. always nice to have you here. thank you for joining us. >> good to be here. heather: is the president tone deaf when it comes to fighting terrorism? >> it is absolutely stunning, the speech that he made. it's based on false and erroneous assumptions. if you review the strategic objectives of the al-qaida and the radical islam is to dominate the muslim countries in the region using jihad as the mean. and the number one objective to

achieve that is to drive the united states out of the region. to do that they must decent ra hraoeuz, the administration calls it franchising and they use that as an example of their weakness. as a matter of fact the al-qaida has gained in power, influence and geographic reach. they are back in iraq, they are in syria, libya, mali, northern and northern eastern africa. this was ordered by osama bin laden and they are obtaining their objectives. heather: so the exact opposite of what the president had to say. i do want to go through a couple of points that he made in his speech. first with the suggestion that the nation should begin moving away from the open-ended global war on terror, that began in response to the september 11th attacks. he said this. he said, quote, our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue, but this war, liker all wars must end, that's what history advises, that's what our democracy demands. but this is not a war like other

wars. you just mentioned jihaddist means. and how can you end a war if the other side doesn't end the war? >> well, right. we didn't start this war. the al-qaida and the jihaddists did. i mean, the real problem here is that we do not have a comprehensive overarching strategy to defeat radical islamist jihadism. similar to what we had to defeat communism which transended multiple presidents. we have no comprehensive phreuft cal, economic and military strategy to do this. that is at the heart of the problem. i think even president bush did not have a strategy that was comprehensive to deal with this. and certainly this president in pulling away and pretending that this is not a significant threat to the united states, and we are only going to deal with terrorist networks and not deal with the comprehensive problem is a huge strategic mistake. heather: we heard him say that before and then benghazi happened. the president also disclosed new

stricter rules on the use of unmanned aircraft to attack areas that are not clearly war zones like yemen and pakistan. he also indicated that the military will essentially now handle oversight of the drone program rather than the central intelligence agency. is that a good idea? why do you think the change there? >> i don't have any problem with the military handling the drone issue. but the fact of the matter is the use of drones is just a military tactic. we do not have a military strategy to deal with the spread of radical islam in the region and that's just the harsh truth of it. how much drones we use, he's probably going back to pretty much where george bush was prior to obama taking over in the use of drones. we are going to continue to use them and we've had some success. but that has not stopped the spread of al-qaida in the region. heather: all right. he also talked about kwa kwan

guantanamo r-r. he says he's offend end by the calls to close down guantanamo prison. what do you think? >> i think it's a mistake. the fact of the matter is some of the worst terrorists in the world we have in guantanamo bay. those that we release, far too many of them have gone back and entered the fight and i believe that number is underestimated when they say 20 to 25%. they should go before a military commission and be locked up for the rest of their lives and that's skwrufs the reality of it. heather: i have to wrap you up here but i ask to ask you that question. the timing of the speech do you think it's an effort to deflect attention from the scandals that the administration is facing right now? >> i don't have a clue, heather. i can't get into the motivation of what has taken place, i just know strategic lee it is fundamentally flawed. heather: general jack keane thank you for joining us on this memorial day we appreciate it. >> take care, heather. gregg: a new potential large-scale plan to attack schools. what we are learning about this nefarious plot.

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heather: the student will be tried as an adult. no motive has been identified. gregg: an incredible memorial day tribute is opening in los angeles. it's called the portraits of the fallen memorial. this showcases the more traits of 150 brave men and women who lost their lives in iraq or afghanistan. its motto, we will always remember, we will never forget. will carr is live in los angeles with more. >> reporter: greg, this story is what memorial day is really all about, it's an artistic tribute to the men and women who have laid their lives down for our country. >> in his eyes, in his smile, in his little crooked smile it's just him. he really, really captured donald's spirit. >> reporter: gold star mom carla

mowing began reflecting on the portrait of her marine son donald. >> his spiky hair, i mean that is my son. >> reporter: donald hogan's portrait is one of 150 on display inside this galleria jay sent to the university of southern california. >> what we needed to do is connect with the faces of those who have sacrificed their lives for our country. and we wanted it to begin with art. h-frpblgtoefp portrait is done by a different artist giving each a different look. >> i think a little bit of the artist is in every portrait as well. you can't help you're putting your heart and soul into the painting and tying to portray this faller hero so that two have come together. >> reporter: most of the portraits are done in acrylic or oil. so far all the subjects have been from california. the exhibit answer curator says her dream is to have the artwork for all 6600 americans killed mighting in iraq or afghanistan. heros, just like carla hogan's

son donald. >> every american should take a small amount much time to retphebg reflect on that, that there are terrible, terrible prices that people have paid for our freedom, and there are terrible prices still to be pai. >> reporter: those prices are certainly the foundation of this holiday. this group does have a facebook page and a website, that website portraits of the fallen memorial.org. back to you. gregg: will carr in los angeles and to our viewers welcome to will and from us, will you're our newest core respond tenth here at fox news. great to have you, thanks. >> reporter: thank you so much. looking forward to the opportunity. gregg: all right. we'll see you soon. heather. heather: coming up a surprising new report claiming that u.s. oil production will dominate world-wide supply growth over the next five years. so what is behind that? we'll take a look. this a memorial day tradition

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♪ [music playing] heather: a little bit of a ceremony for you underway at arlington national cemetery where the annual memorial day ceremony is about to get underway. president obama and first lady michelle obama are scheduled to arrive within the next half hour there. the president will take part in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. he will bring you -- we'll bring you the full ceremony as soon as it gets underway. gregg: a stunning new report claiming that north american and u.s. oil production will dominate the world-wide supply over the next five years, that is according to the

international energy agency in its new report. steven moore is a senior economic writer at the "wall street journal." he follows this very closely. so, steve, you know in the early 70s when i used to wait in line for hours for gasoline, you know, the old odd-even thing. >> i remember that. gregg: you remember that? i would occur curse opec for not only its oil dominance but it's embargo against the u.s. which was very mean-spirited. i never thought i'd see the day where american oil would dominate. what has changed? >> this is a great pro american story on memorial day. we may as well kaul us sudden deamerica. wcall us saudi america. we have store tonight tal drilling and new technology that makes our wells much, much more

productive. it's happening in texas, north dakota. it should be happening in california, they are a little bit behind the curve on this. but oklahoma. and on the east coast you have the march sell louisiana shale which has 150 years of natural gas, that is making people in pennsylvania, and ohio red. within ten years the united states of america can move from being an import country for oil and gas to an export country, which is an unbelievably pro economic story. gregg: it would be great for our economy, it would make our lives a lot easier and i noticed that a few days ago the house passed a bill approving the keystone pipeline trying to make the decision-making away from the president. he's been dithering on this thing. 19 republicans joined in that thing. how would you handle that in the

senate and actually getting it passed. >> i think it will get done. you can't hold the revolution going on in oil and gas. the only problem we have right now is we don't have the infrastructure, the pipelines to get the oil and gas to the markets we need to get it to. xl pipeline is very important. we also need pipelines all over this country. we have so much natural gas and we need to get this oil, by the way, from the west to the east to the ports -- if we are going to be exporting this stuff we'll need to get to the ports in places like houston. i think we will see a breakthrough on the keystone pipeline. i think it will happen within the next year. gregg: wow. you know, look, a lot of people are claiming that the pipeline is going to wreak havoc on the environment. i don't know, steve, maybe it's just the opposite when you think about it, because after all, moving oil by train produces higher carbon emission -gs from the dies he will locomotives than the oil flowing through the pipeline.

let's say the pipeline isn't built, canada will sell it to somebody else another country. >> no doubt about it. gregg: the carbon will be released into the atmosphere by those countries, and the u.s. arguably would be forced to use more cool, whic coal which is more damaging. isn't there evidence, steve that the pipeline is actually a better environmental choice? >> there is no doubt about it. this is a really good point you're making, gregg. the united states of america has reduced its carbon emission -gs over the last two years more than any other industrialized country in the world. it's amazing we haven't signed the street tee. we have been transitioning from using coal for electricity to very cheap and abundant natural gas. that is reducing our carbon emissions so the environmentalists concerned with global warming should be cheerleading for this natural gas revolution. it's cheap, abundant and it's american, gregg. think about the implications this will have for america's

trade deficit if we don't have to import all this stuff from the rest of the world. gregg: steve moore, good to see you as always with the "wall street journal." appreciate it. >> happy memorial day. gregg: you too. heather: thousands of people spending their memorial day weekend at the best page air show in new york, one of the few air shows still soaring after the military grounded its jets and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts. i got a chance to go up with the stars of the show, the air national guard aerobatic team. oh. oh. >> that is upside down. heather: that's me in the cockpit with lieutenant h-p john platte, he's the leader of the aerobatic team. >> it's all about the air national guard, so i'm really excited for us to represent 105 to 110,000 air national guards,

men and women all around the nation. heather: with over 15,000 hours of nighttime under his belt, he really knows how to wow the crowds around the country. it wasn't too long ago that he was on a very different mission flying f-16s during three combat tours in iraq. >> the air national guard gave me flying lessons, taught me how to fly, gave me a career in aviation. heather: it's that kind of experience that is putting my mind at ease, well sort of as he prepares me to go airborne. heather: this is will we will be flying? >> this is the 300 allen. the goal today is for you to do your first aliron roll by yourself. heather: you'll give me a lesson on this before we go up in the air. >> we'll be tphaoeug upside down. heather: first it's time to suit up. >> slide into that thing. heather: this is fireproof right. >> it's fireproof. you're looking good, i think she is ready. heather: i love it.

now it's time to get in and make sure i stay in. >> come on up, step right on the seat and shimee on down. are you ready to tighten down? heather: that is not tight? >> no, not even close. heather: okay. >> that's about what you're going to be like ready for that. heather: so when we go upside down i don't fallout. >> you'll be hanging from your seatbelt. heather: finally aoepl ready to take off. he mixes things up after i get comfortable. and that's my cue, it's time to return to solid ground. yeah, i needed that bag. he had the bag, but did you notice it was clear. it was still clear, it was empty. gregg: what does that mean? heather: it means i didn't eat before i went up. that was a lot of fun. the air national guard serious business made up of over 100,000 men and women stationed all over the world to protect our country. they help out here at home also,

they are helping on the ground in moore, oklahoma helping tornado victims there. if you want to check out the air show the air national guard aerobatic they travel around the country. up next virginia beach that is next weekend. gregg: i'm proud you didn't lose your breakfast but of course you didn't have any breakfast. heather: i didn't eat breakfast, they warned me ahead of time. gregg: you shouldn't have told me that. it was scary, huh? heather: it was very scary. the noise, because i had on a mike the gagging went on for five minutes. gregg: the gagging? heather: yes, into the bag. gregg: enough said. heather: i know you really wanted to know that didn't you. gregg: tmi as my daughters say to me all the time. thanks very much. we are awaiting the president's rival at arlington national cemetery where he is expected to honor america's fallen soldiers. we'll take you there live as soon as the ceremony begins. the kyocera torque lets you hear and be heard even in stupid loud places. to prove it, we set up our call center right here... [ chirp ] all good?

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♪ music playing. heather: listening to the sounds of amazing grace there as we are moments or minutes away from president obama's arrival at the annual memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemetery.

the president expected to hopb erp america's fallen hero by taking part in the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldiers. we are joined with more insight. thank you for joining us first of all on this memorial day. >> my pleasure, heather. heather: captain nash you served more than 25 years as a naval aviator, what does this day mean to you? >> well it's a day where you thank your lucky stars that you were one of the ones that made it out, and you remember those, and you cherish this day because you are really remembering those who weren't so fortunate and who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our peace and freedom. and it also is kind of a poke in the ribs, it should be a poke in the ribs to everybody that that sacrifice should not be in vane and wvein, and we should not let slip from our hands that which they died to put in

there. heather: them us a little bit more about the ceremony that will begin shortly there at the tomb of the unknowns. >> the president will come out, there will be a lot of pomp and circumstance. the president will come out, he'll make some remarks, and then he will walk down closer to the pegs site. a wreath will be brought out -- presentation site. a wreath will be brought out and the guard will take it back. he is a member of the third infantry regiment, the old guard is what they are called. he'll walk back several paces, put it down. the guard will make sure that the wreath is in proper condition, then he'll step away, the president will probably take a moment there to reflect, perhaps say a prayer, then he'll back up, taps will be played, the place will be completely silent. you can hear a pin drop when all

this happens by the way. and then -- yeah. heather: i was doing a little bit of research on my own and i found that since 1958 only 400 h-400 individuals have met all the requirements and been awarded the tomb guard badge. so it's quite an honor to be able to be a guard there at the tomb of the unknowns, correct? >> it really is. to get into the third infantry regiment old guard it's really a -- it's like pledging the ultimate fraternity, because you've got to really have a lot of personal discipline. the old guard has been guarding the tomb since 1937 on a 24-7 basis, regardless of weather. they change the guard about every half hour in the summer, every couple of hours in the winter, and it is a -- it is a -- physically demanding to be perfect at all times, and that's it. and these young men who take

that role on do it knowing that were they not to be perfect that is the time the camera is going to go off. so they are 100% attention to detail every second they are on that marble. heather: captain nash we will keep you with us and have more from the tomb of the unknowns and captain nash right after this break, so don't go far.

gregg: live at arlington national cemetery, the honorary 21-gun salute. let's listen in

[sound of gunshot. [sound of gunshot. >> shouting commands ] [sound of gunshot. [sound of gunshot. sound of gunshot ] [sound of gunshot.

[sound of gunshot. [sound of gunshot. p. [sound of gunshot. gregg: captain chuck nash is still with us. such solemnity here, such tradition in honor of those who have sacrificed so much. we have just a couple of moments left, captain, your final thoughts? >> not to confuse veteran's day with memorial day. veteran's day is to say thank you to those who serve. memorial day is to remember those who whom we can no longer

thank, but we have an obligation to them not only to remember but to use the precious freedoms that they paid their lives for, that they sacrificed their lives for and to use that freedom effectively. gregg: captain nash, thank you so much. well said. >> my pleasure, gregg. gregg: and we'll be back. [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance, a new ride comes along and changes everything. ♪ the 2013 lexus gs, with a dynamically tuned suspension and adjustable drive modes. because the ultimate expression of power is control. this is the pursuit of perfection.

gregg: the president has arrived at arlington national cemetery. that will do it for us. we hand it over now this memorial day to "happening now.". heather: have a great day.

♪ . >> honoring those who served in our nation's forces and we pause this memorial day. i'm jon scott. >> i'm uma pemmaraju in for jenna lee jon: across the country wreath laying ceremonies will pay tribute to the fallen servicemen and women. one led by the commander-in-chief in arlington, virginia, collectively represents the sacrifice veterans have made on behal