first. make america great again. it was reagan. follow us on twitter. that's it for us this evening. we will be back tomorrow. shannon bream is set to take things. >> shannon: i am following you on twitter. it's something people don't want to miss. great show. here's what we have. after slamming the senate minority leader, is the bannon wing taking one on the chain? is mcconnell right about antiestablishment candidates? green goes zany over zinke. >> morally disgusting. >> shannon: the interior secretary opens up about plans for public land. remember the meeting between donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer? catherine herridge has brand-new information about that lawyer and links diffusion gps. the firm with ties to democrats.

♪ welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream. the trump agenda hangs in the balance, as the g.o.p. nominee judge roy moore vows to stay in the alabama senate race while senate republicans call the allegations against him "devastating, horrific, and deeply disturbing." the candidates, a favorite of former white house chief strategist steve bannon but not president trump necessarily. "the washington post" report claims have been the late '70s the attorney may have crossed the line with a 14-year-old girl. three other women interviewed said he pursued them when they were in their teens and he was in his 30s. they said he did not make unwanted advances. senate republicans revealed their tax plan. stark differences from the house. it is up to both sides to bridge

the divide while dealing with the controversy that could further erode the razor-thin majority. ed henry picks up the story. >> caught in the middle is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he's been warning steve bannon. he did on this program a few nights ago about antiestablishment republicans like roy moore who can win g.o.p. primaries they may lose the general election. mcconnell can't celebrate or feel vindicated right now. he has to deal with the practical reality the judge roy moore is facing a special election. leigh corfman claiming where she was 14, moore took her to his home, took off her outer garments and touched her and guided his hands over -- her hands over his pants. a >> we are in the midst of a

spiritual battle, he says. he is vowing not to back down. "washington post" insists when it came to corfman, they reached out to her and found three other women who accused moore of pursuing them. that led republicans today to say the allegations are true, moore should step aside. what's amazing is the john mccain tweeted that moore should get out without waiting for any kind of investigation. "the allegations are deeply disturbing disqualify. he should be neatly step aside and allow the people of alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of." moore quits, his name would stand the ballot for the early december special election to fill jeff sessions' old seat. new ballots can't be reprinted. the current senator on his way out, luther strange, backed by the president and mitch mcconnell but lost moore in the primary.

steve bannon told sean hannity mcconnell should get out of the way after mcconnell predicted to shannon the bannon was stirring up trouble while refusing to use his name. >> in 2010 and 2012, the person you mentioned and his allies succeeded in nominating five candidates who all lost. we succeeded in 2014 and 2016 in defeating in the primaries. >> mitch mcconnell ought to tender his resignation. he should resign as soon as taxes are done. >> taxes, if republicans and of losing the seat in december, democrats get yet another vote in the senate. the chances of passing tax cut that alone repealing or placing obamacare is out the window. the only talk about the trouble with the ballot and the names being on and the inability to recruit something the last of the primary, he reminds me of alaska, the primary.

lisa murkowski ended up winning because of the last minute ballots >> she won with a right in. they're going to be lawsuits to potentially get another name on the ballot. this could be tied up in courts for a while. the one great to see you. arizona republican conor smith andy biggs has been a staunch supporter of the trump agenda. republicans try to hold on to a key senate seat. he joins us from phoenix. we got the senate side today. we knew it we are working within the house. and then you get this bombshell out of potential senate candidate. that vote could be critical in the senate side, like getting in the past. how worried are you about the skins and distractions potentially jettisoning tax reform? >> well, you've been watching. we've been watching and i'm barren i'm sure we are the best at being focused with distractions going on.

this is a big distraction, one, but the second thing is the good news is, i see a lot of us moving in the same direction with the house and senate. there are differences but i think we can get it done and i think it behooves us to get this done sooner rather than later. >> shannon: voters are waiting. obamacare appeal didn't happen. they want to see tax reform. there have been promises it will get done. as you said, there's criticism. and it's not necessarily -- you knew the democrats would like it but even then the g.o.p., there's a lot of differences. senator jeff flake had this to say. "i remain concerned over how the current tax of proposals will grow the already staggering national debt by opting for short-term fixes while ignoring long-term problems for taxpayers and the economy. we must achieve real tax reform crafted in a fiscally responsible manner." we are hearing from folks were fiscal conservatives who say it

doesn't look like republican small government tax cutting plan. >> i think because we've got so many moving parts in there. i think the main thing that the american people wanted was a reduction of the rates, and that's what we have. the senator really nailed it in their plan today the top bracket so everybody gets a rate reduction. at the same time, we don't have this dynamic scoring. you have to figure the dynamic scoring is going to pump up the economy and bring in more revenue. that's the first side. the other side is let's face it. we need to be cutting spending. you have to cut spending. we haven't -- >> shannon: where's the appetite for that? >> i am shocked myself being there, new. there's a lot of us that want to make reductions. the overall will doesn't seem to be there. that's the demoralizing type of

thing. i do believe the dynamic of scoring is going to be so big if we move to 4.6 as predicted, it will be because of this tax reform. i suspect we are going to keep growing. every point of growth is a trillion dollars more in the economy. that generates more federal tax revenue. it does you know good if at some point you are unwilling to reduce the spending. that's the push i'm trying to make. >> shannon: i want to ask about something that was really big on the trail last year. the issue of illegal immigration and how to handle young people who are here, the so-called dreamers. i want to play what nancy pelosi had to say about this and then a little bit from speaker ryan. >> i fully intend that we will not leave here without the dream act passing. >> shannon: that's her prediction. the huffington "the huffington t house speaker paul ryan has privately conceded to a group of house conservatives that he

plans for a legislative for undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as kids. where are you on daca? do you think that is what g.o.p. voters want to see? >> i don't think it's what they want to see. i am for it. i think we buy into the democrats talking points when we start talking about daca long before we talk about building the wall and we facilitate actual building of the wall, securing the border, removing the incentive to come here and stay here illegally. and i think if we don't do that, then you can't even have a reaction because most of these people who want daca, they don't just want daca, they want a clean dream act which means they don't want border security. they don't want a border wall. this is just a mistake in my opinion to get ahead of the game come in the game should be building the wall and securing the border. once you do that, no emotion will come into it and you can have an objective discussion about what you do at that point.

>> shannon: it is something the voters probably elected and sent you to do and many others. andy biggs, thank you very much. president trump arriving on the fourth stop of his journey, heading to vietnam. he's going to attend an asia pacific cooperation summit focused on trade but a possible meeting with russian president vladimir putin could grab all the headlines. a russian official claims the two leaders will meet on the sidelines but u.s. officials are downplaying expectations. secretary of state rex tillerson says they are still deciding whether the meeting will actually happen. hillary clinton is pushing back against claims she and her campaign exerted too much power and control of a party during her failed run for president last year. donna brazile, former interim chair of the dnc claims in her new book that the clinton team essentially took over the national party. and rigged the nomination process at the expense of her party rival, senator bernie sanders. clinton tells nbc "that just

wasn't the case" and says she doesn't know what brazile was referring to. three countries want their citizens out of lebanon. saudi arabia is ministry of foreign affairs says saudi nationals visiting or living in lebanon should leave the country. kuwait and bahrain also requested their citizens leave. this week, saudi arabia asserted lebanon has declared war on the saudis because of hezbollah's aggression and influence in lebanon's military and political spheres. the report tonight that the russians were closer to the dossier and democrats than previously thought. the guardian of public lands is under fire from the greens. interior secretary ryan zinke joins us for an interview

>> shannon: is an exclusive report, we are learning there may have been quite a nation on the infamous trump dossier not just between opposition research firm fusion gps on the democrats but possibly with the russian attorney who met with donald trump's son during the campaign. catherine herridge has the story.

>> fox news has learned that natalia veselnitskaya -- the june meeting with the president son. the meeting included a half dozen others. paul manafort as well as the president son in law jared kushner. the russian lawyer and her team promised damaging information about hillary clinton but they turned the conversation to anti-russian sanctions. during the same time frame, fox news has confirmed bank records show fusion gps was paid for work on behalf of russian interests while fusion paid former british intelligence officer christopher steele to dig up dirt on trump. simpson's contact with the russian lawyer with revelations the dossier research was funded by the dnc and clinton campaign raises new questions about the company's role in the election. >> there is clearly a massive effort to influence our

political process by russia through money and other means and we need to get to the bottom of it. the evidence is pointing at hillary clinton, fusion gps, and others. not donald trump. >> the legal teams did not respond to requests for comment. simpson will be on the help for closed-door testimony next week. >> shannon: think his watch. with the russian probe percolating and the special counsel's office note new trouble brewing because of the roy moore controversy commit would seem democrats have some momentum heading into 2018. what does chris stirewalt think? let's break it down. >> i haven't thought about it. do i think so? let's be clear about one thing. we don't want to take candy coated for republicans. the atmosphere for democrats right now looks almost as good or as good as it did for republicans at this point in barack obama's presidency.

getting started and going into it and there's a wave of energy for the democrats out there that we saw in virginia this week. we sought across the country. maine to washington state. we saw all of the stuff. republicans have to be real. we have a year to go. we don't know how it shapes up. depends on congress and the economy, what trump does and what mueller does. >> shannon: so much of what the senate and capitol hill is able to get done may center around the vote if republicans lose a g.o.p. seat in alabama. it's not helpful. >> i think everybody ought to remember this. donald trump was right, and steve bannon was wrong and alabama. donald trump picked roy moore. he wanted -- or i'm sorry. he picked luther strange. he said i want luther strange in this primary. steve bannon said no, mr. president. we know trump -- trumpism.

let's take the guy. we will keep him. we have no idea how these allegations are going to play out with roy moore. does he quit? who knows. but i know this. they wouldn't be dealing with this today if they didn't just if they hadn't stuck with luther strange. donald trump was right and steve bannon was wrong. i will tell you one of the thing. as much as republicans would like to have roy moore's vote, they probably would be better off if he doesn't win. he stays in this race and wins, they are going to be stuck with a pariah senator who comes to washington. do we seat him? he was going to be trouble already? he was threatening to vote against anything and everything. that's why he was here, he wanted to wreck shop. i would say they would be better off at 51 without roy moore than 52 with him. >> shannon: listen, his opponent is not going to come here and vote for obamacare appeal or tax reform.

>> i don't know. he might quickly -- i have no idea but team might fall in the category of joe manchin. he will have to run again. joe manchin, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly. mr. president, let's make a deal on taxes. i don't know what the future looks like. i just know donald trump was right and steve bannon was wrong. it would've been better to stay with the senator who was in power, luther strange, then be bailing this out tonight. dealing with as you point out it could cost an important seat. >> "the most vicious and nasty round of attacks have ever faced. we are in the midst of a spiritual battle who want to silence our message. >> those phrases in the words, if it's intended as an attack on him, does it backfire? people who think this is the

liberal mainstream media going after this guy. >> if he did. >> are we going to find out definitively? because the people of alabama are going to come to a conclusion about when this is true or not. either it's going to come to pass that he did the things he's accused of doing, credibly accused of doing. if "the washington post," whatever their motivation is, they put together a heck of a story. the lug nuts are tight on the wheels. everybody's name from everybody's presence, corroborating stories. the voters of alabama are going to come to a conclusion. i don't think the voters of alabama are going to send to the senate a guy who as a 32-year-old prosecutor was loitering outside family courts picking up a 14-year-old girl. i don't know whether he did it or didn't but if they come to the conclusion he did, i don't think they are going to send him to the senate. >> shannon: people have gone on the record and told their stories and that's very

persuasive. >> that woman says it's me. it carries a lot of weight with voters. >> shannon: the congressman al green. he has laid down this marker. democrats, get it done. dave whispered. if you want to see a party turning on their own president that's potentially going to happen. essentially he says it's got to be done by christmas. does that help or hurt the democrats? >> it doesn't help. al green. tom stier is a billionaire and he's running this ad campaign where he says sign the petition. give me your contact information. tom stier along with al green are looking probably more at 2020. they are thinking about being in

touch with the -- you're going to have the bernie guys and the people who make the bernie guys look like milquetoast moderates. you can have guys way out there. impeach, full bloodletting. democrats might be able to ride the wave into 2018 but if voters think they are voting for an impeachment they are going to shy away if they are not certain trump deserves it. >> shannon: all right, chris stirewalt. great to see you. tomorrow is friday. i like it. up next, really not so funny. a comedian embroiled in another hollywood sex scandal.

>> shannon: claims against louis ck. trace gallagher has the latest. >> the allegations spread over

several years and come from five women including two female comedians who claim that after showing 2002, louis ck invited them to his hotel room and proceeded to take his clothes off. the other allegations are similar. louis ck has not commented and his publicist says they comedian is "not going to answer any questions." gawker published allegations in 2015 with the accusers' names were not named. now in the wake of the harvey weinstein allegations, the climate has certainly changed. just like harvey weinstein, there are numerous reports that hollywood knew and joked about louis ck's behavior for years and did nothing. roseanne barr says she was aware of the story, so too were courtney cox and david arquette. now the consequences are swift and severe. louis ck's movie premiere was canceled, and appearance on the late show with stephen colbert

canceled. his show on hbo streaming services dropped. fx, which airs another louis ck shows reviewing the matter. in recent days, actor kevin spacey has seen his career plummet after being accused of sexual misconduct with underage males. netflix severed its relationship with kevin spacey, ending his show "house of cards." ridley scott is re-shooting his movie to replace scenes that featured kevin spacey. weeks after amazon studios boss roy price resigned over sexual harassment allegations, deadline is reporting that amazon is investigating inappropriate behavior claims against jeffrey tambor. jeffrey tambor calls the allegations baseless. we should note that the manhattan district attorney is prepping a criminal case against harvey weinstein. >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you. senator rand paul's members pleaded not guilty to charges he

assaulted the kentucky republican while he was mowing his lawn. renee boucher showed no emotion during the arraignment. boucher faces up to a year in jail. senator paul's office issued a statement "this was not a fight. it was a blindside violent attack by a disturbed person. anyone claiming otherwise is uninformed or seeking media attention." cite the trump administration was facing a new green lash by environmentalists. they are targeting former navy seal montana congressmen and now interior secretary ryan zinke. >> what happened to ryan zinke? he said he would fight to protect public lands. wanted to be like theodore roosevelt. since his washington promotion companies put our public lands at risk. >> shannon: secretary zinke will be honoring war heroes this weekend. he joins us now.

i have never had my inbox filled with so many alerts about an interior secretary ever in my time covering washington. you have a lot of critics and enemies. i want to give you a chance to respond. those who say you are increasing energy production on federal lands. they don't think it's a good use of resources. >> it's true. we are producing energy and public lands. absolutely. >> shannon: they think it's harmful to the environment. >> if you want to make our country not dependent on foreign oil. i am a former seal. i don't want to see your kids, my kids go to foreign shores and fight for a commodity we have here. we are going to do it right. we are not going to sell or transfer public land but if you believe in the concept that the best science, best practices, greater good in the longest term, then you're with the secretary of the interior. if you believe public land is exclusive only for the elite few that want to look at it but i'm

a public access person. i think the public land should be available to america and the public. >> shannon: my next question. they are upset with you about increase -- fee increases. "the fee increases you propose are a serious concern. we believe it's especially problematic for your department to propose the increases at the same time that the trump administration is recommending slashing national park service funding levels than holding a virtual fire sales of our public resources at the low market value." there's a lot to respond to. >> baloney. the greatest bargain in america is $80 for a year-long pass of our public lands. i face in $11.5 billion backlog of our public lands and parks. our parks are being loved to death. everyone loves our parks. as a former military, there's two things we need fun.

the military and our parks. come on, america. if you think $80 all year every park all the time by a car load is too much to ask, i mean, come on. it's our parks. those that don't believe that we should invest in our parks. our parks aren't republican or democrat or independent issue. it's an american issue. america, step up. go to our parks and enjoy them. they are treasures we need to invest in. >> shannon: let me ask you about whitefish. i don't know if you have a publicly responded. a small company in your state of montana. reports that your son worked for the company. >> my son was a flagger. he got a job by himself. he was out there, 19 years old, going "proceed with caution" and

"stop." his small towns, we know everybody. i didn't have any influence, didn't have knowledge of a contract. puerto rico was not in our interior and those elitists that would think from being a small town somehow is a crime, shame on you. new york, you've got all sorts of issues every day. whitefish montana, it's a great place. come visit. >> shannon: it's beautiful. did you ride your horse to ride? >> i didn't but i'm going to tomorrow. one thing good, many things good about being secretary of the interior is the u.s. park police are the interior and i get to go out and ride the manassas battlefield. >> shannon: this weekend. thank you for your service. you are a veteran. you're going to do some special things on saturday. >> first thing in the morning, i will be at the vietnam wall

sharing some with our vets. then the korean war monument. i will spend some time. the world war ii monument and go to arlington, visit john wesley powell's great, great conservationist. second u.s. geological survey director. and spent some time with our veterans tomorrow. great day to honor the veterans who have served. >> shannon: each of those memorials have a different feeling. each of those wars and conflicts, for a lot of people, they evoke different emotions. they are so different. if you are here in washington have a chance to see them, it's a different experience at each one. >> to me, i grew up -- i was born in 1961. i was too young to serve in vietnam but certainly the vietnam war i saw through the eyes of a young boy watching

walter cronkite at night. my older brother was of that age. the vietnam war memorial is strikingly different than other memorials. too many, the war is still unsettled. it sits different. the black granite. i was reading the names. very emotional still today. i think they great tribute of remembrance. that monument in particular doesn't symbolize defeat or victory. i think it symbolizes remembrance. the world war ii, very few world war ii veterans around today but you see them pay tribute. fantastic. and the forgotten war. my stepfather was a korean war vet. in many ways, forgotten, and then monument in the snow.

they've done a really good job. exciting that the eisenhower monument is going forward. they are very excited about that. this is a tribute to our great nation and being the steward of our greatest lands, our greatest treasures. interior has one fifth the territory of the united states. 12 time zones and we have the battlefields and i always say go out and visit a park. >> shannon: one thing they have in common, we owe a great debt to all of our veterans, including you. going to watch and see what shows up in my inbox about you this weekend. i'm sure i'm going to get something. you're always welcome to come ce back, mr. secretary. after the break, the democratic party had a big night tuesday. two gubernatorial races. they are still facing infighting and now major identity crisis. our panel takes a look at how an anti-trump agenda might not be enough to sustain them through the midterm election and beyond.

the one through the resistance is growing to eight. democratic donors fretting over the parties swerved to the left. a donor quoting. steve israel responding. he's hearing growing concern. if you don't know who you are, you can't agree. joining us now alex isenstadt.

democrats had a good night on tuesday. they won two governors races. i want to play what tom perez had to say. >> they democratic party is back, my friends! we are back big time and we are back because we are organizing everywhere. we are mobilizing everywhere. >> shannon: do they run the risk of being overly confident? >> potentially. these were two pretty blue states. democrats are making a gamble. they are saying we don't need to know we are running on. we don't need to know what our platform was about. were going to gamble that voters are sick and tired of donald trump. that may work. it may not. too early to say. >> shannon: everybody wants to

look at the elections and try to figure out. read the tea leaves as to what they mean about the midterms and beyond. 2020 as well. how much stock shall be put into what happened on tuesday? >> if you had gone back to your earlier, you would not of thought democratic national committee chairman would be celebrating in a year. just a year before, it was a big win for republicans, a surprise won. donald trump becomes president. things change in the air. the biggest mistake you can make in politics is thinking that the way things are going now are the way things will always go. that being said, the president's low approval rating i think has more to do with how democrats did on tuesday then really any sort of plan the democrats have. they ran kind of under the radar, milquetoast democratic candidates. governors of new jersey and virginia. a lot of people cannot because they -- people who don't like donald trump or angry about donald trump, they are energized. people who do like donald trump, republicans don't have a lot to

be energized about. >> shannon: a couple things. there are those who thinks the parties think pulled too far to the left. big donors are like, i'm going to be out soon. these candidates were little more moderate, middle-of-the-road. it is at the right formula? speak up eventually. if that's the case, things are going to get a lot more comp get an extra when you start seeing a lot of democratic primaries in house races in senate races. you can see more liberal democratic candidates running against moderate democratic candidates in primaries. it's going to be interesting to see if the moderate candidates could pull the left because the party can be demanding some real serious. he is a really strong and demanding things like -- you can see debates over impeachment and other things. >> shannon: you talk about the approval ratings. they are clearly not great for the president although a lot of people think the polls aren't accurate. people weren't truthfully reporting about what they felt at the election. they feel good about the econom economy.

it's the highest level since before 9/11. up 11% since donald trump took the white house. >> i think that's right and i think that's one of these factors. a quick change over the next year. the economy continues to be strong. the argument for democratic congress or a democratic congressman in your particular district becomes weaker. these are all the factors. what's more important than any message is kind of alluding to what alex was saying. finding the ..o back to 2006, a big year for democrats. who was in charge of faking the senate candidates? chuck schumer. he knew he needed to find candidates that fit the states that weren't necessarily down the line liberals. that something i think there's good to be a lot of pressure from the far left, the bernie sanders wing come in to get the pure progressives or anti-trump candidate. >> shannon: sometimes those primaries are the most interesting part of the

election. thank you both for coming in. it's time for night courts. we report. you decide. the latest on bowe bergdahl coming up. he could be getting a big payout. more on that coming up. alright, off you go. casual fridays at buckingham palace? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money nathan saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. ..

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>> shannon: time for "night court." we passed node judgment but present the for consideration. former washington, d.c., mayor marion barry presided over some of the most scandalous arrows. he was arrested for smoking crack cocaine while he was mayo mayor. now the d.c. city council has taken a step toward immortalizing him. the council voting unanimously to support erecting a statue of him. a judge ruled bowe bergdahl would not serve jail time. now that he is out of legal limbo, with his basic and deployment pay, he could be entitled to more than three and a thousand dollars in back pay. the army says it's looking into it. a british psychologist making headlines for claiming listening to christmas music is bad for your mental health.

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m army staff sergeant. his second deployment in iraq he was blasted by an iud with fellow soldiers and spending 40 days in a coma, entering thousands of surgeries, actually lives medication prepared as we head into better during -- veterans day weekend, he is inspiring and helping others. >> welcome to fox "fox news @ night," your story is unbelievable. i read it and i think about who among us will be strong enough to do what you have done and come through 75 plus surgeries, a massive healing process, not only physical, but emotional as well, what has that been like? >> i can tell you that i appreciate the kudos, who would be able to do this, but there are so many young men and women that have experienced some kind of tragedy on the battlefield, off the battlefield, and has found that internal strength to

push through and be successful in some form or another. i am one of those stories. so i apologize, what was the question again? i just wanted to get that out. >> shannon: what got you through this. because you faced really tough odds. and this is not an easy or quick recovery. it is probably a lifetime of recovery for you. >> i agree, 75 surgeries, you have to think in 2010, when i retired, that was 50 surgeries. throughout that time after my retirement, i have had a surgery here and there, but just thinking of having those 50 back-to-back surgeries, it was excruciating -- excruciating, it was like riding a roller coaster. and i got to that point where i was ready to heal and see where i was physically, "i was going to be able to do. and i think that i made the right decision by retiring out of the military and try to be a motivational speaker, and help

veterans get home. that helps me through. >> shannon: how can we better do that? to better reach out to veterans, their families, their loved ones, to welcome them home, whatever they have been through. >> that is a great question, people asked me that all the time, and the short answer in my case is it is as simple as saying thank you sometimes. it means a lot to the veterans. but we are faced with so many other challenges in the veteran community like jobs, they are so many veterans that are coming home and not able to find jobs because of the injuries and maybe the employer does not want to put you in a position that is too strenuous or something like that, but they still need jobs. that is a big one, and family support, also faced with the epidemic of opioids and addiction, you know. and i think that that is one of our biggest challenges. the number one cause of death in the united states right now? >> shannon: it has become an epidemic. we know for your veterans -- the

veterans, both physical and emotional pain, a very difficult path to go down. it is very inspiring to me, and all the people that you share with, an incredible book, and we thank you for your service and your willingness to help everyone else that is going through a similar change in life and transitioning into civilian life. we cannot imagine what you have been through, but we thank you for sharing with us. >> i'm proud to be here. thank you very much. >> shannon: the wounded warrior experience features inspiring stories of sacrifice and recovery from veterans and service members serving on the frontline of today's military, that include shilo, it will be hosted by jennifer griffin, touching on issues by wounded warriors. the resources available and to their success moving forward in their lives part of the wounded warrior experience will air veterans day at 3:00 p.m. eastern on fox business network, jennifer griffin. to learn more, visit the website. thank you for joining a little bit of the story today, and

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