have to pay the same price for quarter pounders and you quarter pounders with cheese. they are suing. that wraps up this hour of "fox & friends first." i will see you back here at 10:00 a.m. eastern. "fox & friends first" continues right now. see you later. bye-bye. ♪ ♪ >> there needs to be a strong understanding of what all three sides mean by denuclearization. jillian: it is monday, may 2nd. saving the summit. officials in north korea negotiating the terms of the historic face-to-face meeting between president trump and kim jong un. the renewed hope for the singapore sit down. rob: alberto takes aim dangerous weather posing a double threat for holiday monday. strong storms ripping up the coast from florida to new york with powerful flash floods pouring down the streets in maryland. the states of emergency happening right now.

jillian: honoring those who made the result malmat sacrifice. the amazing gift that stunned two kids that lost their father to war. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ r-o-c-k in the u.s.a. ♪ r-o-c-k in the u.s.a. ♪ ♪ rocking in the u.s.a. rob: john mellencamp. no problem with that whatsoever. you shouldn't be working today. it's memorial day. it's monday. thank you for waking up early and joining us on "fox & friends first" on this monday morning i'm rob schmitt.

jillian: i'm jillian mealy. thank you for starting with us on this memorial day. we want to know what makes you a proud american. rob: send us your pictures using that #proud american. we will share some of those throughout the day today. jillian: and just a few hours, president trump will honor the heros who made the ultimate sacrifice. rob: he will gyp this memorial day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery in virginia. and participate in a memorial day ceremony. is he expected to make a speech along with defense secretary james mattis. jillian: bikers have around the country flock to our nation's capital to honor american heroes. the rolling thunder ride for freedom drawing more than a million people. founder are a at this muller says it calls attention to troops missing in action and struggles facing veterans. >> they are good americans and they care. these men and women have fought for the rights of all of us so that we can live

free the way we do. jillian: the president tweeting about the ride saying, quote: fantastic to have 400,000 great men and women of rolling thunder in d.c. showing their patriotism. they love our country. they love our flag, they stand for our national anthem. thanks to executive director are a at this muller. artie mul. rob: he will cot city outside of baltimore maryland under a state of emergency. cars floating down the street. smashing in to one another. the power of water incredible. look at that that area still rebuilding after they say this is once in every thousand year fun and we have had two in two years.

rob: evacuations underway in panhandle as subtropical storm alberto nears the coast. we have more on that coming up, of course. jillian: the high stakes north korea summit could be back on track. a u.s. delegates on the ground meeting at the dmz trying to salvage the sit down between president trump and dictator kim jong un. rob: garrett tenney is live in washington with the very latest on all of this. garrett? >> rob and jillian, good morning, there is still a lot of questions hanging over the summit. that's some of the issues that the negotiators are starting to work out. as of right now, those issues do not include the when and the where. this peeked president trump said is he still looking at june 12th in singapore. is he feeling much more optimistic about the summit than he was on thursday when he cancelled it on sunday, he tweeted our united states team has arrived in north korea to make arrangements for the summit between cungs and myself. i truly believe north korea has brill cents potential and will be a great economic and financial nation one day. kim jong un agrees with me

on this, it will happen. that change in tone is likely due to a meeting the presidents of north and south korea had on saturday to discuss the summit and following that meeting, south korea's president said, quote: chairman kim made clear again his intent for complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. he expressed his will to bury the history of war and cooperation anconfrontation ands for peace and prosperity. why some u.s. lawmakers still aren't convinced kim jong un will ultimately follow through with this summit. we have a leader in kim jong un who has almost an emotional attachment and a personal psychological attachment to these nuclear weapons. can he really get rid of them? if they keep doing that stuff, you are really wasting your time and more importantly, perhaps elevating them in a way that makes this situation even more dangerous. >> one of the biggest issues our u.s. delegates is trying to resolve ahead the summit is defining what the

denuclearization of north korea looks like. it's a nonnegotiable item for the u.s. north korea said it's willing to do that. the two sides have had very different understandings of what that actually looks like. robber and jillian? rob: that's very true. we will dive into all of that coming up later in the show, rob, thanks so much. jillian: right now being treated at walter reed medical center. traveled to venezuela to meet his wife a native of the south american country. they were arrested accused of stockpiling weapons and held for two years. after painstaking negotiations, president trump was able to help secure their release. rob: a republican gubernatorial candidate takes a page from the aplaybook. assemblyman rallying california voters near the mexico border. >> i have watched this border behind me get violated time after time after time.

thanks to the lawless open border policies of jerry brown and the california democrats. [chanting build that wall] rob: allen hopes the tough immigration stance carries him in next week's california governor primary. jillian: george h.w. bush in the hospital for a few days. just a day earlier the president visited veterans at american legion pancake breakfast near his summer home in maine. last month he was hospitalized for a blood infection one day after his wife barbara's funeral. rob: he is tough and our thoughts are with him today. one of the most exciting days in auto race diagnose not disappoint. >> will power, indianapolis 500 winner for 2018 checkered flag.

power and pesky win it. rob: nothing like watching cars go 230 miles per hour. claiming first indy 500 win celebrating with that nice jug of milk. a tradition there. his wife so overcome with emotion that she actually collapsed. she fell to the ground. she is okay. a different set of emotions for danica patrick though who crashed right there in the final race -- her final race as a full-time driver. in nascar, kyle busch races to fourth win. capturing the flag coca cola 600. jillian: american patriot works every day to honor our heroes making millions of poppies. rob: the poppy lady dead calgdedicating hours to the american legion. more on this labor of love. >> when the train starts humming. a regular commuter begins her regular routine. >> i can almost do it without even looking at them. >> on the train, on the

plane. i'm going to sit there and make them. >> i'm ann foreignier and i'm the poppy lady. she has had the name 30 years how long she has been making poppies for the american legion. >> it's easy to do. what's two hours out of your day. >> two hours is how much she spends each day commuting from work from berkeley to boston. >> it's time i could be wasting. i was brought up to use every moment i have. >> poppy lady has it down to a science. for fournier it's something more spiritual. >> green to black. life of a soldier. we took four pedals, one represents the father, one represents the son, one represents the holy ghost and god will wrap his arms around the veteran for eternity. >> she says the legion wrapped its arms around her family. two of her brothers served in vietnam. one was seriously injured. fournier has been giving

back ever since. >> i like doing what i do. >> her goal is 100,000 flowers each year. all together she has made 3 million poppies for american legion volunteers to distribute for donations across massachusetts and rhode island. putting her hands to work. >> they are short and stubby but they work wonderfully. >> never refusing a donation. never missing a chance to remind others. >> our freedom is not free. >> small flower represents something so much bigger. >> i don't have a lot of money, but i have time. and that two hours that i'm on the train is time i can give to my veterans. jillian: isn't that very nice? rob: it is. jillian: 10 minutes after the hour. this is rigid. president trump's legal counsel railing against the russia probe. >> reality is we're not going to sit them down. this isn't a trap for perjury until i'm convinced of that. jillian: how rudy giuliani is refusing to let the president be trapped in what he calls robert mueller's

witch-hunt. rob: helping our heroes. the v.a. turning to foster care instead of nursing homes for our nation's veterans. is this a good idea? why our next guest, the veteran himself says it is a needed change. jillian: first, some of your pictures and why you are proud to be an american on this memorial day ♪ freedom doesn't come free ♪ an american soldier ♪ an american ♪ beside my brothers and my sisters ♪ i will proud ofly take the stand ♪ when liberty's in jeopardy ♪ i'll always do what's right ♪ i'm out here on the front line ♪ sleep in peace tonight ♪ia american soldier re-align yourself, with align.

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clock assistance. jillian: 27-million-dollar a year program provides housing and care for 1,000 veterans in 42 states and the v.a. only accepts foster homes that meet strict qualifications. so, is this a good idea? here now to weigh in is lieutenant colonel jim reese. thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate it what do you think? do you like this idea? >> i do. i think the v.a. right now with everybody coming back from the afghan iraq wars and influx of veterans we have, i like this idea. i think it's a great new initiative. i think one of the problems is with this big government bureaucracy called the veterans administration. why have got to do some change leadership. we have got to have some new programs. and this is not a new program. this has been a pilot program that's gone on for several years. it's had some good success and now they want to expand on it so i do like it. rob: you say this will result in better, closer care for these veterans that need it in these foster

homes. you say this won't cost the veteran themselves any more money to get this better care? >> yeah. it's -- i truly believe that especially for those veterans that would maybe just sit in a foster -- i'm sorry, that would sit in a home and they get periodic care by, you know, a nurse or some type of medical provider in these homes, what this does here is they get into a home, they might only have one or two other veterans that are with them and they get to be part of this family and it's really support of a great psychological aspect. so i think it brings better holistic approach to medical aspect for these people. jillian: are you seeing improvement and perhaps better ways of veterans being cared for and treated right now? >> you know, i'm 80% disabled vet. i have -- i do understand the v.a. i know the v.a. is working very hard daily to try to improve what they are doing for veterans. but i still think it can be

improved. i think programs like this and new creative ideas will kind of break up this bureaucracy and give veterans better care, especially after learning from the vietnam war what these new iraqi afghan vets will learn from all the years of supporting the vietnam war veteran. rob: we have heard the horror stories of the things that have gone on at v.a. hospitals. we seen the stories time and time again. the president is going to sign this veterans choice bill. allowing veterans to get private care if they choose to do so. how important is that for people coming back to these wars to see that somebody really does care to do this, to put more money into this. >> yeah. it's very important. i mean, we live in such a different time. with the information age and veterans are allowed to come back and, you know, the transportation hubs today. so veterans are going farther away from where these v.a. centers are. so this will help veterans that might be 50 miles or

more or have to fly or get on a train to get to a v.a. site. this will help them get better care. i'm a big proponent. i think you can break down some of these -- the old bring and mortar type v.a.s and get them pushed out to better medical care which will reduce the cost of the veterans administration. rob: that's part of it, too. some can be repaired. colonel jim reese thank you for coming on this morning. jillian: and for your service. >> have a great day, thank you. jillian: up in smoke. horrifying moments as a roller coaster turns into raging inferno. shocking video showing the moment a fun day at a theme park turns into a nightmare. rob: can you cover unexpected $400 expense. four in ten americans say they cannot. what can do you to get ahead tomorrow? our next guest has some tips to help you pocket that

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>> mom. >> alexa, morning prayer. >> let us pray. rob: church helping help spread christian message. ask their devices for prayers, explanations of faith and explanation about local church services. jillian? jillian: here's a question. can you cover an unexpected $400 expense? a new report showing four in 10 americans can't. that same report also finding another 25% of people money problems have cost health problems. how can you get ahead today. here with tips from the stock swoosh is tiffany. >> good morning. happy memorial day. jillian: you too. jillian: why do you think people are struggling like. this all in all, people just don't budget correctly. people just tend to spend and they don't realize the best tip can i give is you sit down, do your budget with your absolute exenszs, your rent, food and utilities and see what you have left. if you have $500 left after that but at the end of every

month you really don't, you are obviously spending money on things you need to cut back on. going to starbucks every day. going out to lunch five days a week. maybe pack. things like that. people don't budget correctly. jillian: make your own coffee at home. can you do that. but why is it important for people to know these things and sit down and do this? i feel like a lot of people may realize they have this going onion thousand figure it out. >> really simple. sit down and budget. you will find that out if something happens like you were talking about, if something comes up it can stress you up if you don't have any money saved in the bank. and that's the problem. jillian: 25% of americans have no retirement savings. this is something that you do through your job if your company offers a 401(k). you can be putting money into that. >> now is a great time to do that and here is why. the stock market has been rallying. we have had all these new tax cuts with the new tax plan. take advantage of it as your 401(k). if you have been seeing a savings in your monthly checks since january since the tax savings came, stick that money into your 401(k).

a lot of companies do a nice match. if you don't do it now, all of a sudden a year will go by, two years will go by, five years will go by and getting close to retirement. i don't have enough. what am i going to do? people are being forced to have to work into retirement. jillian: what can you do now and starting today to get ahead tomorrow. talk about consolidating your credit cards. >> consolidate credit cards. get back on nonnecessities do a budget. start to invest in a stock market. if you don't know how ask someone how to do it take better care of yourself. when you are in a good healthy position physically, emotionally, you are going to make better financial decisions. you will find you don't need all those extra things you are spending money on. jillian: thank you for your time this morning and for your tips. we certainly appreciate it. it is 25 minutes after the hour. rudy giuliani doubling down, slamming the russia probe as fake. >> reality is, we're not going to sit them down if this is a trap for perjury.

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rob: welcome back. rudy giuliani slamming robert mueller's special counsel probe as rigged.

doubling down on criticism saying the special counsel's investigation focuses on things that didn't happen. jillian: alicia acuna joins us live from los angeles with what happened on both sides. good morning, alicia. >> good morning jillian and rob. rudy giuliani used that term repeatedly saying everyone should be rooting for the president to succeed. >> the reality is the american people have come to the conclusion everybody else has. this investigation is rigid. it's unfair. and if they have to choose on unpeople or not, the president making peace with north korea, god willing, and we should all be rooting for that. >> the president echoing his attorney, tweeting, quote: why didn't the 13 angry democrats investigate the campaign of crooked hillary clinton? many crimes, much collusion with russia. why didn't the fbi take the server from the dnc rigged investigation? giuliani went on to say president trump will not be trapped into personalry by the special counsel and that

obstacles still stand in the way of a meeting between the commander-in-chief and robert mueller's team. he maintains that the focus of the investigation centers around things that never happened notably colluding with russia 2016 election. adam schiff ranking member of the house intelligence committee is calling for an end tout president's so-called falsehoods. the california congressman now demanding complicit republicans be thrown out. >> need to throw the bumps out. as long as there is a majority in congress that is will to do this president's will, there is only one remedy that is to change the congress and to let the investigation go on. >> giuliani says any meeting between trump and special counsel would be contingent on mueller's team handing over information on an fbi informant that the president has referred to as a spy. jillian? rob? jillian: thank you very much, alicia. rob: high stakes sit down

between president trump and kuu kuu harajuku could still happen african selling that meeting last thursday. president trump had a much different tone on twitter saying quote our united states team has arrived in north korea to make arrangements for the summit between kim jong un and myself. i truly believe north korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial nation one day. kim jong un agrees with me on this, it will happen. meanwhile, south korean president moon jien met with kim in the demilitarized zone saying his goal is still denuclearization. jillian: host the iranian president in a scramble to save the nuclear deal. the two sides have not given exact meeting date rouhani will be in china for security summit. security efforts to keep the iran nuclear deal alive. rob: state of emergency in maryland. this video is unreal. muddy water rushing through

ellicott city right outside of baltimore. jillian: rescue crews getting dozens of calls about people trapped inside cars and homes. rob: massive in florida as subtropical storm alberto makes landfall. jillian: a lot is going on. adam klotz is tracking it all. adam: good morning, guys. this storm ruining the holiday weekend for people in huge portions of the southeast. first named storm of the year still offer the southern coast of the florida panhandle. you are looking at rain in south florida. looking at rain rubbing through mississippi, north georgia into the carolinas. this is a widespread events even though that center of circulation is still spinning off the coast. winds currently at 65 miles per hour. it's slowed down a elizabeth. which means it's going to take a elizabeth longer to run up on the panhandle. likely not happening until early this afternoon. we will continue to track that but the rain as we said, absolutely everywhere. you are looking at flash flood watches now stretching

from florida all the way up into the south into tennessee over towards the carolinas. how much rain are we eventually talking about here? it's looking like widespread we are going to be seeing at least two to three inches of rain in some spots this will be piling up even more. you start to see some of these yellows and reds, getting up to 4, to 5, to 6 inches. other spots maybe up to a foot. there is your forecasted radar. put it in motion for you. stop it there 3:00 p.m. looks like we have made landfall by then. guys that's when things will be the worst along the florida coast. jillian: we know you will being keeping us updated. rob: massive fire tearing through one of europe's amusements park. park in germany. officials say it started in a warehouse and then the fire spread to the rides. you can see thick, black smoke pour into the sky. look at that 25,000 people had to be evacuated as hundreds of firefighters work to put these flames out. jillian: uss arizona memorial at harley harbor is

closed indefinitely. engineers working how to figure out serious structural issues and unclear how long it will take to make repairs. other visitors visitors center in hawaii will remain open. rob: this memorial day athletes will remember a seal with grueling workout. jillian: people will try to compete in the murp challenge named after lieutenant michael murpy. rob: murphy if i died in a fire fight in afghanistan and posthumously awarded the medal of honor. jillian: mile run, 100 pull-ups 2, hundred pushups, three hundred squats just for fun another mile run. it raises money for scholarship foundation and new museum. rob: that last mile must be ridiculous. jillian: saving the summit. the media painting a different picture when it comes to the singapore summit. >> the president was

desperate to change the headlines. he has succeeded. jillian: on or off? do the left ever want it to work out for president trump? that debate is coming up next. rob: honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. an amazing gift from a nascar super star that stunned two kids who lost their dad to war. wait until you see what he put on his race car. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ he eats a bowl of hammers at every meal ♪ ♪ he holds your house in the palm of his hand ♪ ♪ he's your home and auto man ♪ big jim, he's got you covered ♪ ♪ great big jim, there ain't no other ♪ -so, this is covered, right? -yes, ma'am. take care of it for you right now. giddyup! hi! this is jamie. we need some help.

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jillian: good morning to you and welcome back. liberals trying to hammer president trump on immigration only to have it back fire. look at these tweets from the lives of women's march linda is asarsour. sleeping in cages. they slammed the president for resorting to such tactics, the problem is this all happened years ago when obama was president.

the very link they tweeted and the pictures were from 2014. some were quick to delete the tweets while others are still up. comments are pouring in. most of you seem to agree. mollie writing on facebook doesn't surprise me obama could do no wrong in their ice. go toes show out bias and hate for our president. jan says, quote: that is the reason there is so much hate. this is not our president spreading lies. blaming trump for something and finding out the photos are from obama time. a liberal millennial mayor in california has a shocking new pitch to stop bad guys with guns. give them a thousand bucks. stockton mayor michael tubbs want to offer crooks 18 months of counseling and cash if they stay out of trouble. 27-year-old says it helps them learn to make better choice. same mayor who wants to hand out 500 bucks a month to certain residents. rob: u.s. officials in north korea trying to salvage these talks with the rogue regime but the media still

slamming the president for the back and forth on all of this on this historic sit down. if there. >> the president was desperate to change the headlines, he has succeeded. kim jong un and president trump both known to be volatile. you don't know what they are going to is i and don't know who is going to be the big man in the room injects the risk of literally nuclear proportions. >> united states either wittingly or unwittingly elevated kim jong un to places he had never been before. rob: the question this morning, has the coverage of this been fair? here to debate that is "washington times" legal affairs reporter alex sawyer and democratic strategist antjuan seawright. guys, thanks so much for coming in and joining us on a holiday to talk about this. >> good morning. rob: we have the potential of this. only a couple weeks away at this point now there has been a lot of off and on.

antyuan, do you believe that after the coverage we have seen. >> absolutely i do. at the end of the day, we are american first. and when it comes to foreign policy, i do not see democrat or republican, this is an american issue. this issue will go beyond when donald trump, after donald trump leaves the white house whether it's in 2020 or 2024. the only thing democrats and i think most of the media has been reacting to is the arrogance of this president and this administration towards north korea. my senator calls for donald trump to have the nobel peace prize when simply there were just talks about the summit with the dictator of north korea. i think this is a slow game. i think the president should not leave anyone out of this conversation. and we need a long-term strategy when it comes to north korea. rob: alex, nancy pelosi said when the president cancelled this meeting last thursday that it was a victory for kim jong un.

but, as we saw over the weekend this really corrected a lot of the rhetoric coming out of north korea in many ways and actually kind of straightened him up. what do you think of pelosi's criticism? >> yeah, i think it's interesting to talk about the media and democratic lawmakers' approach to how president trump has handled. this it has kind of been in lock step. however, when it comes to democratic lawmakers, we have to be reminded that this is an election year with the mid terms coming up. i think it's fair to stay -- >> -- that's the same for republicans. >> i think it's fair to say that you are going to have a lot of them looking for any sort of criticism they can coming from this president. not only when it comes to, you know, trade negotiations but in its handling of north korea. i think, you know, any sort of summit of a u.s. president is able to sit down with chairman kim is a success and something that the president can tout because no other president has been able to do so. >> may you be reminded that we have been in this posture before as a country with north korea.

so this is not the first time we have been in i would say negotiations or talks. only thing people are saying from democrats, republicans and even the intelligence community, let's be very strategic and let's be long term about this approach. and while the republicans want to make this about partisan politics it should not. just because we disagree with the president on his approach or on policy does not mean that democrats do not care about putting our country first. rob: alex, real quick. right now, the idea seems to be that the president is saying if you give up your nuclear weapons and open up your country to the world, we will pour money and investment. buy things from you. have a much more stable economic society. people better taken care of if you get rid of these weapons. marco rubio from florida says there is no way kim jong un gives up his weapons. if mark is right there is no divide come june 12th. how do you think this plays out? >> i think you are right. experts have pointed to whether chairman kim will require that the u.s. pulls

out of south korea. i think that could be a deal breaker and we have to see what happens. overwhelmingly it looks like the president has the public opinion on his side in terms of wanting to sit down and see that there is peace negotiation or agreement reached. i think what will be interesting if how congress handels if. something they take up and could last or something like the iran deal. rob: okay. it remains to be seen as always. we will find out if there is a summit. guys, thanks so much for coming on this morning. >> thank you. jillian: fallen, not forgotten, amazing display harshing those who made the will sacrifice. those were this loving tribute joins us next why it is so important to reflect and remember on this memorial day. rob: check in with the hottehottoddy and see what's cog up on memorial day.

todd: very patriotic show coming up today as you might imagine. we are joined by country music star john rich. no word as to where big is because they are big and rich. but, also, former pga golfer john daly. they are going to be with steve doocy. they are all raises money for the folds of honor program. just unbelievable memorial day tradition we have here at "fox & friends." plus, johnny joey jones retired u.s. marine corps bomb technician who lost his legs in battle in afghanistan. is he throwing out the first pitch in the braves-mets game. no truth is he going to sign him for relief because the mets is horrific right now. surprising both her daughters at school after 7 month long deployment. all three of them are here. i always say if we could have a channel just of these welcome homes, it would be the highest rated show in the world just because these are so beautiful every single time we see it. rob: that's a good one there. todd: we have a four hour show ahead of you so buckle

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rob: this is really something here. fallen, not forgotten, a message honoring our heroes spelled out with american flags. jillian: 50 volunteers planting 10,000 flags at the university of phoenix ahead of this memorial day. and one of those volunteers who worked on the tribute joins us live now. good morning, retired u.s. army sergeant brian ishmael. thank you for joining us. thank you for your service. tell us what it's like to put 10,000 flags and only 50 volunteers. how long does it take? >> the process starts planning about six months in advance. but, once we get them out

there, it's about over a day to get all those flags in the ground and everything measured out perfectly. rob: this has got to be an important reminder for a lot of people that live in the luxuries of this country but maybe not remind every day of what it took to get to this place. >> absolutely. i mean, memorial day is the day that we get to recognize those that gave their lives fighting for our freedoms. fallen, not forgotten is the perfect message to display that not only to pay tribute to those who gave their lives but also to recognize that until the families that we did lose them but we will never forget them. jillian: we are seeing the video now of the 10,000 flags. whats to the flag mean to you. >> the flag means a lot to me. i obviously served as a combat veteran and we look at that flag as kind of the way forward as a symbol of peace and freedom. so, it means a whole lot to me. rob: this is the ninth year, i guess, that the university of phoenix has done this and

i remember following this story through all the years that this has happened. you don't get a lot of patriotism on many american university campuses these days. what makes the university of phoenix so special? >> well, we have obviously a tremendous student body filled with a large number of not only active duty but also veterans. and our staff and faculty, also, have served our family members who have served. so they take tremendous pride in being able to put this display together. jillian: message fallen not forgotten that was voted by the public as you guys do. what does it mean to have the public involved in something like this? and what does the community say about this? >> well, it means everything. and the outpouring of support is tremendous. just on social media you can go on read all of the supportive posts that people are posting. and then people stop by throughout the week just to see the flags in person and kind of pay their respects to those that gave their

lives. rob: you got plans for year 10? are you going to keep this going? how long does this go? >> absolutely. we have big plans for year 10. it will be even bigger. jillian: i understand that the flags have been donated or will be donated? >> that's correct. we donate the flags each year to an organization called heros to hometowns. they are an organization that's responsible for making sure the flags get delivered to military grave sites all across the state of arizona. jillian: that is beautiful. rob: that is something else. brian ishmael, thank you for coming on this morning. thanks for your time and what you are doing. >> thank you. rob: 53 minutes after the hour. talk about a fast-learner. how a teenage flight student helped his teacher make an emergency landing on a highway packed with cars. >> we owe him everything for what they have done. so, it's very touching. very -- opening. and it really hits home. jillian: jeffrey earnhardt

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snowed. jillian: you know our producer told us we were coming back with a shot of the white house. that's not the song i envisioned to go along with those images. steve: it says u.s.a. it is a party in the u.s.a. most people don't have to work today. so, in a way, it's very appropriate. jillian: in a way it is. rob: welcome back. time for the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good. nascar driver jeffrey earnhardt surprises the family of a family soldier by putting his name army sergeant george man miss on the driver's side door. >> he was a nascar fan. and it's just a real honor for someone to honor him. >> we owe them everything for what they have done. >> it's awesome. earnhardt has he the names of 617 fallen service members right on the hood of that car. >> jillian: now the bad. flying lessons crash landing on crowded freeway. the student taking over for the pilot.

slammed into a car. no one was hurt. rob: finally the ugly. plans to smokestack goes up in smoke. the smoke tack in pennsylvania now lopsided and a bit shorter and they are going to try to implode it again this week. jillian: have a good day. we have got to go. please remember the meaning of memorial day. rob: see you later. >> an historic summit could be getting a new lease on life after a meeting between the u.s. and north korea reignites hope for peace on the peninsula. >> president trump can use all the elements of american power. even short of the use of force and we can get the north koreans to do what he they think they never would do. >> russian collusion. here's what they found zero. the reality is the american people have come to the conclusion everybody else has. this investigation is rigid. >> the president is convinced that there was a informant embedded in his complain. >> none of the classical attributes of spy craft was president h