>> really cool. jillian: happy veterans day to everyone out there who has served or continues to serve. rob: big parade and the president will be there fifth avenue in new york city. "fox & friends" starts right thought. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: good morning, everybody. ♪ ♪ steve: how are you? brian: how are you doing? great to see you. steve: welcome, everybody, to "fox & friends" it's

veterans day 2019. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the 78th army band. very nicely done. ♪ [applause] ainsley: today is veterans day and we are so happy. we have a room full of veterans, active duty, some retired. god bless you. thank you so much for serving our great country. brian: not to put down the other audiences but usually they are a little tired and a little rowdy. you guys look like it's 12 noon and you are staring straight ahead like you are falling in for us. steve: please, everybody, sit down so we can all right. by the way, this very special "fox & friends" live brought to you by our friends at navy federal credit union and as we honor our heroes, who have worn the uniform. when you look at the numbers it's really staggering the

number of americans who have joined the service. ainsley: 19.2 million living veterans and 42 million have served during war-time since the american revolution. brian: that was a long time ago. right now 1.3 active duty members. over 2 million are actually ready for the call. 471,000 in the army, the navy 225,000. the air force 321,000 plus. and marine corps 185,415. i can't tell you how many people i see who just recently retired say if something happens i can't wait for the call to go back should they be needed. so many joined in this generation after 9/11. ainsley: well, we are so honored and so grateful. my dad sent me an email and said i would not be the dad i want to be if i didn't tell what you veterans day really means. he said veterans day is always on 11/11 we know that because world war i ended on the 11th month on the 11th day on the 11th hour. steve: that's right.

when major hostilities for world war i concluded. we are going to, at the conclusion of today's telecast, do something that we have never done before out on fox square at 48th and sixth avenue there are a dozen men and women who have served in the u.s. military but are not american citizens. today, they will take the official oath of allegiance. it will be a little bit of history. very important in their lives, and we are going to show it to you live. ainsley: how wonderful would that be to become a citizen on veterans day. brian: of course, then they are eligible to pick a sports team. pick somebody to break your heart like the giants did over the weekend and like the yankees did in new york in particular. so be part of the madness, which is america. ainsley: speaking of madness. this is impeachment inquiry week. be televised. on wednesday. brian: celebrate how you want. ainsley: republicans put a list together of people they want to testify and of course democrats are saying nope, not going to happen. steve: take a look at the faces we know, hunter biden

is requested by the democrats. devon archer on burisma former board member also business partner. alexandra chalupa former dnc staffer. she has a lot to say. the republicans would love to see her and the whistleblower. ainsley: there is nellie ohr, tim morrison russian and advisor on the president's national security council. hale. and then kurt volker, you've heard his name a lot. former u.s. special representative for ukraine negotiations. brian brian i have heard democrats say yesterday hey, you know what? all this shouldn't be a problem. morrison shouldn't be a problem. other ones they call them crazy republican conspiracies because you don't follow them they are conspiracies. others are investigations that need to be done. i see a huge problem with that on top of that, too. the republicans want to say, look, there was a reason why the president was curious about ukraine was doing in 2016 and that would establish the reason for him to be holding up the aid if,

in fact, he did. steve: the witness list was due on saturday morning and ever since then the democrats have taken a look at it. and congressman hakim jeffries, a democrat from new york, who is the house democratic caucus chair said this. house republicans #cover-up caucus, want sham witnesses to testify. my two cents? get lost. lindsey graham took a look at that list and he says you know what? there is somebody we really need to hear from, and that is the person who essentially launched everything that got us to the point we are right now. and that's the whistleblower. here's lindsey. >> i consider any impeachment in the house that doesn't allow us to know who the whistleblower is to be invalid because without the whistleblower complaint, we wouldn't be talking about any of this. and i also see the need for hunter biden to be called to adequately defend the president and if you don't do those two things, it's a complete joke.

what's going to happen, when you find out who the whistleblower is, i'm confident you are going to find out it's somebody from the deep state. you're going to find out that they had interactions with schiff. this thing is going to stink to high heaven. brian: support of the reason is people say the whistleblower's complaint was verified by various people in the state department. okay. but if you want to know who is going to launch an investigation knew, wouldn't you like to know if they have a political action to grind? wouldn't you like to know if they were hooked up with maybe the person that is being accused of being put in the center of this political fray? wouldn't you want to know did they have an agenda when launching this? they say it was third hand information. we don't really care. they had other people. you cared launch the investigation third hand information. and if there is somebody that you are attached to that doesn't like the president or is running against the president. i think that should be out in front of the american people. steve: right. that's one of the reasons that the republicans also would like to testify adam

schiff. also okay, mr. chairman, we have some questions for you. exactly, explain when the whistleblower came what your connection is all that stuff because ultimately the republicans feel if they can show to the american public with these hearings that start in public on wednesday, if they can show that it -- you know, the democrats have their hand on the scale, it is not it's not a fair fight. ainsley: lindsey graham said as far as schiff is concerned he doesn't want to find the truth he wants to destroy the president. brian: just to build on what you guys said. if this is a case of the republicans being locked out or it's one-side and they are being cut off democrats lose right away. they lose over the way it's being treated. ainsley: it's not bipartisan. brian: they have to see a fair approach. if you have a good case to prove against the president you should allow the president to talk. ainsley: both sides should have a say in this.

brian: right. it's unfair the public is going to check out. steve: i have a feeling the mainstream media is going to portray it one particular way. ainsley: the senate, when it goes to the senate,. steve: lindsey graham said it's dead on arrival. brian: let me say something about this couch. this is how i would look if pete hegseth didn't crush my cushions over the weekend. i feel i could sit up. posture is perfect. ainsley: are you saying he is heavy. brian: is he too heavy to sit in my spot. steve: this couch belongs to outnumbered. brian: they must have a lot of money in their budget. steve: it's veterans day. jillian is behind you. she is on the landing and has the news. jillian: good morning to everybody. happy veterans day and thank you for your service. personal isis fighter who fought overseas is being sent back. the unnamed american was

deported overnight. not clear when they were caught. turkey has promised to send back captured fighters to their home country. announcement comes two days before turkey's president meets with president trump at the white house. also breaking right now, new york congressman pete king is not seeking re-election in 2020. in a statement, king says, quote: the prime reasonable for my decision was that after 28 years of spending four days a week in washington, d.c., it is time to end the weekly commute and be home. king has helped pass several major pieces of bipartisan legislation, including refunding the 9/11 victims compensation fund. today president trump will make history becoming the first ever president to attend the new york city veterans day parade. the president will kick off the 100th annual parade with a speech at madison square park in manhattan. he will then lay a wreath at the eternal light memorial inside the park. vice president mike pence will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and give remarks at

arlington cemetery today. the nfl honoring our nation's heroes with its annual salute to service. giant american flags and military members on the field ahead of veterans day. as for the games, cook's 183 all purpose yards powering the vikings to a 28-24 win over the cowboys. take a look at that and the titans rallying in the stun chiefs home's return from injury. there they go. touchdown. it's caught. it's picked up. this game is over. jillian: tennessee wins 35-32. the falcons scoring the upset of the day. shocking the saints 26. steelers defense overwhelms the rams in their 17-12 win. a lot of good action on the field. that's a look at your headlines. second it back to you. steve: all right. thank you so much. because we have so many people here active duty and retired vets, we're going to

go ahead and come out into the audience on this, the 11th day of the 11th month. what's your name, sir? >> joseph. steve: where are you from. >> miami, florida. steve: tell me about your service. >> i actually joined when i was 17 years old. tanker. and vehicle mechanic as well. retired three years ago in which i started my not for profit fox hole commands. steve: fantastic. why did you join? >> i actually give that blame to my father. steve: that blame. your dad was military. >> no. actually he wasn't. he is a cuban american. recently passed away. he actually showed me how to be a man and great american. which gave me the full motivation to become another great american and show my children to continue on in service. continue on being a great american and serve our country. steve: what would you like people who are not vets or active duty military to think about people who put on the uniform today? >> i would say this, sir.

as all vets, i'm sure we can agree to one thing. we are not entitled to anything we don't want to be entitled to anything. but we do require respect. respect for our flag, respect for our country. and respect for ourselves. steve: very nice. how about a round of applause for that. [applause] steve: tell you was your name. >> christa mccosta marine corps veteran. third battalion six marines caleb company. and it was definitely an experience. steve: what did the marines teach you? >> marine corps teaches definitely discipline. lots of discipline. being a marine, we look back on all the other marines that have worn the uniform before us. last thing we ever want to do is let them down. that's engrained into the corps of a marine. steve: we're going to have a job fair here in about a half an hour that fox is taking part of.

when an employer hires a vet. what do you get? >> when an employer hire as veteran, i believe that there is some tax breaks for that organization. you are also going to get some type of -- you are going to get a leader. you are going to get somebody that's going to strive at a project that needs limited guidance. that's what our veterans can provide to employers out there. steve: very nicely done. round of applause for this fellow. how nice is that? [applause] steve: all right, ainsley and brian? brian: oh, thank you very much, steve. that was awesome. meanwhile, we have a request for you out in -- where you are in your living room, whether you are dressed or not. we need you to send pictures of veterans to yourselves. ainsley: family members. brian: send those pictures when you were on duty or today friends@foxnews.com. ainsley: yes. thank you, brian. those ounces and responses were beautiful. thank you, guys. brian: meanwhile, straight

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[cheers and applause] ♪ ainsley: today is veterans day. we have a studio full of people who have served our country or are serving our country. brian: agreed to get along the next three hours. we appreciate it. steve: meanwhile, let's introduce to you john james. you know him. he's a veteran and currently running for the u.s. senate from the beautiful state of michigan. john? good to have you. >> thanks for having me back on. steve: veterans day, what does it mean to you. >> veterans day is where we remember everyone who has served roots back to the turn of the 19th century.

we remember all the sacrifices that it took to get us to this point and we bust not forget those sacrifices because we are building on them for the future. it's such an honor for me to be in the studio with my brothers and sisters in arms. thank you for your service and honor to call myself your brother. [cheers and applause] ainsley: what branch? >> i graduated from west point in 2004. don't hold that against me. ranger qualified apache pilot and flew 750 hours come watt in operation iraqi freedom. go army. [applause] brian: you made the transition from military man to businessman. >> yes. brian: now you are going into politics. how hard was that transition? >> the biggest reason i went to serve the first time was to serve my country because i recognize that so many people fought and died for me to have the freedoms that i enjoy. so i went and i fought and i

served. many of us who went to iraq go to these combat zones are disturbed by what we see. but i was in iraq during the great recession back in michigan. michigan was really really hard hit. so while i'm over in iraq, i'm dining facility for everybody who is not familiar, we saw images my home, detroit, flint, saginaw, benton harbor, marquette, areas in the home worse than the combat zone i was flying. brian: whoa, you said worse than you were flying. >> places in detroit. places at home looked like third world countries that cannot be in the united states of america. we don't have enough people who have as passionate about helping the least of these so i came back to join the family business. because what people needed were jobs. people needed the opportunity to excel and to live life the way that god intended for us and the way our constitution guaranteed. so i joined the family business and helped grow it and it's just an honor to be in a position to continue my service again, to go to washington, serve my nation.

serve everybody and to get back when the time is right. ainsley: why do you think it's important for veterans to serve in washington. currently 96 total veterans in the congress right now. >> i took my uniform off. but i will never quit my oath. i truly feel a call to serve, a call to duty that i have felt since i was 17 years old. right now i believe that veterans still have that call. but too few of us have the means or the opportunity to continue or service. we need to change that but i believe that having more veterans in congress. brian: absolutely. >> people who understand the difference between right and wrong. the difference between good and evil. people who can accomplish tough missions under any circumstances anybody regardless of party or political affiliation. steve: they can use you there today or somebody with that point of view. brian: you are running for the senate? >> yes. u.s. senate state of michigan. ainsley: thank you. [applause]

steve: all right. meanwhile, he received the medal of honor for his heroic actions in iraq. army staff sergeant david bellavia joins us live next. brian: wow. what an honor.

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military. brian: now time to bring in a guy that was front and center this past year but what he did a few years back. he is medal of honor recipient, retired army staff sergeant david bellavia here with incredible story of sacrifice what his life has been like since the president of the united states put that incredible honor around your neck. >> it's been pretty crazy but being in a room with a bunch of brothers and sisters. this is awesome. this is what it is all about. i dare isis to walk in this room right now. we will goose pile them. this is -- going around the country and just talking to so many people and service, what it means, getting people to join the military, bettering yourself and bettering your country. college is breeding perpetual adolescence. peter pan syndrome as young as you want. we love it. keep the band back together. the military crushes aadolescence and we make men and women and we can bear

the responsibility of a nation we do it every day look at these men and women. this is why we are free. >> tell us your story. i know it all started. you decided to enlist after a home invasion, right? >> my parents got robbed. i was home from college. and i just wasn't able to do what i needed to do to protect the people i love. ainsley: s brian: you walked into the house. you see your house being robbed and you froze? >> did i. i had a shotgun. i couldn't respond. i just remember that look on my dad's face. it was just -- you are not ready you are not ready for the real world. i went to the university of fort benning at georgia. and i went and got my ph.d. in human studies. brian: what's important for everyone to know. he ends up writing a book called house-to-house. he does one of the scariest things possible. you walk into a house full of carbon monoxide, house by house. you didn't know where they were and what's been booby trapped and led your men.

using bare hands to choke these guys out. the thing that you were not able to rise to the occasion in your teens, but in your 20's, you do it better than anyone in the country arguably. >> well, that's very kind. but, you know, i had 40 of the bravest americans i ever met in my life hooking and jabbing every single day. the guys in my unit first infantry division out there in anbar, we did it together. and peer pressure makes you do stupid things at young age. peer pressure makes you clear roads of ieds. surrounded by outstanding people you will do outstanding things. steve: sound bite from june takes you back to the white house. here is the president talking about this guy. >> he leapt into the torrent of bullets and fired back at the enemy without even thinking, the insurgents, he just took over. david, today we honor your extraordinary courage. we salute your selfless

service. and we thank you for carrying on the legacy of american valor. steve: tell us about what happened that day that the president honored you. >> the president of the united states allowed me to take 32 of my family, my brothers in third platoon alpha company on the stage with me. i got to share that moment with them. we did it together. we should share it together. one of the most special moments of my life. bringing all those guys. we are all different. we vote different. we think different. but, together, you know, one thing washington can learn from the military is that you can put your differences aside. get together and get things done and every day the united states army and our dod, that's what we do every day. one team, one fight. if you are in our way, you are in trouble. brian: david, we know the president, according to mark millie, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he will leave 600 in syria to make sure isis doesn't

rise up again. how do you feel about that? >> you know, the thing -- i have 100 percent confidence. i work with the secretary of the army and all these other folks all the time. getting out there, seeing the country. we have outstanding leadership. here's the thing people need to think about. we have been at war for 18 years. these general's in charge right now 18 years no. other era of american history has had this much combat experience. our drill sergeants are giving information and knowledge to young people basic training. no generation has had. 18 years of combat. we are ready and if our leaders say this is what we need, we will take it. steve: david, what do you make of the news story that apparently the president of the united states is considering giving the purple heart to that the dog that helped with the demise of baghdadi the guy who ran isis? >> our dog handlers are incredible. those dogs are huge assets. army is a people organization. right? let's take care of people first, right? and when all these brave men

and women have been given the valor awards that they learned. when we are taking care of our vets in the v.a. then we can focus on canariys, dolphins and dogs. we will do all that afterwards. people first and dogs second. brian: in other words, not into it? >> look, the dog is -- again, this is incredible tool. i'm not disrespecting anything those guys are doing. it still takes men and women at the tip of the spear. ainsley: a lot of men and women agree with you. >> thank you. appreciate it. brian: i don't know how we got into that. ainsley: veterans, thank you for your service. a new poll says nearly half of americans are not comfortable with that expression. we are going to ask our audience about it coming up next. brian: now they are clapping. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: the 78th army band very nicely done. brian: fantastic. 28 minutes before the top of the hour. we are celebrating all morning long as you know the veterans that have served in the past and the president. is one of america's favorite

morning stops is dunkin' donuts. a lot of people start their day with dunkin' donuts. offering a free doughnut to active military veterans all day long. i don't want you standing outside the doughnut shop walking in to get a doughnut with them. you have to be the veteran yourself. ainsley: walking around passing out donuts to all these wonderful men and women who serve our country. brian: complimentary napkin that was our idea. ainsley: another sweet surprise dunkin' is giving all of you. do you want to tell them, steve? steve: gift cards. ainsley: $50. steve: hey, america runs on dunkin' you will run on it for a while. brian: i get a sense you can get a latte for that maybe two. steve: my wife says it's the best one made. ainsley: i thought that was so nice of them to give each of you $50. that's a lot of money.

steve: you know, oftentimes, you hear and we have said it on this program, when you have got active duty or retired, you will say thank you for your service. at the end of the interview. well, thereson an outvet that's called the cohen's veteran's network. they did a survey. and they said how do you feel when you hear thank you for your service? 49% of veterans feel uncomfortable. one of the things they say is after somebody says thank you for your service, they don't know what to say in return. ainsley: they say they would rather be asked when they served, where they served and the specific job they did while they were serving. brian: right. so, at this point, according to the rehearsal we were here at 4:00 a.m. i walk into the audience and speak to you. are you guys okay with that? >> yeah. brian: all right, so, first off, i asked before who wants to speak. what's your name, sir? >> my name is jonathan. >> where did you serve. >> i served? germany in the united states

army. brian: what years? >> 2003 to 2009. brian: how would you characterize those years? >> best years of my life so far. brian: i hear that's a great place to be stationed number one, also the hospital there first received the wounded from the middle east. so, when i -- if i see you at jfk in the airport today and i say thank you for your service, how do you handle that. >> you know, part of the 49% who kind of stutter in response and my initial response is thank you but thank you for maintaining the home front. but it is about, you know, what we're doing now. the service doesn't stop just because we get out of the military. it continues into our higher education and mingsful employment. brian: so it's okay to say that with you but would you be one of the many who say i prefer you ask me where i served and how i served. >> extends the conversation beyond that sort of surface. brian: i was on american airlines yesterday and one of the things they ask you military yes or no. that's relatively new.

military can board first. do the little things matter? >> i think it does. especially for active duty service members. that's something, you know, long time away from home. always on the road. those little things can add up. brian: all right. thank you for your service. now i know where you served. [laughter] brian: somebody over here wanted to talk to me. there you go. jack? jack, where did you serve? >> vietnam. >> what years? >> '67-'68. brian: what was it like. >> exciting infantry man. brian: i never heard anybody say exciting it? >> was exciting. very exciting. and i was there during the offensive. it was certainly adventurous. brian: adventurous during the height of the war. controversy at home. were you drafted. >> i was drafted, yeah. brian: how did you feel when you got that draft notice. >> i went in at 18. i dropped out of college. advanced my draft.

i was out when i was 20 years old. brian: how can we make up to you what you didn't receive then. we really do want to thank you for your service and that you are not forgotten. brian: do you feel like this generation is starting to have respect for what you guys did. >> absolutely. it's completely changed especially over the last 15, 20 years. when we came back from vietnam, we didn't have the attention, the respect or actually any gratitude at all. i think now it's absolutely 1,000% better when somebody thanks me for my service, you know, i take that as a compliment and i appreciate. next to me actually a vietnam veteran. brian: how are you? >> vietnam 68 to 71. united states navy. and as jack said i think we appreciate that -- i do anyway, more than most because of the way we were treated when we did get home it. means a lot more to us when someone says thank you for your service because we didn't have that opportunity. brian: over 50,000 lost their lives. we had hundreds of thousands in battle there was a draft. and you come back under a are getting protested for a

war you were forced to go into where you liked it or not. it must have been mind boggling. hopefully we make sense of it in this generation. can you say thank you for your service. is that all right? >> certainly welcome. >> absolutely. thank you very much. brian: janice, and thanks, guys. janice, you have some important weather. we are getting slammed. all of a sudden it's winter. janice: brian, i'm on stage where we are going to have 12 people become citizens today in the 8:00 hour. it's going to be amazing. we have never had 2 done here on "fox & friends." it's happening today on veterans day. i can't wait to see it happen. i will tell you. i made sure that the snow comes tomorrow. not today. and actually we have got beautiful weather here in new york city. 49 degrees. we do have the potential for some snow in the forecast tonight and into tomorrow as this arctic cold front moves. in we will see record-setting cold as well as winter weather advisories for over 60 million folks. watch what happens as we go through time here into the afternoon and into the

overnight. measurable snow, especially across interior sections of the northeast. some of that will possibly get into the coastal areas tomorrow behind the cold front. so there is your snowfall forecast. we will see plenty of snow in some of those areas. first measurable snow of the season. there are your cold temperatures. a beautiful day here in new york city. we have got the stars and stripes here on fox square. i'm so happy to be a part of this veterans day show. do all oto all of our veterans today, love ya. steve: stop by in 8:00 hour to watch that. brian: we would invite janice in but we cannot control her. she has to stay outside. steve: these wounded warriors are helping each other heal through the power of fitness. they will share their snirg story. you are going to want to hear it. they are coming up next ♪ ♪ what do i want for christmas?

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steve: sarah, let's start with your story, september 11th, 2001, where were you? >> i was at the pentagon september 11th, 2001. steve: what happened? >> i had just finished being promoted and i was standing outside the pentagon and it was immediately struck and i became first responder. steve: you did. were you injured? >> yes, sir. after 13 years of leg reconstructive surgery i had an amputation five years ago. steve: 13 years of surgery? >> yes, sir. steve: after all of that, you turned to this program, didn't you? >> yes, sir. steve: tell us a little bit about your program. >> well, we have been serving our veteran, combat veterans for 10 years now. thank you for your service. wednesday my brother died 10 years ago. we have taken that pain to purpose. and we do individualized fitness grants nationwide for any combat injured veteran. we start fitness, help them physically, mentally, camaraderie, spirituality, we get it all through

fitness. ainsley: tell us about your brother and why you started this program. >> he was an amazing human being. he enlisted one year shy of 42. he was killed in afghanistan. big big fitness component. he believed it changed him immensely and physically. we took that look at the government. we said there is nothing holistically being provided. combat veterans extremely high in combat activity when they were deployed we brought that back to them when they came home. weight loss, tons of meds, thousands and thousands of pounds. steve: you call it catch a lift. that's what the brother used to say before he went to the gym. >> all over the world where he lived. he said i'm catching a lift. steve: jason, tell us about your story. >> i served in afghanistan in 2012. i stepped on an ied and dba year and a half of rehab in san antonio. i found out catch a lift. in 2015, and i was a grant recipient in '16.

so i have been with them about three years. it's helped me hear spiritually and mentally. gives me a healthy outlet for stress and everything else i deal with. steve: because it's related to fitness. tell us about the fitness routine that you find to be helpful. >> i like lifting heavy stuff. i like to tell my stuff when i'm done not when my body hurts. like i said, it gives me healthy outlet to do the things i like to do. steve: did you go to the gym a lot before you were injured? >> did i. ainsley: sarah, what does the flag mean to you? >> the flag represents freedom for me. and for me, the strength of what we have come through and the foundation that we are now representing as coaches, not just as grant recipients. we are giving back to veterans who were once in our shoes. and now we can help them because we were at their stage in life. and we know they could get through it because we have too. >> sour both coaches?

>> yes, sir. steve: so somebody who joins the organization, you would wind up yelling at them at some point. [laughter] >> whatever they need. yeah. steve: this is a wonderful program that a lot of people have not heard about. if you would like more information go to catch a lift fund.org. >> i just want to say we have 700 men and women waiting to get. in. ainsley: you need more funds. >> we do. thanks for having us. steve: thank you very much. >> thank you, sarah. [applause] steve: all right. coming up. ainsley: helped serve our country and helping them get back to work. abby hornacek live at the veterans job fair out on the fox square. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]

♪ [cheers and applause] steve: all about honoring men and women who have served our country and who are now serving our economy. ainsley: we feel very safe today here in the studio. we have all of these wonderful men and women who serve in our military. [applause] ainsley: in honor of veterans day fox news is hosting a job fair right lehr on fox square. brian: joining us to take a closer look is fox news host abby hornacek. what's going on out there. >> we have a lot going on out here. we have five veteran owned.

about 25% of service members transitioning into service life are interested in starting a business. we have the opportunity to talk to some of them here today on fox square. we have poochy and amanda. amanda is still active duty. thank you for your service, amanda. >> thank you so much for your support. >> you have carved indel jingle bell niche with these watches. can you tell me about the background of these watches and how they came to be in the market? >> sure. for 25 years we have been producing watches out of downtown los angeles just for the military, first responders. and it actually started from our owner who is exmilitary. he actually got together, saw in the market of watches, this was missing. this category. that was specifically made for special operations. so he got together with some of his friends and they actually developed some really unique watches in order to, let's say serve certain missions. actually, the watch i'm holding right now, if you look at this watch, this is

called the rad. it's the first geiger counter watch in the world. and it's actually quite unique. and there is a lot of reasons why somebody would want a geiger counter watch. >> this watch is capable of detecting radiation. only watch of its kind able to do that. so if you have military members or you have first responders and e.m.s. that work around radiation a lot. the watch is able to detect your exposure gets too high. that way you know where you are at. it's very unique. abby: what kind of responsibility do you feel as a service member in selling these watches to maybe active duty military? >> yeah, absolutely. being a brand ambassador for the company is really important. myself personally, i only like to work with companies that i have the utmost confidence and trust in. so i know that anybody that's going to use these watches, they're the highest quality. they serve their purpose. these watches have applicability by them. we get stories all the time

from service members who come back from overseas and how these watches in particular have saved their lives. abby: we appreciate your guys' service and selling these to active duty military and civilians. guys, back to you. brian: back in a moment. two more hours coming your way. so did you get a new car? kind of. thanks to navy federal it only took 5 minutes. so vets can join? oh yeah. how do you kind of buy a new car? it's used. it's for mikey. you know he's gonna have girls in that car. yeah. he's gonna have two of them. great benefits for veterans from navy federal credit union... our members are the mission.

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steve: very nice. ainsley: beautiful. steve: ladies and gentlemen, 78th army band joining us live here on veterans day. you know, in just a couple of hours, history will be made because president donald trump will actually be presiding over the veterans day parade. it's the 100th anniversary of it right here in midtown manhattan. ainsley: going to go down fifth avenue in front of trump tower. brian: he has supported the parade in the past when it was about to go belly up in 1995 he said here is a check. go. nobody talked about that. we learned about that when they made the announcement on our show that the president will be coming. tomorrow i guess he will stay in new york city because he will have a meeting at the economics council tomorrow. also, the vice president will be at the tomb of the unknown soldier and laying the wreath down there. that's something the president would do normally had he not been here. ainsley: coordinators at the parade have been involved in it. he took it over from his dad years ago he said we have asked every president to come. send them a letter.

this is the first time a president has said yes. steve: indeed, brian, to your point, i think we actually have live pictures right now out of arlington, cemetery of the tomb of the unknowns. mike pence will be laying the wreath there. president trump will be laying a wreath this morning at the eternal light memorial in new york city. ainsley: veterans day always on 11/11 because world war i ended on the 11th month on the 11th day on the 11th hour. steve: that's right. coming up in the next hour of "fox & friends," a dozen service members are going to take the oath to become u.s. citizens. the oath of alegion jangets theallegiance. chairs set up in fronts of the building. this has never been done on fox news channel. you will see it live. and lee greenwood is going to sing proud to be an american. ainsley: what a special day for them. become citizens on veterans day and lee greenwood is going to sing to them. [applause]

brian: in new york city, the united nations is where the united states is and there for the first two and a half years for the president wants administration ambassador nikki haley arguably was as good as we have seen. she went in there under very difficult circumstances as governor of south carolina and she just, i think, exceeded all expectations. number one, considering the fact that she endorsed marco rubio for president, and then for a while, she was exchanging some barbs with the candidate trump. when it was time for naming an ambassador they were considering her for secretary of state. they chose her. and, manual, she did great. and when she finally did resign, she went to the oval office and got a send-off like nobody else i have seen. she has written a brand new book. she really tells us what happened in the administration. much more candid than i thought. ainsley: i have been reading it. steve: post-it notes ainsley has already put in there. ainsley: excellent book. i grew up in south carolina. i was there covering local news and saw her rise to the top.

and the state is very proud of her. she took down the divert flag. governor beazley took it down from the stomp the state house, the dome, they put it, this is the compromise they put it on the front lawn. and so it was actually more visible to people driving down main street. and she decided it was time to take that down after those shootings at the church in charleston. steve: one of the headlines out of this book is, you know, you wonder what was going on in the early days of the trump administration, she revealed yesterday in a television interview that the secretary of state rex tillerson and the chief of staff john f. kelly were actually not on the same page with the president of the united states. he would ask them to do something, and they wouldn't do it because they were trying to recruit her to join them to save america from president trump. watch. >> instead of saying that to me, they should have been saying that to the president. not asking me to join them on their side bar plan.

it should have been go tell the president what your differences are and quit if you don't like what he is doing. but to undermine a president is really a very dangerous thing. and it goes against the constitution and it goes against what the american people want. it was offensive. brian: sheep had a great relationship with the president. very professional. when i disagreed, i would actually call him. i will take this job if i can go directly to you. she was able to have a real effect on policy. to me in the book too she takes on tillerson right away. tillerson had no respect for her at all. i don't think he worked more than three days a week. he wouldn't even staff the place. he was a disaster. and ambassador haley would have none of it. and she actually took on mitt romney too at different points. when mitt romney did something to make her job more difficult as governor of south carolina. steve: it's pretty disappointing to think that the president would have on his staff people who would be working.

ainsley: against him. she is right. it's not presidential. steve: in fact, she said tillerson said people would die if trump was unchecked. we are going to have nikki haley on our program tomorrow to talk about all of this. ainsley: i agree. if you put together a team and trying to run the country, everyone on your team, yo, you can have disagreements but you can't resist the president. steve: he is the boss. brian: do not have a response yet. i imagine general kelly will have a response. did he say something similar a couple weeks ago by almost all reports when he was at this live event -- i think it was las vegas -- he had nice things to say about the president. at one point he said i feel guilty if this impeachment thing was happening if i was there i don't think it would have. he said, mr. president, you have to hire somebody that will be able to say no to you. steve: kelly has declined to comment in detail. but yesterday he put this out. if providing the president with the best and most open legal and ethical staffing advice from across the government so he could make an informed decision is working against trump, then guilty as charged.

ainsley: nikki haley will be on our show tomorrow we will be asking her about this. there are rumors she might be running for president down the rude. steve: in 2024. brian: no question her resume is pretty formidable. mark cuban was thinking about running for president. steve: i think he is still thinking. brian: no, he is not. i know that for certain. his family voted it down because of the blow back because of when he was thinking about it the last time. he did take on people democratic policies who he think would hurt the country. ainsley: like elizabeth warren? >> he said elizabeth warren is probably the smartest of the candidates. intellectually she knows she is misleading the public. that the chances of getting all the necessary line items she needs for medicare for all approved within four years are nearly impossible. steve: also he tweeted forbes said elizabeth warren's net worth is north of 12 million. that's being rich. filthy rich. i'm sure it's richer than she ever imagined she would be. good for her. she earned it. it puts her millions above

the threshold for being part of the richest 1% by net worth in our country. this is as much to divert attention from her income as net worth as anything else. other than steyer, she is the wealthiest of all the democratic candidates by far. so he is just taking shots at her because he does not believe that her socialistic kind of policies, first of all are realistic, can't pass, and are bad for the country. brian: steve, i will tell you there is very few billionaires, i think there is only 700 and something in the country. they are being targeted right now by most of the democratic candidates on the left. this billionaire's tax. i have never seen such blow back. steve: wealth tax. brian: jamie dimon spoke up about it constantly even last night on "60 minutes." of all people bill gates came out, hardly a conservative. he came out and said are you kidding me? and then have you mark cuban

saying basically the same thing. i earned it. it never worked anywhere by taking a billionaire's tax. also, who is liquid? when you are a billionaire, do you know how much stuff you own. you think a billion dollars table in suitcases. steve: think of it this way. you are taxed on income, we know that everybody is. but then you are taxed on whawivel able to amass during your life. your wealth. when you are super wealthy. and then when you die, there is another tax. ainsley: i know. death tax. brian: depending on what state you are in they want all of it. ainsley: this would be additional tax. they do have money coming out of all their paychecks for federal, state and local city. in addition to that think have to pay wealth tax. can you go on elizabeth warren's website and click on how much you are worth if you are a billionaire and tell you how much the taxes are. click on bill gates name and click on different millionaires. brian: best thing billionaires can do is open up another business. use that capital for risk. that would give people opportunity to have their

own success story rather than hand it over to the government to distribute to people in a way in i can guarantee you one thing it would be inefficiently done. steve: that's what's being talked about on the other side of the political line. what do you think about that? email us at friends@foxnews.com. why is mark cuban taking on elizabeth warren? brian: can't help it. meanwhile, jillian meally is at a place in a secure location. jillian: that's right. good morning to you. let's get you caught up on your news. starting with fox news alert now. pete king is not seeking re-election in 2020. 14-term republican wants to spend more time with his family. in a statement, king says, quoted: i will miss fighting for the people of my district and america and will always be proud of my efforts for 9/11 victims and their families. protecting our citizens from terrorism and ms-13. in the coming weeks and during the next year, i intend to vote against president trump's impeachment and will support the president's bid for re-election.

today law enforcement officers from around the country will honor a police detective killed in the line of duty. jorge del rio was shot during a federal drug raid in dayton, ohio last week. he died from his injuries days later. a public memorial will be held at the university of dayton arena today. ahead of a funeral service tomorrow. detective del rio leaves behind a wife, five daughters, and several grand children. 2020 hopeful bernie sanders and pete buttigieg releasing their veterans' plans overnight. the vermont senator's proposal includes hiring nearly 50,000 doctors and nurses along with providing at least $62 billion to repair and modernize the va. the indiana mayor and veterans plan includes ensuring veterans have access to affordable care. he is also vowing to name the first woman as va head if elected president. a marine veteran and five-time cancer survivor sings the national anthem before nascar race in arizona. listen to this.

♪ land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] jillian: gives you chills. he said he wanted to do something with his voice since doctors warned him he could lose it forever with his cancer. send it back to you. steve: it sounded great. thank you very much. ainsley: god bless him. thanks, jillian. today we honor the sacrifice of our veterans, all the sacrifices you guys have made including a marine corps patrol who lost both of his legs eye and finger after stepping on land mine in iraq. steve: tunnel 2 towers frank siller is here with a special gift for that american hero. [cheers and applause] ♪

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♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ steve: studio f special appearance on veterans day. they know this guy frank siller on tunnel 2 towers. frank, today, you are going to tell us a little bit about the presentation of a new smart home for a very deserving recipient. >> yeah. we are delivering a smart home to timothy jeffers in california. this great american gave so much of his body for his country. willing to give up his life for his country. but he did come home. as americans we have got to make sure that we take care of all of those who take

care of us. right? [cheers and applause] he was serving in afghanistan. stepped on an ied. he lost two of his legs, above his knee, part of his right hand, and an eye. brian: he was hit may 18th, 2006. he joined in 2002. he was just 22 years old when he was hit. so he got his whole life ahead of him now. >> exactly. brian: important to function effectively as quickly as possible. this makes it possible. >> because the view is i have got to tell you because $11 a month go to tunnel 2 towers.org. deliver more houses. by the way a couple great heroes out here already today, we already gave them their homes out here today that you saw. so, as a foundation, we want to make sure that we take care of the greatest of all americans. the goodness of america. take care of the greatness of america. [applause] steve: we understand the mortgage-free part.

what is a smart home? are they tailored to every particular vet's need? >> exactly. the individual injury. so for someone who has got severe burns all over their bodies, different from those triple quadrupled. they working off ipad pretty incredible house. ainsley: we have done so many of these for people accepted these homes. put in a wheelchair and can't get dressed you don't want to ask your wife honey, every single day can you get my shirt off the top part of the closet. and so they will put latches on the top part of the closet pull it down so that individual can get his or her own shirt. things like that. you cut out the bottom of the sink so they can wheel up and wash the dishes. >> you got it. you are nailing it. airconditioning, heating, lighting, window shades, everything off an ipad. we have john ponte out here who builds these houses for us. [cheers and applause]

steve: you were here a couple weeks ago, a month or so ago, talking about rush limbaugh who is selling that stand up for betsy ross flag t-shirt. how much did he wind up raising for you? >> rush limbaugh $4 million and counting. here's the beautiful thing that he just put a whole new line out betsy ross stand up for betsy ross t-shirts, sweat shirts. fleece with zippers. ainsley: christmas gifts. >> he wants to do more. he sees all the work that we are doing. brian: you always say as happy as you are to give away the homes, it really rips you apart that you can't give away to everybody. you don't have enough. >> we will though one day. i have no doubt. if people go to tunnel 2 towers.org donate $11 a month. a million people did it, we could help every single great american here that gives life to the country or firefighter or first responder. [applause] >> can i add one last thing? i would like the country to prayer for my family. we just lost my brother russ

a couple days ago. he was our spiritual leader. he was a special person. ainsley: i know you are going through a lot. thank you for being here. you said it was important for him for you to be here today. >> he would want me to be here today to help those great americans out there. brian: you said he was one of the people that you combined with him to help raise your youngest brother who lost his life 9/11 because you lost your parents young. >> he was a true franciscan. ainsley: you are a good man. >> thank you. god bless you all. ainsley: god bless you. coming up next, we have mike rowe, he is here live sharing the story of a special veteran. [cheers and applause] ♪ and the eagle flies ♪ ♪ ♪ there's a lady that stands in the harbor ♪ i need a ride.

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[cheers and applause] brian: go on mike rowe facebook series and see great stories about great americans. he put a lot of them into a brand new book and doing incredibly well, the way i heard it, real life stories. mike rowe, ladies and gentlemen. steve: very nice to have you. [cheers and applause] ainsley: it is veterans day and i know that every veteran has impacted your life but there is one in particular that's really made a big difference in your life. tell us about it? >> there is so many. just standing back stage and talking to some of the folks here i was reminded of my friend travis mills. some of you must know of

travis. i ran into him at a convention about 8, 9 years ago. i was having one of those days where i gave a speech here and i had to get to the other side. look 100,000 people in between us. so my handlers are running me through and somebody comes up and says hey, somebody really wants to say hello. i said great, bring him up. i don't have time to stop. it would be easier. i said what are his legs broken? and they went something like that. i'm like okay, what? so i walk over and this guy unfolds, i mean he is more machine than man. he was one of four surviving quadrupled amputees. he had not an ounce of self-pity. he stood up. he wouldn't let me get a word. in he wanted to know what my dirtiest job was. and he wanted to tell me about how he and his buddies used to watch that show over there. and how much it meant to

them. and in a heart beat, ainsley, in a heart beat you go from like put upon in a hurry, trying to take care of your stuff, to saying, okay, let's cancel that let's sit down. i talked with travis for about an hour. to this day he has opened a foundation up in maine. is he doing things for vets and he is pushing back against this scourge of ptsd. and on my show, we look for people who are taking a nontraditional approach to dealing with that issue. and we have profiled dozens of them. it matters. and this is the best doggone audience i have ever seen on any show in the history of television. [cheers and applause] brian: i love the way you describe him. is he described as we calibrated warrior. he is not stopped. he has got to change his approach now because of his wounds. >> some people hit the re-set button to start their life over. some people get the re-set button for them and that was travis.

he just simply refused to quit. in fact, his book is called "never quit." and he doesn't. and, look, you can be inspired by that no matter how are, no matter how you vote, no matter what you think. it's only the essence of humanity. steve: you know, you have been on this program a number of times talking about the importance of learning a skill. you don't have to go to college. you know, you can go right out and become a plumber, one of the trades. one of the other things you could do is go into the military. >> sure. steve: where would we be without these men and women who put on the uniform? >> nowhere. we would be nowhere at all. you know, what kills me, think what you want about the military. it's easy to look at it and go it's not for me, the order, the regimentation, et cetera, et cetera. but is there a greater amaker tmeritto comea meritocra?

the thing i'm most proud about when i go to bases, when i visit people, they are utterly colored blind. there is no conversation about trigger words. there is no safe space. the military is not a safe space. you know. and we are having this giant social conversation about what the right words are to use and how to properly treat and that's terrific, that's terrific. but in the military, you know, there is a different set of rules and there is a different reality there is a different commonality. there is really nothing new to say. shakespeare got it right. we few, we few, we happy few. we band of brothers. right? that's real. and whenever you find a band of brothers mentality in the real world that's not in military, it's exciting. and that's why i -- that's why i love doing dirt jobs. the people we profiled on that show. they knew something by and large that a big part of our society has either forgotten or become disconnected from. you see that with these men

and women. steve: well, these men and women are going to take home a part of you because they all get your brand new book. >> oh, jeesh, you freaked me out for a minute. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> that's very gratifying. thanks. brian: congratulations. we try to quote shakespeare every day. i was going to ad-lib four or five on the tip of my tongue like that. steve: just do one. brian: not now we are up against a hard break. steve: up next on this veterans day a panel of veterans who helped honor [inaudible] matt best, joey jones and richard casper join us next. ♪ [applause] we made usaa insurance for members like martin.

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meanwhile, going to bring in a great panel. i think you guys will approve. first off marine corps bomb technician joey jones is here, fox news contributor. fellow marine veteran and founder of create i vets richard casper is in attendance former army ranger and founder of boot campaign.org matt best. welcome to all of you guys. [cheers and applause] brian: johnny joey jones, you spoke in the nfl locker rooms. have you addressed them. >> i have. the bengals. brian: fox nfl sunday went to west point. they always do something special with terry bradshaw and those guys. do you feel the nfl is hypocritical saluting the service but not making members stabbed? >> we have to decide are we going to complain about everything or embrace the things we like and say okay, that's fine. every holiday is commercialized from thanksgiving to christmas. all walmart holiday now.

something a little bit differential when nascar has an entire season from memorial day to fourth of july where they are celebrating the military organically and genuinely. i have been there and worked in nascar. move over to the nfl. at the same time you have issues where players themselves don't find themselves to be patriotic. the nfl as institution putting them in military garb and adorning them this uniforms liken them to us. i don't know if he they're honoring anyone or trying to elevate their respect and gratitude that come to the military from their players. i know guys like ben watson close friends. i would even hate to say that he would think to do something like that. if they're out there and feel that way it's a legitimate concern. i don't like it when they have the uniforms fake military ribbons on them. not something that's going to keep me up at night. football saturday. what happens on sunday. ainsley: the majority of the fans they love america. they want to celebrate that. >> well, and that's the intersection.

that's where military are caught between. kind of in this cross section between the blue collar people that show up to nfl games and the executives running a league that has all these problems with things from, you know, people holding out on contracts to kneeling and the appearance of the nfl is that it's a bunch of people that make a lot of money to play a game and don't really care for much else. i know that isn't true. that's a problem they have to deal with. i don't think you fix it by simply showing one a bunch of american flags and military once a year. steve: what do you make of the fact that the president was in attendance at the big game over the weekend. >> alabama and lsu. steve: got a big standing ovation. ainsley: that's because he went down south. they love him down there. steve: when he was at madison square garden and world series there were some boos down there. what did you think of that. >> people are going to exercise their first amendment right and do what think want to do. at the end of the day, if any organization to include the nfl wants to support veterans and make awareness out there about what men and

women went through and sacrificed like. i'm a fan of it to be honest with you. ultimately that starts the conversation of you who we can give back to the veteran community work with organizations that support individuals and make a change. brian: other thing is, richard, one thing i would say and you stop me if i am wrong from here, democrats, republicans, liberal conservatives, they seem to be pro-veteran. pro-military. am i right? >> oh, yeah. i'm working in the art field so i run into a lot of people who you would assume on the right and same thing. they always say and i even song writer writers in nashville very on the left one the other day who said i do. this i write with veterans because i want you guys to understand that i love you guys and i support you guys even though my views may be on this side and i don't support war and the president and all this stuff. i support you guys. ainsley: when y'all sat down joey how do you know each other. you said you support both of their organizations. >> i sit on the board of directors for the boot campaign. what really spoke to my

heart about that organization is the treatment of the specific individual. too often we blanket treat veterans. i'm sure a lot in the audience have done that band aid on a bullet hole that doesn't solve anything. essentially treating. the boot campaign goes into through holistic approaches to essentially find out what's wrong with that individual, whether it's pts, tvi treat them and put them for a plan to get them on the road with a quality life. ainsley: are those your boots. >> we love those when celebrities put them on and wear them. people want to support the organization. brian: name tag on there. >> that is the boot campaign. steve: they look comfortable. boot campaign.org. richard, tell us about create a vet. >> creative vets. founded in iraq i was hit by four separate ids before war i was not an artist. i didn't do any of that when i came home and started to go to college for the first time.

i noticed i couldn't pass my classes and having hard time studying. my anxiety was so bad i had to do one-on-one speeches with my speech teacher. best art school in the country. learning how to tell my story through art as well as writing songs so now creativets art school in chicago usc to help them teach them how to tell their story. >> should have brought a guitar. >> i wanted to. brian: can you read? >> i'm doing so awesome. there is still like a lot of memory issues. like i do play music now i can only retain three songs at a time. when i go out there people are like can you keep playing? >> nope. ainsley: you received a purple heart, right? >> did i. i actually didn't get it for 11 years in 2006 and 2007 it wasn't a stipulation to receive one. >> richard is a graduate of the bush institute. >> one of the inaugural bush

institute. it was amazing. steve: if people would like more information about your group. >> www.creativets.org. spell creative and put t-s at the end. ainsley: thank you so much. [applause] ainsley: 12 men and women who serve our country will become american citizens this morning. we will hold the ceremony live on the fox square. brian: ken cuccinelli will deliver the oath of apledge oofallegiance and he joins us live now ♪ ♪

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♪ steve: welcome back to "fox & friends" on veterans day. joining us here now in the studio ken cuccinelli acting director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services because at the conclusion of today's telecast, something we have never done before, 12 people who have served this nation will become american citizens. >> amen. and some of the best news we have to offer, right? and it's the most important thing we do in my agency is we grant citizenship. and who better than the veterans and active duty service members. steve: how many are there, people who have worn the uniform of the united states but were not american citizens? >> you know, i don't know the exact number but i do know it's pretty high. i mean, it's in the tens of thousands. at any given time is my understanding. and these folks, i mean, the ones we are going to swear

in today, they have earned the citizenship in a unique way. we are proud to complete that process. ainsley: you are going to administer the oath of office? >> i will tell you what, i have done a bunch of these, and it is never -- it never fails to be moving. i hope people who have never been to one of these ceremonies get to experience that here today. brian: we keep see that europe is contracting, russia is contracting. nobody wants to go there. their populations are dying. in america, we are growing. you are not anti-immigration. >> no. brian: you are just anti-illegal immigration. >> that's exactly right. and we have numbers to prove it. brian: in our history we have always taken in the immigrants and they have made our country better. >> in the last year we naturalized more citizens than the entire decade. there is no other year in the last 10 years we have naturalized as many citizens as last year. this president has naturalized more citizens in the first full two years of his administration than any other president in the history of the united states of america.

[applause] >> right. the difference you, you mentioned, between how hard he fights and we all fight illegal immigration and how hard we are trying to work to make the legal immigration system work right. it's a completely different story. and it's a good news story, obviously. steve: yeah. you are making it more expensive. the fee structure has changed, right? >> well it, go go up. it hasn't gone up in a number of years. but we, unlike the rest of the federal government, run like a business. we actually balance our budget in our agency. steve: wait, out of washington? novel. >> we are onl over 96% fee-funded. the people using the system pay for it. steve: right. the new fee is going to be 1170 bucks. the old fee was about half that, 640. >> yeah. so there is a lot of cross subsidies. for instance, there are things we don't charge for and so the things we do charge for have to accommodate those costs. and you see that across

everything we do. and there is literally scores and scores of visas, employment, family, humanitarian visas. and a lot of humanitarian visas are either are undercost or no cost. ainsley: in the next hour, you are going to be on stage outside on avenue of the americas live on tv with lee greenwood and 12 individuals that have served our country that are going to become citizens today. >> that's right. isn't that awesome? [applause] >> the it the will be a block over. >> i know. that's right. brian: is he over enjoying the parade marking 100th year of the parade. president will be the first sitting president to be there. >> that's pretty cool. he likes to do a lot of first stuff as you have noticed. steve: he does indeed. ken great to be with you. >> indeed and with you all. brian: so much positive stories happening here. [inaudible] [applause] steve: meanwhile a lot of veterans here in the studio.

and we are hosting a veterans business fair live on fox square. we will be back to check in with abby who is talking with some of those business owners coming up next ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tech: so you think this chip is nothing to worry about? well at safelite, we know sooner or later every chip will crack. these friends were on a trip when their windshield got chipped. so they scheduled at safelite.com. they didn't have to change their plans or worry about a thing.

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[applause] steve: well, today, fox news is proud to be hosting a business fair of veteran-owned companies out on fox square. if you are a veteran or a minority-run company and would want to do business with fox, go to supplier,

diversity.com. fox news is hosting that business fair for veteran owned companies. abby? abby: hey, guys, yeah. good morning. about a quarter of veterans who transition into civilian life every year are interested in starting a business. and i am with one of those businesses now feltman's it smells wonderful. we have the hot dogs on the grill this morning. michael is one of its founders. michael, can you tell me a little bit about how this company got started? >> yeah i'm a coney island historian and i want to bring this back. charles feltman invented the hot dog. my brother is a veteran and we did this in memory of our other brother who died on 9/11 so it's very special. we hire many veterans like greg here and this weekend we are donating online sales to head strong project. an organization that helps veterans with the mental health needs. abby: that's truly incredible.

thank you so much. you mentioned greg. greg, thank you for your service. we really appreciate it. >> thank you very much. > abby: what about being a veteran helps new your business? >> i would say actually it really helps with multitasking and prioritizing within the multitask. a lot of times that i'm actually new to like the entrepreneur and start-up world. so it's actually i'm dealing with business development and marketing and a lot of different aspects that i'm not really familiar with myself. so my background in the intelligence world actually helps me just to prioritize within that. abby: i was talking to joe quinn, the other owner and your brother. >> correct. a. abby: he mentioned the word stigma when it comes to veterans and being in the business world. can you explain some of those stigmas that might be attached? >> the stigma within as far as veterans, they actually -- i know transition is a big issue. they don't know what to expect when they leave -- when they leave the military, whether it comes down to like how do your skills actually transition over to the private world, so i think that's actually part of the issue.

abby: what is the field that you have had that has translated that maybe other people don't realize has helped you? >> i would say, actually, i think it's probably my comfort demeanor. from what i have heard it's actually very beneficial. there is a lot of people that kind of lose it right away. and whether it's -- whether it's a mental health issue with ptsd or anything else that we're trying to address with the veterans supporting head strong here. but, yeah, think of just kind of my overrule demeanor ovr does help me out the most. abby: you do have a great demeanor. i feel more comfortable with you being here. mike, back to you. >> sure. abc be a you said original, what about the taste. >> all natural, all beef no nitrates. we smoke it in the lamb casing. best hot dog in new york city. most critically acclaimed hot dog in new york city. abby: i can't wait to try

them. i will be out here on fox square eating feltmans. >> feltman's of coney island.com. steve: looks delicious. ainsley: our special veterans day live audience show continues. white house press secretary stephanie grichukham will be here live. brian: and that's her. people who serve our country will become american citizens this morning. we are not kidding. holding the ceremony live on fox square. you don't want to miss it. we are taking attendance. that's us. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪

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♪ [cheering] steve: very nice. ainsley: the army band. brian: right. we're celebrating veterans day. all the veterans, ones still acting. ones serving in the military. i was staggered to see we have 2.5 million in the military.

1.1 active on daily basis. with that comes the mark key of the number one military in the world. it has been that way for 60, 70 years. i think we take it granted. steve: i think you're right. we probably do. this hour on "fox & friends" you've seen seen on the fox news channel. 48th and 6th avenue we have chairs set up. we have podium. we got flags. you will see about a dozen people who have served in the u.s. military but are not american citizens. they are going to be given the oath of allegiance by ken cuccinelli, military. he can hardly wait it is very emotional when they take the oath of allegiance to become american citizens. ainsley: this is so special. this is the avenue of americas. a lot of american flags lead all the way up to 6th avenue,

into central park. they are out there on the corner on national television. ken cuccinelli will swearing them in, with the family members sitting in the audience. an exciting day. brian: unfortunately last few years talking about today, there has been consistency within the trump administration. whether people are cowards write a book called a anonymous tell you how bad things are on the inside or reporters infiltrate the american station write tell-all books which can't be verified. governor nicki haley, ambassador nicki haley, came out with her story. i president of the united states able to talk to him openly when she disagreed. she was disheartened talks about sunday and what other people were trying to do to the president while they were in office. ainsley: the book will be

excellent. she will be on the show tomorrow. right ought of the gate. she mentions relationship with rex tillerson. they did not agree. president said later to nicki haley i never seen anybody the way rex treated nicky. steve: an interview aired she talked about what happened behind the scenes at the white house. essentially rex tillerson, the secretary of state, the chief of staff, john kelly, tried to recruit her to essentially resist what the president wanted them to do. in other words, the president would say, hey, i want you to do this, they would nod, okay. unce is a little bit of that interview. >> instead of saying that to me, they should have been saying it to the president.

about tell the president what you're differences are, quit if you don't like what he is doing. to undermined a president is really dangerous thing. it goes against the constitution. it goes against what the american people want. it was, offensive. brian: we know rex tillerson was going against the president quite often. he was fired in a tweet. he wasn't too happy about that. not the best way to do it either. for the most part, nicki haley seems, she has resume' as a governor. resume' now as international resume' as an ambassador. you have to think in 2024, she is going to be one of the front-runners. the president. she weighed in on impeachment. i looked what is going on here. know a thing or two about you ukraine, here is what she said about what starts wednesday, public testimony. >> impeach a president for

asking for a favor that didn't happen and giving money, and it wasn't withheld. i don't know what you would impeach him on. impeachment is like the death penalty for a public official. when you look at the transcript. there is nothing in that transcript that warrants the death penalty for the president. i think the biggest thing that bothers me is, the american people should decide this. why do we have a bunch of people in congress making this decision? steve: we're less than a year away from the election. she backed president trump when it came to most of his foreign policy decisions including leaving the iran deal, paris climate accord. jerusalem. ainsley: her book is wonderful. talks about growing up in south carolina, being governor. making tough decisions. she looked to ambassador jean kirkpatrick who was the

ambassador under ronald reagan. she said jean would say, we take the u.n. very seriously we care, we remember. she got the ambassador ship. she went to the u.n., said she said we will have the backs of those who supported us, take names of those who didn't. she was a strong individual. said always been misunderstood. or underestimated i should say. but not anymore. a true leader. can't wait to talk to her tomorrow. brian: she will be here on the couch. steve: 8:06 in new york city. time for news. jillian joins us. jillian: following number of headlines including a fox news alert. new york congressman pete king is not seeking re-election in 2020. the 14 term republican wants to spend more time with his quote i will miss fighting for people of my district and america. i will be proud of my efforts for 9/11 victims and their families, protecting citizens from terrorism and ms-13.

during the next year i intend to vote against president trump's impeachment. will support the president's bid for re-election. breaking right now. an american isis fighter captured overseas is being sent back to the u.s. turkey says the unnamed american was deported overnight. it is not clear when they were caught. turkey has promised to send back captured fighters to their open countries. the announcement comes two two days before turkey's president meets president trump at white house. the president will be the first to attend the new york city parade. he will kick off the with a speech at madison park in manhattan. he will lay a wreath inside the memorial. this is the cemetery cemetery -- arlington cemetery. we don't have the picture. u.s. navy submarine missing 75

years is found. researchers use underwater vehicles to the find it 1400 feet below the surface. 80 americans were on the submarine when it was sunk by a japanese warplane in 1944. it was credited with sinking for than a dozen my ships. ainsley: thank you, jillian. steve: on the veterans day, brought to you by our friends at navy federal credit union. when you look at number of people who put on the uniform. it is really staggering. 19.2 living veterans. 42 served with wartime, since the american revolution. brian: which we won. meanwhile, army had 471,000, navy 320,000, 321,000. marines, 185,000 plus.

coast guard 41,132. [cheering] ainsley: i'm supposed to talk to elio. what is your name? >> vince. ainsley: tell me you enlisted. i served the new york guard as a jag officer. it is kind of interesting and let me tell you, these folks are the real heroes here. what we did was we supported. legal services for deploying soldiers. we did that for 10 years. ainsley: good for you. thank you so much, god bless you. do you mind standing up? tell me your name. >> joseph. ainsley: what branch? >> army. ainsley: why do you serve. >> i serve to represent my country and our flag. represent every single one of us every single day. ainsley: what does veterans day mean to you. >> it means other. i created foxhole command where we donate homes to veterans. ainsley: that asaysing. what is the website.

www.foxhole command.com. ainsley: thank you, god bless you. this said. which one is kalen. hi. tell me what branch. >> navy. i'm a seaman. ainsley: why do you serve? >> good feeling to give back to my country. of be amongst brothers. ainsley: is it a lot of fun? >> it is. it is an experience i'm submarines. they recently allowed enpoliced fee tales to be on -- enlisted females undersea. ainsley: how long on water. >> six months out and six months on land. ainsley: thank you for what you do. god bless you. ruben. where are you. thank you for your service. tell me about you. how long, what branch? ooh i'm in the army. been in years ago. you're still serving.

why? >> i feel young with my people. serving my country. i feel happy when i show my experience to the young ones coming in. see the difference and i see how they grow. that really inspires me. ainsley: what does veterans day mean to you? >> a lot. a lot. actually very emotional because i could take it back to my grandfather who inspired me to enlist. ainsley: we're all remembering our grandparents. people served no longer with us. god bless you all. thank you so much. [cheering] back to steve and brian. brian: great job. steve: all right. coming up this hour. people who serve our nation are taking the oath to become u.s. citizens. you will see it live right here on "fox & friends." brian: plus first-responders under attack. assaults on emts, pair are fire. are up 40% in new york city. darren porcher here to react.

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♪ steve: first-responders under attack here in new york city. new numbers show that, through october, assaults on emts, paramedics and firefighters are up 36% over last year. ainsley: the new york fire department says so far this year. 146 first-responders have been assaulted at work. brian: what is going on here and what do we do to change it back

the way it was. army veteran, former nypd lieutenant, dr. darren porcher. this must bother you. it must hit home. >> this is system after greater problem, the failure of the de blasio administration. politics back being city workers, particularly first-responders is somewhat problematic. police officers had water dumped on them, garbage on police cars, failed to proper force for imts and police officers. steve: you mean the anti-cop policies you described them before? >> to say the least. they're taking new york city back where it was in the 1970s. we're reflective of what happens in los angeles, seattle and san francisco. ainsley: it's a shame. brian: the commissioner just

resigned. does that have something to do with it? >> there is state of acrimony from the commissioner to the mayor de blasio. bigger than that it is us as new yorkers are suffering. the story we're covering in tex with emts and firefighters being assaulted are result of that as well. brian: good job. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. steve: straight ahead, white house press secretary stephanie grisham. [applause] (man sneezes) what's the time? device: a dime is ten cents. severe cold or flu? take control with theraflu. powerful, soothing relief

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♪. brian: we're commemorating veterans days.

especially if you're from school. not just time to do your own thing. think about those who serve today and yesterday. i don't have to remind stephanie grisham from white house press secretary. communications director, one reason in new york. your boss is in new york. we you stopped at our couch. >> thank you for being here. he is here to attend the parade. first sitting president ever to do that. here to honor the vets. steve: we'll talk more about veterans day in a minute. i'm sure you heard about nikki haley. she has a new book out. she says john f kelly, steve of chaff, rex tillerson secretary of state tried to recruit her to resist the president. whatever he asks don't do it. here she is. >> instead of saying that to me, they should have been saying that to the president. not asking me to john them on their sidebar plan. should have been go tell the president what you're differences are, and quit if you don't like what he is doing, but to undermine a president is

really a very dangerous thing and it goes against the constitution and it goes against what the american people want. it was offensive. steve: she felt rex tillerson and john kelly were undermining the president? >> i wouldn't know. i wasn't obviously in that room. she talks about that story. i would say one thing she just said in the clip, which is undermining a president is dangerous and it does go against the constitution. it does go against the american people which is something that is happening in congress right now. so i think that is an interesting tie-in. i wouldn't know about the conversation she is purporting to have in the book. brian: go ahead. ainsley: impeachment hearings start this week. they will be public. impeachment inquiry. republicans have a list of witnesses they want to call. the democrats are rejecting all of them. >> no surprise. there are public hearings starting this week. clearly they bill not be public because we don't get to have anybody from our side out there to tell our side of the story. this is going, excuse me, more

of the same as last week. we don't expect anything different. brian: stephanie, is there coordination between the republicans in the house, the nine that will be able to ask a question and the with the president and your messaging is about the impeachment? >> i mean i think we all see the same thing happening right? we have seen adam schiff and all of his lies. conveniently ignoring whistle-blower, the lawyer, day one of the president taking office, tweeted how this president needs to go. there should be a coup. in terms of messaging, we're all on the same page, in that we see what is going on right in front of us every day. we'll all stand strong for the president. steve: great have you here on the veterans today, briefly what does it mean to you? >> my father served. my grandfather served. i think everybody who served, everybody across the country for what you do. this, this country couldn't do anything without veterans. i really appreciate the military

families and children. mrs. trump is constantly going and talking to them. they also serve. so it is an important day. i hope that everybody in the country will think of that. thank you. [cheering] ainsley: they are about to become american citizens. live ceremony on fox square is next. ♪. 4 different ways. get powerful relief today, with thermacare. (male announcer) hurry in and save during bass pro shops' and cabela's pre black friday sale. like this new back-country led light kit for under $40. a herter's 12 mega-pixel trail camera for under $50. plus 10% off gift cards! >> tech: so you think this chip is nothing to worry about? well at safelite, we know sooner or later every chip will crack.

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♪ brian: america the land of the free because of the brave who sacrificed to protect our country at home and abroad. steve: this veterans day for the first time ever on "fox & friends," here on fox square, we will witness a naturalization ceremony of 12 men and women who served our nation. ainsley: chief of staff of the u.s. citizenship and immigration

services of new york, john carrington is here now to begin the ceremony. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and distinguished guests. please rise for the presentation of colors by the u.s. cost tom and border guard, followed by the national anthem performed by mr. lee greenwood .

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hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free and

the home of the brave ♪ [cheers and applause] >> please be seated. thank you, mr. greenwood, for that beautiful rendition of our national anthem. on behalf of the united states citizenship and immigration services it is my sincere pleasure to welcome you to special veterans day ceremony.

i'm john carrington, i'm the chief of staff for the uscis new york district office. it is my honor to serve as your master of ceremonies today. i with like to have the acting director for the u.s. district office to present the candidates for naturalization. >> candidates, you come from nine different countries, from around the world. soon you will stand as one to become citizens of the united states of america. i will now call the names of your countries of origin. as i call your country of origin, please stand, remain standing until all countries have been called. american is kasmoa, cameroon, china, dominican republic, egypt, haiti, jamaica, panama,

south korea. let's have a round of applause for the countries represented here today. [cheers and applause] at this time i would like to introduce the acting director of u.s. cis, ken cuccinelli. director cuccinelli served as the 46th attorney general of virginia from 2010 until 2014. while serving as virginia's attorney general he sought to protect the most vulnerable, by fighting against human trafficking in the commonwealth, leading record enforcement against gangs, health care fraud, child predators. director cuccinelli also served in the senate of virginia from 2002 to 2010. he has practiced law nearly 25 years. in june 2019, he was selected by

president donald j. trump to serve as acting director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services. i would now like to invite director cuccinelli to the podium for the presentation of candidates. [applause] director cuccinelli, each of these 12 candidates has been personally examined under oath by a designated officer. each has demonstrated an understanding of english millions exempt and knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of history and principles and form of government of the united states. each has been found to be a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the united states. and well-disposed to the good order and happiness of the united states. the investigations of the government have been completed in their cases. and each has been found to meet

all of the requirements of the law to be naturalized. director cuccinelli, the candidates are ready to take the oath of allegiance. >> thank you, mick. ladies and gentlemen, as the acting director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services, it is my distinct privilege to administer the oath of allegiance to these 12 candidates, for naturalization today. so candidates for naturalization please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i here by declare. >> i here by declare. >> on oath. >> on oath. >> that i absolutely and entirely. >> that i absolutely and entirely. >> renounce and abjur. >> renounce and abjur. >> all allegiance and fidelity. >> all allegiance and fidelity. >> to any foreign prince. >> to any for prince prince.

>> potentate,. >> potentate. >> state or sovereignty of who or which i have heretofore been. >> of which i heretofore have been. >> a subject or citizen. >> a subject or citizen. >> that i will support and defend. >> that i will support and defend. >> the constitution and laws. >> the constitution and laws. >> of the united states of america. >> of the united states of america. >> against all enemies. >> against all enemies? >> foreign and domestic. >> for rip and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith. >> that i will bear true faith. >> and allegiance to the same. >> allegiance

very, very special. there is no higher honor, there is no greater responsibility: you know share the obligation to teach our values to others, to help newcomers assimilate to our way of life and uplift america by according to its highest ideals of self-governance and its highest standards. all americans are your brothers and sisters and each of us must do our part to keep america safe, strong, and free.

america is our home, we have no other. you have pledged allegiance to america and when you give your love and loyalty to america, she returns her love and loyalty to you. we share one american heart and one american destiny. it is a destiny filled with love, opportunity, and hope. we celebrate this day. we welcome you in to our national family. we applaud your devotion to america. and we embrace the wonderful future we will have together. thank you, god bless you. and god bless america. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> we con greater frat late the new citizens. we like to welcome back mr. greenwood, to perform his

. >> congratulations, thank you. ♪ tomorrow, if all the things were gone i worked for all my life. if i had to start again, just my children and my life. thank my lucky stars, to be living here today. because the flag still stands for freedom, and they can't take that away ♪ ♪ and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free, and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me ♪ ♪ i gladly stand up next to you, and defend her still today.

but there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ not god bless the usa ♪ >> happy veterans day to all of you that served this great country. ♪ from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee across the plains of texas from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ from detroit to houston, from new york to l.a. there is pride in every american heart, and time we stand asay ♪ ♪ that i'm proud to be an american where at least i know

am free and i won't forget the men to died who gave that right to me ♪ ♪ and i gladly stand up defend her still today, because there ain't no doubt i love this landgod bless the usa ♪ ♪ and i'm proud to be an american where i at least i know i'm free, and i won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me, and i gladly stand up, next to you, and defend her still today, but there ain't no doubt i love this land, god bless the usa ♪

>> congratulations to our new citizens. [applause] >> thank you for that moving performance. at this time i would like to invite mr. the deputy district tore of the new york office to lead us to the pledge allegiance. would all members of the audience please stand. >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[applause] >> thank you, mr. hilton. i like to ask members on stage to join me at front for presentation to the candidates. oswaldo cruz, diaz. al italib. wilson joseph. hussein kim. edwin navalas. >> congratulations.

>> sam lee sam. >> congratulations. >> ming lee. lindval, lindsey. >> congratulations my fellow american. sir, congratulations. >> alex kiarmo. kirkpatrick townsend. john fernandez. colleen bins. >> congratulations. congrats to all of you. [applause] >> congratulations to all of our newer citizens. no one makes a journey alone. we want to thank family and friends who joined us with us. acting director cuccinelli, mr. houghton, lee greenwood.

special thanks to "fox & friends." this concludes our ceremony. brian: good job, well done. [applause] do you mine if we talk to the newest american citizens. steve: what is your name? stand up. thank you. >> ali. steve: tell us how you feel. you have been an american citizens for two minutes. >> privileged. i feel honored of course, looking forward to my future. >> tell us about your story. tell us how you served our nation. >> i've been serving for a year-and-a-half. i've been working as construction engineer. and, that is it. steve: where are you from. >> egypt. >> you're from egypt? >> yes. >> what would you like to say to people watching right now, how important it is to become an american citizen? >> it is very, very important. to be, to be a part of this

great nation. and, serving in the armed forces already, feels like an honor. i'm looking forward to it. steve: congratulations. brian: what is your name, sir? congratulations. stand up. from haiti, right. >> yes, sir. brian: i see you in uniform. what about your decision to come here? what about your decision to serve? >> i'm so glad to serve the united states in the military. in the national guard. it is motivation for me to serve, to defend this country. brian: why? >> it is my dream. i got a dream for that. brian: congratulations. welcome to america. we're glad to have you. ainsley: during the service i saw you take off your glasses, you were wiping tears out of your eyes. tell me what this means for you, sir? >> i don't hear too well.

ainsley: i saw you wiping tears. >> it has been very emotional for me today. i've been postponing this thing for longest time. i final decided to do it. i'm so happy i did. it is so emotional. ainsley: what is your name? >> lynnville lindsey. ainsley: tell me your story. >> i was drafted more than 50 years ago. served in, went up to greenland. went up to greenland twice. i came back. the army has been my, one of the best two years of my life, really. my mother cried, i'm so happy she cried. today i'm happy. ainsley: what is the flag mean to you, sir? >> oh, everything. everything by birth. i give up jamaica. i love it still but i'm here. ainsley: we're both americans. god bless you.

steve. steve: what is your name? >> tad. steve: where are you from? >> american samoa. >> how long have you dreamed this day? >> means a lot to become naturalized to become american citizen. >> tell us about the service to the military? >> i'm needed naturalized. this process makes me one step closer to achieving my dream of commissioning as a officer here in the army. steve: what is it about the united states of america that made you want to go through the process of becoming an american citizen? >> every everything america stands for, is basically what i wanted. and, by naturalizing i became a part of this great nation. brian: congratulations. stand up. >> edward.

brian: where were you born? >> panama. brian: how hard a decision to become a u.s. citizen? >> not very. took a long time. finally came around. brian: what promise does america hold for you? >> my entire future. the sunrises and sets on this country. everyone should be blessed to be here. brian: what is it about this country, separates it from others. made you so determined to become a citizen? >> like no other can stand up er rights. not be afraid or do what is legally right under the law. brian: what is your dream? >> my continue to serve the united states of america. brian: all right. you're doing it. >> i started working at the united nations. i left there. i was drafted. went into the service. came back out. went back to work there. i served about 38 years there. retired. and i started finally time to get my citizenship. brian: happy to have you.

ainsley: stand up, tell me your name. tell me your story. why did you come to america. >> i come to america as foreign student. i work here. met awesome people. this is chance for me to meet my recruiter. he talked about, military. i got excited about it. i go still like, really it is the military. so i keep doing it until now. and, they told me, i also can have other choices. but i think this is the best one for me so far. ainsley: what is your dream? >> my dream, live like other people. have a job, have a family. that is all. ainsley: welcome. god bless you. steve? steve: can we talk to you?

what is your name? >> second quarter. steve: where are you from? >> jamaica. steve: welcome to the united states of america officially. what will it feel like to say my fellow americans? >> just a great feeling to be part of a great nation. i'm just loving it. steve: tell us about your service in the army? >> i've been in for maybe a year and i'm enjoying it so far. i country is great ones who might be watching tv now? >> i have loved ones watching. steve: they're right out there. what would you like to say to them. >> fun to watch and keep doing good. steve: god bless the usa. right? >> god bless america. brian: how about that? what is your name, sir? >> kim.

brian: from china? >> from china. brian: what made you come here. why was it important to become a citizen. >> the reason i saw another chinese woman. i came here as foreign student. later on i founded a unique program for students. showing the freedom of this country. this is greatest country in the world. brian: right. >> very unique chance. this is completely different country. very unique. brian: all right. glad you're a part of it. glad you went to school here. .