♪ ♪ >> this is it, the first ever fox nation "patriot awards." >> celebrating the unsung heroes. >> those who mak >> the first-ever fox nation award celebrating the unsung heroes.

>> they make our country great. >> are you ready? >> the first-ever fox nation patriot awards. >> please welcome your host for the evening, pete hegseth. >> hello, fox nation. my goodness. god bless america. 0, my fellow patriots. welcome to the very first fox nation patriot awards. my name is pete hegseth and i will be your host for the next hour. i watched the red carpet where

normally they ask -- they did not ask me that question tonight but i will tell them what i am wearing anyway. [cheers and applause] >> this awards show will be unlike anything you have ever seen and couldn't be more excited to bring it to you live from the beautiful theater in st. petersburg, florida. they call it saint pete's, right? saint pete's. a nickname nobody has ever given me ever. here is the deal. hollywood has their award shows, right? self-important, they've got a lot of them.

self important types giving to others self-important types. big trophies given to actors who play he rose on tv. tonight we honor the real heroes. [cheers and applause] pete: this is the oscars of what really matters. tonight we are honoring inspirational americans who didn't seek the spotlight and never expected to be recognized. every day patriots who have done exceptional things for our great nation because america is the most free, most powerful and most prosperous country in human history. amen. because of patriots of every generation willing to step up in

ways large and small. the patriot awards will showcase powerful examples of patriotism that deserve to be celebrated. join me now. we are trying real hard, welcoming our first presenter of the night country music superstar and owner of redneck riviera, the one, the only john rich. >> hey, guys, thanks, pete. tonight it is my honor to present the award for veteran service. a veteran might be someone you pass on the street, might work in a factory, might own a restaurant, the backbone of our communities and the reasons we walk free in this country today.

[applause] >> sacrifices and legacy they leave behind stand for generations to come. ten years after one of the worst days in american history, mission barbecue opened the door to remind everyone what makes our country great and what makes our country great is its heroes. am i right? every day they proudly serve one of my favorite things in the world being a texan, barbecue, i love me some barbecue. and honor those who have served. at 1200 hrs. everyone rises and stands as one to honor our great country. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please join us as we do every day at

noon, the singing of our national anthem. >> if you want to experience mission barbecue, join us at 12:00 noon. ♪ oh say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ >> kitchen, so a stop but it is so important to take that moment for us, what it stands for. >> the first time hearing that and being here for it brought tears to my eyes, i need to be here. >> you are reminded people do care, it does matter. >> thanks for what you do. appreciate your service. ♪ >> we want to continue to build places people can feel good. ♪ the land of the free

♪ >> there are a lot of ways to serve and this is the way we chose to do our part. ♪ >> the award for veteran service goes to mission barbecue. welcome one of the cofounders, mister bill crouch, ladies and gentlemen. >> congratulations, tell america wide is important for you and your business to support our country like you do. >> on behalf of steve new and 4000 teammates we are proud and humbled to get to do what we do. the mission of mission barbecue

is to serve, honor and thank our american he rose. we do so with pride, we do so humbly. >> round of applause. [applause] >> mission barbecue, thank you for all you do. that was backstage. seems like a lot of you do of someone who lost their life on the battlefield given by his wife. bill stopped me backstage and said connect me with his wife, please, i want to make sure she is honored and his memory is honored, one of our barbecue locations. as you know, the proceeds from tonight's event go to folds of honor. join me in welcoming "fox and friends first" steve doocy, ainsley ehrhardt and brian kilmeade.

how are you doing? >> i thought it was over there. >> wait, wait. >> like that guy. >> no matter how -- ainsley is always in the middle. >> good morning. >> you know we have been up a while. we all had to shave to get ready for this. we have been up since 2:30 in the morning. i am going to do something we rarely do, i'm going to go go pram -- back to the prompter. qualities among many patriots our dedication and inspiration in tonight we honor a veteran who endlessly embodies both. we give the award for mvp, most valuable patriot. >> exactly right. for our next -- it has never been about the awards or the recognition. >> it was about the relentless

fight in encouraging fellow veterans to never give up. his story is right here. >> i am sergeant ron jones, combat engineer in the marine corps, july 22, 2010, i was in the process of trying to clear out a danger area of ied. and ied found me first and that resulted in amputations. i realized pretty quickly just because i was missing my legs above the knee that didn't mean my life's mission had changed. i still wanted my life to be something to be proud of.

i wanted my life to be something that made a difference in the world. i was able to go to the paralympics in 2012, when a bronze medal in rowing which i was able into thousand 14-14 to ride my bike from maine to san diego in 2017 i was able to run 31 marathons in 31 days, 31 cities and i did all of that to show no matter what your circumstances veterans can stand and fight. the support i got from my loved ones was an unspoken thing. when i first got injured they were there to support me no matter what. with their support i was able to stay positive and not give up. i set a precedent for myself of being positive and keeping on mission. >> rob took the final steps in his marathon journey on veterans day, his efforts raised $200,000 for wounded veterans charities. >> a wounded veteran is injured

in some way doesn't mean they are broken or incapable of returning to society. that mission gets me out of bed in the morning and keeps me going. >> tonight's most valuable patriot award goes to marine corps sergeant jones. [applause] ♪ >> congratulations. >> good to see you again too. >> thank you for your service. thank you. ♪

>> the country is inspired by you, your story, how did the rob jones we are looking at today, how is your life different from the rob jones who had both legs coming out of the war? >> i can't really tell you. if i hadn't been with that i might have been killed the next day by a sniper's bullet or stepped on another it and been killed, hard to answer the question. what i have done is accept whatever situation i have and move forward with what i can affect and that is what i am going to do now and what i'm going to do next. >> 31 marathons in 31 days in 31 cities. how close to saying 28 was enough? >> a lot of people ask me that but as far as i am concerned if you do something like that you

take it to the maximum and i didn't want anybody to say that afterwards, you could have done 31. >> most of us can't do that? are you in pain? >> it hurt a lot. especially the last one. it starts with 15. i had teams of people helping me throughout my entire life. i had my brothers with me and after i got wounded i had medical staff, family and friends and coaches and people like that, my wife and mom were there, i had a good team behind me and a lot of preparation, took 18 months of training to get ready for it and i had a great purpose creating a story about veterans that we could all use. >> you had a great story. ladies and gentlemen, this man, rob jones. [applause] >> when we come back the reward

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binge watching, ride to work, she brings fox hosts to work and you see what it is like to make their daily commute and he is a legendary inspirational coach, hall of fame college coach, you know him and love him. please welcome to the stage, abby and lou holtz. [applause] >> we are here to give our unsung hero award. i have said before and i say get i can't believe god put us on this earth to be ordinary and the young man we are about to introduce to you is truly extraordinary. >> this is a young man that would make any parent proud. we would like you to meet charlie hack from chesapeake, virginia.

>> a lot of people have fought and died for our country, flying an american flag is a good way. >> i noticed not a lot of people were flying an american flag. >> we are trying to get people to fly more american flags outside their houses and say thank you to people in our community. >> how do you inspire people to put out a flag, put a discount on one. >> i didn't expect anyone to take me seriously. i was very surprised this many people bought a flag. there were maybe four or five flags before i came here and now there's one on everything a house. >> anything i can do to help

this could with his project, no questions asked. >> can't beat it. a young man doing a good cause that makes everybody feel good. >> charlie's father is a commander in the united states navy, special appreciation for the men and women who serve our country. >> i couldn't be proud of charlie, what he is doing with this project, as an officer in the navy who wouldn't be proud of their son going door-to-door asking people to fly american flags. >> he wants to be part of a project and that to me is step one. >> i just like spreading patriotism. [applause] >> the award for unsung hero

goes to charlie echt. please welcome charlie and his commander, steve hecht. >> congratulations. [applause] >> charlie, congratulations. we always want our children to have things we never had when we were younger like as on our report card and you are a straight a student but i also said this. of what you did yesterday looks big to you you haven't done much today. what are the plans you have for the future? tell the people. >> i pretty much carried this project all the way to its end.

my next project is to get commercial movie theaters to play the national anthem. >> thank you for your service and thank you so much for raising a remarkable young man. congratulations. >> if you are like me you are sitting back and thinking charlie and his father exist to make the rest of us feel we are inadequate parents. god bless that kid. thank you for making it your mission to spread patriotism house by house and block by block. what an amazing story with more chapters to be written. why can't we anymore? our next award will have all sports fans cheer.

please welcome my competitive nemesis and fellow cohost of "fox and friends" weekend and host of fox nation ed henry as well as one of the best free-throw shooters of all time known for his iconic underhand shot, rick perry, come on. >> thank you, you are my friend and nemesis. i would like to thank everyone who came up to me today, i can report she is doing wonderful, thank you. [applause] >> tonight it is my honor to present the award for sportsman. when you think of sport what comes to mind? >> sports i meant to unite and motivate people. when the game is over enemies

become friends, competitors become allies. before the game they all stand for one purpose, to honor the fallen, to remember those who have served. at least that is how it should be. >> our next recipient will not stand for anything less. >> at a time when some athletes make news for protesting the national anthem one hockey coach is gone viral for the message he sent his team on the national anthem. >> if anybody here is going to be disrespectful to the american or canadian national anthem grab your gear and get out now because you will never see the audience in this arena. we don't have that problem in hockey. we are better than that but no

sense wasting anybody's time. >> the most patriotic sport out there. keep that in mind. >> a police officer for 30 years and rescue teams from 19, received many awards including rescuing someone who had a heart attack. >> i take pride in my country, the flag, i have seen it covering too many coffins and i think we can take time out to give two minutes worth of respect to our soldiers, firemen, police. i don't think that's asking too much and i will not apologize for asking players to show a little bit of respect when it is the american or canadian national anthem. [applause]

>> please welcome tonight's most patriotic sportsmen, professional hockey team, john kaminski. [applause] >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> you have so many people here saluting what you do every single day as a police officer but secondly as a sportsmen as well. not just a hall of fame or but when they pick the top 50 nba players of all time rick barry was on the list and you know a lot about sports. >> i wish more coaches would follow your example and take the stand that you talk.

and what i would like to know from you is what motivated you, what is it that made you feel so adequate about taking that stand? >> respecting our flag and anthem should be a basic concept of every american. that came at a time we are having a bad week and sometimes things need to be set and i felt that week it needed to be said. i criticized some of these athletes who have refused to do that and blamed it on coaching, i said it was a coaching problem and i wasn't going to have that problem. >> thank you. congratulations. >> when we come back, the award for first responders.

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>> this is the fox news alert. us troops firing tear gas for a second day to disperse pro-iranian protesters outside the us embassy in baghdad. they are upset about us airstrikes against hezbollah targets in iraq and syria.

yesterday the protesters storm the embassy setting a fire inside. in response, donald trump who blames iran for this unrest ordered the immediate deployment of 750 troops to the region. defense secretary mark esper released a statement saying another 3000 troops are getting ready for a possible deployment in the next several days. no one was killed in the storming of that us embassy yesterday and all us personnel are said to be safe. stay with fox news channel for more on the development in iraq. now back to this fox nation special. ♪ >> our next presenter was a quiet professional in the nypd, now he can't stop talking. and we are thankful for it. he is a good man and a great patriot, please welcome fox news

contributor dan bonngino. >> good evening. it is my honor to present the award for first responders, fox nation's first ever patriot awards which you were kind enough to show up at. . first responder served where needs are greatest, they run towards the problem when everyone else is running away. performing outstanding acts of heroism and courage far beyond the call of duty. the first responder never gives -- never loses hope. we honor those who selflessly put their lives on the line every day in the face of crisis. tonight's recipient helps others on and off the clock and put his whole heart and soul into protecting his community and this nation. travis maas. >> courage is being scared to

death but doing it anyway. of the first responder you hear a lot, they are running in and everyone else is running out. joining the army reserve after 9/11, he knew what he was getting into. the country was already at war and that speaks volumes about the kind of person travis is that he gave up the comforts of home to deploy not once but now twice to the middle east, took the test to become a lieutenant before being deployed and when vacancies became available he was selected by the chief and his staff. >> you have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. [applause]

>> very helpful. >> the other quality i will tell you about had nothing to do with travis flying helicopters, when you see travis interact with his wife jessica or three daughters it literally -- makes you be a better husband and better father. >> he keeps everyone safe. >> sometimes -- he doesn't -- to protect our country. >> i missed him. good to see him out there fighting for us. >> i miss the jokes.

>> you don't get to have family traditions. my dad visits on halloween but he is not always here. he makes the most of it. >> he can make a joke out of anything, literally anything. he works two jobs and never complains. >> i look up to my dad because he is very humble person. he has a grateful heart. >> i want to be just like him. [applause] >> only in america, right? we do that better than anyone else. god bless these patriots. the first responder award goes to travis mouse, his family is here on his behalf, give them a very warm welcome to him, his wife jessica, his daughters, lily, olivia, and vivian.

[applause] >> god bless you all. how are you? how are you? i would like to present you with this award and tell us what makes travis so special? service twice in this role. >> it truly brings him joy to help people and being a first responder is something he wanted to do since he was very little and it was a later in life decision but he never regretted and he enjoys both and feels like today it is not about him but about all the first responders because there are a lot who serve their community and country and they are reservists in the military and they come home and their civilian job to be a first responder, we have 50 members of the local police department he works for in the audience who support him.

[applause] >> our city and department have many members who do the same thing as him. he doesn't think it is about him. it is about all those people willing to do it not once twice. >> thanks so much. >> we will be back with more patriot awards. ♪ >> have you started a free trial of fox nation yet? you are too. it is available right now. it is a members only streaming service, people who bring you fox news, lots of exclusives from your favorite fox news personalities. it is worth taking a look at. you can do it right now.

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♪ >> pete: ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present to you a special message from a man who >> ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present to you a special message from a man who

was in the situation room when abu bakr al-baghdadi was killed, mike pence. >> steve, brian, and ainsley, all the american patriots gathered tonight, i am vice president mike pence and is my honor to participate in the first ever patriot awards. i wish i could be with you tonight in st. petersburg but i want you to know i'm with you in spirit as we honor 6 remarkable americans. i was glad to learn the proceeds from tonight's event provide scholarships to children and spouses of fallen or disabled members of our armed forces, truly inspiring and thank you all. on behalf of donald trump and myself let me thank you all for tonight's patriot awards and starting this new tradition. we look forward to more years honoring heroes at the fox nation patriot awards. god bless you. may god bless all our heroes in uniform, at home and abroad and may god continue to bless the united states of america.

>> when we come back, john rich. .

♪ >> now, if you would, let's remember all those men and women who gave their lives this year so we can live in the greatest country on earth. as john rich plays the song their names will be scrolling. please think of them as john rich leads us and god bless america. ♪ god bless america ♪ land that i love ♪ stand beside her ♪ and guide her

♪ through the night with the ♪ light from above ♪ from the mountains ♪ to the prairies ♪ to the oceans ♪ white with foam ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home [ applause ] got bless you all tonight. got it bless america.ri

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