that is it for this "special report." quite a "special report" it was. merry christmas from washington. good night, and thanks for watching. ♪ >> these are the everyday heroes. those who accomplishments are largely overshadowed. >> vaped deserve to be given the spotlight. >> iner a year filled with doubt and uncertainty. >> these are the people we should all look to for inspiration and hope. >> those who have shown us f the best this country has to offer. >> this show is for you. >> welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the 2020 fox nation patriot awards. ♪ >> pete: h hello, america, and welcome to the second annual fox nation patriot awards. i'm pete hegseth, and i am

honored to be your host for the evening. now, it's been a year no one could have predicted, and many want to get rid of, but unlike so many other things, you cannot put a lock down on patriotism. [applause] and selfishly, this jacket right here has been waiting for this night for the last 364 days. red, white, and blue inside and out. tonight, we are honoring the heroic, courageous, brave andnd everyday patriots that make this country so special. tonight, we honor the real 1% of america. this is an award show unlike any other. no self-important actors. just selfless service. this is a worthy cause, a great cause. tonight is for you. for us. for america. [applause]ca

now, before we introduce you to our 2020 fox nation patriots come please welcome country music favorite and our friend for our national anthem. >> hey, everybody, so proud to be part of the patriot awards satonight. god bless all of you. thank you so much. one, two, three! ♪ ♪ o say, can you see, ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we 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 rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave god bless america. >> pete: wow, what a group, and what a powerful rendition of

our anthem. we have more amazing performances later in the hour, let's first get to our first award. here to present the fox nation patriot awards for courage, the one and only tucker carlson. speak our next recipient is a first-generation american who risked everything to support law enforcement. the people who protect us. ceo of air guard watch company. put out this powerful add. watch. >> despite all of the chaos, all of the judgment, we know that so many of you are good. we forget how human we are. how human we all are. including you. >> one company is taking a stand to back blue. a luxury watch brand daring to defend law enforcement at a time when so many have turned their

back. >> my name is ilan, i made this video because i wanted to a time i felt they weren't. there was a moment where i was sitting there and thinking to myself, wow, no company in america right now, not a single company would stand up for police. that's terrible. most of us are scared to say what we really believe. we've gotten to a point where we are demonizing the hole, and it's good to be critical of the police who do bad things. that is necessary. and improving things is always necessary. but you can't dismantle or defund the entire police force. i don't want to live in a world without police. these are the same people who ran into buildings on 9/11. they need to be celebrated. ♪ >> no matter what people say, no matter what people do, there are thousands and thousands of men

and women across this nation that keep showing up, even when they don't want us to. ♪ >> ilan srulovicz joins us from delray beach, florida. ilan, thank you, and congratulationsng on being this year's award for courage recipient. everything you said in the ad was true. it's not a popular thing to say right now, why did you say it? >> there has been this mass attack by the media, politicians, and i realize no one anywhere is willing to stand up for them. i didn't want to live in a world where that was the rhetoric that was going on. >> you say you are from a family of immigrants. you felt an obligation as an american to speak the truth. and i wonder -- and it's inspiring to hear that -- i wonder whyon more haven't. >> we have lost the ability to speak freely and speak our minds. once that goes, i've seen it from my families backgrounds, my

mother in iraq, my father is a jewish man who lost a lot of his family and the holocaust, and i have seen what oppression really looks like. you have to fight to preserve the things you care about, and i care about america. i have a relationship with america. i love america. i want to fight to preserve it, and i think so many people do. >> oh, i love hearing that. bless you. thank you for the ad, and thank you for this conversation. >> any seven, thank you, great to see you. >> you too. >> pete: i love it. patriotism really does pay off syour you just saw the video, protesters and rioters confronting our police on the front lines forro months, during that time, americans also fighting another battle: covid-19. we want to recognize these unprecedented times and honor all of our frontline heroes. so we brought our good friend john rich for a special performance of his new song, "birth to god. he joins us from the historic ryman theatre in nashville, tennessee. front-line workers, this is for

you. ♪ ♪ earth to god, come in, god ♪ i know you're there hearing our prayers, wherever you are ♪ ♪ we need you now to send your love down ♪ ♪ take away the pain in your holy name ♪ ♪ we ask this now ♪ we need your light, we need your love ♪ to heal the world to you mad made ♪ ♪ and save us now in our darkest hour ♪ ♪ with your amazing grace ♪ earth to god ♪ we are holding on but not for

long ♪ ♪ can you pull us all close to the holy ghost ♪ ♪ and keep us strong ♪ we need your light, we need your love ♪ ♪ to heal the world you made ♪ and save us now and our darkest hour ♪ ♪ with your amazing grace ♪ earth to god ♪ earth to god ♪ earth to god ♪ earth to god ♪ earth god

♪ come in, god ♪ earth to god ♪ come in, god ♪ earth to god ♪ earth to god ♪ come in, god ♪ come in, god ♪ earth to god ♪ earth to god ♪ come in, god ♪ come in, god ♪ we need your light, we need your love ♪ ♪ to heal the world you made ♪ and save us now in our darkest hour ♪ ♪ with your amazing grace ♪ earth to god ♪ come in, god ♪ earth to god ♪ come in, god [applause]

>> pete: john rich come a spot on. thank you. that performance was brought to you by our sponsor for this evening, servpro. we at fox nation will be making a donation to answer the call, an organization that helps families of fallen first responders. and you can also donate by visiting answerthecall.org. our next recipients are not first responders, but they certainly answered the call themselves. here to present the fox nation patriot awards for heroism, a manio who knows a lot about heroism, dan bongino. >> it is an honor to be presenting the fox nation patriot awards for heroism tonight to not one, but two incredibly inspirational men who sprango into action during chao. in the early morning hours of july 3rd, fill blanks and d'artagnan alexander ran into an apartment building in phoenix, arizona.

happened next changed lives forever. ♪ >> throw the baby down! >> firefighters described this as a very chaotic scene, flames and smoke pouring out of the third story apartment. credit the residence for saving the lives of two young children. >> it was chaotic, everything happened so fast. >> in the parking lot, i could see fire coming through the building. >> immediately after that, i saw a burst of smoke. there was a lady that was screaming that there was kids in there. my first instinct was to get inside the house, so i kicked the door in. i started yelling, "come out, come out," to get the attention of anyone inside the apartment. roxie, i was able to pick her up and get her out of there. >> it was literally tunnel vision. ii did not see anything but the balcony, the fire, and eventually, the boy who got

thrown out. >> throw the baby down! ♪ >> rachel is our oldest, and being the oldest, she was the one that the kids looked up to a lot. >> she brought jamison to the balcony, she could have jumped with him. this young woman was on fire, and she turned around and went back in after her daughter. god put both of those men in just the right position, at just the right time. they immediately became family, and they always will be. ♪

>> joining me now from fire station 60 in phoenix, arizona, phillip p blanks and artane and d'artagnan alexander.li congratulations on being honored with this year's award for heroism. your stories aren't perspiring, gentlemen. philip, you are a marine and a former college football player. how do you think that played a role in the way you unquestionably, heroically responded that day. >> discipline helped me a lot, just being in the right mind-set definitely plays a part. mind-set is everything. justst having the will to help. i am always in the mood to help somebody. i'm just thankful god placed me in the right place, at the right time to make that catch and save a life. >> d'artagnan, you ran into the building despite not knowing if anyone was in the building. to be clear, you had no protective gear or fire training. what was going through, your miu

when he made his decision to go inside? >> i wasn't sure if there was kids in there. i wasn't sure, you know, what was going on, but i was, you know, capable of helping. you are right, no fire training, no protection, just all god's grace. >> yeah. god bless you guys. the lord was with you that day. philip, d'artagnan, stay right there. i would like to bring in james and jessica wood, parents of rachel long and grandparents do jamison and roxy. you have h challenging road ahead. philip and d'artagnan are here to share something that will hopefully ease some of your incredible stress. > hello, hello. >> good to see you. >> on behalf of kalamazoo mortgage, kalamazoo mortgage would like to donate a $5,000 scholarship to roxxi and jamison. >> that's awesome, thank you. >> you are welcome.

>> y'all are forever family, and we thank you guys. we can never repay. >> thank you, we love you guys. we pray for you daily. > just glad we were able to e there. >> i would like to add to that $5,000. i did not tell fox that. let's make it an even ten.00 i hope that helps just a tad bit. i know what you are going through must be incredible. >> thank you so much. >> philip, d'artagnan, thank you all. congratulations on a well-deserved award. jessica and jameson, too. we wish all of you the best, and we pray for a fee speedy recovery for you and your grandchildren. pete, back to you. >> we certainly thank god for using ordinary people to do extraordinary things. i want to toast to our virtual fox nation audience. while we may not all be e toge together, we may not all be together this year, we still stand united. ♪ >> announcer: when we come back, steve, ainsley and brian present the moderate and warrior

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mission. fighting and crushing isis. in fact, at the same time much of the country shut down, camp tashi in iraq was attacked, and many of the brave soldiers who had to defend it were also thinking of the family they left behind during uncertain times. that is the story of our next recipient. my dear friends from "fox & friends, steve, ainsley, and brian staying up late and joining us now. >> thanks, pete. america still fighting a war. brave men and women continue to drop everything to protect our country each and every day. >> through hardships, trials, and hurdles, modern warriors stand tough and serve our country despite the sacrifices it requires, even when it means leaving their family behind and missing big major milestones. >> that is the story of this year'san modern warrior, army captain john klein. >> march 11, 2020, in iraq.

showed great leadership, ensuring all soldiers were safe and accountedur for. >> captainin john klein joined e minnesota national guard in 2011. >> i never had a commander likee him. our mission is to provide aviation support, iraqi security forces. very good at knowing, prepare the guys, they can take care of the mission. >> john klein is my husband, and he has been deployed overseas. this year has been very hectic. i was pregnant with our third child. we were super excited to welcome another baby boy. [laughter] and we knew he wasn't going to be home for that. >> how you do you do, but he? i love you. >> what do you guys missed most

about daddy? you want to wrestle daddy? will it be fun when he takes you to school and stuff? we are dealing with this. we love him, he is a hero, and we just are waiting for his return. >> rachel campos duffy is with captain klein's family to give them an award on his behalf. >> or so they think. >> i am here with veronica klein, leo, sawyer, and their little baby brother. how old is hostilely? >> he is almost four months. >> four months old. do you miss your daddy? what do you miss about your daddy? >> i miss playing soccer with him. >> he says he misses wrestling. >> this baby, he has never met his daddy. so, tell me, veronica, what are you looking forward to about that?

>> i guess... it's just a different situation because -- oh, my god. >> hi. >> who is that? [laughter] >> come here. ♪ >> hi, little man. hi. oh, you are so big now. >> i have this award for you. it is our modern warrior patriot awards. thank you for all your service you've done abroad, and also here in the homeland. so, congratulations to you, your beautiful family. >> thank you so much.

i know there's a lot of other families out there, a lot of other soldiers that serve. i'm going to accept this on behalf of every single soldier that serves, my team from ourur success over there wouldn't be without it, you know. >> well, pete, what a beautiful reunion. we are here in hudson, wisconsin. truly heartwarming to see this family back togetherio again. >> pete: welcome home, captain klein. now to our next award. one for the people who support our military. the award for service to veterans. please welcome dana perino and jasper looking dapper this evening. >> jasper and i are thrilled to be presenting this next award. he picked out the talks and even dressed himself. in all seriousness, i know you know i love my dog. he is loyal, intelligent, and always t knows when i am havinga bad t day. our next recipient, mary peter, has honore harnessed those same instincts for an organization

allowing veteran and active-duty military suffering from trauma to train their own servicece do. here is a look at all of the lives has changed. ♪ >> this program saved my life. i tried to kill myself before i came. >> i came in, i was on a handfut medications, ptsd, pain meds. this organization and mary has a ton of goals that i never thought was going to even be possible. >> i came off all those medications, just by getting out and moving around with my dog and training with my dog. i was able to overcome those things d. >> it saved my life, it saved my marriage, it saved my relationship with my children. i was actually the first veteran into this program. i am now the ceo.

♪ >> the first thing i did was give them allt a hug, to let thm know that they matter to. i see them coming here, severely damaged in some ways. it's giving them a chance at life. >> joining me now from brooksville, florida, maryy peter's. mary, congratulations, and from my heart, thank you for your dedication to helping veterans inar need. tell us a little bit about this mission to reduce veteran suicide and why it means so much to you. >> i just have seen so many to me justat came searching for help. ii knew that with the dogs thati would be able to help them, and for all that they have done to serve our country and all that they have suffered, when they came back, it was the least that i could do. it was t the right thing to do. >> what motivates you to keep going? i know you left a profitable

business to invest yourself into this organization. >> i think watching lives change, dana, when people come in ande you know that you are probably their last hope. medications didn't work. alcohol didn't work.on drugs didn't work. d and when they come here, they are not sure if this is going to work, either, but they are giving it one more shot. >> whatt a bright light you hav, mary. thank you, and congratulations. >> thank you so much, dana. >> pete, back to you. [applause] >> pete: thank you, dana. as our viewers know, i am a pack guy, but you cannot imagine deny the importance of these amazing dogs. you not cannot train a do cat to that. >> announcer: coming up, lauren graham, sean hannity, may raise blood pressure. choose coricidin hbp. the brand with a heart. for powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure.

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♪ >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm ashley strohmier. merry christmas to you and your family. the quiet of christmas morning shattered today in nashville, tennessee, when an rv exploded in the downtown area. authorities say they believe the explosion was intentional, the blast was heard for miles. black smoke and flames billowed from downtown nashville, communications were affected, and the faa temporarily

suspended flights out of nashville. the mayor says the area looks like a bomb went off. you can see in the video. three people were injured and taken to a local hospital. none are in critical condition. there were no fatalities, though human remains were later found, but it is unclear if they are related to the explosion. the fbi is taking lead on the investigation, assisted by nashville police and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives. i'm ashley strohmier. now back to fox nation patriot awards. ♪ >> pete: i am very excited about our next recipient, a man from the greatest generation. john rich is back to present the unsung hero award. >> thank you, pete. i am very excited to present this next award to a man who is the definition of strength and honor. corporal sidney walton. mr. sydney served in world war ii, 101 years young, he has been traveling the country to introduce himself to americans in all 50 states to

spread a very special message. let's take a a look. ♪ >> do you have a regret you've lived with your whole life, right? you never met civil war veterans, right? >> right. >> and to make up m for that regret, you have embarked on a tour, the no regrets tour, so no one has to live with the regret of not havingit met a world wari veteran, right? >> right. >> are you up for that? >> i'm up for that. >> are you up for meeting millions and millions of people who want f to meet you? >> 101-year-old world war ii vet, all for you, dad. look at this. >> we are giving down an opportunity to travel all throughout the united states, meeting anyone that would love to meet a world war ii veteran before it's too late. >> hello everybody! >> he is also calling attention to the shrinking number of

world war ii vets that are still left. >> corporal sidney walton, who fought bravely in the cbi theater. >> and we are doing this all on the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii. and that is this year. can you do it? >well, show me you can do it. w come on, show me you can do i. yeah? you can do it! >> i love america. >> and joining me now from california, corporal sidney walton. on behalf of all of us here at fox, we would like to present you with this year's unsung hero award. congratulations, sir. >> that's john rich, okay? say hi, john. >> hi, john! >> hello, sir. i just wanted to tell you on.

behalf of myself and every american out there, there is a reason why we call your generation the greatest generation. if it wasn't for men like yourself, that were willing to do whatever it took, we would not have in america today. you guys literally save the world, you saved our country, and we are forever indebted to you. thank you for your service, sir. >> congratulations, dad. you just won the patriot awards. >> oh. >> what do you think of that? >> very proud. >> it's incredible to be able to speak with you sir, at 101, you can still see how much you love america, and i just hope you know how much gratitude i have, that fox i has, that the nation has for your service. corporal sidney walton, thank you again for your

service, and congratulations. pete, back to you. >> pete: our next category is brand-new this year, and it is inspiring because it shows i us the kind of citizens we are raising. laura ingraham joins us now to give out our first ever young t patriot awards. >> thanks, pete. he is small but mighty. tyler stallings is on a big mission to save our nation's homeless vets. and he's been doing so since he was four years old. how can that be? raising more than $100,000 in the process, making him this years young patriot. here's his story. ♪ >> i want to remember the veterans every, every day. ♪ >> when i was 4, i saw a video of veterans on the street, and i decided i wanted to build houses, but that was not i financially possible, so we started giving back to veterans, andd we started giving away hero

bags. ♪ >> it was something that he didn't understand. these people put their lives on the line to serve our country. why would they be homeless? i did not want to -- i thought it over, and i asked him, let's think about something you could do. ♪ ou >> it was a lot of work putting items together. i help them make calls, and he talked to managers, see if anyone would join. i'm very proud of tyler for not being afraid to speak up. >> thank you, tyler! >> thank you. bye-bye, keep donating!

>> our young patriot, tyler stallings, and his mom, andrea, join us now from virginia. >> hi, laura! >> tyler, congratulations, my friend. >> thank you. >> tyler, what do you say to other kids out there who might not, you know, might not really understand this, and how they can make a difference? >> all you need is. an adult to help you, your teachers, this can apply to anyone, your mother, your father, your teacher, anybody. just say, you know, i want to do this, and you can start something, even if it's once a year, it doesn't have to be a big thing, and you don't have to be the richest person in the world. >> andrea, i am going to start falling, okay? this is what we need to see more of. littleg, acts of kindness, small

gestures, then can roll into something really, really big, but i mean, a 9-year-old child gets me thinking, you know, am i doing enough? little by little, what can we all do? that's just amazing. what a great mother you must be. >> thank you. i'm trying, like most moms, all moms, trying to figure things out. but it's been an awesome learning experience for me, as you noted, as an adult, because i honestly could have been someone who has walked by people and said, oh, i can make a difference, this issue is too big. a i was really glad i took the time to listen. >> keep being a great example to everyone, your classmates, school, community, and congratulations on being the first young patriot. we are so proud of you. >> thank you so much. >> all right, a lot of love to you and your great mom. >> announcer: coming up next, sean hannity honors our everyday

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♪ >> sean hannity is here with a very special surprise for the recipient of our everyday patriot awards. >> hey, it's my great honor to be here tonight for the fox nation patriot awards, celebrating the men and women that really make this country great, and next up is our p everyday patriot. when thieves stole his thin blue line flag and vandalized his business, coffee shop owner wesley crespi turned anger into action. ♪ >> when i first got the call about the vandalism, i was angry. i worked for 14 years to build a great business in the community that i adore and i love, and when that happened, initially, i wanted revenge. i was hurt. but then, after speaking with my wife, after i thought about it, after i figured it all out, i realized there's got to be a better way to react to this than just being angry, and that's

what i chose to do. i chose to do a day of prayer and thanks to all police officers. ♪ >> there is overwhelming support for a colorado coffee shop owner after thieves stole his thin blueore line flags and vandalizd his building. >> our community came out in huge numbers, over 2,000 people showed up. and we held thin blue line flags and american flags. everyone was so happy and so supportive and so grateful to be there. my phone was blowing up. my community donated a ton of money. >> that are so thoughtful, thank you so much. >> i felt it upon me to donate to an organization that helps families that lost theirfo loved ones that were police officers. i fly the thin blue line flag because i want them to know that there's people out there that respect and appreciate them.

>> and fox nation's own abby hornacek met up with the local sheriff and police force in parker, colorado, to supplies wes. he actually thinks he is being interviewed by one of our producers. >> we are all loaded up in a caravan of 14 law enforcement vehicles. o we are in the lead car about to go supplies wes with the patriot awards. let's go. ♪ >> are you kidding me? oh, my god. oh, my gosh. you've got to be kidding me. oh, man. [laughter] >> congratulations on your patriot awards! are you surprised? >> i am shocked. thank you. you know what?

i want to accept this on behalf of every single police officer in this country. and in addition to the sheriff, because you know something, without them, i don't know what any of us would be. every night we lay our head on a pillow because we are know we are safe because all of these men and women in blue, so thank you. and on behalf of the police departments all over the world, thank you, share, i appreciate it. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> announcer: when we come back from a special performance by lee greenwood at the u.s. air force band. ♪ 't worry, julie... coughing's not new. this woman coughs... and that guy does, too. people cough in the country, at sea, and downtown. but don't worry, julie... robitussin shuts coughs down. no no no no no no. [roar] whoa!

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♪ >> pete: now, here is chris wallace with some very special musical guests. >> please welcome lee greenwood, the u.s. air force band, and home free. with "god plus the usa." ♪ ♪ ♪ if tomorrow all the things were gone ♪ ♪ i'd worked for all my life ♪ and i had to start again ♪ with just my children and my wifei ♪ ♪ i'd thank my lucky stars it

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