mike: at present buying first lady joe biden about the sides at the elementary school in uvalde texas where 19 children and two teachers were killed earlier this week. they arrived at moments ago at sacred heart catholic church to attend mass before meeting with families of the victims and survivors later today but welcome to fox news alive i am mike emmanuelle. this come as local law enforcement is facing questions on the response to the shooting and changes to the initial timeline they reported. jeff paul is live in uvalde,

texas with the latest. hello jeff. >> mike, present joe biden first lady joe biden are doing something many people this community and probably throughout this country are doing today. especially given what just happened a few days ago. they are going to church, they're going to mass as they pray. and trying to make sense of an unthinkable thing that happened. they are greeted by governor greg abbott is a bipartisan group of politicians. went over too robb elementary school where they paid their respects at the memorial site there for the people who died just a few days ago. he, along with first lady joe biden paid their respects and laid a wreath there. there joined by governor greg abbott as well as the mayor of uvalde, texas but we were told their protesters calling for governor abbott to take action on some sort of legislation that might help prevent future tragedies like this from

occurring. once a church is over that is when president biden first lady are scheduled to spend a significant amount of time, hours with the family of victims and those who survived this horrific shooting. later in the day it will then meet with fourth responders before heading back to delaware. >> this community has been hit hard. it's noble the president is going to be or to recognize the pain and suffering this community is going through. i think that is what leadership is. >> while the present takes time to visit the school, most people within this city are coming to pay their respects. just the last funeral for the victim and buffalo finished up this weekend. now were told by federal authorities one of the first memorial services still here in uvalde, texas still here today macon's visit from the president and first lady all that and much more important as they try to comfort this free broken community, mike.

>> jeff, for those who wanted an outside independent review without breaking news on that front just moments ago. >> we are told the mayor of uvalde, texas has asked the department of justice to review the investigation surrounding the shooting. the department of justice has agreed to do so. this comes at a time when just a few days ago many facts in this case have changed but one of those the fact the shooter was not confronted on the way into the school. the fact 19 of the 19 officers stood and the hallway for more than 45 minutes waiting to get inside that classroom. when investigators say there might have been children inside who could have been helped. all this happening 48 minutes mother waiting in the hallway were children, mike, were on the phone with 911 banking operator should bring in police to help them. mike. mike: jeff i'm curious with the mood is like in that community with the presidential visit today. office after a horrific week in

uvalde, texas. >> normally when the president visits the city especially a smaller community like uvalde, texas a city of 16000 people it would be very type it under these circumstances it sort of in the back of their heads the forefront of their minds are the 21 people who should still be alive today. nineteen kids and two teachers who should be starting their summer break, mike. mike: heartbreaking story, jeff thanks so much. the national rifle association annual convention concluding today and you soon as protests continue outside the event over the uvalde, texas and mass shooting. alicia is on the ground the latest. >> the protesters you mentioned have been relatively peaceful throughout the days events here. friday to today per there has been some screaming and yelling at attendees and they enter the building for the most part though it has been peaceful but a lot of people out here

declined the timing of the events. the nation's most powerful gun lobby refused to cancel or delay its convention. something that has only done twice in its history but that was due to the pandemic. it's opening on friday it did honor the victims of uvalde of the moment of silence by those outside the venue say now more than ever is time for change. >> it is just outrageous for the timing is horrible. armed cops stood around and said nothing because they feared the ar-15. ban assault weapons now protects they have made their choice to let our children die, continued to die by selling these ar-15's that are weapons of mass destruction. >> there are gun owners and second amendment supporters and the protest crowd. but for those attending the convention, and they filled this solve nothing. >> i think these appearance have enough to deal with what their

horrific loss in the fact you're making it a big thing oh boy this is a way to get more gun control i think is horrible. >> we are all suffering from what happened to uvalde. i'm all for a mental check or something like that needs to happen. the process failed. >> multiple performers, mike and politicians are scheduled to be on stage or this weekend canceled their trips or to houston but some say it was out of respect for the tragedy that occurred 300 miles away. others said it was due to scheduling conflicts, mike the. >> 36 senior correspondent try to dictate in thank you very much for the spring and the former assistant secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services and david a democratic strategist in global ceo. gentlemen, welcome back rex good to be with you mike.

mike: jennifer going to be from the justice department on the events that took place in uvalde, texas. matt, what are your concerns or hearing about the local police response? >> what might, as a father of a fifth-grader at my heart goes out to the people of uvalde. this unfortunately was a very poor response on the part of law enforcement. an active shooter's main goal is to inflict as much damage in a short a period as possible. the factors in our laps before the suspect was engaged as contrary to all the tactical teachings of these officers receive. that was time and how much control could have been applied to the victims. it is the job of the first person that shows up to be through that door to engage the subject. to eliminate the threat. and it appears in that case clearly did not happen. mike: david, what about your major takeaways? also think matthew said it well product a 3-year-old and the

other room. he think we all feel as personally. can we use this tragedy for some kind of good? this is been a bipartisan failure in terms of this gun issue. we are going to have to think very much differently than before too many democrats have avoided the issue too many republicans have rejected even mild solutions let sleeping get above the extreme of both parties the left and right and look at this differently guns are killing more the number one reason kids die in the u.s. as gunshots but it took 18 -- 20-year-old they are 82 times more likely to be killed by a gun and they are in other countries. the good news is maybe this tragedy helps us get above the politics, the investigation took should take place in terms of uvalde and the police. start look at the polling before this tragedy, 65% of americans were a new approach to gun control. 44% of republicans two out of three independents. maybe we get above this issue takes a new and creative

solutions. center gordon and murphy are meeting to great i suggest reframe this from gun control to gun safety. red flag laws that are localized for targeting illegal sellers mental health checks have worked in our military in terms of preventing suicide safe storage provisions 400,000 gun stolen every year. new technology provisions because soon you can make a gun with a 3d printer. widespread education on gun safety per there is a lot of things, mike, i'm hoping we can take incremental progress to get about the politics and grab a hole of the middle and find some solutions. mike: speaking of politics and government running for governor of texas o'rourke confronted governor greg abbott of texas and other leaders at uvalde this week. here is more. >> now's the time to stop the next shooting. right after santa fe high school was a time to stop the next shooting part right after el paso was a time to stop the next shooting. right after midland odesa was a time to stop the next shooting.

and each case we say it at the time right now is the time literally right now. let us why i am here. that is what we want as a state. that is what i want as a parent. >> 36 matt, was at a stunt and did it work? >> i agree with my colleague we should be looking for bipartisan answers to this. to be in their 2020 and not have a single point of access control that it's either controlled electronically or preferably by an armed and adequately trained school resource officer, these are the types of solutions we should be looking at with this it's not a time to politicize the event in any way or skirt political points. for someone who spent almost a decade in texas o'rourke is the answer to a question and note response self respecting texan has ever asked. >> out david were going to get this review from the justice department do you think it will

have difficult answers in terms of the way the school handle that? they had all these procedures but did not seem to follow many of them. >> i think that is right, mike. let's let the report become the report. looks like the training failed and it looks like we are asking a lot of police officers to run into the fire. but they did not do with their 78 minutes went by. does not look good in times of crisis things go completely offkilter. i think we have got to again, i bet matt and i could create a lot of us today but find some new solutions but make incremental progress forget head of each party's respective and traditional talking points here. i just got out of four months across asia we are admired around the world her ability to solve problems except for problems like this one. we seem to get stuck in a politics and not bring common sense solutions to began to fix this. matthew bassett, david morey, thanks for joining us have a wonderful day gentlemen. >> thank you mike.

mike: for a look at today's headlines the largest wildfire in new mexico's history has triggered warnings of critical fire conditions for much of the southwest. the has burned through 41 square miles three had 33 homes. although officials suspect the number it may be well over 1000. the forest service admitted on friday their planned burn was the cause of this fire. local officials in tennessee reporting six people were shot in chattanooga last night. to have life-threatening injuries. the police a multiple parties were involved the gunfight and most of the victims routines and early 20s at least one person of interest has been detained. reportedly severing heart attacks the source best known for his work and american graffiti and the wild bunch restatement on the website confirming his death saying the actor appreciated hearing from each and every one of his fans. he was 80 years old.

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♪ for 6000 motorcycles workers in the nation's capitol demonstration ride to raise awareness about veteran suicide and american service members who remain missing in action. in seven is on the ground in washington with this massive memorial day event. >> hi there might good afternoon to you. thousands of writers and across the country all different states came here to the nation's capitol gave a thunderous show of support to our nation's veterans as the 36th annual rolling to remember ride kicks off just a few minutes ago. just wrapped up as well. take a look at those pictures. this demonstration, so massive it shuts down the area around the national mall. these writers are calling to attention our prisoners of war on the 82000 missing service members. this year there also raising

awareness for veteran suicide for the coveted lockdowns and making things worse for our veterans. they're also calling to attention toxic exposure from burn pits that were used in iraq and afghanistan. they are trying to get something done in congress. comedian and advocate jon stewart was just speaking at that at a rally earlier today, watch. >> when we go to war it has a cost. and if we are not willing to bear the cost of that war on the men and women that fight those wars stop going to war. >> you can hear the passion and his voice. overall people here want to remind americans as they spend time with their families this weekend this is not just a holiday weekend for it is a somber occasion. it is a moment to reflect on the sacrifices that were made by our servicemen and women.

>> my hope is that people understand what memorial date means. what willing to remember is for this is not a celebration it is exactly what it says. it is a memory of those that we have lost that give the ultimate sacrifice for this country to keep us free. exit mike avon of the ride is now over, the message really continues here on the national mall. veterans groups and across the country have now set up this area behind me where they set up food if people want to walk by and find out more about these causes they can. they really want this to be a learning moment for all americans. mike: i'm curious what you heard from the bets and some of the other people were gathered to see this really big event this memorial day weekend. >> it is such a long time coming for them. i talked to one woman her name's face. she came hear from all the way from north dakota. she told me her children

actually bought her a plane ticket for this weekend, for christmas. she has been waiting for this for a long time. really anticipating it purchase that she wanted to be here she has got veterans and her family, a lot of veterans her brother, her father she want to show her support. she's also really concerned about those veterans who are dying from suicide but she wanted to be here in person but she did not want to watch it on tv. she wanted to really hear and feel the thunderous support when we just felt a few moments ago, mike. mike: aishah hasnie live in washington thank you so much for coming up this hour will speak with country music performer how we sing at the national memorial day concert at pbs tonight. stay with us. men that marks the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the lincoln memorial. douglas kennedy takes a look at the u.s. landmark and help not only honors history but also has become a part of history itself. >> the columns have to be cleaned and the marble has to be maintained.

but really what you're doing is preserving history. >> we are trying to preserve this beautiful building this memorial for future generations. starts when it is an architectural conservator at the national park service. she spends her life caring for the stone and marble that make up the lincoln memorial. now, celebrating 100 years as a national symbol of unity. a car ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the material itself represents a unified country but some of it coming from massachusetts, some of that coming from colorado. and some from the heart of the confederacy pick. >> yes that is right. the lincoln statue that you see in the chamber that is white marble from georgia. you see the beautiful floor that's tennessee pink of marble. >> the index finger of his right

hand is slightly raised, a plea of openness for southern states to return to the union. but the memorial does not just honor our history. it has itself become part of our history. particularly at civil rights history. in 1939 opera singer marion anderson performed a concert here for integrated audience after being blocked by the daughters of the american revolution from his singing at constitution hall. since then the grounds have laid a witness to over 100 protests for racial equality. culminating in 1963 with one of america's most moment. [cheering] [applause] exactly why america's first black president chose the 99-foot tall monument for his pre-inaugural address. >> behind me, watching over the union he saves since the man who in so many ways made this day possible. >> they built it to a great man.

but the grounds ended up inspiring great events. >> it was selected for that purpose. to line up in the national mall in line with the capitol, the washington monument, to create this rfp. >> is a historian and president of the lincoln group. some of the same division plaguing the country that lincoln saw. including ultra partisanship, lincoln more than anyone understood how fragile democracy can be. >> he stood on the precipice of the great division of the country. his characteristics always brought him back to how do i pull this together? how do i reconcile the president of the entire country. not just the north brickwork something thanks about every day. as she smooths the lincoln marble. the stone here is really strong. you really have to preserve it and care for it for it to last.

>> yes that we do is really important for our future and for the history of america. >> an american future made possible by one man's historical sacrifice. and the memorial that is honored him for over 100 years. in washington d.c., douglas tenant candidate fox news. exit record setting flow of migrants or southern border showing no signs of slowing down. more on that after the break.

mike: president biden first lady joe biden attending mass at sacred heart catholic church and visiting tone of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the shooting there on tuesday. about 600 people are in attendance for the president first lady will meet with families of the victims and survivors later today as well as first responders.

your brightness or the department of justice will investigate the law enforcement response to the deadly shooting by the request of alfa-bank mayor giving those families some answers. ♪ ♪ ♪ migrating counts at the southern border of searching at record rates the ongoing border crisis deepens raymond out live to weigh in on the situation former acting director of isa fox news contributor tom welcome it. >> thanks for having me. mike: let's from the screen numbers are caught our eyes. three date recap 131 pounds of fentanyl, 26 pounds of heroin pre-13 pounds of meth, 22 water rescues. eighteen large groups totaling 2446 migrants. ten offenders, 38 gang members one assassination suspect, one fugitive wanted for murder, three agents assaulted extremely proud not of all those bad

things but the effort of his people no doubt. tom what you make of those numbers? first of all i want to just say god bless the families in uvalde my heart goes out to them and those who made the ultimate sacrifices numeral they weaken for the numbers are astounding for the numbers are going to get worse the numbers don't are going to get worse because this administration to the say-so's not been a single thing to secure the border are taken enforcement stanza. now they are appealing the title 42 decision by judge's administration once and for title 42 when that happens the number of got a ways as well over 70000 aliens across the border were not arrested and made it to the united states but we have got over 100,000 overdose deaths it's going to get worse because it may lift title 42 that's going to cause more and harder to process people and release him which is going to cause bigger openings on the border which is going to be more drugs are going to get by the border patrol. more people are going to get by the border patrol.

that's a national security issue. god bless the men and women ingrained down their season the amount of drugs but guarantee a lot more is getting away than they are seizing. that should scare every american we are a long way some have this thing addressed. >> are new here those numbers as pounds of drugs, 22 water rescues over a three day period, what kind of exhaustion does not lead to in terms of the men and women there on the front lines? >> they are overworked. they cannot contain what they have. several have told me they have lost operation until the southern border. think about that for a moment unites its of america does not control the southern border the cartels do bird right away say that? because they cannot take contain those coming across great gifts and 50000 got a ways. that's a good enough drugs to kill 100,000 americans were just last month at 70000 people across the border there were not arrested and that's based on camera traffic, drug traffic.

what is really most concerning to me is the administration keeps putting more and more resources down there to process and release quicker because general concern with the crisis the crisis itself. they need to understand when you process and release quicker, that is just attracting more people to the board of another not going to be detained. the administration and the next two weeks is going to start doing interviews on the part they do not -- they no longer have to see a judge going to have a ci's doesn't result in more releases, more approvals. and right now almost 90% of central american can claim asylum at the border never get release from the u.s. space they don't qualify and show up and corporate nine out of ten previsit ministration does not want nine out of ten to lose their case they want them to stay so they are changing the rules around asylum. that alone is also going to bring more people to the border to know the chance of getting asylum will increase substantially. mike: i work in texas about ten years early along in my crib or

of the border patrol people i knew did not back away from a fight. they were there to do their jobs and do it to the best of their ability. but, when they see these overwhelming numbers and things going from bad to worse, do you worry about brain drain? do you worry about them burning out and send you know what, i just can't do this anymore i will do anything else. >> absolutely paid i ordered my career in uniform i was proud to wear that uniform. i talked to hundreds but god bless these men and women they still put her on the line every day for this country they still put that uniform on and come to work. not a lot of people are resigning because they cannot do the mission. they cannot uphold the oath they took to enforce the laws on the border. border patrol's not used to processing people in the nine states and enter illegally they are used to processing people who want to have a court case, detain them get a decision from the judge. most lose and they are deported back home. under this administration one border agent and a friend of

mine said after 30 years of wearing the uniform he now feels like he is a part of the biggest criminal alien smuggling organization in the world. this government is complicit when you cross the border illegally you're not going to be detained. go to the destination of your choice. even if they show up in court, ice has been decapitated. he putting in on the line every day. i'm proud of every one of them i'll defend them of the deck and the like a breeze on this earth. they're the greatest people. >> very well said thank you for much for your time to care sir. >> thanks for having me. ♪ ♪ ♪ president zelenskyy singh fighting in eastern ukraine is indescribably difficult as he visited front lines in the

kharkiv. mike tobin has the latest from kyiv. >> president zelenskyy made a very risky trip to ukraine second largest city today while he was in kharkiv presents the awarded medals of allergist on the soldiers there on the front line. there was artillery fire while zelenskyy was in kharkiv but he was not injured. this is evolved into an old-school artillery war. to this point russians have had better artillery that is quite recent fighting us in the russians making slow blood eight progress capturing small towns and easter. however the m777 howitzer supplied by the u.s. have been arriving on the battlefield where they've got longer-range and better accuracy than with the ukrainians have had to this point. ukrainians are now in the u.s. to give them the advantage in the form of the ml rs multiple launch a rocket system that would give them greater range and mobility. >> we will receive many enough

systems so that can change the situation on the battlefield and help us to win faster. that will help us to win faster to effectively with less victims we should definitely very, very important. >> the wall street journal citing anonymous u.s. officials reported by administration will announce this week the u.s. is indeed the rocket systems for pentagon spokesman john kirby would not confirm. >> we are mindful and aware of the ukrainian asks privately and publicly for what is known as a multiple launch rocket system. i will not get ahead of decisions that have not been made yet. we are in constant communication with them. >> the russian ambassador to the u.s. said such a delivery would be unacceptable, mike back to you for. >> mike clearly you are back in ukraine for another tour of duty. we are grateful to have you out

there you do first-class work. i am curious what you've noticed in terms of change in the country from your earlier extent there, earlier in this war. >> i am surprised at the resilience of the ukrainian people in terms of just wanting to resume their normal lives. in the areas where you don't have the conflict every day people are back to business. the cafés are open, people are working breed they get dressed to go out on the streets were to have the occasional air raid siren. people largely ignore the air raid sounds but is still respected because sometimes they are attached to a rocket. it's a different situation out on the east have a terrible situation people paying a very, very heavy price because of the style of fighting please a lot of scorched earth. a lot of bloodshed in the lot of destroyed housing in its wake, bike. mike: mike tobin live in kyiv. thank you sir. very expensive start to summer

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>> kathleen price has written a new high overnight traveling for memorial day weekend base hundreds of canceled flights across the country. christina coleman is live in los angeles with the latest, hi christina.

>> hi mike. yes the summer travel season is off to a very rough start but just take a look at the gas prices here at the station in west l.a. 6075 cents a gallon. take a look at these numbers. california leads the nation with the highest price of gas at 6013 cents a gallon but that's the national average of $4.61 which is the highest ever reported nationally. and as you can see the price has gone up from a year ago but the national average was $3.4. and, there is no sign of the slowing down. >> i don't foresee oil prices really dropping all that dramatically. the global price of oil accounts for about 60% of what you pay at the pump. and if more people are hitting the road and you have this increased demand at gas stations you could see these prices stay high throughout all of summer and into the fall. >> despite the historic gas prices aaa expects this memorial

day weekend to be the busiest travel wives in two years. 34.9 million people traveling by car. that as of 4.6% compared to last year. >> it just sucks you know we have this spend money on air b&b, your food, and now we have to consider travel. right now it's over one third dollars to fill the tank. obviously in the back of our heads we know how much we are going to spend. we've got to enjoy life and be able to travel note things like that stop us. >> as for folks hitting the skies is doubly been a travel nightmare for somebody today alone there's been more than 1100 cancellations or than 8700 delays and due in part to bad weather. according to flight tracking websites, flight aware, more than 3800 flight cancellation since friday delta air lines at the biggest hit eliminating 9% of its operations yesterday. they announced that increased covid case rate contributed to higher than normal unscheduled absences. this of course causing people to

cancel or dramatically change her travel plans. >> we are traveling to orlando today but unfortunately my flight got canceled but he got text message saying the flight was canceled as we were pulling up to laguardia. and in addition to the flight delays and cancellations the average price of airfare is up 45% compared to this time last year. so definitely a pricey start to the summer travel season, michael. mike: i'm getting sticker shock or look at those prices over your shoulder. pushing $7 a gallon per jew are speaking to friends and family so they started to change their summer plans based on these prices? >> absolutely pregnant tight about my we are all hanging out the backyard. i'm going to have to do grocery shopping with inflation we know it's going to cost more to barbecue just to get our meat. definitely less and catching a flight and heading to the east coast or somewhere.

we are definitely changing our plans, michael. >> my guess is the gang from the bureau will want to come over and hang out with you, christina. christina coleman live in l.a. for. >> i wish you were here too. >> thank you so much have a great day. thirty-six shooting false alarm setting panic fans emptied into the barkley center in brooklyn, new york after an evening of boxing. nate foy has the details hello nay. >> hey mike scary moment they cast certain people heard loud noises they thought were gunshots. york city police say they weren't for the noises were heard right after a boxing match between davis and romero. davis won by knockout but the actual fight as an afterthought today and here's why. when those noises were heard just after 1:00 a.m. fans ran away in a panic. some went back into the barkley center trampling over others who were in their way. you see someone being taken out on a stretcher here. entitle ten people were sent to nearby hospitals with minor injuries. fans are left behind shoes and glasses will running in the

chaos. here's one young fan explain what he saw and heard, listen to this. >> they just went the escalators there is a lot of people out. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> you heard, he thought he heard ten shots a good newark city police do not know exactly what caused that noise. but tennis star naomi happened to be there as a well-paid sheet tweeted quote i was just in the barkley center and suddenly i heard shouting and saw people running. then we are being yelled out there is an active shooter and we had to huddle in a room and close the doors. i was so bleeping a petrified pre-she tweeted again shortly after that saying quote i really hope everybody meted out safely

since i am tweeting this, we made it out okay. of course this comes after mass shootings in buffalo, new york and uvalde, texas. ten people killed in a buffalo supermarket 19 elementary school students and two adults were killed at a uvalde school. thankfully nobody hasn't major injuries from this incident last night but we note 19000 people were aptly sold out fights. many of them had left by the time of that scare. will send back to you mike. physics in much the country on edge. thanks a lot. ♪ pbs at the hostess and her memorial day concert tonight to honor our fallen service members. i'm told by one of the performers country singer craig morgan, that is him right after the break.

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joins me now, country music singer army veteran craig morgan. craig welcome. >> mike thank you. >> as an army veteran does this show mean more to you as you think of the men and women in uniform who served and did not get to come home? >> i would have to say for sure it means more to me personally. especially having been a servicemember up at any time we do a show, again having been a servicemember myself for the men and women who serve it is extremely emotional. i have a personal attachment, relationship. but especially even more so when we are paying tribute told us men and women who as you have said made the ultimate sacrifice. mike: how about the song you're going to sing tonight why did you pick it? >> it is a song i actually wrote about the loss of my son called the father of my son and the holy ghost for its extremely emotional song, difficult song for me too sing. but i know there's a lot of people out there who suffer with loss. and i also know that by doing

this i believe god wants me too do that song. anna wanted me too say it because i can tell you it like i said it's not a comfortable song for me too sing it brings up a lot of emotions for me. but i know there it may be people in this case i believe there are people that need to hear the song. six i think it will touch a lot of hearts in uvalde, texas after the week we've had. the tonight show will also feature a tribute to general colin powell who passed away last october. what else should folks at home who are looking forward to the performance to it and turned to nan for? what is new this year? >> i'm excited to be part of the trip into the goldstar families. and again i had an encounter couple of times a minute general colin powell. the whole evening to be a complete absolute tribute to those men and women who served and those families who have lost loved ones and by servers i mean those who made the ultimate sacrifice. it will be a heart touching and sincere and true emotional

application of all of our emotions and feelings towards those who have served. mike: craig come up to two plus years of covid what is it mean for this performance to be live? >> words cannot describe it it's one thing to sit in the room in front of a tv screen and play and sing. but it is another to be there and see and feel and see the emotions of the people in the audience but less that were in daytona doing a hero show and the difference is so much more impacting. and as an entertainer we get to receive the emotion that we are putting into what we are doing. arthel: craig this is memorial day weekend. how important is it for folks at home to take a moment of silent prayer, bow their heads or a moment of silence to remember our fallen? >> here's what to tell everyone. we are a great nation we celebrate freedom of religion. we have the opportunity to excel at both mentally, physically, financially, emotionally and most importantly spiritually.

we have those opportunities because we are a free nation. and we owe that freedom to all of those who serve and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. mike: a beautifully done craig morgan thank you so much for your time i look forward to your performance tonight, go get them. >> thank you. >> thank you syrup regrets that's all for this are fox news lyford fox news sunday with sandor smith and the chair is next. i'm like emmanuel don't forget the fallen and their families. and obviously the families and texas this weekend. happy memorial day, thank you for watching. ♪

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x i am sandra smith president biden visiting the mass shooting as the nation looks for answers. ♪ mourning and frustration in texas were 19 precious young students into brave teachers were gunned down at school. >> i am sick and tired we have to act records of a live report from uvalde or a tightknit community faces a loss. law enforcement face questions about how this happened. >> the information i was given turned out in