stuff outside of the united states. but daddy trump is all about america. common sense, protect the ones that live in our country and he is just an amazing human being. the whole family is amazing. all they want to do is protect us. >> lawrence: have you talked to him since he became president elect? >> we've been texting a little bit. i didn't want to bother him. i just love him. people who don't know the trump family are the greatest family that i've ever known. >> ainsley: we all want to have a jack and coke with you. you seem like such a fun guy. next time you are in new york come on over. >> john daly good boy vodka now. >> ainsley: everyone say a prayer for him and everyone follow him on x. bye. >> bill: good morning. here we go on friday. the trump cabinet coming into focus.

the president-elect is tapping his campaign manager to be his quav of staff, susie wiles. she has been with him for all three campaigns and the first woman to serve in that roll. a lot to get to as we close out the week. what a week and month it's been. bill hemmer, welcome to our program today. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." congratulations to susie wiles to be a history-making woman who probably won't get any credit from any women's group or never on the cover of any magazine and she doesn't care. she gets it done. good for her. president-elect trump making history with his first key appointment as the rumor mill is kicking into overdrive on who else will be tapped to serve. >> bill: president biden we watched yesterday addressing the results of the election. his tone was conciliatory. >> president biden: i spoke with president-elect trump to congratulate him on his victory and i assured him that i would

direct my entire administration to work with his team to insure a peaceful and orderly transition. >> bill: this with all be fascinating as it unfolds. bill melugin is watching it from west palm beach. that's where we start with you. good morning. >> we all remember last week mark cuban got himself in hot water when he claimed that donald trump doesn't like to be around strong or intelligent women. well, donald trump just hired the first female chief of staff for an american president in u.s. history. her name is susie wiles. she likes to keep a low profile but very well liked and well respected by trump and his orbit. let's talk about who she is. susie wiles was the co-campaign chair for the successful 2024 campaign. previously worked as his florida state director for the 2016 campaign and worked for ron desantis and rick scott. she also was a scheduler for president ronald reagan back in the 80s as well.

on election night after his big win trump brought her up on stage and thanked her for the work she did. take a listen. >> let me also express my tremendous appreciation for susie and chris. the job you did. susie, come here, susie. come here, susie, chris, come here, chris. susie likes to stay sort of in the back let me tell you. the ice baby, we call her the ice baby. >> susie wiles rarely posts online but she went after mark cuban posting on x in part, quote, i'm told mark cuban needs help identifying the strong and intelligent women surrounding president trump. here we are. i've been proud to lead this campaign and back out here live as dana knows she will lead one of the most important offices in the white house. the chief of staff is going to be who controls access to president trump. she is also going to be one of

his closest and most important advisors. send it back to you. >> bill: top job, too. nice to see you. good job on the road, bill, well done. >> president biden: our democracy is at stake, think about it. think about what happens if donald trump were to win this election? the american experiment endures. we'll be okay. >> dana: president biden changed his tune after trump's victory. jackui heinrich pressing karine jean-pierre on the change in rhetoric. >> i will squareist in a way that makes sense. i've been answering this question multiple times. the american people made the decision. >> fearful on what the messaging was? >> you are twisting everything around and that's unfair. no, it's unfair because i've been standing here trying to be very respectful to what happened the last two nights -- two

nights ago. we want to deliver for the american people. they deserve a peaceful transfer of power and that's what you are going to see. thanks, everybody. >> dana: well, it was a fair question and those comments are far from the picture president biden painted in 2022 when he accused trump of undermining u.s. democracy. >> bill: republicans had a great night. 53 senate seats now including the one in pennsylvania that was picked up by dave mccormick. quite a win here now. casey hasn't conceded but you will find out in a moment mccormick's position. on the map if you look at what i've circled ohio, pennsylvania, west virginia, clean sweep for the republicans here. justice in virginia was expected. flip number two after pennsylvania. then you had ohio. they spent so much money on one single race in ohio, both sides.

bernie moreno helped over the line by a strong performance by president trump at the top of the ticket. here in montana somewhat expected. tim sheehy knocking out john tester in montana. as it stands now two out standing races in the southwest, nevada and arizona. no complete results yet. right now 53 and holding, dana. >> dana: well we want to bring in someone who just defied history a little bit. pennsylvania senator elect dave mccormick and we've been watching your race in pennsylvania for a long time. you ran before, you ran this time, and you won in the end. congratulations to you and it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i guess i want to ask what is the most important thing that you learned from voters that you talked to? you were tireless out there on the trail. >> well, first of all thank you for having me. i feel honored and privileged to have this vote of confidence and

the opportunity to serve the great people of our commonwealth. i think the two things that i heard most beyond the specifics of inflation and fentanyl and so forth is change. they want change. they don't think the country is headed in the right direction and they don't want incremental change. they want significant change. the second thing they came back over and over again was authenticity. they want people to represent them that are going to stand up and say what they are going to do and do it. when they make a mistake, own the mistake and i think those two things, change and authenticity is my watch words and that's what i plan to bring to this new job and this new opportunity to lead and serve pennsylvania. >> bill: amazing thing your opponent bob casey has won six statewide general elections going back to 1996 but never on the ballot when donald trump was also statewide on the ballot as well in pennsylvania. casey put out this.

it has been made clear more than 100,000 votes still to be counted. we must allow the process to play out. i'm sure every vote that is eligible to be counted will be. he hasn't conceded. i think the recount now is.5% is less right where you are right now. i'm assuming there will be a recount. where does that stand? >> i'm not sure exactly whether there will be a recount or not. i'm up by 32,000 votes and the outstanding county is cambria county, a red county. i'm winning those votes significantly. it's been clear for sometime the math didn't work. there was no path to winning for senator casey, which is why i think the a.p. called it. we didn't talk to them but they see the same numbers we see. so i think this is done. but i've been there. i lost a race by 900 votes so it's tough. it's tough to give it up and

senator casey will have to work through the process, the counting will continue. the fact of the matter is there is no path to victory for senator casey and that's why the race has been called. >> dana: number one issue in pennsylvania was the economy. working class strong in pennsylvania. we have selena zito from pennsylvania often. here is david axelrod on democrats and the working class. >> you can't approach working people like missionaries and say we're here to help you become more like us. there is an unspoken disdain, unintended disdain in that. i think biden has done, you know, programmatically some good things for working people but the party itself has increasingly become a smarty pants suburban college-educated party and it lends itself to the kind of backlash that we've seen. >> dana: this kind of majority hasn't been seen in a while for either party. you are the 53rd republican

vote. what is the first thing that senate republicans can do to help president trump deal with the issues the working class are worried about mostly the economy, inflation, jobs? >> the point david axelrod makes i agree with. you can't stand up and say bidenomics is working or that the problem is greed inflation when people are feeling prices have gone up by more than 20% and wages haven't kept up. fuel prices up by 45%. we need to have pro-growth policies, reduce spending, deregulate what president trump promised in pennsylvania probably the most important thing is unlock our energy sector. we had this incredible abundance of natural gas and we need to make pipeline permitting easier, we need to create opportunity for fracking. it's great for the economy in pennsylvania, creates great new jobs. it is also great for our national security and ironically

great for the environment. that natural gas can be export evidence around the world and replace coal-fired place in places like india and china. it is a huge opportunity. we shouldn't be talking about banning fracking but quadrupling it in pennsylvania and across the country. along with other sources of energy, alternative sources, solar, wind, nuclear are all great. natural gas, we need to double, triple our energy supply but pennsylvania will be at the center of that and president trump is going to support energy dominance, all forms of energy, and that's where i'll be, too. i'll try to make all this easier for pennsylvania so we can really grow and become a more dynamic economy. >> bill: that message was a wimping one. congratulations and thank you for coming on. the first interview you did before the last campaign from the parking lot of a grocery store. you've come a long way. >> i remember that. >> dana: congratulations, dave.

>> thanks, guys. >> bill: got breaking news from overnight. this is ugly. ugly display of anti-semitism in amsterdam as israeli soccer fans come under attack and now netanyahu's responding in a significant way and we'll bring updates on that in a moment here. >> dana: the federal reserve cuts interest rates again trying to tackle the higher cost of living during the biden administration. what this means for your money and your future. >> bill: never mind the electoral map is mostly red. democrats are now cranking up their resistance against the president-elect. >> we did not expect this result. but we are prepared to respond to this result. we face this challenge before. and we used the rule of law to fight back.

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>> bill: this is the breaking news out of europe. this is ugly stuff here now. israel is evacuating those who want to leave amsterdam after what amounted to street fights and in some cases inside of buildings where israeli fans were living and-or staying. others random people stopped on the street, forced to prove their citizenship. if they were not israeli, they were left alone. here is one of the israelis

there. >> we have nothing to do with you. >> they came when we were already -- some of them, they wanted some information who we were. >> bill: this is tough stuff now. five people hospitalized. 60 arrested. the attackers were seeking out israeli supporters there. moments ago israeli soccer fans have landed in tel aviv and here is what happened. netanyahu said we'll send you planes and anybody that wants to get out we'll bring you back to israel if you want to do that immediately. many of them took that option. the israeli am as dor to the u.n. telling fox news in 2024 this must stop. globalized the intifada was not just a slogan. i urge the dutch government to help all israelis and jewish people immediately. it is time to respond with force against these barbaric rioters.

they're saying the police were very slow to respond to the claims last night of help there in amsterdam. a story we're watching and we shall. >> dana: indeed. the chicago police department looking into an attack on two jewish college students. officials say the suspects wore masks and made anti-semitic comments before they started hitting the victims. senior correspondent mike tobin is live in chicago with more. hi, mike. >> depaul university said they were a couple of males 21 and 27 years old displaying support for israel. if they had t-shirts, flags or whatever. we have video of the incident after the chicago jewish alliance. it doesn't tell you a lot other than how sudden the attack was. they were masked. punched and beat the depaul students and knocked them to the ground. the attackers made anti-semitic comments before running off. the depaul president says the faculty is outraged.

the university is actively working with the chicago police department to investigate this incident so they can determine whether to classify it as a hate crime. targeted our students because of their jewish identity. chicago police classify the incident as battery hate crime. cpd has images of the attackers. men in their 20s, one with a beard about 5'8" and 16 feet. the camera didn't get a look at his face. depaul university was home to anti-israel demonstrations and encampments over the spring and summer. >> dana: thank you so much. mike tobin. bill. >> some of the president-elect's advisors suggested you should resign. if he asked you to leave, would you go? >> no. >> can you follow up on do you think legally you are not required to leave? >> bill: no.

that was the fed share. interest rates trimmed by a quarter point. second reduction this year. stephen moore, economic advisor to the trump campaign. welcome. is powell the right guy for the job under a trump administration? do you see a problem with that? how do you receive the answer he gave there to the question? >> well bill, i just have to pay probably the thousands person who told you this but you deserve an emmy for your performance on election night. i learned so much from your analysis. i didn't know you were such a great quaint guy. amazing performance. >> we have a great team. they all pulled it together. thank you. >> on your question about the fed. i thought it was a very arrogant answer by fed chairman jerome powell. look, did you vote for jerome powell? he is not an elected official. he has to be accountable to someone, right?

the fact that he thinks he can be a dictator i think is really outrageous. i understand people on the other side will say we want the fed to be politically independent and there is a lot to truth to that, too. this is a fed chairman who has made a lot of major mistakes in his tenure. he is the one who almost caused the economy to go into a recession in 2018 with massive rate hikes and donald trump was very angry about that. then, of course, he was the fed chairman the highest inflation rate in 40 years. he doesn't have a particularly impressive record. now, is he going to be reappointed? i can almost guarantee you having talked to donald trump about this that he is not going to be reappointed. the real issue is if trump could get rid of him before his term is over. i don't know whether he would have the right to do that. i think he should have the right to replace the fed chair.

>> bill: trump loved to bang on the feds and see how it goes this time. joe biden talking about the economy yesterday. >> president biden: the road ahead is clear assuming we sustain it. we're leaving behind the strongest economy in the world. i know people are still hurting but things are changing rapidly. >> bill: that comment caught my eye because our voter analysis found this, 70% of the american people believe the country was on the wrong track, steve. >> uh-huh. exactly. it shows that people in the white house are living in some kind of bubble world to think it is a strong economy. go to the grocery store or mcdonalds and see there is no more dollar menu, people are stressed out by what has happened over the last four years. the inflation rate has come down a lot, the good news. the prices today for mortgages are 40% more expensive, gas

prices and food prices 22% more expensive. it seems like he is out of touch. i guarantee you trump will come in and one of the first things we're going to do on day one is reverse a lot of these policies that created the highest inflation in 40 years which meant that most americans were poorer today than they were four years ago when trump left office. >> bill: one last thing. economy and jobs. if you thought that was the most important issue 61% voted for trump. resounding. steve, thank you, appreciate your time. next time we'll talk about salt, tax on tips, tax on social security. what they'll do on the tax plan to come in 25. >> we'll make it permanent, bill, i promise. >> bill: we'll bring you back for that. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: a shoot-out between the ravens and bengals, sorry, bill, last night. watch here. >> fires, caught, chase him down

and they cannot. touchdown. >> the full back, now the pass is caught. wallace down the sideline. wallace is going to go all the way assuming he stayed in bounds all the way. >> dana: missed tackle. all right. ravens barely edge out their rival 35-34. both quarterbacks had four passing touchdowns in the game. baltimore has their seventh win of the season. >> bill: joe borrow deserved better than that. it was an amazon prime. it is rare when a network will show the mistakes of the referees and amazon made the decision to do it last night. they were right. >> dana: all right. >> bill: done. i'm getting off my soapbox and going back to this.

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mayor adams began the program under a year ago. new york city has been overwhelmed by more than 200,000 migrant arrivals since 2022. >> bill: okay. on it goes. also this too. marine veteran danny penny's manslaughter trial picks up again friday. defense team called for a mistrial that a white witness pushed a white vigilante narrative. paul mauro is on deck. first to cb cotton outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. good morning. >> good morning. penny's defense attorneys argued to a judge there is no way for their client to get a fair trial at this point. penny faces up to 19 years in prison. stemming from the death of jordan neely. 'was captured on video holding the homeless man in a choke hold on the subway last year. prosecutors say penny went too far.

defense took issue from testimony from a formerly homeless man who testified he saw penny release neely from the choke hold. he said he tried to wake neely up by pouring water on his head but was told not to by penny. he compared penny to an abuser. between this testimony and prosecutors opening statements, penny's defense team says their client has been made out to be a white vigilante. the judge denied the mistrial motion. other witnesses could end up helping the defense's case. one woman said she felt relieved from penny placed neely in a choke hold. and heard a 911 call from a teen who told dispatchers this. >> i don't know, he is -- >> give me further description. >> he is black. they are holding him down. they are holding him down right

now. one white man and woman holding a homeless guy down. >> the trial picks back up this morning, bill, with more witness testimony. back to you. >> bill: thank you, cb cotton in new york. thank you. >> dana: let's bring in inspector fox news contributor paul mauro. rosario is on the call and also says this. listen here. >> there was a guy doing the same thing he wanted to go to jail. he would harm people on the train. now he is holding him down. >> dana: how do you see all this playing out? >> very clearly one of the things that's at play here is the state of mind of the people in that car. that's crucial here because in a nutshell here is what's going on. justification is the defense, okay? it is very simple in that sense. did daniel penny go too far. was he justified in doing what he did. were his actions commensurate with the threat that was posed

by neely? that's a tough balancing act to establish. so what are you going to use for that? you have to go into the minds of the people in the car to say yeah, we were that scared. he did present that much of a threat and that's why the actions were justified. that's the basic balancing that's going on. that means you need witness statements. penny, of course, were he to take the stand. not that he is going to. he would say it was a threat he presented. more compelling evidence are the statements of the other people in that car. other people are saying we were that scared. then his actions may be justified. that's why this semantics game is going on. how much of a threat did he present? how did you feel? what terms would you use? when they say things like he is attacking everybody. says he will kill people. some of the testimony that's coming out. that's very probative for the defense. it is helpful to the defense. it makes it seem like neely presented that much of a threat. >> bill: another statement.

witness number 12, cade en. the first time in my life that i took a moment because i was scared that i was going to die in that moment. i don't know what the composition of the jury is based on race. the judge has allowed the prosecution to characterize the race of the defendant and the race of the deceased. is that presented prejudicial. >> maybe they were captured on the video and police body cam. a good argument to come in. you are right where the rub hits the road. the semantic argument. one of the other witnesses who is a homeless advocate called penny a murderer in his testimony in court. he is not charged with it. >> bill: defense is pushing for a mistrial. is it standing? it is already denied but the judge said i see where you are going and i think that's a signal that i will try to rope

this up. it is getting -- this argument about the words that are being used could very easily spin into all kinds of crazy areas. we know there is a battle going on behind the scenes between whether or not the defense can use the term samaritan or hero in describing him when they get to what witnesses said. >> dana: when you listen to what cb cotton showed when you listen to the 911 call it is not that rosario, the witness, who first brings up the black or white. what race is he? it's the 911 dispatcher. because they are trying to figure out -- the introduction is not by the witness. i would imagine the daniel penny defense team will say all these people thought this guy was hell bent on destroying them. they were going to lose their lives. it didn't matter if you were

white, black or latino. the 911 dispatcher does it to help police figure out what's going on, right? >> that's one of the things you want to know. give me the details so i know who i'm looking for. body cam footage will come up. defense is going to put on a case. they have good witnesses. i don't know that penny will take the stand. this is a state of mind case. there are subtle things coming out here. i had not heard that one of the witnesses was trying to protect her child and that neely was going towards them when penny jumped out of his seat and took action. one of the other things that was supposedly used to characterize neely's state of mind was that he was hungry. they wanted to make him sympathetic and screaming yelling he is hungry with a muffin in his pocket. he is mentally on stable. he is on k2. walked away from a mandatory treatment program. the thing the advocates always say we have to have in place.

so realistically the system put him out there. our flawed system. it went bad and daniel penny is the one taking the bite for it. >> dana: unbelievable case. >> bill: interesting story. on any given hour of any given day on every subway car you can find people from six different races and heritages. >> dana: a shooting on the upper west side on the subway. >> at the end of the day a young guy is dead. him expiring on that dirty floor in his ratty sneakers you have to have a heart of stone not to feel that. it is a case that should move some change is what really should go on. >> bill: circling the wag yens now. newsom in california preparing for the trump presidency. what the blue state governor is calling for right now. plus an alarming situation south carolina. dozens of monkeys that escaped

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>> dana: check this out. a new york highway worker narrowly escapes death seconds before a box truck veers to the side of the road. the incident took place in a work zone with numerous signs indicating mowing ahead. police are investigating the incident that comes days after another new york highway worker was struck and killed. >> bill: dangerous work there. let's go to california right notify. it's moving right. democrats now digging in. yesterday the governor called for a special legislative session to trump-proof liberal policies in that state. all this happening as officials in california warn that trump will come after their freedoms, okay? they'll meet first week of december. on the board behind me show you two things now. the results in california. statewide from eight years ago with hillary clinton. you see all the blue down here? watch the map. this is 2020 from four years ago. and then this is 2024.

remarkable stuff. another thing i want to show you. trump's margin lost to hillary clinton by 29%. 2020 lost to biden by more than 29%. in 2024, california got some kind of message because this is a huge improvement losing by fewer than 18%. let's move here and bring in a guy who knows a lot about california who made his way to new york to be with us today. >> dana: michael shellenberger the founder of public and former candidate for governor of california. i want to know about public before we leave. it caught my attention on x the other day. you pay a lot of attention to california and coming on air for a few years now saying we have huge problems. do you get satisfaction out of these results? >> absolutely. it is wonderful news. the big news is we passed something called prop 36 that increases penalties for drug dealing, fentanyl drug dealing

and restores consequences for stealing for shoplifting below $950. we're in the midst of a terrible addiction crisis in the country as a whole. over 100,000 people are dying every year. a million americans over a decade will die. that's twice as many americans that died in all of our foreign wars since 1900. we have a huge -- we have a huge mental health crisis. all across the country. in california we're fed up with it. we have a significant percentage of the homeless in the country. homelessness increased by more than a third under governor newsom so this is a huge rebuke against the progressive radical left democrat policies in california. >> bill: the foxnews.com headline on prop 36. kamala harris wouldn't say how she voted on it. proposition 36 passes in california reversing some soros-back soft on crime policies. you had 70% in favor of that and still counting the ballots. in the meantime you look up and

down the state, okay? george gascon, the l.a. d.a. lost. the mayor in san francisco lost and the county d.a. in oakland and the mayor in oakland right now are at risk of recall. the move in l.a. for gascon to get out. he was defeated by a republican. who saw that coming? >> i did not. i didn't think a republican could win in los angeles. i had seen focus groups where they were -- mostly the white people in the focus groups saw latinos were more open minded dogmatically against any republican. this shows how serious the situation has become. i discovered a 2-year-old child living on the street in skid row surrounded by people that are psychotic, surrounded by people smoking fentanyl and people lying in gutters. it is worse conditions than i've seen in india and it's a

humanitarian disasters juice a few miles from hollywood hills. >> dana: do you think democrats have any understanding? i feel they're in shock about the election results and not taking responsibility for the policies that led to people saying we have had enough of this. but the consequences of their policies are pretty plain for everyone to see. >> san francisco is really the jewel of the united states. the prettiest town in the united states a place tourists go to. they see the degradation, the loss of dignity of human life. as a former democrat we were shouted down when we raised concerns about these things. there is an underlying narcissism and kind of fragile ego this is resisting any criticism. any self-awareness. that's a lot of what is behind all this projection of the idea that trump will be a dictator. that is coming from the authoritarian tendencies. newsom is saying he will defend

california. he created a snitch line for hate speech trying to prevent schools from informing parents children claim they are the opposite sex. we had the worst covid policies in the country. we locked down kids and now significantly behind florida and texas. >> bill: in the interest of time newsom says we're ready to fight was the title of the memo or close to it. the freedoms we hold dear in california are under attack. we are prepared and do everything necessary to insure californians have the support and resource evers to survive. >> he is living in a bubble and out of touch. it is possible to live in a bubble in california. slightly different from manhattan where you move around a lot. people have an expression in san francisco that crime don't climb. so you live in wealthier neighborhoods and you can get away from it. newsom is the most out of touch politician in the united states. he surrounds himself with yes people. lives in a bubble. 75% of the voters in san

francisco, one of the most liberal cities in the world, say that if you are caught smoking fentanyl in public or camping in public or otherwise breaking the law you should be arrested and offered the chance of treatment alternative to prison. this radical libertarianism in california is not working and thank heavens the voters, the people of california have spoken in a really loud way. >> dana: what is public? >> public at sub stack. it's thriving, a great time to be an investigative journalist. >> bill: thank you for stopping by. >> dana: let's get to this. the legal saga of hunter biden is back in the headlines. will the president pardon his son before he leaves office? we have the latest on what the white house is saying about that. plus honoring our heroes this veterans day weekend. george w. bush the holding his

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>> dana: it's veterans day weekend everybody. in honor of those who wore the uniform president george w. bush is holding his annual bike ride. joining us from crawford, texas. this is an annual event. a beautiful one. i don't know if they got the best weather. maybe we're not too sad it is cooler today. >> actually, dana, it is beautiful today. the trails are in great shape. this is a place prairie chapel ranch that you know very well and on the hello pad where marine one used to land. i am using one of president bush's bike. he came over fuel of kindness and civility. an honor to be here. they just took off on the ride. everybody cheering in good spirits, great spirits. the veterans and military ride together in formation and help

each other up when they're down. such an inspiring event. team 43 takes it out into the world from here. they network and they help each other and help society. i have with me today former retired lieutenant colonel jason who actually, dana, was in two white houses. worked under president obama and under president trump first administration and he is a combat veteran from iraq and afghanistan and now he is the head of veterans and military families here at the bush foundation. i want to ask you about check-in. what is this program check-in and what does it mean for the vets? >> thanks for coming here again this year. at the george w. bush institute i lead the veterans military family team. we run a program in coordination with the veterans wellness alliance called check-in. it provides no-cost access to high-quality mental and brain health for veterans, service

members and families. >> what can america learn from our vets? >> that's a question we don't have a lot of time to talk about that but i would say a lot we can learn from our veterans. leadership and most importantly is the ability to inspire commitment and inspire resilience and trust and i think what we know from our veterans, veterans have good character, competent and committed to country. >> lastly family support of how? >> families, what i would say especially now around veterans day start asking veterans their story. instead of thanking them for their service, ask them their story and let veterans tell who they are and what they are about. >> ask them for their story. i love that. honor you for your service. thank you. back to you, dana. >> dana: jason and dr. siegel. thank you great much. ask veterans their story in addition to thanking them for their service. thanks for being there, dr. siegel. see you next