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♪ >> america is the greatest country in the world. yes? ♪ god bless america ♪ land that i love ♪ stand beside her ♪ and guide her ♪ through the night with the light from above ♪ from the mountains to the prairies ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ god bless america, my home

sweet home ♪ america ♪ god bless america ♪ america. >> god bless, america. [cheers and applause] >> brian: that was mary mill ben, that was fantastic. >> steve: i think you may have shattered a crystal chandelier. >> i love you all. >> ainsley: a song to hear our whole lives to hear you sing it and hear you sing those words god bless america. we are praying to him constantly. >> that's right we live in the greatest country in the world. as long as we keep god at the forefront we will be okay. >> steve: that's right. she is here because she is going

to be the big singer tonight here at the sixth annual patriot awards. that's why all these folks got up in the snow and the rain and right there in front of our stage. you are giving them breakfast. bunch of stars. >> not snowing? nashville the harty people. >> ainsley: thanks, mary. >> lawrence: remember to watch the patriot awards streaming at 8:00 p.m. on fox nation.com hosted by sean hannity. >> steve: who needs coffee when you have mary millben. thank you for joining us. >> we have a big show today. we start with a fox news alert. it's day two manhunt gunman behind the targeted killing of united healthcare ceo brian thompson in midtown, manhattan. >> the killer reportedly left clues that could point to a motive. >> they are curious.

we don't know what chanley painter has the details. >> we are learning that the shooter may have left a message on evidence found at the scene where 50-year-old brian thompson was gunned down outside a new york city hotel. police releasing this chilling surveillance video showing thompson blue blazer, mask behind him. we paused the video before several shots were fired at close range. according to a witness. the suspect waited all night for the executive to walk by. watch. >> when i looked guy crossed. he was here in this corner. the whole night. >> after the assassination, the gunman escaped through an alley way before hopping on an e-bike and disappearing into central park. police are still searching for the man releasing these images of the suspect taken at a

starbucks right before the shooting. the motive for this murder is unknown. based on the what we have so far does appear the victim was targeted but at this point we do not know why. this does not appear to be a random act of violence. >> we are learning some clues as to a possible motive found on evidence found at the scene. according to the "new york post," quote: the nypd is investigating the possible message with appears to include the words deny, depose, and defend. written on live rounds and shell casings left behind by the masked assassin. those reported words eerily similar to the name of this book, delay, deny, defend, which is about how insurance companies deny valid claims for profit, in fact, thompson's wife tells nbc news there have been threats. i don't know details i just know that he said there were some people that had been threatening

him. now, the united healthcare ceo was in new york for an investor's conference, thompson was a father, a husband from minnesota. crime stoppers is now offering a $10,000 reward for information on the gunman and the "new york post" also reporting this that police obtained the suspect's starbucks track he threw away. maybe we will have d.n.a. which may, of course, lead to an arrest eventually, guys. lots of developments this morning. >> steve: all right, chanley thank you very much. >> brian: thanks, chanley. maybe traffic central park and around the block i think they are looking at a lot of video today. looking at video and investigator imtr imperatrice. maybe two days before and maybe without a mask on to give an idea. you know his height. you know roughly what he wears. you saw him in starbucks. but i'm questioning did they know him from two days ago do they know him from monday?

do they know him from saturday? >> lawrence: brian, to your point about the footage. new york city has the best footage when it documents surveillance. >> brian: i have been there. counter-terrorism. >> every block. steve. >> lawrence: they do a lot of cross-references with the fbi so they have some of this technology that they are going to be age to stitch together looking at credit card data as well to see who did transactions at that starbucks, to try to get an identity of this guy. look at the ebank technology to try to put a pattern, who was in that area at that time in central park, ainsley. >> it's so interesting when you see that the casings had those words on it and very similar to that book and the subtitle of the book is why insurance companies don't pay claims and want -- and what you can do about it. was this someone who had his health insurance and the health insurance didn't cover a lot of their medical expenses. they lost their house. or maybe their marriage or something because of it. disgruntled? you can't do this. you can't take another man's life. he is the ceo.

he has two young boys. i don't know if they are young. two young sons, i imagine they are young because he looks very young. his life said there had within some threats as chanley was saying. >> brian: high school age by the way. >> ainsley: kids are? >> brian: you just bringing that up. if they are going to go with that premise that someone didn't get refunded or healthcare. who do you look for maybe in the new york area that's been denied a major claim? is it possible company that big to hunt down that. >> steve: people have arguments with the insurance company pretty much every day. what's curious about as chably indicated there in her report, by the way there is a $10,000 reward if you can figure out who that person is. but, if the person did put deny, depose, and defend, on three casings, and they were trying to send a message, that would mean that they would have to knowingly shoot three bullets, because he is not going to leave the gun. if he is going to leave the

three casings, he is going to squeeze off three shots. he did shoot the guy in the back. he shot him in the leg. was he a bad shot or was he trying to take him down. the other thing is, he knew it cut through. he had been laying in wait for this particular man. and see the backpack right there. if the guy took an e-bike up to central park, where there are very few cameras on the inside, except the perimeter, he has got a change of clothes in there he looks completely different. he might have a disguise. we might be looking at a disguise right there. maybe that's not really. it could be some sort of prosthetic, a bigger nose, a different no, sir. that's the only clue they have got right there. >> lawrence: sources say he made a lot of mistakes. we don't know the motive quite yet. >> ainsley: do you know what the mistakes were? >> the investigators said they don't want to put them out there because they don't want to compromise the investigation. i think whatever his agenda was, by leaving those shell casings out there, there is d.n.a.

there can be fingerprints on that as well. i look forward to seeing what they're putting out out there. othey're confident they will be able to catch him. >> brian: should have put sunglasses on if he wanted to hide himself. >> ainsley: i bet they have other video. don't you think? there is a lot in these investigations that we all know that they don't tell us. >> steve: that could be the vest shot of his face. he did leave a cup and water bottle and some wrappers from a couple of power bars in the garbage. if there is nay, if he wasn't -- if he was wearing gloves it went be of much use. eyewitness ains wait, that looks like the guy in my class or that looks like so and so down the street. >> brian: you get $10,000 if it helps. call it in. >> hunter biden spotted forth the first time since his controversial pardon seen smiling. why not? got away with something else in his life. >> steve: there he is screen

right. his father is reportedly considering preemptive pardons before president-elect trump takes the office for a bunch of different people who might be in trouble. >> lawrence: listen to this. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson is at the white house with the latest. >> good morning, ainsley, where do you go when you receive a presidential pardon? arby's, of course. we just have this new video into fox showing hunter biden, as you mentioned, smiling at receiving that presidential pardon from his father, which wasn't just for the tax and gun charge but of course the 11 year period, he is off. and there you can see. smiling after leaving the arby's in sandra barbara and as we mentioned landlord said hunter had certified him $300,000 in rent money after hunter spent time in $1.45 million mansion. yesterday back to the pardon capitol hill, still arguably the most powerful democrat on capitol hill. nancy pelosi weighing in on that pardon with this terse statement

quote i support the president. hunter might not be the only one to receive a pardon this might be the beginning. biden white house is discussing preemptive pardons for those in trump's crosshairs. according to politico, president biden's top aides are reportedly weighing the idea of issuing preemptive pardons to current and former government officials ahead of president-elect donald trump's inauguration next month. that includes former congresswoman liz cheney, senator elect adam schiff and dr. anthony fauci. fauci has been accused by republicans and watchdog groups of lying to congress about the origins of covid-19. virus and his use of private email account do government business. now president-elect trump has said that he does not seek retribution. in fact, he told our own sean hannity that back in june. now. the next time we will see president biden fresh off his trip from angola will be tonight on the ellipse where he will be lighting the white house christmas tree. and i checked the fox news weather app., the temperature is

supposed to be 34 degrees. a little chilly here in the nation's capital, guys. >> steve: in the history of the president and giving out pardons and clemency and stuff like that. has a president ever issued a pardon or clemency for crimes that have not been committed or proven or even to people that weren't charged, aside from rismsd nixon? >> i appreciate the pop quiz, steve. nowhere in presidential history has a preemptive pardon been issued. and that's something that many lawmakers are talking about how unprecedented it could be. >> ainsley: he could say everyone in my family is pardoned in case they commit a crime. >> brian: adam schiff goes excuse me i didn't do anything. excuse me we think you did. i thought i was a hero. why are you giving me a pardon? so, you can't do that. i mean, i thought that joe biden

was back to normalcy when he became president this is the way you do things. these are the right forms to use and it was donald trump who was making things up. this guy is putting pardons out on press releases and now he is going up to lawmakers and in adam schiff's case. obviously adam schiff doesn't think he did anything wrong, unless he knows he did. he goes i don't really want a pardon. jack smith thinks he is -- he thinks he is some type -- he is matlock. he is going to hunt you down. he thinks he is a hero. so i don't think he is going to wants to a pardon whoomplet are they talking about? >> lawrence: it is trump derangement syndrome on steroids right now. the country is coming together. you see all of the people in big tech finally talking about, look, we can work with the president. even got some democrats on capitol hill saying okay, we can work with the president on this. then you have the figures leadership of the democratic party freaking out for no reason. remember when they said lock hillary clinton up. trump said i'm not going to do

that because i don't think it's good for the country. >> brian: then she launched her dossier. >> lawrence: they think trump is going to treat them like they treated him. >> ainsley: that's right. they know what politicians are capable of. >> lawrence: exactly right. >> ainsley: because they were doing it. >> brian: i have a name for you, victor willis. >> ainsley: the guy from ymca. >> brian: 72 years old. >> steve: hold on, let's paint a little better picture of victor willis. you think of the village people, right? which of those characters is he? any idea? >> ainsley: what were the four characters, fireman, cowboy, what were the other two? i do all know? >> steve: which of these people is victor willis? he is the cop. he is the cop in the front. sometimes he was the cop and sometimes he was a naval officer. >> brian: i love the headdress. >> steve: this is from the 70s.

>> brian: chief. >> lawrence: explains why i don't recognize them. >> brian: everything is changing now. >> steve: here is how crazy things have gotten. back in 2020, mr. willis asked trump to stop using the ymca theme song because of the administration's response to black lives matter. but, fast-forward four years and as it turns out he is thanking donald trump who we have seen -- you have seen donald trump and he is, you know, going crazy. >> brian: he loves this song. >> steve: this song has made mre who hold the royalties a lot of money. in fact, something like a thousand knew he says he has got a change of heart. >> lawrence: i got laugh at this dance moves. encouragement for anyone who cannot dance. can you now just do the trump and it's totally fine.

victor willis what he had to say. ♪ ymca. >> steve: for the folks in the audience. folks in the audience. stand up, let's see you stand up. do the trump. ymca. everybody, stand up. let's try to do it. >> brian: blast the music. bring the music up. >> lawrence: there it is. >> ainsley: so cute. >> steve: a little more action up here like this. ♪ young man. >> lawrence: this guy gets it right here. >> brian: there is no wrong way to do it. everyone does it different. and the other thing is victor willis now says it's okay to use my song and i might even play at the inaugural so that is fantastic. here is victor willis. >> i have decided to allow the president elect's continued use of ymca because he seems to genuinely like the song.

and, you know, so many other artists were stopping him from using their music, so i decided to contact bmi and tell them to -- not to terminate his political use license. because he seems to be bringing so much joy to the american people with this use of ymca. the president-elect has done so much for ymca it and brought so much joy to so many people. the song has actually gone back to number one and it's still number one today. so, if he were to ask village people to perform the song live for him, we would have to seriously consider it. >> brian: all right. so it looks like he might do it. >> lawrence: the moral of the story is don't fight it. just join. in the democrats have fake joy at their dnc. but right now there is real joy in the country. and even if you were on the other side. if you want to join, in just do it. you can reverse all of your

positions and just join the maga movement. >> brian: the president was hanging out in studio 54 like it was out of zenith. they were playing this song and he probably channeling his younger days and america loves it. do you think he plays it from the podium at the inaugural and george bush and bill clinton and kamala harris join in can you imagine that happening? i think it could happen. >> ainsley: i actually hope he is making money on the song now. he said it's number one. so, just because he is supporting president trump and just because a presidential candidate uses your music doesn't mean you have to -- you have to support them or endorse them. some of these singers say i don't want donald trump using my music. why do you care? steve. >> lawrence: it's a bad business strategy. >> ainsley: it is. >> steve: we are here on long island, the home of brian kilmeade. brian, donald trump has made it possible now for you to actually dance to the ymca. >> brian: why do you think that? >> steve: brian and i went to a

baseball game once and they played the ymca and of course you do the letters ymca and brian just kept doing the y. >> brian: i don't know i had to do all of them. so here's the thing. carley shimkus is down. >> ainsley: we have got to find that music before the end of the show that video. >> brian: down amongst the people. >> carley: i sure am. >> brian: start talking. >> carley: you exposed all of us that we all need dance lessons. >> steve: that's my friend. >> carley: don't you say you have never met a dance floor you don't like or doesn't like you? >> brian: brian eldridge has this song my theme i never met a dance floor that did me any good that's how i live my life. >> carley: i have been having so much fun talking to cassie. i was told that you could hear us as we were hooting and hollering down here. calls is i, talking about donald trump dancing and carrying on. he is going to be here tonight, sitting in one of these seats that you are in right now. how do you feel about that? >> i am so excited.

second patriot awards and this is going to be the best one because i just love -- i have my maga hat i will wear tonight. >> carley: you were at the florida one where we met when she had this big baby bump. >> carley: now he is 2 years old. i saw you make that audible gap did you know he was going to be here? are we breaking news to you. >> i wish -- i wish i had tickets to come. >> carley: we got to sort that out. how do you feel about the way the -- how do you feel about the way the election went and just the moment right now, the holiday season. what's it feel like to you? >> president trump is our next president. thank god, hallelujah. [applause] >> we are thrilled. and i love him. i went to three of his rallies. >> carley: there you go. >> three rallies. >> carley: so, brian, i'm tossing over to you with applause and everything. take it away my friend. >> brian: thank you very much. these guys are pumped up. [applause] >> brian: very gutsy group. potential morning show hosts

wild awake ready to go at #:00 in the morning. meet our audience. great to see you. great friends of the show, chris douglas right here. no problem for you getting up. >> no, not at all. >> brian: how many tours of duty? >> five between iraq and afghanistan. >> brian: how loud are you of this country? >> very proud. >> brian: about the military and where we go from here. what does the military need? >> we need leadership. we are excited to see the future with the president coming in and some of the picks that he is making and really excited. >> brian: you had a chance to see pete hegseth give a speech your thoughts. >> i have talked with him privately as well. i have got good respect for him. you know, i have got even more invested my son is currently serving in the military as you know. >> brian: round of applause, ladies and gentlemen. >> personally and as a service member. former service member and as a parent, i couldn't be more happy. >> got out of military, let

yourself go. look at this guy. looks ready to serve his country. >> brian: thanks for coming out. audience, ringer right here. does anybody know this guy from television from his head shots. he was here earlier handing out head shots and signing photographs. will cain. what brings you here today? >> will: i was just in the neighborhood and having coffee. >> brian: have you never been in this neighborhood before all i thought two words in my head over and over this morning. >> will: brian kilmeade. >> brian: you had to say this. do you think the people of long island would accept you as one of them. >> will: do you accept me as one of you. >> yes. >> will: do you accept? >> yes, i do. >> brian: i think i fit right in. will, you are coming up next, one of your focus the same thing your wife tells you, watch the spending, cut the budget, and we have elon musk is also doing that going to focus on that next? >> i'm going to need elon and

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♪ >> janice: good morning, everyone. we are here on long island, the tilles center. does this room look familiar to you? this is a replica of the oval office. this is the resolute desk. and this is one of only four replicas of white houses across the country. the only one here in the northeast and it's on the campus of liu. this is the roosevelt library. theodore roosevelt, of course, our 26th president. the roosevelt family were very key in having this white house replica here at liu. pretty cool, right? now i'm going to take you to something that looks very familiar if you have ever been in the situation room.

an exact replica. so a lot of the big decisions that the president will make happens right here in the decision room, in the strategy room. and a lot of students can come here, grades 9 through 12 here at liu to learn about what it's like to be in the white house worry going to wrap up here at the museum of democracy where they have over 100 artifacts from all of the 46 -- almost 47th presidencies of the united states. it's a pretty amazing place. lietilles center right here it's a replica of the white house. i'm going to go back to the oval office. back inside. yea, guys. >> roosevelt school just up the hill and roosevelt runs it a great grandson of teddy roosevelt. met his grandmother outlived him 34 years. saginaw down the way. >> lawrence: great history.

>> steve: another reason to stop by? >> >> ainsley: vivek ramaswamy and elon musk heading to capitol hill to cut government waste and save you billions of dollars. >> steve: you saw him a moment ago "fox & friends weekend" co-host will cain joins us now. round of applause for mr. kaine. thank you very much. [applause] >> brian: they are now your people, will. >> will: long island. >> steve: will, later today, vivek and elon going to capitol hill. there will be democrats and republicans as part of this doge caucus. do you think they can actually get stuff done? >> will: guy into this part of the process, steve, with a great amount of skepticism. well earned skepticism because for decades congress, the senate have talked about government waste. oklahoma senator tom coburn for a long time put out an annual report on the big fraud and waste in the government. great job. wonderful to know. then what do we do something? i do have great faith and belief in elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. i don't have great faith, for example in senator joni ernst

who sits now on this panel to ensure that this turns into something more than just words into action. so, i would like to see what elon musk and vivek ramaswamy can do to compel people like joni ernst to make some real strong moves to cut government waste and spending. >> brian: i thought success was inventing. his success is streamlining. making adjustments. making rockets lighter. finding a way to make most. i did not. billionaire. help out. we are asking an expert on cutting costs to help out. and if they don't cut costs, he goes out of business. >> will: i read musk, the biography 6 elon musk. walter isaacson. when you read that, you realize that musk certainly is a visionary as you point out. capable of stepping back, seeing the big picture. what does this world need? we need to walk on mars. hey that, tesla car has one too

many bolts on under cage carriage, i know because we have been under it. if we don't spend 12 hour shifts counting the bolts and ensuring not too many this project is going to fail. he has literally been in there with his hands on it overnight. >> brian: that's why i'm optimistic. >> will: i am too because of vivek ramaswamy and elon musk. i'm also optimistic he will find the pressure point mechanism whether or not it's primary challenges or wherever it may be make sure senators been there for decades don't just talk but actually do when it documents sitting on some panel for doge. >> lawrence: i saw what you did with joni ernst when she t. comes to the nomination of pete hegseth. we finally got to hear from pete and he wrote in the "wall street journal" here is what he said. i have never backed down from a fight and won't back down from this one. i look forward to an honest confirmation hearing with our distinguished senators. not a show trial in the press. there has been an attempt to prevent him from getting there because they know that's where he shines when he finally gets

to talk to people. that's what he does for a living. there are senators that are trying to get him to withdraw himself from the process and take great umbrage with that. why? bar and grill. >> will: i take great umbrage. i might be clear any criticism i might have for a republican senator to cut government waste and spending on the past is separate from their attempts to prance take pete hegseth down from dod both separately are worthy of my criticism. let's talk about this for just a moment. any republican senator who wakes up this morning and looking at "fox & friends" or a president who has made a nomination probably needs to consider three options when it documents why they wouldn't support pete hegseth as their nominee. number one, they choose to accept and choose to align themselves on the side of anonymous reporters at msnbc news or the new yorker or the "new york times." and in my stems, put that of higher value than medal of honor recipients. david bellavia who stands by the character of pete hegseth. literally dozens of fox news employees who do not say things anonymously with their chest on

air or on x to say that character of pete hegseth. or they are so embedded in the military industrial complex they never want to see change or disruption to the pentagon. it's one of those three options for any republican senator. i doubt that donald trump likes any of those potential answers for republican who is now standing in the way, perhaps, perhaps not. perhaps we now have all of them in support of pete hegseth. >> ainsley: is he one of your best friends. y'all hang out. you know what he is like now. is he a auto changed man. brian. >> will: ainsley is he changed man on the flaws he has been honest about in his past. many of stuff. much this ainsley has been talked about him is unsubstantiated, false, or anonymous. pete is a good friend of mine and i own my bias. i think the first thing you have to do with any audience is tell them the truth the truth is i am biased. there is a reason that i am biased because i have hung out with this guy on air, commercial breaks, off air, talking about our families, with our families and going out to have dinner. and i know who this guy is

today. you want this man as your secretary of defense. >> brian: also senator kramer an article in the hill exalting him saying he should be the pick. >> will: good for senator kramer. >> ainsley: i do know he has a personal relationship with jesus. i have watched jen and pete grow through that they are very close with their pastor. their pastor has been by their side for this tough ordeal. >> will: good, thank you for that ainsley. good for the people of north dakota. i hope the people of south carolina and iowa and other states across this nation can be equally proud of their senator. >> steve: read pete's op-ed on the pages of wsj.com. more "fox & friends" live from the set of the patriot awards. the set of the patriot awards. ladies and gentlemen, will cain. ♪ n. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question.

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♪ >> steve: fox news alert. at 19 minutes before the top of the hour. the suspect screen left right there in the united healthcare ceo brian thompson's cold blooded murder still on the run at this hour new reports say thompson was one facing a department of investigation for insider trading. here to discuss former federal prosecutor and defense attorney andrew cherkasky. thank you for making the trip out to long island. when you watch the video, what does it look like to you? >> looks like somebody -- somebody trained in firearms, somebody who is capable of using it; he looks insensitive to the fact that he is killing somebody. some degree of presentation. a lot of thought he was ready to do it. whether that means is he a trained assassin like some people are saying, perhaps it's a step short of that. that he just had practiced a lot

with the firearm. but there is definitely a strong motive there. i think what we see in that video is somebody who is very committed to following through with this crime. and so now there is all sorts of speculation about what that motive could have been and whether that might lead us to actually finding him. >> steve: so that picture right there i believe is taken in a nearby starbucks. this was before the shooting and the guy bought a couple of power bars and bought a water and got a cup. and so presumably there would be d.n.a. on that. the -- obviously the cops have already hoovered up everything in that starbucks. but, if he is a trained killer, is he probably wearing gloves. >> the probability that he might be wearing gloves. although we see in the video when he is holding the gun it looks like he doesn't have that are they running that d.n.a.? are they actually getting something back or perhaps that's something in the garbage can that that fellow kind of was -- that disappeared. i'm most interested in the bike. he went to a bicycle city bike.

>> steve: e-bike. >> cracking software on that to figure out where that bike went has some people speculating about that. i'm sure the police are deep into that all of that on ground canvassing and looking at every piece they can. >> steve: as people get up on this thursday morning, the latest tantalizing clues come from i believe the "new york post," where apparently on three of the shell casings, the three shell indicatings there are the words -- somebody has edged the word deny, depose, defend. which also hans to be how insurance companies operate and how they essentially work to not pay you. >> right there. are many motives that i think people are identifying as a possibility. is this somebody who is disgruntled with united healthcare because of denied coverage, something along that line. somebody doj. worried he had information they didn't want released or many

other reasons. if this is actually somebody who has put in a lot of thought and was kind of an assassin here. could it have been misdirection to write something on those bullets to make it look like somebody who had a problem with the insurance company but had a different motive instead. there is a lot of different ways this can go. avoid the find actual suspect. canvassing what they can and looking at every possibility. >> steve: misdirection. never thought about that throw them off. look into the book maybe it's that kind of person. we don't know yet. hopefully they catch him today. >> i hope so. >> steve: quarter before the hour a few months ago we remember that hurricane helene left a path of destruction across the southeast. samaritan's purse led recovery and rescue efforts and their coo is going to join us live next from the patriot awards. ta

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♪ [applause] >> ainsley: samaritan's purse rebuild in the wake of hurricane helene's devastation in north carolina. many of you sent money to this organization. they were preparing survivors for the winter ahead and vowing to stay on ground there until

all of the work is complete samaritan's purse coo edward graham franklin. community they call home. edward graham joining us now. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> ainsley: your family has changed all of our lives. god has used your family. i remember going to the university of south carolina as a little girl. out on the football field. your grandfather was up there spooking with johnny cash and my dad took our whole family. i love you guys and what you are doing for our carolina community. >> thank you. >> ainsley: first of all, tonight. you have written your prayer. you are prepared for. this i haven't written a prayer. i don't really write one. guy from the heart and what god has called. i'm praying for this country and thankful for patriots that love this country and that god uses and lift up to defend this nation and to protect our looking communities. we have got great people in this country. >> ainsley: when we asked you to do this did you know donald trump would be here.

>> i did not, no. >> ainsley: you worked with and toured north carolina with tulsi, donald trump was with your dad in georgia. don jr. was with you twice in north carolina. how are the folks doing in north carolina and how can we help? >> when this flood happened, it's been devastating. everything from my hometown of boone, north carolina where my dad grew up in asheville was devastated it's been hard. people in the mountains are awesome. if i could just turn down l.a., new york, washington, d.c., during the election, rhetoric. and you could hear what the people were -- no one cared what political party you were. they were just neighbor helping neighbor. it's been unbelievable devastation. we have got a lot of work to do. we have had a lot of volunteers. we cut trees back. we do heavy equipment. putting in even brings and redoing culverts. use helicopters, 360 air missions out of boone. delivering food at first delivering generators and heaters. it's been busy. but god gist us the best people to respond and be able to help our neighbor. >> ainsley: he really does. i love the mountains of north carolina. you are not skipping over homes

like fema did. you don't care who they voted for. how many people still need help with their houses? >> we still have about over 1,000 work orders that we are working they are in north carolina. but we have also been working in georgia and florida with this storm. and so we're finishing -- we are not finishing up work orders any time soon. we are still taking them. they are still come in. i will be in asheville, tomorrow in that area looking at some of the damage. i have been there several times. we still need volunteers. we need volunteers to come. it's cold, it's snowing. i just talked to my wife. my kids don't have school today. imagine you lost your home and living in a tent or something like that. we got a lot of work. i need volunteers that are hearty and keep coming. go to samaritan's purse.org sign up volunteer. chainsaw work, muck outs. >> ainsley: during the commercial break what do you need to national hurricane norte ounce we need volunteers. help some of these families even if it's for a weekend. thank you so much, edward. tell your family hey and we love them. >> thank you, merry christmas.

>> ainsley: god bless you. hand it over to lawrence. hey, lawrence. >> lawrence: we do love them. the patriot awards are tonight and the makers of the award metal art of wisconsin is revealing the design right here on "fox & friends." joining us right now with more is the president of metal art of wisconsin, shane henderson. we got some steel here. >> yes, we do. >> lawrence: tell us about the award. >> secret squeal steel. steel from ground zero sent to us from frank siller tunnel 2 towers. steel for the commemorative stripe of the award which goes right up the middle here. we have a kweu89ed nay pell stabilized union which is absolutely gorgeous done by jeff o'connor a combat wounded veteran connors woodworking. we have some arched braces here with copper rifts that symbolize kind of the bridges of new york. since it's kind of a new york-themed award. and then. >> lawrence: skyline. >> skyline with one world trade

center and the statue of liberty. so this has been quite the project for my company. >> lawrence: it's beautiful. >> here is the award from 2022. i thought we were going to have a hard time beating it. i think my team knocked it out of the park. >> you stepped up. brother, thank you for joining us this morning. a round of applause for shane henderson. thank you so much. >> all right. >> lawrence: still a big show for you. more "fox & friends" live ahead the sixth annual patriot awards. [cheers and applause] ♪ always had high, high hopes ♪ high, high hopes for a living ♪ patriot awards

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