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>> steve: it is 7:00 in new york city. we are outside around the tree. it is currently breezy and 27 degrees. it's a good morning to curl up and watch some cable. >> ainsley: curl up with the cable. >> steve: december 6th, 2024. first up, we are going to talk about first lady melania trump. she is going to join us exactly one hour from now for her first exclusive interview since her husband won re-election to the presidency. >> brian: her book is doing exceedingly well. the fbi investigating mysterious drones. drones close to donald trump's club in new jersey. where are they coming from in italics? >> ainsley: and today, vice president elect j.d. vance will be in north carolina to tour hurricane helene damage. i'm glad he hasn't forgotten that area. they are still hurting there. we will preview the visit as recovery efforts continue this winter. >> lawrence: the second hour of

"fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: it was great night of celebration honoring america's his or hers at the sixth annual fox nation patriot ar wards. >> you know, the event showcasing the best in this country, the best that we have to offer. capped off by a visit from the future and former president of the united states donald trump here are a few of the highlights that really stood out for us. >> helloooooo fox nation. are any of you sick of winning? [audience responds no! ] >> sean: i'm not sick of winning, not one bit. our special guest, donald j. trump, the 45th and 47th president of the united states is in the house tonight. [cheers and applause] but, first, we have a lot of patriot awards to hand out to very deserving recipients this

year. this is about the unsung heroes in our communities and our country. people who risk their lives to make our lives better. >> one thing that i hope is that jonathan's story resonates with people and that they realize that police officers are people. they go out there and they risk their lives for our communities. >> there are nearly 200,000 u.s. service members fighting for your freedoms overseas. >> they develop unbreakable bonds with their stray dogs and cats to provide a glimmer of hope in their darkest times. >> janice: when it's time to return home it's bittersweet as they face a different kind of gut wrenching goodbyes. >> and that's where an organization based right here on long island, where you guys are right now. comes to the rescue. >> cameron reached out to us months ago he told us about a dog he rescued overseas. tonight, cameron, she is with

us. she is here. [cheers] >> it's just so great. thank you everyone. everyone involved. [applause] >> sean: he defines patriotism. he personifies courage under fire. his fight is our fight. please welcome the honoree, our patriot of the year. our recipient, the soon to be 47th president of the united states of america donald j. trump. >> we are going to bring our country back and it's going to be bigger and better and stronger than ever before. >> we're going to do it again. we have to do it again. we're going to make america great again. [cheers and applause] [ymca] >> steve: we know what happens next. there was dancing. we should point out that when we presented the award to paws of

war, we were with five of the dogs that are involved in the program. we had not really spent a lot of time with them. we are not professional dog trainers. >> lawrence: what gave it away? >> steve: here's the thing when we came out and wearing tuxedos, kind of felt like somebody at the westminster dog show as you would ga gosp gallop out until s actually decided you know what? i'm a dog. i'm not going to be part of this award show. i'm going to do dog stuff. they were great. >> brian: president trump came out. i thought okay, i have never give him a speech less than 45 minutes. he gave a speech 15 minutes in and out. barely heard from him since he won. he is not given one yet. give one to a surprising anchor kristen welker of meet the press. she is going to get the first interview. okay. he has got a lot to say.

i saw him looking through his notes before. okay. is he going to be specific. and all of a sudden, 15 minutes in and out off to france. >> lawrence: he ditched the notes. so he had a speech. and he said i found out after he said there's no time for this. i'm not going to do this. no one likes that i'm with my people. i know what i need to say to them. and there is this spirit of joy. real joy. look at him dancing. the dance is more. >> can we agree the dance is more. it used to be a quick shimmy. >> steve: it's up here it's down there. >> lawrence: the golf swing and everything. he feels everything he wants to unify the country not just the issues but the cabinet picks. he knows the people that he wants. and is he going all in. >> steve: brian, to your point about usually, donald trump when he is doing a rally. he goes for an hour. he has gone for two hours there is the golf swing right there.

>> donald trump is world famous reality show producer. he knows a good tv show. you come, in you make your point and get out. 15 minutes -- he still had the longest speech of the evening. every person there wanted to hear from him. i think he realized i'm going to give them what they want. have them wanting more. >> ainsley: i thought it was appropriate just to talk for 15 minutes. the night was. >> lawrence: i agree. >> ainsley: about the patriots. even though he did get one of the awards, nine different awards. >> steve: patriot award of the year. >> ainsley: only the oscars they only give you a limited amount of time. the night gets a little long. and people have to work the next day. but i thought he did a beautiful job. it was so cool to be in that room right after he had won the election. because all the people sitting around us voted for him. they were -- you could just feel the energy. i thought it was one of the best patriot awards i had been to. my dad was watching at home. sean came out when he gave his monologue and a lot of jokes, he

also talked about ymca and the song and he said queue the music. donald trump did it too? >> steve: i looked at brian did he not do it. >> brian: still did not do it. >> lawrence: did you dance. >> steve: know didn't. there was a little shake. brain brain he made awkward dancing cool again. i might get back into the dance game. >> lawrence: maybe before the show is over i have video of brian dancing. >> steve: i got video of him doing the ymca years ago. >> brian: could be ai. i would say this, the other thing about president trump really struck me and the transition governing, as far as i know joe biden doesn't care. because one thing he says i'm really concerned about the dollar as the world currency. he said if -- we go off the dollar it will be like losing a world war he threatened the brics. the acronym for the represent grade group wants to be a counter to the european union

and the g 7. border tariffs. winning do it now. today get jobs numbers to find out maybe what is going to be happening with the fed. trump yesterday talked about how important the economy is and how it's all linked together and how is he going to be ready to go including a call with someone i don't think he knew the new mexican president. >> we have a very important job to do. we have to win and we have to bring our country back when you look at all of the people who flow through open borders, who could ever want open borders? who would want that? we're going to do things we're going to drill, baby, drill. we're going to get your prices down. [cheers and applause] >> and we're bringing the costs down. when we were campaigning, a lot of people thought the biggest thing was the economy. it is. probably polled the best, but i never believed it was as important as immigration and the border. and stopping our country from being invaded because this was a

massive invasion of our country. and i spoke with, as you probably read, i spoke the other day to the president -- the new president of mexico. very nice woman we had a nice conversation why are you doing this. i'm putting tariffs on because you are allowing criminals to pour into our country. it stopped. it is was so fast. it stopped. [cheers and applause] >> lawrence: it is so refreshing to have -- i mean he is not president yet, but as a president-elect. that is engaging when it comes to the issues. actually picking up the phone and talking to other world leaders, other leaders of other countries, and putting the marker and people laughed at him on the campaign trail when he said a lot of this stuff is going begin to be solved before i take office, what do you know? canada is doing the border

enforcement. mexico is doing border enforcement everybody is flocking to mar-a-lago to have their shot to make their pitch. russia want to come to the the negotiation table. they laughed about it on the campaign. but we are seeing it before our eyes right now that the negotiations are working. he hasn't been sworn in yet. >> steve: say he is going to do it day one let's get to working on it. >> brian: word was from the trump official the trump effect is real. it's happening. >> ainsley: can you feel it. 10 minutes after the hour. fox news alert. the manhunt for the gunman who shot and killed the united healthcare ceo three blocks from here. enters its third day. brian. >> ainsley: chanley painter is here with the new evidence that coulds solve the case. >> chanley: police appear to be closing in on the identity of the man suspected of gunning down 50-year-old brian thompson wednesday morning outside a new

york city hotel police sources revealing to fox they have a cell phone they believe was dropped by the suspect at the scene with fingerprints. and a water bottle purchased by the suspect at a nearby starbucks. that is being used to build a d.n.a. profile. we are also learning the suspect arrived in the city more than a week ago on greyhound bus from atlanta before checking in to a hostel in the upper west side. using a fake i.d. and paying, in cash, these photos were taken at that hostel. the first images to show the alleged masked assassin's face smiling. reportedly in the moment, he pulled his face covering down to flirt with the hostel clerk police sources saying he shared a room two other men. >> next to mine. i'm used to violence because i'm from rio de janeiro. there is a lot there. but not the kind of like cold

and articulated killing. >> police are also honing in on the type of gun used in this murder, a firearm's expert telling fox, this quote: it is a very unique pistol and they don't make many of them. if it is that gun, they will be able to narrow him down to a very small number of purchasers. and while the motive is still unclear, as we reported yesterday, the suspect left behind possible clues in words deny, depose and defend written on shell casings and live rounds there at the scene, possibly a message to the murdered ceo of one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, guys. >> he may have been a trained assassin but very sloppy. get d.n.a. over either the water bottle of some of the stuff that he ate. they can go to the codis system and if if he is not in that system use d.n.a. system from a relative to kind of link him to

it. anybody in his family is registered. and you guys may remember in the iowa case with bryan kohberger, that's how they caught him is through his father that they found his d.n.a. and then eventually linked it to the son. >> well, we have got that one picture where you can see his face clearly. you can see under his chin, he had a black mask. and he had it covering his face. the hostel, the clerk at the hostel, said i got to see your face. >> lawrence: they were flirting. >> steve: they were flirting. he has got that smile. he knew enough not to take the hood off but he did flash a smile that's what everybody is going on now because he got flirty. >> it's a matter of time. they probably already have identified him. they are just making -- they don't want to announce it because they probably haven't gone in and gotten him yet. that's clear as day, if you know someone who looks just like that, you are going to call the police. someone has to recognize him. >> >> but it goes, brian, to the

sloppiness of it. he is supposed to be this trained assassin. he goes in and trying to cover his face, obviously. >> he decides he wants to flirt a little bit with the lady there. that goes back to him leaving evidence -- i don't want to make light of it. but leaving evidence for the cops to eventually catch him. >> brian: i'm wondering how maligned sociopath at the very least he is. you realize what you are doing. you are about to assassinate someone. your life is essentially over because we are eventually going to get you. the fact he took a greyhound bus again into new york city. the fact that he used a rare world war ii gun. the fact is that he has references -- by the way, whoever put the title of that book with the casings, that's a puzzle. and then we find out, too. some of the angst towards this man and that company. you see there were protests out in minnesota? a few months ago over in april about him. former body guard came out and said i don't know why you would

travel around. >> ainsley: did you see that video right before he is shot and there is someone to the right of the screen. next time we play that video you have got to look. someone was standing right there and witnessed the whole things. >> lawrence: the interesting thing, i don't know if you heard. this apparently a bomb threat at his house the day before? >> steve: indeed. >> lawrence: i find it awful that theres were were no security measures put in place for him. >> steve: apparent live he had a security team but they were not with him at that point and that is a problem according to "the daily mail." >> brian: just on the channel for "fox & friends first." former body guards. >> lawrence: really? >> brian: yeah. >> steve: members of the subcommittee going to sit for a classified briefing about ufos. >> lawrence: this comes as the fbi investigates prepeted drone sightings in new jersey. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera live at the white house with the latest. >> self hearings on capitol hill regarding sightings. lawmakers still want more answers and transparency from defense and intelligence

officials. so today's classified briefing will focus on the aaro's recent annual report. aaro stands for all domain ano, ma'am lee resolution office. >> this is the pentagon's office that probes reports of ufo sightings it. received more than 700 reports between may 2023 and june 2024, and during tt time, the office says it did not find evidence of extraterrestrial beings or technology. but it knows there are 21 cases that have got them really curious and need more analysis. republican congressman tim burchett says if lawmakers can't get answers for those reports. he at least wants answers on where the money for the investigations is going. >> it's not about little green men and flying saucers. about what you are spending tens of millions of dollars on. the american public deserves to know. if they don't give it to us. i can assure you donald j. trump is going to unleash the hounds. >> the report comes as state and federal officials look into reports of drones spotted in new jersey, including vice president elect trump's bedminster golf

club and the arsenal. the faa has imposed drone flight restriction in the area. new jersey governor phil murphy says on x there is no known threat to the public at this time. the fbi is asking the public to submit photos and is videos of the drone but to also submit any relevant information. lawrence, steve, brian and ainsley. >> thanks so much. we know they are not hobby drones. the size of commercial drones. we know they are hovering over. one of the dumbest statement i ever heard is they are no threat. neither is hacking a threat until you use that information to turn it on the people. of course it's a threat. if they are surveilling a military base or the president's residence? >> ainsley: anything in the vicinity after what happened to him on the golf course. >> lawrence: 100 percent. >> ainsley: close to his property makes us all aware. >> lawrence: i'm just curious. we keep reaching out to the authorities. and no one has given us real answers about this. i don't understand. they continue to say this is

night after night. okay. go after the people that's doing it. take them down. shoot them down. i don't care. but there has to be some consequences. >> brian: there is way to hack in there. >> lawrence: yes. >> brian: bring these drones down and ways to blow them up. >> lawrence: brian, we also have technology that especially when -- i'm not revealing anything that's national security-related. but when the president is traveling in the motorcade, there is a reason why you don't see drones because they can't go. they are blocking the signals for it. if this is over his new jersey club,-i mean is he going to be president within a month. are you going to bring these down before he becomes president? lawrence. >> ainsley: we have seen him survive two assassination attempts. >> lawrence: yes. >> brian: could be good news. could be uf os from another planet that would be -- okay. good. it's another galaxy. not china. >> ainsley: all right, y'all. it's 19 minutes after the top of the hour. new international study points to covid-19 school closures as a

major reason for a sharp decline in u.s. math scores. the results are sobering we started this assessment in 1995. we have essentially erased the gains we were seeing for decades. math test scores for american fourth graders dropped by 18 points between 2019 and '23. a whopping 27 points for eighth graders. that is so sad. my gosh. we were moving along and now we got to go back. president-elect donald trump picking former paypal executive david sacks as ai and crypto czar. trump saying in part on truth social that david will focus on making america the clear global leader in both areas. he will say free speech online and steer us away from big tech bias and censorship. trump says saks will lead the presidential council of advisers for science and technology. if your christmas tree is making you reach for the tissue box, some doctors believe it could be

called christmas tree syndrome. one expert from the cleveland clinic says it happens when people bring in either an artificial or real tree and then they notice some worsening of their allergy symptoms, asthma systems, and general irritation of the skin and eyes and nose. he says it's because the trees store the allergens and recommends avoiding the sniffles by shaking out your tree before you bring it inside. and those are your headlines, have you noticed more allergies with your tree? >> lawrence: is that why my allergies are acting like this? it's the christmas tree? >> ainsley: maybe it's your christmas tree. steve is outside. what do you think? >> steve: you just never know. you never know. meanwhile, let's switch gears a bit. hurricane helene slammed parts of the southeast over two months ago. and today vice president elect j.d. vance is going to tour the recovery efforts in north carolina. bell for has been on the ground working for first responders in supplying i didn't mean to in

resources in midtown manhattan as you can see. [sirens] >> steve: sheldon joins us now. >> hi, steve, how are you? >> steve: this vehicle is substantial. right after fema comes in. you guys roll in as well. >> we are right there at every communitiens disaster. we bring our command centers in and start the rebuilding process. >> steve: you got to see this thing. let's go on inside. this is a double-decker. these things roll in right after the bad stuff, as soon as the first responders come in self-generated power that's what we got going downstairs. this came from north carolina. >> yes, sir. from asheville. >> steve: who is up here. >> belfor people in touch with

government authorities, first responders throughout the country. coordinating efforts for the rebuilding process. schools, hospitals, facilities that got to get rebuilt for communities to come back. >> steve: that is just unbelievable. i know you guys have been doing this kind of stuff. we are going to go back on downstairs for just a moment. the thing is, so you guys have been in north carolina. you brought this up here to show us how this works, exactly. you know, this must take up all your time just going from disaster to disaster. let's go outside. >> he yeah. we have multiple commands centers. we are out west with wildfires. we're at all the disasters throughout the united states. and then our mantra is to be grateful. because we don't have to, we get. to say we get to serve people in need. our that of gratitude and appreciation for first responders throughout the country. that's our letter writing campaign that we have. i started handwriting --

>> steve: sheldon come on back here. chris, take a look. you have been doing. this you grew up dirt poor. >> yes, sir. >> steve: yet, you have so many employees and you want to say thank you to not only the employees but other people across the country, right? >> it's true, steve. we are so grateful that we are able to serve people in need. i think it's so important to show our attitude of gratitude around the country for our first responders. and like last night, you were at the patriot awards. by the way, you were great. >> steve: thank you. >> and it's an honor to be able to say thank you to somebody who serves those in need. and we encourage everybody. go to your local community, firehouse. to your police department. >> steve: right. >> just hand write a note of gratitude. drop it off. they will be so grateful. you will make a difference in other people's lives. >> steve: no kidding. listen, folks, visit belfor.com -- bel belfor.com/gratitude and send a virtual greeting and for every

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>> brian: hostage release earlier this morning. we spoke with trump's newly named hostage affairs adam boehler who had this to say. >> we have switched to an administration that is going to hold people accountable. if you are the taliban, and you have american hostages, which they do, by the way, it's not going to be discussion anymore. you're going to give them up. or we're going to take action. or there is going to be hell to pay. that is negotiating leverage. and you only need to follow through a few times to where people stop. >> brian: hopefully they got that message in gardz. bring in retired four star

general jack keane. general, first off, when it comes to searia, how does that relate to israel'sization? what are they looking at? because the rebels are sal face sunnies, gave us al-qaeda and others. i don't know if we are cheering for them to win. >> certainly assad's regime is being threatened. they haven't been able to defend ahelp who he. hama. militia is moving on homes. the military is fleeing, they are not fighting. >> from what my sources in damascus are telling me there hasn't been any coherent plan coming out of the president's office and his generals in terms of actually defending against this rebel onslaught. and aloe whites who are president assad's clan supports him 100 percent. that support eroding and

thinking about own safety and exile from the country. so clearly the regime here in syria is being threatened. now, the regime supports iran and through that regime, missiles landed in damascus airport. israel interferes with that when they can. and they move all the weapons across syria from the iraqi border. all of this is to help lebanon. that's how they got 130,000 rockets and missiles. the regime goes, that is likely cut off. but what does it mean? obviously this isn't a good deal either for the syrian people to have a drivive of al-qaeda taking over the country. and obviously there is no love there for israel. and they would be right on israel's border. remains to be seen if they take the country over would they threaten israel as well. israel is totally prepared for something like that. they have had to deal with the syrian regime here for years. and interdicted them on a regular basis. >> brian: right. and the russians are heavily involved in propping up assad and have been called if for

emergency strikes. and they are very strowng out. which brings us to ukraine. what can you tell us, general, about this movement to lay the groundwork for possible talks? >> yeah. well, i think the ukrainians, who i spoke to yesterday, who are involved in discussions with the trump administration the day before, were very encouraged by those talks. with the administration. they were being treated as a partner and an ally. and certainly the american people in the reagan defense survey came out. and the american people believe ukraine, 57% is an ally and russia 80% is an enemy. so the trump administration was behaving like that. and try to figure out what's best for them going into negotiations so that they have a strong hand. and also trying to understand from the ukrainians' perspective where is putin and what is he likely up to here and what is his strategy? for our audience to understand, putin has broken every cease-fire and peace agreement

he has ever been involved in going back into syria sifers, the martin,minsk agreement and e minsk agreement, a treaty, a peace agreement to gain advantage over the ukrainians over those 8 years. he will go -- if he goes into a peace agreement, he will look at it, brian, as a temporary pause, a pause only. because he still intends to topple the regime in ukraine. that is his goal. is he determined to achieve it. he knows he has had strategic failure as a result of not being able to do that in '22. he knows his future rests on whether he is going to be able to succeed or fail at this. so he is goio be very determined. he will take a deal at some point but he will break that deal. he will reposition his forces. his allies will regroup in terms of giving him as much missiles and tanks and other things as possible. and he will try to regrow his economy. but i'm assuming that the trump

administration will come in here and slap some truly realistic sanctions on him. you know, we have never sanctioned oil and gas. we have never sanctioned essential banks. if we did that, would bring them to their knees. >> brian: right. my source close to the situation says they got -- looks like moscow is showing a willingness to talk. but you are highly skeptic on that. and i don't blame you. general, thanks so much. i know we can go for another hour. it is extremely tenuous time. but there is a lot of hope. thanks so much, general. i appreciate it. >> yeah. you guys have a great weekend. thank you. brian be brian perfect segue to what is happening this weekend at 9:00. date early or date late. 9:00 one nation. mike waltz will be joining us. he is the national security adviser to donald trump. mike gallagher, former congressman, is he at the reagan defense forum right now. he is now volunteer. anthony row dea.

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across the country where the cold air has settled in my friends. a lot of 20's, a lot of teens. a lot of below freezing as far south as the southeast and texas. here are the temperatures and wind chills. yeah, it's chilly outside but we are keeping warm with a lot of love. here is your forecast today, not too bad. we have showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for the great state of texas along the gulf coast. next storm system moves into the northwest, still really chilly across the northeast do. you love lawrence jones, everybody? [cheers] >> lawrence: you are sweet, j.d. >> janice: inside to lawrence. >> lawrence: how much did you pay them to say that. >> janice: i didn't pay them everything. everyone loves lawrence. >> lawrence: rams and elon musk met with government to talk about spending. brian brenberg is here to cut down the waste in washington. you are the professor first. look at these numbers. the math just isn't adding up.

$3 million for girls center climate action. >> can you read that girls centered climate action in brazil. that's where we are spending money. >> lawrence: we knew dei was a big thing but scholarships in burma. >> lawrence: my lawn mower improperly stored. is that what he wont to spend money on. rationalize public health. $7 billion. what's going on here? >> well, this is a spot where federal workers don't come to work anymore. what is it 90%. >> lawrence: 90% is the new number. >> brian: look at these numbers. these are big numbers. and what they tell you is there is room to cut. okay. everybody right now is saying how these guys going to get their $2 trillion in cuts? they can't make this happen. man, when you are finding stuff like this just laying around the federal government, you know there is opportunities to cut here. not only spending but also regulation to all the things that tie down americans.

>> lawrence: obviously want to cut the waste, fraud and abuse in government. what about full departments? how realistic is that? >> look, you talk about the department of education, for example. we just got data on student math scores. we are at the lowest level we have seen since 1995. but, the department of education budget still is going up. so you say to yourself why do we have a department makes our kids less adept at math. if they can't get better. get rid of the department. i'm not saying it's easy. when you see results like that, lawrence, you have a case to make. people like musk and rams put a megaphone to it let's do something. >> lawrence: not just the math they can't read and write as well. >> brian: science, reading. it's too much of this stuff. the dei in burma instead of math in america. >> lawrence: 30 seconds real quickly on david sacks getting the appointment, crypto-currency as well as ai. how do you feel about that? >> number one, is he a business guy, okay? unlike the biden administration,

we have got people here who know business. number two is he an investor in crypto-currency and ai. he and donald trump want america to be a leader in these things. you got to find somebody who understands the real ai czar. that's what david sacks can do. i'm excited about. this. >> lawrence: i love people sign the front of the check are involved with government now because they will watch out for our money as well. >> they know how to make payroll. >> lawrence: catch brian on "the big money show" on fox business. i appreciate it. >> see you, man. >> lawrence: coming up. we are strolling, we had a big night at the patriot awards yesterday. honoring our american heroes. the widow of nypd officer jonathan diller is going to join us on "fox & friends" coming up. >> although we suffered this tragedy, we will not live a tragic life. we will live a life that supports the legacy and spirit of who jonathan was. up. mor up. st. jude has helped push the overall survival

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>> ainsley: during last night's patriot awards stephanie diller the wife of slain ph.d. officer jonathan diller from the area where brian lives so it really rocked all of our worlds accepted the stephen siller back the blue award in honor of her late husband who was killed while conducting a traffic stop

earlier this year. listen. and although we suffered this tragedy we will not live a tragic life we'll live a life that supports the legacy and the spirit hough jonathan was. i will always support every officer, every person who risks their lives. thank you for remembering him. please remember my face, my baby's face, my husband's face. is he in all of your spirits, all of your hearts. >> ainsley: joining us now is stephanie diller and ceo and founder of tunnel 2 towers frank siller. thank you both for being with us. stephanie, you did an amazing job last night and everyone was in tears. because we watched the video. in that video we see your husband's body being taken out of the hospital and you said when you left the hospital, that's when you knew he wasn't coming home. what did receiving this award from frank, from his organization, what did that mean to you it means the world to he

moo. tunnel 2 towers and frank were the first people there for me and ryan when this all happened. i remember frank coming to my house and give me a big hug. he came with five coffees because he didn't know what kind of coffee i liked. just in a really dark time he lifted me up and the organization has been lifting me and my family up ever since and i just am so grateful and absolute honor to accept the award last night. >> ainsley: seeing images of you at your husband's funeral. massive funeral. brought the coffin out. lift cross. we shouldn't see a mom with newborn baby and toddler without a husband to go home to, how are you all making it? and how a is your son doing? >> we take it day by day and one thing i said last night is threw this tragedy won't live a tragic life i want ryan to have the best life. is he going to know his dad? s. in his heart, stories through

all of the people who jonathan loved and loved him. and we have each other, always, he always have me and i all of a sudden have him and we have each other through the day. our village, our family and our friends. we couldn't do it without them. ains april frank, you decided which family would receive this honor. how did you decide stephanie's story? because you have so many. >> first of all, we will do for any first responders in america that dies in the leaves family behind. officers should not be shot and killed. >> ainsley: 20 priors, right? allegedly 20 priors? >> exactly. both of them. and then, you know, you think about, you know, her son, ryan was nine months at the time. and last night, at the patriot awards, my nephew, my brother steven, you know, tunnel 2 towers stephen siller tunnel to towers foundation. young stephen jr. handed over

the award to stephanie. >> ainsley: seeing you. >> my nephew was nine months old when his father died. ryan -- you know, there is so much pain out there. but you are so strong and the message you are sending about you are not going to have a tragic life. you are going to have a life that, a legacy for jonathan. your husband, and your son. you are going to teach them the way to live like the both of you would have together. of course you are going to miss him. you are quite an inspiration, young lady. >> ainsley: he walked up to a car, right? and this car was stopped at a bus stop illegally parked. he was trying to get their attention. you have got to move your car. and the guy shot him below his bullet proof vest, right? another guy in the car? both of them had long rap sheets. i won't ask you too much because i know it's under investigation. has that ever been explained? why were they out on the street? >> i mean these are two men who

should have never been out on the street. you know, if they weren't there, then jonathan would still be here with us. and it wasn't jonathan that day, then it could have been somebody else. and somebody else's family would have been destroyed in that moment. and, you know, if we don't change the way it is now, then it will be somebody else and that would break my heart. >> ainsley: what did you think about last night? what does the flag mean to you and being surrounded by so many people who love you and support you and even donald trump? >> i always say that thank you is not the right word because there is no word i can use to express how thankful i am for the support and the love that ryan and i have received. and, you know, this was a very -- this was the darkest thing that has ever happened to my family. and through it we have seen so much light. you know, i have met people like frank and just the community, long island, the entire nation,

really. rallied all around me and ryan it. gave me a sense that there is so much good in the world, despite the bad. and that's who jonathan was. and so the spirit of jonathan, it just continues. and i see that and through all these wonderful things and support. >> ainsley: i know you are not ready. the i hope at one point in your life you are so darling and you have such a good heart that you find love again. thank you for your sacrifice. >> thank you. >> ainsley: thank you so much for what you do to save some lives. frank and stephanie, we appreciate you. god bless you. okay. more "fox & friends" still ahead. ♪