>> mike: coming up to salute to the greatest nation in the world. as part music or patriotism but 100% all american. a special huckabee starts right now. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, owner mike huckabee. [ applause ] >> mike: think you very much. thank you. thank you and welcome to the "huckabee" on the fox studios in new york. across america we celebrate this day as our nations 233rd birthday. what a wonderful country.

we ought to never take for granted our freedom nor forget the death of sacrifice for those who've given to us. just watch the events in iran and breathe it deep the air of freedom you have. we know the shock that murdered 26-year-old mina sultan in iran has been called the shot heard around the world. that's a reference to waldo emerson poems commemorating the concord bridge in 1775 which begins at the rude bridge that arched the flood their flights through april's race on for old here once the embattled farmers stood in sharp and fired the shot heard round the world. there's a huge difference between the two shots. a difference not just in hundreds of years and thousands of miles. the shot that took me that was for brutality and darkness. there was fired not just to stop her young heart but destroy the demand for dignity and fairness. develop concord ended differently from the battle and

event five years earlier when americans had thrown snowballs at the british and five americans and the dead. that confrontation again known as the boston massacre. what's the difference between a massacre and the battle? i will tell you: guns. some of us fail to understand our first amendment right to speak and assemble it is worthless without her second amendment right to bear arms. we don't make the connection sometimes. without the second amendment during a battle's just murders. some people are so gung ho on the second minute but the first amendment on so much. some doubly we have an individual right to bear arms and the founding fathers wanted to make certain that whatever happened in this country we would be prepared to protect our freedom like the minutemen and not be reduced to pathetic victims throwing snowballs or chunks of cement like the poor souls in iran. for warren about the danger of tyranny is for armed against it. unarmed is simply dead.

as long as evil exists shots will continue to be heard around the world. as free men and women we need to do everything we can to ensure that a coat the battle of concord and not the massacre of tehran. [ applause ] >> mike: we have a perfect show including her favorite is just that joined us this year. yields a backup, chris allen, and so many more. there have been 1.8 million purple heart medals given to our brave men and women since world war i. >> i was captured on the night of november 28. we were getting machine-gunned ann-margret from both sides of the hills there. and once we were through the past i thought god almighty i made it. >> i woke up the next day i picked up the sheets and my leg was gone. and that was it. that was my new world.

that first vehicle went by, kind of spotted something. by the time we committed to each other if there was something there i was next to it and it went off. >> whatever medals i have, nothing means more to me than the purple heart. >> mike: whether it's a gunshot, a shrapnel and injury or more fluid every single purple heart recipient has suffered injury or been killed defending our country. the national purple heart hall of honor brick and -- recognizes these acts of bravery. these holes are filled with artifacts, tributes for veterans whose lives were ever changed on the battlefield. if you or someone you know has been awarded the urquhart you deserve to be recognized in the national purple all of honor. my next guess is on a mission to document every recipient. this welcomes everett smith. it is good to have you here.

>> thank you. >> mike: how did you get interested in the purple heart? and want you to picture people recognize? >> this started with a letter to the editor, to my newspaper. >> mike: you're a publisher. >> publisher of a newspaper in upstate new york. started with a letter from a patrick morrison suggesting there was no place in the nation that exclusively honored people that had been awarded the purple heart. so i contacted a friend of mine, lieutenant general james t. hughes, who liked the idea. we contacted state senator bill larkin, and joseph farina who is a veteran's advocate, and we got together, the four of us, and we worked for 11 years to establish the purple heart hall of honor. >> mike: you found out purple heart records had been compromised to make that's been a problem since the project began.

back in 1995. in 1973, the national archives where the records are held at a fire. and about half of the military records were destroyed either by fire or by smoke, water and so forth. these records no longer exists. so we have had to accumulate these names, one by one. we are up to about 145,000 right now, out of 1.7-1.8 million people who have been awarded the purple heart. it goes to anyone who has either been killed in action or wounded in action. it's a thing where people have to apply now. they have to contact us in order for us to get them into the purple heart hall of fame speech and the main mission is to make sure we don't miss knowing who these recipients are what you want people to do is contact the organization so we can register

the recipients. >> that's correct. world war ii veterans are passing away on a very heavy -- i think it's about 1700 per day that are passing away. we want to get these people into the hall of honor. it is important that the sentence of these people, relatives of these people, anyone who is a survivor, contact the hall of honor and get these names put in because we have no other way of getting them unless someone contacts us. >> mike: one thing that draws all recipients together as they have all suffered a wound. they have been in combat. so these are the people who have literally put their lives to sickly on the line for the rest of us as americans and on this fourth of july weekend, how important it could ever be for us to remember the great sacrifices that men and women have made to give us this incredible gift of freedom. >> the hall of honor has two purposes.

number one is to honor the people that have been awarded the purple heart, but also to educate people. to educate especially the youth who really don't relate to what has been sacrificed. all the sacrifices that have been made to preserve the freedoms that we have today. freedom of the press, speech, religion, all these things did not come free. it was a heavy price paid for it. these people that have these 1.7 -1.8 million people who were either killed or injured were protecting these freedoms, not only for the united states but protected freedoms for other countries as well. >> mike: everett, thank you. if you want more information on the hall of honor, these welcome the purple heart.com or call 877-284-6667. you'll hear a lot of traffic music this hour. but on america's birthday, nobody honors the nation better than lee greenwood, singing god

bless the usa. >> if tomorrow all things were gone local work for all my life but go and i had to start again with just my children and my wife vocal and thank my lucky stars to be living here today because the flag still stands for freedom, and they can't take that away. and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free. and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me. and i would gladly stand up next

to you and defend her still today because there ain't no doubt i love this land. god bless the usa. >> from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee. across the plains of texas from sea to shining sea. from detroit down to houston, and new york to la. but there's pride in every american heart and it's time we say that i am proud to be an american least i can know i'm free.

and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me or you and i would gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today because her in about a love this land. god bless the usa. ♪ i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free ♪ and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right -- right to me and i would gladly stand up next to you ♪ and defend her still today, because there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ god bless the usa. ♪

[ applause ] >> mike: when we come back the future of america from religion to the environment. what will our nation look like what will our nation look like and believe in over the neeeeeee

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>> mike: if you have noticed your church or synagogue isn't as crowded as it used to be is not your imagination. my next guest tracks cultural trends and america and noticed stunning shifts and religious beliefs and values. will america state one nation under god to give let's ask the author of the seven-page tribes.

great to have you hear george. >> thank you so much. >> mike: you have written 41 books which makes you a very prolific author. i have been reading them for years. you've had some traffic books that sort of give insight into the future as well as trends that are taking place. this book is startling because what you have noticed is that there is a very definitive shift in people's faith and beliefs. what's happening in america? >> have all kinds of trends taking place simultaneously not the least of which is you have a couple of younger generations growing up assuming there are no boundaries, that everything is fair game. so they can make it up as they go along. and what you have consequently is a lot of experimentation taking place in your religious arena we have never seen before. they are making a lot of unusual choices. >> mike: he says a muslim people going through cafeteria line saying i like this but don't like this connected to pick and choose spirituality in america.

people are exposed to so much information and there's this underlying worldview that says there's no such thing as absolute truth. so the only person that can dictate truth for your life is you. so you hear everything and you figure okay, i don't have to make sure it all fits together into a seamless glossary of life. but i have to do is make sure i'm happy and i'm comfortable and i'm getting my needs met. so they hear something from perhaps the buddhist faith that i really like that. they hear something from the christian faith who that's good. they hear something from the jewish faith i love it. i put it together and before you know it resembles nothing like we've ever seen before but they feel good about it. >> mike: it's like self-inflicted spirituality. whoever wants to pick and choose whatever they want. what is that doing go to let's say that traditional models that we see church, synagogue, mosque >> as we track things like church attendance or involvement in religious activities, we are seeing those numbers are declining because again you have

a population of people who say it is not that important that i affiliate with an institution or with any other traditions. what's important is that i affiliate with people i like to be with doing activities i like to do. so it is changing all the kinds of measures that we have relied on. >> mike: it sounds like people are opposite of brick warning -- rick warren's book which is it's not about you and people are saying up is about me totally. practice equal of that book is being written by the neck in public and it's wrong you're wrong. it is about me. >> mike: sociologists say younger americans are not brand loyal. they don't live in the same neighborhood go to the same church, try the singular. they are very independent. they think differently, do differently and they are tied to a different worldview because of mobility. how much of the mobility is driving this? >> it's huge. this loyalty factor you bring up his incredible also.

as we tend to think they are not loyal to institutions, philosophies, oil two religions, though they're not even loyal to the thing that matters most which is people. so what we have found is we have tracked the relationship habits of young people. they will have a group of five or six people who are their core relationship group, but there is constant influx in and out of those inner groups on the basis. >> mike: how does this affect things like marriage which has been a stable relationship. doesn't seem to be any more. >> once again it's not about what's right or wrong but how do i feel. what does that make me feel good. so they're all for marriage. we found that more than 80% of people under the age of 21 say they want to get married someday they only want to get married once, stay married, but as we track them over the course of time we find that they modify that and say but, if i don't like it, if i'm not having a good time it's painful it can change. so divorce comes into it.

nobody wants to get divorced but they're willing to go through it to get that happiness which had met. >> mike: hang around because when we return we'll talk about more than just recycling and conserving energy, we will talk about when people present other ideas, the trends that show what the next generation really cares the next generation really cares about.

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>> mike: we talked about the fact that children are not necessarily loyal to grand connected and connected to the things their parents and grandparents are. what matters to them? what interests them and makes their motor move. >> there are a number of arenas you can talk about that within. one would be lifestyle. when you look at that they want to make sure their voice is heard. when you look at the proliferation of technology that we have, they want to make sure they have the opportunity to broadcast their feelings and opinions as many people as possible because they think that's important. the other side of that coin is it's not just pure narcissism, they also want to make a difference in the world. they want to leave this planet better than it is today. so they look at things like the environment. and they say you know what, it really matters that we take this seriously.

we don't think our parents generation took this seriously. we want to understand the issues more, we want leaders that will talk about these issues. they look at education. education matters a great deal to young people because they have been told that found out the hard way that your opportunities -- doors are open for you by the level of education you have, the number of experiences you've had, the people you had to meet along the journey. those are important things. >> mike: it sounds like on one hand these are people who are not necessarily as bad, maybe, two long-term institution, but the other side of that is they are socially aware and have a deep conscience about doing what's right. so help me understand how you reconcile those two seemingly divergent views. >> which were putting out is they are a cause of the generation so they're constantly looking at opportunities in terms of causes tried to figure out where is the best -- the best fit for me. where i can make the impact. the other thing you have to get your arm surround with this

group and its so hard as they are not consistent in their thinking or philosophies. we like to think logically. my generation and prior generations removed from point a two-point b. two-point c. point d. younger generations have a mosaic style of thinking which is where they taken so much information and are not trying to make sense of it in a traditional pattern. they're trying to filter through their emotions as much as through the intellect and it brings about a whole different set of conclusions. >> mike: it is the emotion driven, how they feel not what they know because that is secondary to how i feel in a given moment. that would seem to me to say that even the political talk today that one political party will dominate forever is nonsense because whichever political party touches the emotion of the generation for this election at this moment will likely win the election. forget the past. is that a fair assessment eq snack i think it is. look at the eastern philosophies that are popular and one mantra is that in the moment.

these are generations that really do live in the moment. whoever has the best idea that that is their new hero. so you look at this generation and to try to figure out who are their heroes. it is not people who have slugged it out for the long-term. its people have come to the front today and said this is what we need to do today. >> mike: if you're going to advise someone running for congress, what would you tell them you need to do in order to attract the younger voting demographic. >> first you have to spend time with them. >> mike: relationships. >> that's critical. secondly, you have people who surround you understand another important people in the campaign who are from that generation and can then go out and spend time with them. thirdly, you need constant communication through them through the mechanisms that make sense to them. whether it's twitter or facebook or these things, you have to have that open dialogue. >> mike: they will not read the flyers on your doorstep to cute

specs are. the printing unions hate me. but yes, it really is all about how can you communicate in their language. that's another thing to keep in mind. every generation comes up with its own language. every generation is up with its own music which is kind of its own language. so you have to be able to communicate with them in that context that make sense to them. it's like church. you can invite people to come to church all the time. they won't come most of the time we know from research. you have to go to them they will come to you. it's the same as the candidate speak stand by me ask you quickly. >> mike: was the future of the church in america to give. >> is hard to tell. i would like to give you a simple, pat answer, but right now everything is up for grabs. we have these seven-page tribes in this country all of which have different beliefs that we find there are 20 core values that all seven tribes bite into and they happen to be among the core values of the founding fathers of the nation had been

put together a great nation. so the difficulty of our nation faces that have gotten away from those values. if we get back to them and that they tribes play a role in that we can be a great nation. >> mike: george barna is the author of this book it's a phenomenal book is all of your books have tended to be. this is so insightful. i hope people get it and find it as helpful as i did in understanding just what crazy stuff is going on out there. george, great to have you here. thank you for being here. [ applause ] >> mike: coming up more music and "american idol" chris allen as our july 4 celebration continues. said that most of us were pretty gung ho people shooting at us a lot of wounded with as much firing going on at landing zone there is no way we could survive with what they heard in on our backs. we didn't get a lot of time to think about anything except fighting and doing what you can

to get the people out of there. we had 22 total. i think of nothing of giving anything citizens at the

statue's base. i can relate to foil. huckabee continues now. >> mike: last week which reduced you to give homes deflect attention for southwest airlines doesn't just recite the cabinet announcements, he wraps them some apple the tube until it's fully extended and where the mask like it's intended quencher thirst but if you want another drink and just talk because i talk on beverages cost you $4. thank your for the part that was ignored this is southwest airlines welcome aboard. [ applause ] >> mike: with such a good time with them last week we asked him for an independence day encore. >> when you think of the forth what do you think about? eating all the food at the big cookout. someone on the read write and

with setting off fireworks and everybody goes through. trying to beat the heat by jumping in the pool gives her a happy as they don't go to school. the fourth of july is about independence, a great holiday but only about upgrades and the barbecue, the people that fought for freedom are a part of you, just take a minute, go thank a veteran anna living in america what could be better than having the ability to make your own choices but celebrate because i know you got the voices, 233 years ago freedom, brave men fought and we sure did need them, celebrate heart that's your job, eat all of the ribs and corn on the top. >> have a good holiday and have a good summer if you see a pretty girl tried to get a kiss from her. >> don't forget to let freedom ring, enjoy everyone and everything. there's just one more thing i have to say, shout out to uncle sam, and the birthday. [ applause ]

>> mike: i am proud to have the only show on "fox news" channel that has its own in-house band. they are called the "little rockers" and they are all fox employees who simply love making music in their spare time, and they are really good. the "little rockers" play backup for all the singers and dancers join us every week, and we played some great music with stars like this. >> don't take your love away from me and one don't you leave my heart and misery ♪ ♪ if you go up and i will be glued ♪ ♪ breaking up is hard to do ♪ member when you held me tight ♪ and you kissed me all through the night ♪ ♪ think of all that we have been through ♪ ♪ breaking up is hard to do. >> at the close your eyes to keep your eyes from screaming to you close your eyes to keep

yourself from screaming the one i just want to go ♪ ♪ i didn't want to go ♪ >> where can i find a woman like that ♪

♪ yet ♪ and i'm looking in the mirror all the time ♪ ♪ wondering what she don't see any ♪ ♪ i am funny and cool with lines drawn the way i'm supposed to be ♪ jessie's girl ♪ i wish i had jessie's girl ♪ >> whelp johnny cash house burned down, down, down ♪ ♪ there's a lot of weeping and wailing in nashville town ♪ ♪ other than is coming back ♪ johnny cash is dead in his house burned down ♪ quicker

♪ >> train, train ♪ ♪ trained, trained. >> shut it down instead ♪ ♪ time to sow some wild oats ♪ pull the car around town with his wife comes running out ♪ ♪ sheet slides across the street no place it rather be than right there beside her ♪ ♪ in his midlife crisis or. ♪ >> every once and a while every

four or five days and one given the cargo. >> mike: giving back to the troops who put it all on the line for america every day. country star neal mccoy talks about why he tours with the uso every chance

>> mike: next guest has sold over 5 million records. three of his albums have gone platinum and he was once in the top ten in the billboard country charts for 19 consecutive weeks. i think the most impressive number we can talk about today is 13. that's the amount of u.s. oh these welcome country artist and

a great supporter of our troops, neal mccoy. great to have you. >> thank you governor. great to be here. thank you. [ applause ] >> mike: you have been one of the most faithful performers that have gone over to iraq and all over the world to do you as a tours for our troops. why do you do that? cervenca short story, i'm half filipino, my mother was raised in another, and she always tried to get through to us three kids how lucky we were to be in the united states of america because she did not grow up here and understands what it's about. i was lucky after 2001 i met wayne newton, he took met my first tour to bosnia and hungary, then i've been back to iraq about seven times most times of wayne. it just does your heart good to see these kids and what they're doing and they're not all kids understand that, but to be part of it and thank them it's a big deal. >> mike: you go, tell me what the experience is like for you.

there are excited to see other system artists from back home, but someone does for neal mccoy spratt-furse about their just excited to see anyone from home. whether you are an artist, actor or take the time to visit them. if you're in congress whatever does appreciate you taking time to come over. for me it just does your heart good. it fills your heart. just to shake their hands. sometimes you get an opportunity to perform in front of everybody. just go shake hands and take pictures and for them to get an opportunity to tell you what it means to come over and it just does your heart really good. i have been over quite a few times and just keep -- hopefully i can go as many times as i can make it. >> mike: you never said no to the request to do a uso tour, have you to keep. >> not get. >> mike: i can't because you just been outed on national television to backpacks about governor i appreciate that. >> mike: you have to keep saying yes. i think it's significant that you don't have to go.

nobody forces you. you make a choice to say i'm going to give this wonderful talent i have been given, but i'm going to give away to the soldiers and sailors and marines and airmen, and you know i want to say thank you, neil, for being so generous and a thoughtful american, that didn't just say hey, mike or is the only thing that matters to me what you're looking at the folks at us all our freedom. they give for doing that. >> unless i appreciate it. >> mike: i were going to ask you to sing for us ; now you're going to play are you? spec is just a joke. >> mike: neil heard it during recursive. that's why said that books are we going to do? speed web best practice is called wake. it's our biggest record so far. we haven't had that many. it's on you. check one, two, one, two, three, four. >> i will show you how to be a part of it. put these together.

>> i woke up this morning ♪ ♪ my head felt tense drama i splashed it with water to make it make sense, i stumbled to the kitchen, she was standing at the sink drama of she had to do was to give me that link drama will slam, then, i'm feeling alright ♪ troubles take a hike in the blink of an eye drama don't need to psychoanalyze or have a stiff drink ♪ ♪ all she's got to do is to give me that week your head. >> anybody knows the words are welcome to sing around. >> it's her way of saying she's on my side and one an unspoken message that works every time, and my brain start smoking i can't even think ♪ ♪ all she's got to do is give me that went ♪

♪ will slam them i'm feeling alright grandma and troubles take a hike in the blink of an eye drama don't need to psychoanalyze nor have a stiff drink, all she's got to do is give me that link. >> steve auburn on that old devil. ♪ >> in this competent world it may sound absurd, but simple little things are the miracle cure ♪ ♪ push to the limit for standing at the brink ♪ ♪ all she has to do is give me that link ♪ ♪ slammed, ben, i'm feeling alright, rebels take a hike in the blink of an eye turn on do not need to psychoanalyze or have a stiff drink, all she has

to do is give me that link ♪ ♪ well i'm feeling alright ♪ troubles take a hike in the blink of an eye ♪ ♪ don't need to psychoanalyze or have a stiff drink drama all she has to do is give me that link drama all she has to do is give me that link ♪ [ applause ] >> mike: or else but in this country can you be a young singer from arkansas one moment and the next moment you are the newest "american idol"? newest "american idol"? chris allen proves why he

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thing your knowledge of their longtime survivors were when not. it's crazy but we have a long distance relationship for almost five years so i feel like that was coming up, kind of meant to be. it kind of got us ready for the stuff. >> mike: have traveled all over the world. part of your life people don't know about. what are the most money -- meaningful thing you ever saw. you've been to mozambique in thailand and paris places doing mission work in the past. what's the most meaningful thing you ever saw. >> i think the most meaningful thing and it's like -- it was a

theme throughout all those trips, was that we were going to help them. and that feel like we did but more than anything they were helping us too. they were teaching us how to be real people and teaching us more about ourselves and like no matter what went on with them they always have a smile on her face. that just meant so much. they have been through so much, and they're still able to be happy and smiling. so in america we have absolutely nothing to worry about. >> mike: it's amazing what we have. in this whirlwind of life what keeps you stable, focused and grounded because things are going crazy. >> family and friends always making fun of me. i will do a show like this and i was there something and they'll say oh you are stupid. why did you say that. so definitely they get on me and keep me grounded. >> mike: musical influences? jack ryan up listening to?

i actually was a big michael jackson fan growing up. i think it's incredible. and stevie wonder fan. motown definitely. and then i got into the beatles when i was in high school. everyone pretty much that's a legend i like a lot. >> mike: i would say those are solid musical influences. >> and you. >> mike: yeah, right. you keep talking like that you will be in politics before long. you have a future so maybe i can be the governor of arkansas. >> mike: it's a great gig. it is. when you get to the governor you get the shows or play with guys like chris allen. it's doing people's number. >> guess. >> mike: will do yesterday but will do today to back okay. ha ha it would go. one, two, three, four.

yesterday ♪ ♪ all my troubles seemed so far away trembling now it seems as though they are here to stay ♪ ♪ all i believe in yesterday ♪ suddenly ♪ i'm not half the man i used to be ♪ ♪ there is a shadow hanging over me ♪ ♪ oh yesterday came suddenly ♪ y. she had to go ♪ i don't know ♪ she would not say

♪ oh, i said, something wrong ♪ now i long for yesterday ♪ yesterday ♪ love was such an easy interplay ♪ ♪ now i need a place to hide away ♪ ♪ o. i believe in yesterday ♪ i believe in yesterday. ♪ >> mike: chris allen,

we love hearing from you. drop us a line at mike huckabee.com. click on fox news feedback. here is letters and e-mails we got this week. scot writes the show with bernie williams was okay until you wore the flag over your suit. it is against the flag code to wear the flag as an article of clothing. >> it is a guitar strap, red, white, and blue to show my patriotism. >> leah says thank you for your comments on michael jackson. it sealslike my entire generation thought mr. jackson so be a public joke. we are in a generation where people think only what is best for themselves and not about others. it is available on the website. barry benton pointes out i made an error. he said you ended the show commenting about a viewer that didn't like the willie nelson

and ray price versions of faded and tainted love. willie wrote crazy, however, faded love was not written by willie nelson. it was written by john wills and bob wills. thanks for catching me on it and we will send you a copy of my book "do the right thing" because you made sure that we got it straight and i appreciate it. we only get to celebrate our nation's independence because of those whose sacrifice gave it to us. we salute kenneth l.ruser who was shot down in three different wars. he died on june 20th at age 89. during his military career he flew over 250 combat missions in world war ii, korea and vietnam. he was shot down in all three wars, five times in all. he was awarded 59 medals

including two navy crosses, four purple hearts and two legions of merit. in okinawa he stripped down his fighter and intercepted a japanese observation plane in mid air. when his guns froze he flew his fighter into the observation plane and hacked off its tail with his propeller. he fought in vietnam where he flew helicopter rescue missions. his huey was shot down and he needed skin grafts over 45% of his badly burned body. in a world where we spend so much time talking about the he death of celebrities i hope we never forget that our real heros may not be famous but they are faithful and marines like kenneth, always faithful.