state is right now. here's above los angeles, taking us above camera have a great week. >> i'm shannon bream, president biden lays down a brand-new marker in his battle with republicans over spending and debt. >> shannon: the president says it is time to tax the rich, to reign in the deficit and even the playing field. >> president biden: no billionaire should be paying lower tax than somebody working as a school teacher. >> shannon: republicans say it is time to slash spending and call biden's budget more of the same. >> massive tax increases more spending. >> shannon: he is pressing the speaker about his plan. >> i am ready to meet with the speaker any time if he has his

budget. >> shannon: we'll john kennedy, member of the committee, on what he wants to cut, it is an exclusive. >> i bring greetings from the free state of florida. >> shannon: y'all grow them strong in iowa. it feels like the unofficial kickoff to the iowa caucuses. candidate and potential canes as prosecutors signal possible criminal charges about the front-runner, we'll ask about the state of play. "fox news sunday" sits down with the president of finland on russia war on ukraine. hew would you describe your leadership with mr. putin? and his high stakes nato, president ninisto on "fox news sunday." plus -- >> i thought i'm going home no matter what to see my wife and

benjamin hall after his team was hit by russian fire in ukraine and how he is honoring the journalists lost in that attack. all this and more on "fox news sunday." >> shannon: hello from fox news in washington. president biden has a huge spending plan saying he will tax the rich. republicans say tax hikes are out of the question. this year's budget fight carries high stakes, right now washington is facing a deadline to approve new borrowing limit or face huge consequences. joining us is john kennedy, member of the budget committee, who is known for colorful commentary, senator, welcome back. >> thank you. >> shannon: the president makes his pitch for the budget and

says this. >> president biden: reduce the budget by $10 trillion, their plan will explode the deficit by 3 trillion over next 10 year. they want to cut tax for wealthy and large corporations, take away medicare. >> shannon: he says he will reduce the deficit and make the rich pay their fair share. what is the gop counter? >> john: the president's budget took my breath away, his numbers are extraordinary. we're going to run out of digits here, 4.7 thrillion in new taxes that will affect everyone on 10 years, 18 trillion in new debt, a cut to defense. the president says that his budget will solve our financial

problems in medicare and social security, that is not true. anything seems possible when you don't know what you are talking about. the "wall street journal" just reported that the president's budget will add rather $11 trillion in a financial shortfall to social security and medicare. the only way i know how to improve the president's budget is with a shredder. >> shannon: well, we're waiting to see what republicans offer in your honor are, other than criticism. here is what "new york times" says how they characterize what is coming. hard right house republicans are writing a plan to gut the nation's forward aid budget and make deep cuts to healthcare, food assistance and housing for poor americans. what is the counter and how do you deal with the opopt knowingw the republican plan will be

portrayed by most in the media? >> >> john: i'll try to do what is right for the american people, the media can do what it wants. the house is on track to put together a budget and the senate needs to do their work on the budget. senator schumer has prevented that. we should be meeting right now, we split the budgets into 12 budgets, i'm ranking member on one sub-committee. we should be meeting to talk about reducing spending and debt accumulation. senator schumer will not allow us to meet. when you can't sit down with colleagues, it is hard to put together something to talk to the american people about. no question there are savings to be had in this budget. no fair-minded american believes you can't find efficiencies in a

6.9 trillion budget. >> shannon: you mention spending and that is something we are hearing from house republicans, spea speak mccarthy saying we have to talk about cuts and spending. analysis says republicans do not have clean hands, bear blame for biggest driver of federal debt growth that passed congress over last two administrations. how do you convince your party to stop spending in the same way republicans criticize democrats for doing. >> john: that criticism you just read is correct. there have been any number of bills passed with republican support in the senate that added to spending. i didn't vote for them. i'll give one example. we just passed a $40 billion subsidy for big tech, it is called the chips bill.

the idea is to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to america. right now we have a 10% market share, we just spent $40 billion on in a giveaway to big tech. you know how much it will increase market share? 1%. our infrastructure bill, which is not really infrastructure bill, i didn't vote for it. i will not buy a car to get the cup holders. if you want to talk savings, stop sending checks to dead people. we spend a billion to two billion to dead people, the checks are being cashed, obviously a fraud. the president's plan to pay for student debt cost $400 billion over 10 years. we had a plan to repay student debts, it is callad a job. get rid of that. talk about how to reduce the

federal workforce through attrition. we aught to talk about why in the medicare program we're paying more for the same surgical treatment in a hospital as opposed to an outpatient clinic. there are lots of things we can do to reduce spending in this budget. but on the senate side, we have to have senator schumer permission to do that and he will not give it, nor is president biden. >> shannon: the white house says they are folding in $1.6 billion aimed at fraud and going afterthings you mentioned and waiting to see what the supreme court said about forgiving student loan. meantime, entitlements are getting attention. republicans said they will not cut them, the white house repeatedly said you need to be afraid if you are getting these benefits. here is what gop candidate nikki haley said this week.

we have to be realistic, it is unrealistic to say you will not touch entitlements. >> shannon: they say democrats are making proposals about entitlements. they say if republicans insist social security and medicare shouldn't be touched, inevitable result is democrats win the political debate and all such reform will mean higher taxes. listen trustees of the programs tell us 10 to 15 years will be insolvent. nikki haley says you have to talk about it. republicans are chastised every time you do. should you be having a public conversation about those things? >> john: i think you ought to get the social security and medicare you pay for. now medicare is going to start getting in trouble financially in 2028. social security in 2035, i think. we should be talking now how to make sure those programs are

solvent. the problem is president biden in his state of the union address decided to demagogue the issue. we all saw it. he basically said if you talk, talk speaking to republicans, if you talk about social security or medicare, i'm going to call you a mean, bad person. and that just took the issue off the table when the president decided to demagogue it. you can only be young once, but you can always be immature and i thought it was a very immature thing to do. >> shannon: you think there need to be conversations about changing the age for people not paying into benefits, future changes, current changes? >> john: of course we ought to talk about it. the life expectancy of the average american is about 77 years old. for people who are in their 20s,

their life expectancy will probably be 85 to 90. does it make sense to allow someone in their 20s today to retire at 62? those are kind of things we should talk about. there are changes in medicare we should talk about. medicare pays more for the same surgical procedure in a hospital as it does in a private outpatient clinic. why? there are a lot of things we could talk about, but president biden has taken that issue totally off the table. he says he has fixed it in his budget and that is nonsense, nonsense on a stick. >> shannon: it looks like that will be done through increased taxes, which republicans are thumbs down on that. >> john: it still leaves a $11 trillion shortfall. when the president says i fixed

the problem, with all due respect, not telling the truth. >> shannon: there is a debt component to what he's proposing that is pretty hefty. talk about the border, talk of taking cartels and designating them foreign terrorists and if you get the military involved. bill barr talks about, if our country is under threat, we should have operations, within mexico, where do you stand on that? >> john: i think attorney general barr is correct. the cartels, we know who they are. they are killing americans on both sides of the border and the fact is that the american military could partner with the mexican military and the mexican police and we could wipe out the cartels, but president lopez obrador in mexico refuses to do

that. senator graham and i talked about the issue this year and president biden said it was a bad idea. the truth is that the biden believes in open borderso bothem and president lopez obrador can answer for himself, but i don't understand why he would turn down american help to get rid of cartels that are killing his people and our people. >> shannon: to be clear, if the u.s. was in any partnership with mexico, military, law enforcement, does u.s. military have a role within mexico short of cooperation? >> john: no, we can't go into mexico without mexico's permission. >> shannon: thank you, want to be clear. thank you so much. this week we learned manhattan da offered president trump opportunity to testify before a grand jury, part of investigation into payments made to an adult porn star whachl do

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believed to be the suicide bomber, he said. plain and simple. we were ignored. and jeff. there are a lot of people who still have questions about what we can figure out with what happened with afghanistan, and i think getting answers to those questions. it's going to be really critical. is a reporter listening to that testimony makes me want to ask. you know who made that order? who were the people in his command? who made that order? i think on a more macro level. the fact that these hearings are are happening politically means that it's

going to get some more focus, and it's going to be a vulnerability for president biden. i don't think there's >> broader piece, broader -- -- theme of the exit from afghanistan has not gotten a lot of attention over the last year because republicans are in charge of the house, that is one thing they are increasing oversight on and that will have an impact. >> shannon: they are increasing oversight on the twitter file and there was hearing about sourcing of this. hill says jonathan turley writing, as evidence mountses of broader censorship effort, democrats attacks have become unhinged and unscrupulous, after free speech, they are attacking journalists, demanding they are a public threat. >> michele: they called them

so-called journalists, which is a slap in the face. the term so-called, cory bush, so-called philosopher and white supremacist, the term so-called is making so-called hearings, i'm not sure this is the proper way. i was offended, the experience, amount of experience between the two questions and trying to force their hand saying elon musk was their only source, i love the way jonathan turley put it, he said it sounded like a divorce hearing and you slept with her and didn't tell me this, it was awful. nee discretion, no respect, they didn't know who barry weiss was. where wasicaty couric?

to not know the players was shameful. >> shannon: democrats and liberals in traditional sense have always been about free speesh and government corruption, why so hard on these folks? the optics did not appear good. >> they say elon musk is not for free speech, he is taking them off twitter when they condemn him personally. not cherrypick which to give to their journalists they have working on this. the broader context, shannon, republican-led hearings on the issues are red meat for the base. they are doing a lot of what they promise to investigate when they took over congress. what i suspect, a lot of american voters want them to focus on other issues that impact their daily lives everyday. not sure this is a private message, they have been saying

this weaponization committee, they do not have substance, they are a distraction. republicans are saying that. democrats don't have to say it, republicans are doing it for them. >> shannon: kevin, can they do both? substantive but more theatrical hearings? >> i would push back on the word theatrical, they are substantive. if you spend time outside the beltway, they don't think this is theater. they think this is real. if you are a republican member of congress, there is 90-1 ratio you will censored in campaign e-mails versus if you are liberal. the everyday american believes collusion needs to stop, obviously that can't be the only thing the republican majority focuses on, everyday grass-roots conservative is proud of how this started and if anything, the pace needs to pick up.

the >> shannon: the pace may be picking up in new york with the district attorney inviting former president trump to talk about the payments made to stormy daniels. he said i will not think about leaving, it will probably enhance my numbers. kevin, we'll start with you. >> kevin: 2024 is fascinating to me and there is a lot of coverage on the candidates. i think it is tremendous opportunity for conservative movement and american people tow have a reckoning about issues that remain outstanding, what is relationship between the state and individual? what is more restrained foreign policy for the united states? this is ultimately where it will boil down, shannon and whoever is most conservative and is willing to fight and articulate positive vision for the future

will be the nominee, whoever he or she is. >> shannon: marie? >> marie: i think it is fascinating, that reckoning comes from a primary and contested primary with voices in it, different ideas, not just donald trump steam rolling through process. republicans will tell you they are tired of trump and ready for a change, the question is do they have a plan to get another candidate more in touch with what the republican party needs going forward. we say hope is not a strategy, a lot of republicans have a hope there is post trump future not a plan to get there yet. >> shannon: he continues to dominate polling in iowa and beyond that he is still a front-runner. some are not in yet, des moines register had numbers out this week and say percentage of iowa republicans who say they will definitely vote for him, meaning president trump, if he were the nominee, plummeted 20 percentage

points since june of 2021. still in the lead, you can see attrition in the numbers. >> michele: and by the way, ron desantis hasn't declared yet and he compared favorable and desantis has opening is 20% of people haven't made up their mind and they have made up their mind about trump, i think 18% found him unfavorable. i don't think this primary is helped by a bunch of people to take on trump, this is what i'm hearing over the last week. they say if there are a lot of people, that favors trump. they are taking their time. they said it is slow in iowa, normally we would have candidate come through and we haven't seen it yet and that is because of trump, they don't want in the cross hairs until they know how this will shake out and may the best one or two people wind up running in the primary. >> shannon: we've done time in

iowa, loy of it, people are so engaged and into this. they expect you to show up at town halls and diners, they want to meet you and question you before they vote for you. president trump heads back there tomorrow, how important is this visit, jeff? >> jeff: it is big, he has a lot of baggage and things he has to get over and find whether or not the people in iowa and around the country will overlook that, he is not wrong when he says things that many perhaps normal politicians or people think that will hurt him, they usually don't hurt president trump and they often do help him. he is not wrong. yet, there are other candidates and you have people like his former vice president now really coming out and saying things more critical of him. we'll see if that has an impact. >> fatigue. >> shannon: you were at an event last night and former vice president pence said he felt

like former president trump endangered his family, we'll see. he hasn't announced, we'll see if he does. right now finland and sweden actively want to gain nato, i sat down with the president of finland to discuss the game-changing moment he says led to his nato push and i asked about finland complex relationship with russia, that is next. later my interview with fox new's benjamin hall who attack while covering the war in ukraine, his truly miraculous story of recovery, we'll be right back. k-d riz r

>> shannon: russia is hitting ukraine energy infrastructure harder than it has in months. the goal to keep trying to wear down ukrainian civil knowias, the strikes put pressure on ukrainian leaders to shore up support from the u.s. and europe. in a moment, my interview with the president of finland on the plans to keep ukraine armed and his warning as china grows closer to russia. first to steve harrington in kyiv. hello, steve.

>> steve: effects far beyond the war zone. one day been finish prime minister met zelenskyy, russia launched 81 missiles into ukraine knocking out heat and electricity for hundreds of thousands. on the ground, seven months of artillery shelling has turned into a killing zone. >> this area is important for us, if it weren't, we wouldn't be fighting for it. this is our land. >> steve: fearing they could be next, finland and sweden apply to join nato before the next summit in lithuania in july. >> president putin war against ukraine winds on, he is not preparing for peace, he is preparing for more war. >> steve: so far turkey and

hungary is yet to approve because it says they allow terrorists to operate inside sweden. in case delay, finland may prepare to enter the alliance alone, giving up neutrality it held since 1948. the uszian invasion changed minds in europe about neutrality. back to you. >> shannon: thank you, reporting live from kyiv. my conversation with the president of finland just hours after he met with president biden at the white house. >> >> shannon: mr. president, thank you for your time, you have been busy on this trip, including visit to the white house, you saw president biden. did you all discuss your entry or attempted entry to nato and what capital he may be willing to be able to expend on helping you get there? >> surely we discussed the current situation at our nato

application, but start interesting is the global situation. we are living problematic times at the moment, i found is very, very important and good to have a possibility of discussing with him. >> shannon: uh-huh. i know there has been additional meeting with turkey, finland and sweden, it sounds like turkey is not there yet, but there has been progress? >> sauli ninisto: there has been progress, let's see, the next moves. i want to tell you that i'm very optimistic. >> shannon: uh-huh. turkey has said this, they claim that both you and sweden are harboring militants from the designated terror group and say they is part of their delay, do you feel that is what this is about or is it something else?

>> sauli ninisto: european union decla declared a terrorist organization and that is how we deal with that. and i guess swe sweden, too. in our thinking, we have met all what has been agreed with turkey last summer in madrid. they have a different opinion, so let's continue to discuss this. >> shannon: there is also discussion involving hungary, it ifr fa -- favors having sweden proceed, how is hungary proceeding with respect to your application >> sauli ninisto: i have discussed that with the prime minister. it was clear his message little off in saying we will not be the last one. so let's take it as it is. they sent parliamentary

dedication to sweden and finland and during the discussions, i think it became very clear that in itself they have nothing against finish swedish membership, remind they have not been happy with the discussion which has been ongoing in sweden and finland. dealing with hungary and maybe more domestic policy. >> shannon: are you confident turkey and sweden will come around? >> sauli ninisto: i am optimistic and we will have full voicest partners. >> shannon: vladamir putin, one justification for going into ukraine he didn't want expansion of nato and now there may be two

new bodies to nato. >> sauli ninisto: yes, i think president putin has had and still has obsession dealing with ukraine. we have heard it for years during his speeches and well, that is what he can't get rid of it i think big mistake. what comes to finland and sweden, yes, when putin said that he would demand nato not to enlarge any more, actually that was kind of a game changer in our minds because so far we had always considered and others, too, from our own will, we are militarily underlined, but after putin's speech, i prayed that

quite many of us would have said that yes, they forbid you to join. it was a game-changer. >> shannon: how would it change that region for you to become a member of nato at this point? >> sauli ninisto: we have to keep in mind that we are and have been for 10 years, an enhanced nato partner. we are always with nato military exercises and that we have very good ability with nato. so they used to say or so in russia that finland is and sweden actually more nato member than many existing members. so -- >> shannon: so you share a lengthy border and a lot of

history with russia. you said this, we are not afraid, but we are well awake. how would you describe your relationship with mr. putin and russia broadly? >> sauli ninisto: it goes back centuries. russia has tried to come to finland and we have learned that, so is part of the fact we had quite good relations with russia with them controlling that and everything like that. so it is part of that, surely we got prepared all the time and i would say that the finish military forces are proportionately one, if not the strongest in europe. just example, if we -- we have scription and if we call our trained r

trai trained reserves we have 300,000 wome40 or 50 times germany has. we have always taken it seriously. >> shannon: what about, you sent a lot of aid to ukraine, talk of you sending tanks, armorment, materials, how do you assess what you are able to send into the conflict? >> sauli ninisto: so far we have sent armament. per capita, it is more than you in usa, more than uuk, and germany. we are strongly involved. we have not told exactly what kind of equipment we are delivering. our military people think that it is best not to tell what we have and what we possibly do not have anymore after giving it.

but it is quite heavy armorment. >> shannon: what do you make of china in his role and we have conversations in the u.s. about whether they will provide legal aid to russia. if they do, what should be the response and what do you make of their role? >> sauli ninisto: let's take rather the situation as it is now and surely if russia and china get closer and closer each other, that is a problem. i have said many times that china should understand that if european people and people here get impression they are supporting russia, that would ruin their reputation and it maybe good to remind that in free world, what people think

they have really a say and if they have a say, they say that reflects or so to the policy and politics, same time china wants to trade with the europe, trade with usa, what about if they first spoil their reputation, not much trading left? so this is undoubtedly what chinese have to count. >> shannon: we'll watch closely and your application to nato, thank you for your time today. >> sauli ninisto: thank you so. >> shannon: up next, remarkable recovery of our fox news colleague sersly injured in ukraine one year ago, ben hall sat down with me to talk about how he made it out and what drove him to hang on in the very darkest moments. >> i don't remember the horror and evil that happened, i see the good and incredible people

who came to get me, build me back together, to help me.

>> shannon: many of you know fox news state department correspondent benjamin hall was gravely injured covering the war in ukraine last year. veteran war reporter who covered syria and afghanistan from the frontline. when russia invaded ukraine, he was ready to go, just weeks in hall and his team were hit by a russian strike. two fellow fox news members were killed. i sat down with this week with benjamin to talk about the miraculous rescue and recovery. >> shannon: it is so great to see you in person and i know our viewers are anxious to hear how you are and your story and this brand-new book you have, "saved," i don't rise without kleenex. so many miracles and beautiful things in the book. you tell us what motivated you

about going to the frontline and you thought the stories were important to tell. >> yeah, even after everything that happened to me, the role and job we do is essential and i encourage other people to tell stories. myself, i started covering conflicts, i was fascinated by human experience and extremes and see life and death up close and to understand the world in a better way, as you cover conflict, you see the story and tragedies in front of you and the more you want to share the stories. we've seen involvement from u.s. troops from last 20 years. i wanted to understand how geopolitics played a role in domestic politics. it was a job i loved doing and very serious and i was lucky to have it. >> shannon: and you were aware of the risks, like a spy novel, sneaking into countries and on a boat and brushes with near

death, this is not the first time you had been in danger when march 14th happened in ukraine. >> benjamin: yeah, you have tob the people in the middlee story, in a war zone, you get on small boats, illegally cross borders and sleep in caves and we did for a number of years, it is the way to tell the stories. >> shannon: heart of the book is explaining what happened march 14th, when we lost pierre and sasha, and you were in life or death situation and our colleague jennifer griffin jumped in and there is guy named seaspray, this heroic character. so many incredible hurdles and things that had to happen exactly right. doctors, volunteers, people to get you to safety.

you were just surviving at the time, looking back, does it feel like one miracle after another? >> benjamin: it does, i was thinking stay alive and get through this and get home. i later learned what was going on, jen griffin, save our allies began to work within seconds and there were times if decisions wouldn't have been made in seconds, i wouldn't have survived. looking into that, learning about that is one reason i wanted to write the book, heroes came in and risk their own lives to save me. for many, former military, they said, there is an american stuck in ukraine, we will do whatever to go in and get him back to his family and that is what they did. they didn't want recognition, they believed in doing the right thing and that is what they did for me and they should get recognition. save our allies continues to

work to save people around the world. >> shannon: so many heroes through every page of the book. it was fascinating, it was almost full circle because of your father's story about being rescued by american gi's. >> benjamin: end of second world war, he was in manila and lived under japanese occupation, most of his family killed by the japanese. the u.s. army came back in, he was told, you have to find the american lines and little kids fought through the streets to get there and saw the american lines, buckeyes, one kid shot alongside them as it happened and he was lifted into the arms of an american gi. he came to america and served in the army and i am years later being saved by american heroes and the u.s. military was there for me when i crossed into

pounderstand la, a black hawk was waiting and i was lifted into the sky, with a family rescued again and again by americans, honord and proud to be a part of it. >> shannon: you have images that go along with the stories, including that rescue of your father all those years ago and your rescue and this amazing story about we talked about, we know how the story ends and you got out safely, you are on the edge of your seat reading how you got through each checkpoint and hurdle and everything that happened and you want your cell phone to call your wife. center of this book is a beautiful love story, too, she's one of your heroes, as well. >> benjamin: she is. you know, i get emotional only when i think of her. people talk about how well i got through this, how brave and courageous, i it wasn't me, i didn't do it by myself.

my wife has been there from the beginning, kept our family strong, made decisions. she said we will get through it together and you talk about marriage, in sickness or health and we've been put to the test, we have come out stronger and we are together every single day. i look at her every moment, i think what a lucky man i made it home to her and that is how i got through this. from the minute i was injured and i was lying on the floor with my leg missing, bleeding everywhere, i thought, i'm going home, i will see my wife and children. if i have to crawl, i'm going to get home. i thought every step of the way through recovery and on that train ride, with pain meds, i'm going home and hold on to that idea, we can get through anything and that was getting back to my family. >> shannon: how have you talked to the girls about what happened and what your life is like now? >> benjamin: it is difficult and one thing i was most afraid of

was introducing them to the reality of what happened. it took a while to tell them i lost my leg and my foot and i was amazed when we told them dad had a robot leg, they thought it was exciting. i relaxed then. they have seen my injury up close and my eldest talks about bomb and damage and what could have happened, we talk to them closely and these are discussions i wouldn't have had at this age. we go through it together and be open as possible. key thing is we're together and we can get through anything together. >> shannon: they have been enormous support for you in so many different ways. speaking of that, you talk about pierre, you had worked together for years and you say how he was able to find good in situations, you were in some of the most devastated places in the world and he was able to have that attitude about it. for him, for sasha, what does it mean to you to survive to

continue to share their story, their legacy? >> benjamin: yeah, pierre is know wo of the moexceptional people i've ever met, he taught me about the work i do. he died saving my life, as well, i know that. so every single day, i think of pierre and sasha, if we can't make everyday better, their lives will go to waste, as well. i would do anything to bring them back, we have to remember those who we left behind, who didn't come home, brothers we will never get back, we honor their memory, we go out the way they would want us and do good and better things. that is how i think of it everyday. i remember pierre everyday and think about him, go out and work harder in his name. >> shannon: part of that has

been conversations you have with people all over the world who reach out to you with their own pain. we will all deal with struggle and you are able to be a comfort to them through your own story. >> benjamin: yeah, it's a real honor to me, i never thought i would be someone who could encourage others, but since this happened, hundreds, maybe understand thises reached out to me to wish me well and share their difficult stories with me. accidents they have had, deaths in the family or injuries, i can tell them how i got through it and encourage them to get through it. if you can talk together, you can help, i am proud and something i want to continue doing. get through difficult things together by telling people how hard it can be and how you got through it. i'm honored people reach out to me, if i can help in any small way, i want to do it and want to do it for the rest of my life.

>> shannon: how much has faith played a role in this journey for you? >> benjamin: a lot. i was raised catholic, i was at school in monastery and i thought what that meant to me. along the way covering wars, i had moments i doubted it, you see horrific things. you ask yourself what role does god play in society where this happens? i came out feeling the opposite. i don't remember the horror and evil, i see all the good, i see incredible people who came to get me, build me back together, to help me. i think that is a sign of god, the pureness of it, it is out there, if we fight hard for that and the great and good, it will win. and my daughter came to me and i saw her when i was in the car and i was blacked out and she encouraged me to crawl out. it saved my life. that was my daughter and family and that angel came to me there. had i been standing an inch in

any direction, i would be dead or have serious brain injury. somehow i walked out of that alive, with my mind back and doing well and i know i was saved that day. the book is called "saved," because i was saved by so many people and the heavens too. >> shannon: we are eternally grateful for that and for your story. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> shannon: his book, "saved," comes out this tuesday. it is profound. do not miss it, i can't recommend it highly enough. up next, a familiar face talks with me about the importance of compassionate fatherhood. he is a proud supporter of the tunnel to towers foundation. i was able to spend some time with cole and his family to reflect on those who have sacrificed so much to defend our freedom.

you know, as i started to be more and more successful, i was like, how can i help? brandon in idaho and his family, i was like, wow. there's actually a charity where we know where the money's going to go. you saw all the stuff we put in these homes? i was i was blown away. why should americans help tunnel to towers foundation? i mean, is there any better organization to help the people that has fought for this country and freedoms that we have? and you're going to join us on that mission. thank you. hey, i'm cole. hauser. i want you to join me in supporting our nation's heroes and their families. it's only $11 a month. o t2t.org and their families. think he's posting about all that ancient roman coinage? no. he's making real-time money moves with merrill. so no matter what the market's doing, he's ready. and that's... how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. (vo) red lobster's finer points of fun dining:

at lobsterfest, whether you're a sea-foodie or a lobster newbie, there's something for everyone. try one of six dishes, like new lobster and shrimp tacos for $17.99. and leave completely lobsessed. welcome to fun dining. >> shannon: my new podcast drops this morning. when it comes to jesus, mary is usually in the spotlight, what do you think about joseph? rachel campos duffy joins me on my podcast to talk about the example he sets on how to love sacrificially. that is it for today, thank you for joining us, i'm shannon

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