goldstar? >> mr. goldstar votes no. ms. fox? mr. cloud? mr. cloud votes no. mr. palmer? mr. palmer votes no. mr. higgins?mr. higgins votes n. mr. biggs votes no. mr. donald? mr. donald votes no. mr. timmons votes no. ms. greene votes no. ms. mcclain. ms. mcclain votes no. mr. waltz. mr. raskin? >> aye. >> mr. raskin votes yes. >> ms. norton? >> yes. >> ms. norton votes yes. >> ms. porter? aye. >> ms. porter votes aye. mr. gÓmez. mr. gÓmez votes aye. >> ms. brown votes aye. [roll call vote] >> mr. garcia votes aye. mr. frost? mr. frost votes aye.ms. lee vot. ms. tlaib? mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman votes no. >> would the clerical the roll. [roll call vote] mr. fallon votes now. >> has ms. tlaib voted? >> ms. tlaib votes yes. >> mr. chairman, the ayes are 18 and the nays >> the clerk will call will roll. >> mr. jordan? mr. turner? mr. goldstar? ms. fox votes no. mr. cloud? mr. cloud votes no. mr. palmer? mr. palmer votes no. mr. higgins? mr. higgins votes no. mr. sessions? mr. sessions votes no. [roll call vote] >> aye. >> mr. raskin votes aye. ms. norton? >> aye. >> mr

. >> that was going by a goldstar father, an american, that is what people needed to hear and had to write those letters. i have had to make those calls. there is nothing more difficult in the world to do. >> worst days of my life or when i dying marines in my arms. >> we honor our troops, every one of them. every life is critical. >> these young people today to do it any other reason than their selfless sense of selfless devotion to this great nation. we don't look down on those who serve. you've never experienced the joy you get in your heart when you do the kind of things our service men and women do. ♪ >> remarkable moments there with general kelly. you are watching "fox and friends" first, appreciate you joining us here. top story, stunned and heartbroken, john kelly emotionally defending donald trump's call to a goldstar widow revealing his son was killed while fighting for our freedom overseas as his love for country shines through. >> who are these young men and women? most of you as americans don't know them, many of you don't know anyone who knows any of them but they are t

least we never forget these goldstar families. as we celebrate the life and legacy of woody williams and all of our veterans in world war ii this evening and tomorrow, let us all do our best to continue woody's mission. may god rest the soul of our dear friend, our leader, our national hero, woody williams and i yield the floor to my colleague senator capito. >> madam president. >> the senator from west virginia. >> thank you for a gracious tribute to our good friend, woody williams and his family, to his generation and his love of our country and love of freedom and thank you for the leadership that you showed to make sure that tomorrow could happen. i know we worked on this together, but it was-- this is not an easy left to lie in honor, as you know, in the united states capital, but to me, it's so symbolic of a generation and i've encouraged everybody i've seen, please come and pay respects to woody or to that greatest generation that woody symbolizes in his passing and i also want to thank the family. i can't see them from whe

and stories from more than 800 goldstar families.ach one showcases the strength and resilience that characterizes our goldstar families. they are heartfelt notes like this one from my wife in east peoria, ill. -- she wrote about her husband -- these are her words -- "he never thought of himself as a hero but he always was to meet. it is are hard to know that he is gone. he was my soul mate." there are just simple messages like this one from an imam in anchorage, alaska. she wrote," i love you and miss you, son. thank you for all the great memories we shared." we're also honoring military families like all of you in the blue room, the big tree where we decorated the official white house tree with cards we collected from some of our country's military kids. the tree is decorated by kids. that is very cool. the notes are a lot of fun as well and you can read and as you go through. some are inspiring like the five children in medical lake washington who wrote --"no matter how many christmases our debt misses, he makes every christmas spe

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we look forward to working for the sponsor and the goldstar family would make national parks and federal recreation and we support this bill to respect goldstar families by allowing them to connect to public lands and we share the interest to recognize their service and sacrifice the modernizing access direct the for service to develop the interagency standards and we support the goals of this bill to working with the committee emergency wildfire acting comprehensive bill designed to increase post and with dead and dying trees to establish a new landscape level to improve forest conditions we very much

let's give our goldstar families a wonderful warm welcome.f i mess this up i won't be the chairman long. at this time we certainly want to introduce one of our most distinguished guests today, the president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] hunter, this is not often, but i am a former principal. now i get to introduce a student. at this time we would also like to introduce to you hunter biden. [applause] our governor, the governor of delaware, john carney. lieutenant governor of delaware, bethany. our senior senator from delaware, thomas carper. [applause] here's another what i have to get right because this is my boss. secretary of state jeff bullock. the delaware attorney general, kathy jennings. the delaware treasurer, colleen davis. the delaware auditor, kathleen mcginnis. delaware insurance commissioner, trinidad navarro. the mastercard major. [applause] our former adjutant general, delaware national guard general frank. [applause] i understand we also have quite a few members of the general assembly that have come today to pay

two every goldstar family, every five or -- to every goldstar family, every survivor and caregiver, thisful nation owes you as well as the person you lost. we can never repay the sacrifice but we will never stop trying. but we will never stop trying. we will never fail and our duty to remember. with their lives, they bought our freedom. so with our lives, we must always live up to their example. putting service before self. caring for our enablers -- for our neighbors as ourselves. that much closer to fulfilling the founding creed. as the secretary said, that all women and men are created equal. i have often said that as a nation, we have many obligations. the only one that is truly sacred, the only truly sacred obligation we have is to prepare and equip those women and men we sent into harm's way, and care for them and their families when they return home. and when they don't. this is an obligation that unites americans, brings us together, to make sure the women and men who were willing to lay down their lives for us get the very best from us in return. i want to acknowledge that we ar

made by the fallen of course, but also made by our goldstar families, here reliably year after year. for them it's a sacrifice that does not and. neither does our debt of gratitude for those for making it, of course the best way to honor the dead is to take care of the living and that is what our military has done over this past year. i think it's so fitting that one of the first large events without this, hunter, unless you are too young to be vaccinated, calls upon us to reflect and remember, to give thanks and to honor. that's what we do today. thank you all for coming to meet that obligation that was spoken of so elegantly. i've had some great pool alleges as governor, but no more important than this one. it is my distinct privilege to introduce the man who helped us lead our country out of the darkness and into the flight, our nation's leader, our commander in chief, delaware's favorite son, and our good friend, the president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] pres. biden: thank you, very much. good morning, everyone. >> good morning. pres. biden: it's good to be here o

[cheering and applause] joining us today are goldstar families who loved ones made the supreme sacrifice our freedom and our flag, to edgar and jennifer bill, george lutz and goldstar families everywhere throughout our land, you are fallen warriors will live in our hearts forever. thank you. [cheering and applause] thank you. thank you. we are also grateful to be joined by staff sergeant david -- who i was privileged last year to award the congressional medal of honor. a very brave man. thank you, david. thank you, david. [cheering and applause] thank you. this afternoon, we congratulate all of these new enlistees in the united states armed forces, and there are plenty, and they love our country. a few moments ago, these young men and women took a solemn oath to put their lives on the line for our country. to each of them and every service member and veteran here today, as commander and chief of the greatest fighting force on the planet, a force that just spent $2.5 trillion on rebuilding our military, i want to thank you for your service. [applause] [cheering and applause] now we approa

to the goldstar and surviving families here, you honor us with your presence.at when you look across this hallowed ground, you ache for those you have lost. your devotion to your loved ones has never faltered. and in turn, america owes all of you support that does not waiver . we renew that dedication every memorial day. and as we do, we also renew our faith in our democracy and the values of self-government that bind us together as americans. we understand the stakes. in the 21st century, the security of the world hinges again on the survival and success of the american experiment. and in turn, that great experiment relies on the american patriots who volunteer to keep their fellow citizens safe and their nation secure. these patriots carry a moral force that can be wielded only by free people defending their inalienable rights and the rule of law. today on the battlefields of ukraine, the world again sees the power of democratic citizens and soldiers to defy tyranny, cruelty, and oppression. their freedom is under attack. so is the international order rooted

the holidays can be a difficult time for goldstar families.foundation say the five day disney experience for thousands of children and spouses of fallen heroes, let's get into it joining me now gary sinise foundation president and chairman gary sinise. thank you very much for being here. >> is great to see you, merry christmas. maria: merry christmas and here we are at the holidays. we want to take a look at all you're doing in your expanding programs at the foundation. tell us the kind of programs that you have in place and some of the extraordinary people you been able to meet in the process. >> over the years going back to before i started the foundation i was reaching out and trying to help a lot of different military and first responder nonprofits raising money and raising awareness doing psa's and whatnot and when i started my foundation the gary sinise foundation it was an extension of all of that and i wanted to do more so we have a very broad mission at the gary sinise mission i was involved in so many types of things. if you look at

our goldstar and surviving families wage a fight that goes on long after the funerals.ur sacred duty to do more to ease the burden that they shoulder on memorial day, and every day. because for as long as america has sent our sons and daughters into harm's way, those on the homefront have also been on the front lines. mr. president, you know firsthand the pride of seeing a loved one put on our country's uniform. you also know what it means to wait and worry while a son serves in about is on far away. you know what it means to commit american troops to fight. you understand the mixture of pride, stress and fear and love that all of our military families live with. as a former commander i know these feelings myself. for the loved ones of those who have fallen, let me say, we know the depth of your sacrifice. but we can never truly know the depth of your loss. what we can do is honor the memory of those you lost by caring the memories of those who mourn them. and by seeking to perfect our union and defend our democracy. and by striving to live our lives in ways that advanc

but the complete disregard for what is essentially sacred to include tacking of goldstar father johner he said this. he was begging for his job, are you kidding me, this is how far to attack this administration and two quick things, john kelly spoke with courage, as a warrior. he is a warrior who gave donald trump the proper and to say to his families. the idea is everyone was acting in good faith in a sacred way and a difficult time and despite that frederica wilson's war on the president somehow took precedence over everything else. >> the hollow barrel makes the noise, that was so perfectly said and i spent a couple hours with the chief of staff a few months ago, i remember that was the real deal. he is the real deal and got a statement about a lot of politicians rings through to a lot of people, they just talk, all they do is talk. what did you think of him defending himself against someone like that? >> john kelly spoke about that, we are doing our job, just shut up. they are careful, a man yesterday, basically what i was told, my son died, joe dunford is chairman of the joint c

father and goldstar mother-in-law and goldstar mother my deepest condolences as a parent, i can't think of anything worse i am sure all three of you would agree you are never going to be the same person again. is that the consensus? >> very much so. >> my understanding is all three of you were part of a group invited to meet with donald trump and i want to ask i know there were efforts to meet with president biden and my understanding is nothing ever came of that and donald trump heard about that and he invited all of the families. >> all of the families at the time in dc with the exception of one so eight of the 13 families yes we were invited and we did go and president biden neglected to say anything but president trump was very gracious and listened to our concerns and told us he would take care of it and stuff like this can't ever happen again and the failures on every level through the administration the pentagon, dod all the way down have failed us and our kids miserably. >> you lost your son taylor hoover marine corps staff sergeant 31 years old lofted ? lost in afghanistan and

everywhere she goes, she wears the goldstar pin on the lapel of her uniform.ca eggars and her two sons are here today along with daniel's father, bill, and mother, margo. to the entire family, your sacrifice is beyond our ability to comprehend or repay. today, we honor daniel's incredible life and exceptional valor, and we promise you we'll treasure his blessed memory forever. thank you very much for being here. thank you very much. please. thank you. [applause] thank you. great family. which thank you very much. to every goldstar family here today and all across our land, our debt to you is infinite and everlasting. we stand with you today and all days to come, remembering and grieving for america's greatest heroes. in spirit and strength, and loyalty and love, character and courage, they were larger-than-life itself. they were angels sent from above and they are now rejoined with god in the glorious kingdom of heaven. wherever the stars and stripes fly at our schools, churches, town halls, firehouses, and national monuments, it is made possible because there

families our goldstar and god bless america. thank you very much.ause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ not you cang is meet and you can pray anyplace that you want. this from all of your religious leaders who have been interviewed on c-span. host: thanks for the call. stay safe in oak hill, west virginia. it is just after 7:50 on the east coast on this memorial day weekend. i did want to remind you about some of the events we will be bringing to you later today on c-span, including just after this program today, at 10:00, a wreathlaying at arlington national cemetery. there is a shot of the tomb of the unknown soldier just across the potomac river from washington, d.c. we are expecting president trump at that event, at least according to the white house guidance released this morning. also expecting defense secretary mark esper. the president also expected to head to fort mchenry in baltimore at noon for a flag raising ceremony, and perhaps remarks as well. a troop review is also on the schedule. the defense secretary expected to be at the fort mchenry ceremony

areas called the ghosts that the goldstar -- goldstar mother pilgrimages. widow, the widow would be the one ultimately -- another part of american history. the superintendent at that point would have welcomed them in. there's a great book out there, called the goldstar pilgrimages. if memory serves me, it was an approximately three-week voyage from door to door. with nice table cloths. that's where the three weeks weren't really three weeks in the country. they were careful to separate the groups out a couple of different ways. this would be a group for the end of the year. you have a longer season and hopefully better weather. they would have a military escort, a u.s. army escort to make them as comfortable as possible. desegregated integrated sites. the black soldiers buried next to white soldiers. many of them first-generation immigrants and all that. ofre were goldstar groups african-american women. there are still segregated during their pilgrimages as well. needs to history that be told. they still provide the ability to come over, but they were still

god bless our goldstar families, and god bless america. thank you very much.ause] >> ♪ [instrumental "god bless america" plays] ♪ >> ♪ [band playing] [applause] [band playing] ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that affect you. tuesday morning, the american conservative kelly discusses the use of technology in tracing those with coronavirus. catherine, a professor at george washington university's school of public policy and public administration, on the role of inspectors general. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> next, senators talking about how coronavirus will affect gatherings for memorial day. they thanked those who served. from last week, this is about 40 minutes. >> mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to use my military rucksack in my speech. >> without objection. >> thank yo

he said he respected goldstar families. >> a group of goldstar families who lost loved ones and more -- in war reached out to the con family. >>> her son, and army lieut. was killed one week before the con family lost their son, and army capt.>> she was an only child. can ballard -- >> reporter: ken ballard lost his life in 2004. her heart and voice still break sometimes remembering him.>> i found out after he was killed that he would call me after a mission to touch base with mom.>> reporter: his mom, now a goldstar mom has her son's memory close to her heart and written in ink on one him on.>> this is his signature from a card he had sent me. we all are and a club that no one wanted to join. >> reporter: that club, goldstar families who have lost a loved one in war. karen meredith said she can understand when the constant spoke about their son. orr we are in the same row at arlington. he is 20 stones away from mine.>> reporter: a letter has been written to donald trump, upset over his comments, suggesting that mrs. condit not speak because she is muslim.>> his wife had nothing to s

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but what i am is a goldstar brother. i would just like to remind people, there are a lot of goldstar families out there who run organizations to do everything they can to support veterans. everything from 22 a day to honor and tribute, to recently i helped clean up my veterans cemetery, memorial walkway, as a volunteer. i go to soldiers funerals who have no family. goldstar's are important and we do a lot of work. we are just not very much talked about. host: let's talk about it, matt. leo shane, what are goldstar families? guest: goldstar families are families that have lost a loved one to a war. and it's not just the sacrifices of the service members, but the sacrifices of the families too. there was an event at the white house yesterday, the elizabeth olsen foundation, wounded warrior project, talking about the effect war had on children who were disabled and have suffered some injury, the increased chances of depression and stress on them, and that stress that will be on them. they want to help folks get more resourc

we have heard -- have goldstar feelings in attendance. is a stunning and really emotional moment to meet them and it's humbling. for those of us who have not served whatever we think we've done that is courageous in this world does not match up to what they have done. blake, thank you. and while we were all watching. we were watching along with robert wolf. you had employed gold star families. what did you think of the speech. powerful. you just watch it and you just stare a father of two sons you look at general kelly and say while what is your son doing. what have they been been through. you just can say wow. i think that he made the statement. i agree. this one might go down in history i think. it was a surprise that we were not told it would happen. and as we watched so intently there we had one person watching the markets so the rest of us really watched it. it is just slightly negative about five points. we are holding on to that level. we will keep it up here. we are bringing in the floor show when we come back. i am nicole peddlin

jeanette you have this goldstar father coming in, the same guy gave a of the016 democratic convention. didn't seem to heary then what is the plan? >> this is about getting people excited. the base of the democratic party doesn't seem too excited about phil murphy. i don't think it affe impact of the general election i think it's about getting out the vo a goldstar father. kim guadagno is a military mo i don't t he can say anything bad about her. >> you were a mayor you know the state well this question about affordability is t on boat thatecause of trump versus the goldstar mily? >he b if yu're repuican you representsues. democrat so they're gin the who say this i ofrnance we have at the republican party. the closely identified this race ith christie is [inaudible] the ballot who kim guadagno se as a retirement governor -- lieutenant gove >> the at a 20-point race. i talked to adam geller who is also polling forgno and she said no f the race is close because the methodology. they've hads wrong time and again. they thought clinton would win in a landslide. the methodology is wrong beca

talking about goldstar pilgrimages. i am far from it.re is a great book about it called the goldstar pilgrimages. if memory serves me, it was approximately a three-week voyage from door-to-door on a nicee liner with tablecloth and all of that. it took a well to get here. that three weeks was not really three weeks and country. they were careful to separate the groups out a couple of different ways. this would be group eight for the year. summer months the that could have longer seasons and better weather. in france you never know. they would have a military escort, u.s. army escort with them to make them as comfortable as possible. , these arely desegregated and integrated sites. there are black soldiers buried next to white soldiers buried next to officers. many of them first-generation immigrants and all of that. my point in saying that is there were goldstar groups of african-american women. they were still segregated during the images. it is an interesting part of history that needs to be told. they were so provided the ability to co

so what i would like to do now is to ask if there are other goldstar families in the audience, goldstarounted for, would you please stand so we can give you a round of applause. [applause] i'll tell you, this is the most expensive $1.50 $1.50 your ask and imagine. yet you can buy the goldstar lapel button on the internet for $1.50 that it cost the life and it is extremely difficult. it's not like a broken arm or having covid. you get over that. you don't ever get over this so thank you very much for all of you for being here. .. you in the audience, the vietnam veterans, all of you who served during the vietnam war, to please stand, allow to give you our thanks and acknowledgment on vietnam war, veterans day. so please all vietnam, please stand. [applause] [applause] >> that was incredible, wonderful to see you all here and braved the elements to be here, thank you for being here in doing that. an artist, sculptor, painter, a visionary, creative engineer, i say that with all due respect to company and when the good friends of the nixon library and foundation asked me about creating a st

goldstar parents addressed the dnc last week. he continues to sidestep the controversy about his running mate is the father of a marine addressed it directly. >> family like all goldstar families, should always be cherished by all the people of the united states. >> the story has become such a headlinethat's prompting aresponse from the fw saying , election year or not , we will not tolerate anyone reading a speech expression. yesterday obama made a reference to trump while addressing a veterans group in atlanta. >> as commander-in-chief i am tired of people trash talking the troops. >> yesterday he took a slice at his democratic rival. >> we have crookedhillary clinton . she is the devil. >> clinton through her own punches campaigning through critical swing states. >> for the life of me i don't know why someone runs to be president of the united states who thinks and says we never win anymore. our country is full of losers. he could not be more wrong. >> the new orc poll shows they benefit from a postconvention boost. if a seven

our bill has support from the goldstar lives of america the vfw. the military officers association of america the national military family association. the tragedy assistance programs for survivors. and so many others. in fact, some of the most dedicated activists from the goldstar lives are watching today from the gallery. right now including crystal ^ harriet boyden, don eldridge. i want to thank them all for their leadership and for their continued contributions to our country. this legislation has been introduced previous sessions of congress. but it is yet to pass in large part because of concerns about the cost. while as i said i certainly understand that that there is going to be a cost associated with this we are talking about a benefits plan that these families paid for on their own accord. it is there money that went into this fund, not money of taxpayers. not money that is appropriated every year. it is their money and they deserve to get it back. i think we can all agree that ending the widows tax is the right thing to do for our milita

what i would like to do now is ask if there are other goldstar families in the audience, goldstar familieswould you please see as we can give you a round of applause. [applause] i will tell you this isgi the mt expensive dollar and 50 cents that you could ever ask and imagine. you cango buy the goldstar on te internet for a dollar and 50 cents but it cost a life and it is extremely difficult it's not like a broken arm or having covid, you get over that, you don't ever get over this. thank you for being here. we also want to ask, later begin to recognize by service but i'm going to ask allna of you in the audience, the vietnam veterans, all of you that served during the vietnam war to please stand and allow us to give you our thanks and acknowledgment on vietnam veterans day. all vietnam's please stand. [applause] [cheering] >> from this vantage point that was incredible, it was absolutely wonderful to see all of you here you to brave the elements, to be here, thank you all for doing that. ron the car is an artist, sculpture, a creative imagineering, i've seen that with all due respect to t

members of the goldstar families have massachusetts.adies and gentlemen, please welcome our goldstar family members. [applause] irene richards, honoring her daughter diana richards. good to see you again. donna brown honoring her husband , sergeant locke -- roger lee brown. honoring lieutenant colonel jason. honoring his brother, corporal william bronson. william o'hair. honoring his son private first class aaron cordova-martinez these family members of fallen heroes represent all goldstar families and are here tonight in honor of their old -- loved ones. in memory of those who gave also we could defend our democracy and our freedoms guide us always. distinguished ladies and gentlemen, would you please lead us in the pledge of allegiance? >> we pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you so much for being with us tonight and thank you for your sacrifices for our country. [applause] i we will be joine

this year we have a special goldstar segment we are doing, we tried to honor goldstar families everyegment this year, it's very powerful and my foundation is sponsoring a group of snowball expressou families,a big program where we took care of the children that are fallen and 13 families are being brought in this weekend to be part of it. >> pbs will stream on youtube, 8:00 on sunday, i will host that, it will be great. if people want to support your foundation, how do we do it? >> every foundation will tell you to go to their website. our website is gary g foundation.org, you can look at our programs on the youtube channel, a great way to see the foundation in action and meet the people we are working withhe and support of, we have many homes in the process, goldstar initiatives, a broad mission of the foundation because prior to starting the foundation, that's what i was doing, i was volunteering to support many indifferent organizations, doina lot of wonderful things reaching out all over the place so when i started my foundation, we created a broad mission. >> impressive and the

they often call it the goldstar mother pilgrimages.t is actually the goldstar pilgrimages, because it was the mothers who lost their sons. sometimes widows as well. most of these guys never had a chance to marry. but if they had a widow, the widow was a one eligible. again, another part of american history. so, the american abmc superintendent at that point would have welcomed them in and showing them around. >> talking about the goldstar pilgrimages, and i'm far from an expert, there's a great book out there, that's what it's called, "the goldstar pilgrimages." what is that about? >> if memory serves me, it was an approximately three-week voyage, door-to-door, on a cruise liner, with nice tablecloth and all of that. but it took a while to get here. that's where that three weeks was not really three weeks in country. they were very careful to separate the groups out a couple of different ways. we'll talk about that. this would be group a for the year. always done in the summer months. so you have longer seasons and hopefully better wea

is anyone you this -- here a goldstar parent or sibling? does anyone here know a goldstar parent or sibling? ok, you get the question. great deal ofly, respect for all you are done. if we could take this a bit further, why were they in niger? were intold that they armored vehicles without air cover. incident -- why are we there? kelly: i would start by saying there is an investigation. let me back up by saying, the fact of the matter is, young men and women are deployed around the world and there are tens of thousands. near the dmz. in north korea. in okinawa. okinawa, ready to go, all over the united states, training and ready to go. they are all over latin america. they mostly do drug interdiction work with our great partners. there are thousands. my own son, right now, is back in the fight for his fifth tour against isis. there are thousands of them in europe, acting as a deterrent. and in africa. and they are doing the nations work there. and not making a lot of money doing it. they love what they do. why were they there? they are there

feet with the goldstar father who criticized him at the convention. >>> soon you can explore the spaceship discovery in 3-d from anywhere. a sneak peek coming up. >>> first good morning to you and thank you for watching cbs north carolina on this >>> temperatures today going to be in the 70s for the high. normal is actually about 70. this morning you can remember yesterday we had 30s and this morning we have 45 in durham. it's now 50 in fayetteville. the temperatures are fluctuating around the sandhills. and 44 in rocky mount. we are 7 degrees warmer compared to yesterday taking some of the chill t of the air. the forecast for the day ahead a bit of fog this morning and 65 at noon with a high of 73. windy at times. the could be a shower or two overnight. the full forecast coming up. elementary go back to class today after being out for nearly 3 weeks because of the impact of hurricane matthew. >> they finished the school year at a different site in tarboro and that's we find lauren haviland this morning. >> reporter: good morning. 250 students in 19 teachers are going to be relocating to t

is anyone here a goldstar parent or sibling? does anyone here know a goldstar parent or sibling? you get the question. reporter: thank you, general kelly. if we could take this a bit further. why were they in niger? we were told they were not in armored vehicles and there was no air cover. what are the specifics about this incident and why are we there? general kelly: i would start by saying there is an investigation. the fact of the matter is the young men and women who wear our uniform are deployed around the world in the tens of thousands, inr the dmz, in north korea, open o okinawa, pretty to go, al over the united states, training, ready to go. they are all over latin america. down there they mostly fight with our partners. there are thousands, my own son back in the fight for his fifth tort against isis. -- for his fifth tour against isis. there are thousands in europe acting as a deterrent. they are doing the nation's work there. and not making a lot of money doing it. they love what they do. so, why were they there? they were there working with partners, local -- all acro

the harris campaign goes after president trump it is meeting with goldstar families with arlington cemetery are on all of the all morning long. will be speaking with this reporter cargo spend and how sport affairs committee member michael waltz coming up in the program, futures and the bread of the holiday shortened trading week kicking off a new week and a new trading but this morning the dow jones industrial down sharply 217 points lower, the nasdaq a indicated a decline 166 at the opening of trading, s&p 500 the whereby 34, markets in august pretty good take a look at the month that was for stock prices with the month showing gains of one and three quarters% for the dow industrial, nasdaq up to another third% in the s&p 500 higher by two recorded% in august alone ahead of the federal reserve next move on september 17 and 18th. expectation of a rate cut at the next federal reserve meeting. jobs taking center stage ahead of the august jobs report coming up this friday we have the preview right here. european markets are lower, take a look at the eurozone the s&p 100 in london is trading do

they often called it the goldstar mother pilgrimage.t's actually the goldstar pilgrimages but it was often mothers who came. .ometimes widows another part of american history. the superintendent at that point would have welcomed them and and taken them around. there's a great book out there, called the goldstar pilgrimages. guess what that's about. if memory serves me, it was an approximately three-week voyage from door to door. a cruise liner with nice table cloths. that's where the three weeks weren't really three weeks in the country. they were careful to separate the groups out a couple of different ways. we'll talk about that. this would be a group for the end of the year. always done in summer months so you have a longer season and hopefully better weather. you never know. they would have a military escort, a u.s. army escort to make their stay as comfortable as possible. interestingly, these are desegregated integrated sites. there are black soldiers buried next to white soldiers, buried next to officers. all states, many of them

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