captain scott smiley. >> then don't let the baby faces fool you. these brothers play some pretty mean blue grass. ♪ youtube stars the sleepy man ban joe boys. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applause] welcome everybody, and thank you very much. what a great audience, we've got here tonight. here in new york and welcome to huckabee, from the fox news studios. and well, i begin today with a most important message, this is my wife's birthday, and i better say happy birthday. i better do that, so, happy birthday. [applause] >> i know that some of you are asking, how many is this for her? well, i'll let you do the math. she was born in 19-- none of your business. and a gallop poll saying that president obama would be defeated by a generic republican, but he leads any specific candidates he's paired against. what does all this have mean? frankly, absolutely nothing. you know, a poll at this point in time only tells us where things are today. not where they're going to be in 15 months when it's going to matter. some voters are going to auto

. >> an explosion in iraq sent shrappnel in scott smiley's eyes and brain.s about to lose his life long dream. he was told he being no longer serve in the army. he refused to give up and fought to keep his career in the military. after years of hard work in recovery. he was the army first blind active duty officer. his story is told is in a book called hope unseen. welcome captain scott smiley and his wife tiffany. diagram [applause] >> mike: hi, tiffany. great to have you here. you know it is a remarkable story . yet, it is got a great position and chapter. things didn't go hunky dory. you werangry about it? >> i was. it was hard to live a healthy and physical and mental and spiritual tile and wake up in walter reed medical with the doctor telling you, you are blind rest of your life. depression and fear and anxiety and again a lot of anger it was difficult. >> mike: were you mad at god? >> i was. it is the worst thing i will ever do in life is to be mad at god. he gives me everything i have and he has the power to take it away. i thought i had done everyth