on our nation's extraordinary military families especially spouses like amy williams from fort bragg north carolina and her 2 children 6 year old eliana and 3 year old rowan. amy works full time and volunteers countless hours helping other military families for the past 7 months she has done it all while her husband sergeant 1st class townsend williams is in afghanistan on his 4th deployment in the middle east amy's kids haven't seen their father's face in many months amy your family sacrifice makes it possible for all of our families to live in safety and in peace and we want to thank you thank you amy thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you you was putting me. there is one more thing tonight we have a very special surprise i am thrilled to inform you that your husband is back from deployment he's here with us tonight and we could be pivotal in the longer it were to o.t. get want to get want. to get with. would she. would say was was was was was. was was it was would say welcome home sergeant williams thank you very much. as the world bears witness tonight america is a land of

amy williams from fort bragg, north carolina, your husband is back from deployment and we can't keep him waiting any longer. welcome home, sergeant williams, god's grace is still shining and my fellow americans, the best is yet to come. ♪ keep on rocking in the free world ♪ keep on rocking in the free world ♪ jillian: a lot to talk about this one, wednesday february 5th and you are watching "fox and friends first". rob: thanks for starting the day with us. we are not going to tear the scripts up. calling it the great american comeback donald trump delivering a commanding state of the union address celebrating the american spirit and the strength of the heroes who defend it. jillian: the president hammered home the progress made during his first term in office while going on a tear on the radical policies of the left, a sentiment nancy pelosi took quite literally. rob: griff jenkins live with major moments from last night. >> reporter: you expect to hear about impeachment you would have been disappointed, the president making no mention, citing tax cuts and record low unemployment, am

amy williams from fort bragg, north carolina. your husband is back.ellow americans, the best is yet to come. heather: donald trump addressing the third state of the union address, one of his central themes paying tribute to heroes, service men and women and recognizing the strength of the us military. here to react, u.s. army that pete hegseth. what a lot of emotional nights last night. >> you can save that's in the military was the central theme last night, the reunion of sergeant first class in afghanistan, hadn't seen his wife and 6-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son for months reunited. he was recently related to brigadier general, served in korea, served in vietnam, his great-grandson was 13 years old, wants to be a member of the space force, they were highlighted and he talked about the killing of the worst terrorist, out baghdadi who we remember obviously as a terrible leader of isis and soleimani, leader of the iranian quds, talked about what special operators dudes and highlighted the human aspect behind those, recognition of staff sergeant

sergeant williams from fort bragg, north carolina. ray bowgan has the. . >> our country is thriving and highly respected again. >> the president painted an optimistic picture of america. it's no longer being taken advantage of and stronger than ever. >> our economy is the best it has ever been. >> a big theme of the night the economy in his three years in office, the president says he's helped create 7 million new jobs leading to record low unemployment. >> the average unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any administration in the history of our country. >> while republicans spent the night on their feet constantly applauding, house speaker nancy pelosi rarely clapped and sat stoic behind the commander in chief. pelosi ripped up the speech following his closing remarks. when asked why she did it, this is what she had to say. >> in the democratic response michigan governor gretchen whitmer pushed back on the president's comment on. the president's speech came one day before the final vote in his impeachment trial whi

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amy williams, and her husband are from fort bragg, north carolina. >>> members from both parties areg to the president's address. ray is live from washington, d.c. to bring us the latest. >> reporter: president trump says the state of our union is strong thanks to on pro-broth, pro-worker, and pro-american agenda. >> our country is highly thriving again. >> reporter: right off the bat, the president painted an optimistic picture of america, that he says is no longer being taken advantage of. a big theme of the night, the, in his threer yoos in office, the president says he credit created 7 million new jobs. while republicans spent the night on their feet constantly applauding, house speaker nancy pelosi rarely clapped and sat stoic. pelosi ripped up the speech following his closing remarks after a snubbed handshake. when asked why, this is what she had to say. >> it was a courteous thing to do. >> reporter: in the democratic response, michigan governor gretchen whitmer pushed back on the president's message of a strong economy saying american workers are hurting, not flourishing. >>

all of it, but he did not experience or see a lot of racism until he went to north carolina and he is probably talking fort bragg, north carolina. he said he saw a sign, black shop between 7:00 and 9:00. i think his question is, even in the 1960's, you still had some of this going on. if that is his question, you know, that is absolutely correct. america is still not a perfect country. although military led the way as far as the institution to integrate in the 1950's, you still had turbulent times going on in the 1960's. i can think of three different stories of retired african-american senior enlisted soldiers and officers, still living today, who came in the military in the 1960's and were still experiencing some level of racism when they were assigned to certain locations and perhaps they wanted to buy a house or go off base and eat at a hamburger establishment. i think his question is that, john. host: thank you for jumping in. i should have mentioned, when you were talking the history of african-american military officers, a good book on that topic, the story of black military officers, 1861-1948. the autho

especially spouses like amy williams from fort bragg, north carolina and her two children, six-year-old eliana and three-year-old roland. amy works full-time and volunteers countless hours helping other military families. for the past seven months, her husband has been in afghanistan deployment in the middle east. amy's kids have not seen their father's face in many months. your sacrifice makes it possible for all of our people to live in safety and in peace and we want to thank you. thank you, amy. [applause] president trump: but amy, there is one more thing. tonight, we have a very special surprise. i am thrilled to inform you that your husband is back from deployment. he is here with us tonight. [cheers and applause] "usa!"]of president trump: welcome home, sergeant williams. thank you very much. as the world bears witness tonight, america is a land of heroes. there's a place where greatness is born, where destinies are forged and where legends come to life. this is the home of thomas edison and teddy roosevelt. of many great generals, washington, pershing, patton and mcarthur. this

home from the region, the pentagon has sent 800 paratroopers from the 82nd airborne back to fort bragg north carolina. the u.s. sent them to the middle east after the attack around the new year. >> bret: up next, domestic terrorism and racial hatred combined for a deadly overnight in germany, we'll take you there. here's what some of the fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. the university of southern california will face in free tuition for students from families with an annual income of $80,000 or less. usc's president says she wants to make an undergraduate education possible to students from all walks of life. fox 5 in new york as women's lingerie company victoria's secret goes on the market, the company's owner is selling 55% of the firm to a private equity company, keeping the other 45%. victoria's secret has been beset by falling sales numbers. this is a live look at charlotte north carolina from our affiliate fox 46. residents prepare for winter weather, crews are salting the roads and making other preparations, many schools announce closings already. elsewhere in the south,

williams, her two children and her husband sergeant first class townsend williams are from fort bragg, north carolina. both parties reacting to president trump's speech. ray bogan joining us live from washington with much more on that. good morning, ray. . >> dave, good morning to you. president trump says the state of our union is strong thanks to what he calls a pro-growth, pro-worker, and pro-american agenda. >> our country is thriving and highly respected again. >> right off the bat, the president painted an optimistic picture of america. it's a country he says is no longer being taken advantage of and stronger than ever. >> our economy is the best it has ever been. >> a big theme of the night, the economy. in his three years in office, the president says he's helped create 7 million new jobs leading to record low unemployment. >> the average unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any administration in the history of our country. >> while republicans spent the night on their feet constantly applauding, house speaker nancy pelosi rarely clapped and sat stoic behind the commander i

heavy burden on our nation's military families, especially spouses like amy williams from fort bragg, north carolinaer two children 6-year-old he wiland 4-year-old rowan. amy works full time and works countless hours helping other filter families. for the past seven months she has done it all while her husband sergeant first class townsend williams is in afghanistan on fourth deployment in the middle east. amy's kids haven't seen their father's face in many months. amy, your family's sacrifice makes it possible for all of our families to live in safety and in peace and we want to thank you. thank you, amy. [cheers and applause] but, amy, there is one more thing. tonight we have a very special surprise. i am thrilled to inform you that your husband is back from deployment. he is here with us tonight and we couldn't keep him waiting any longer. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [chanting u.s.a.] [chanting u.s.a.] [cheers and applause] >> welcome home sergeant williams. thank you very

our nation's extra ordinary military families especially spouses like amy williams from fort bragg north carolinand her two children, 6-year-old iliana and 3-year-old ron. amy works countless hours helping other military families. for the past 7 months she has done it all while her husband, sergeant first class williams is in afghanistan in his fourth deployment in the middle east. amy's kids haven't seen their father's face in many months, your family's sacrifice makes it possible for all our families to live in safety and peace and we want to thank you. [applause] >> but amy, there is one more thing tonight, we have a special surprise, i'm thrilled to inform you your husband is back from deployment, he is here with us tonight and we could not keep him waiting any longer. [applause] [applause] [applause] [chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! [applause] >> welcome home, thank you very much. as the world bears witness tonight, america is a land of heroes, a place where greatness is born, destinies are forged and legends come to life. this is the home of thomas edison and teddy roosevelt, many gre

our nation's extraordinary military families, especially spouses like amy williams from fort bragg, north carolina, and her two children-- six-year-old elliana and three-year-old rowan. amy works full time, and volunteers countless hours helping other military families. for the past seven months, she has done it all while her husband, sergeant first class townsend williams, is in afghanistan on his fourth deployment to the middle east. amy's kids have not seen their father's face in many months. amy, your family's sacrifice makes it possible for all of our families to live in safety and peace-- we thank you. ( applause ) as the world bears witness does he is here with us tonight, and we couldn't keep him waiting any longer. ( applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> u.s.a!as the world bears >> u.s.a! u.s.a! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! ( cheers and applause ) >> as the world bears witness tonight, america is a land of heroes. this is the place where greatness is born, where destinies are forged, and where legends come to life. this is the home of thomas edison and teddy roosevelt, of many great generals, includin

especially spouses like amy williams from fort bragg, north carolina, and her two children, 6-year-old ileana and 3-year-old rohan. amy works full time and volunteers countless hours helping other military families. for the past seven months she has done it all while her husband, sacramento first clous townsend williams, is in afghanistan on his fourth deployment in the middle east. amy's kids haven't seen their father's face in many months. amy, your family's sacrifice makes it possible for all of our families to live in safety and in peace, and we want to thank you. thank you, amy. [ applause ] but, amy, there is one more thing. tonight we have a very special surprise. i am thrilled to inform you that your husband is back from deployment. he is here with us tonight, and we couldn't keep him waiting any longer. [ cheers and applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ chanting usa ] >> welcome home, sergeant williams. thank you very much. as the world bears witness tonight, america is a land of heroes. this is a place where greatness is born, where destinies are forged, and where legends co

all of it, but he did not experience or see a lot of racism until he went to north carolina and he is probably talking fort braggh carolina. he said he saw a sign, black shop between 7:00 and 9:00. i think his question is, even in the 1960's, you still had some of this going on. if that is his question, you know, that is absolutely correct. america is still not a perfect country. although military led the way as far as the institution to integrate in the 1950's, you still had turbulent times going on in the 1960's. i can think of three different stories of retired african-american senior enlisted soldiers and officers, still living today, who came in the military in the 1960's and were still experiencing some level of racism when they were assigned to certain locations and perhaps they wanted to buy a house or go off base and eat at a hamburger establishment. i think his question is that, john. host: thank you for jumping in. i should have mentioned, when you were talking the history of african-american military officers, a good book on that topic, the story of black military officers, 1861-1948. the author of t

and it turns out that there was a secret team of soldiers at fort bragg in north carolina who had a hundred goats. the don'ts had all been debleated -- don'ts had all been de-- goats had all been debleated. they didn't want the locals animal rights activists finding out they had goats on base. so the goats were just standing there with their mouths opening and closing with no bleats coming out. this is because they'd been shot in the leg and then nursed back to health in regular, conventional medical training programs. the goats would all be herded into a room and thrown a hand get grade, and they'd all rush in and try and nurse the goats back to health. terrible things were done to goats in the u.s. military. but if that wasn't bad enough, in the early 1980s and once again today, once they had all these goats on base, potential forces decided to try -- special forces decided to try and kill them just by staring at them. [laughter] so they started staring. they got in martial arts experts from around america including a man called guy sivelli from ohio and they basically just stared at the

turns out that there was a secret team of soldiers at fort bragg in north carolina. not that the soldiers would need to learn how to change the course of the enemy. i don't think it was something that could be deployable in a situation. didn't want the local animal rights activists to find out they have goats on base. many of them have their plans. they had been shot in the leg and nursed back to health and regular conventional medical training programs. sometimes they would all be herded into a room and then subdued with hand grenade. and then they would russian and try to nurse the goats back to health. as if that wasn't bad enough in the early 1980s and once again today once they have all of the goats on base special forces decided to try to kill them just by staring at them. they started hearing. they just basically stared at the goats. i managed to track down the goats. it was alexander who alienated. is it true did you ever managed to kill a goat just by staring at it. yes, it's true. only last week i killed my hamster just by staring at it. he said he have vid

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