goldstar wife amy looney joins us.re so sorry this happened to you and so grateful for you and your husband's service to our country and so sorry for your loss, but can you tell us what happened? >> yes. thank you for having me on today. my colleague and one of my closest friends, ryan mannion, who is the president for the organization that we work with, the travis manuel foundation. we were honored to have been invited to the american legion's veteran inaugural ball hosted at the renaissance hotel in washington d.c. and our main purpose in attending was really no political agenda, was simply just to honor and show our respect for our military community. the event was honoring about 40 medal of honor recipients that night and upon our arrival, we encountered a group probably of about 75 and i hate to even call them protesters because this was such an aggressive forum, well beyond peaceful protest. and they pushed us, they said horrible vulgar things to us, things i would never think to say to anybody, especially in tha

the names of fallen service members are written on the goldstar ornaments on the christmas trees theisplay honors the heroic men and women of our country of our nation's military who have laid down their lives for our country. i was carrying on their legacy may god bless the troops and their families. chiming bells call us to the east colony were bells all sizes float above us and line every archway in the east garden room horse-drawn's lay pulls into the historic mansion it's really cute wasn't it? and there we enter another hall of lights has carlin's agreed envelop us in the tranquility nature. in that library vintage trees shines with the color of the holidays. walking in i was taking back to my childhood because when that tree first came out, you know it was an antique. [laughter] we know christmas had begun. across the hall we enjoy trees of stacked and vibrant silk flowers. that spill out of the china room we can almost smell the warm aroma filling the air with memories. earlier this year i opened the diplomatic room it was the first time to be on the tour. said the expanded w

does anyone here know a goldstar parent or sibling? ok, you get the question. >> thank you, general kelly. first of all, i have a great deal of respect for all you are done. if we could take this a bit further, why were they in niger? we were told that they were in armored vehicles and there was no air cover. so what are the specifics about this incident and 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. in south korea. in 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. the colombians, central americans, the mexicans. 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 th

to every goldstar mother and father, into the blue star family that he has denigrated. who the heck does he think he is? >> there is nobody that feels more strongly about our soldiers, our wounded warriors, our soldiers that died in war than i do. it is a hoax. >>> a live look right now, the home of the warriors will become a ballot drop off site starting october 31. also the teams on broadway, they will both serve as polling site on election day. it is part of the organizations ongoing commitment is. you have until october 19 to register to vote, for more information on how to do so online, just go to our website, kpix.com /campaign 2020.

mom or a goldstar dad. so we try to get that message out. leland: quickly, mona, you said more could be done. give me a couple of things. >> one of the things that just what you said, those who know goldstar families recognize that they're a goldstar family. i have a goldstar hanging in my window. for those who do know goldstar families, recognize them, show your support for them, and honor them on those days like memorial d day. leland: we stop and think on memorial day, you stop and think a number of times, 365 days a year. >> right. leland: becky and mona appreciate you being with us. we told todd and sherone in our thoughts and prayers and thank you both. >> thank you. leland: when we come back, we'll take a look how memorial day began, not only how we say thank you, but also, how we celebrate the freedoms we have because of those who have given so much. . >> it's emotional. >> yes, it is. and you don't think you're going to get that way until you've been here. with all that usaa offers why go with anyb

he spent the last week feuding goldstar his bat with parents and last week he landed in a feud with paul ryan and john mccain saying he wouldn't endorse them. this is kind of an attempt to move past that. slipping in the polls, and this is an attempt to bring his campaign back on track. --ry: is it implantable implementable? sahil: the parts he outlined today are the parts the republicans in congress will like. can he get big tax cuts and deregulation through? such as the repeal of dodd-frank? yes, he can. proposed rejecting the transpacific partnership and a massive public works program, something about half $1 trillion in for structure spending. coming is of things unlikely to be able to get through, no matter who is running congress, especially if it's republicans. the parts of the speech he

john paluska we heard from goldstar families this week.t just from the initial hurt but losing their loved ones in the u.s. response so far. as a result of the botched withdrawal. as everybody caught off guard. tell us what it was like in the early days in afghanistan. >> i was not on the ground in the early days but i have a number of friends who weren't there. we could talk about abigail in the field security measures there. to start you don't announce, you don't give a date or location that is military doctrine. what we want to focus on how can we better the situation that is there right now. there is a moral obligation to show that americans military forces will stand by their counterparts. as a green beret we speak foreign linkages, we rely for our safety into be forced to wak away from the orders that were given from the top is not how business should be done. maria: of course not, we left all of the equipment and armor meant there. but on top of that, ben loper, what is with all the money that we are sending. $2 billion to the talib

last month i introduced the goldstar family fellowship program act. this will establish a fellowship for those goldstar families in our senate offices. i've also joined senator castor and the hello girls congressional gold-medal act to honor our women soldiers from world war i. and i am here also to make certain that our nation is a nation of legal immigrants, not illegal. the chaos at the border should embarrass each and every one of us. it's been decades in the making. this is something that we ought to work together to solve. to solve this crisis of drug trafficking sex trafficking, human trafficking and games. solve it, rather than allow it to be a political issue for a campaign. and i'm here to work to protect your rights to privacy. the physical and virtual space. yesterday senator clover chart and i this focuses on how we are protecting americans from what i call the data pirates. at google and facebook. your privacy is important and i believe that you and i have the right to send those trends without having our entire life story sold to the hi

particularly to the goldstar families in the room. if you may just raise your hands, those representing loved ones. i am one of you. thank you for holding that up. i am one of you and i know how you feel. i have been looking for answers my whole life after losing my father in vietnam. you can imagine the questions i had to this very day. with the help of the office of chairman milley, i went back to vietnam for the first time in my life in march of last year , i went to the very dirt where my father took his last breath. i can tell you it is where i took my first. when i came home, i recognized two things, first, one of the answers is this piece of plastic, a voting card we use in the house chamber, where we make decisions which can make life and take life, true in the white house and our generals, with our armed services, and the weight of that is something that changed me forever. but i also recognized is our report about the hospitality of the beat mimi's -- the vietnamese were when i was there, how gracious, how hospitable, how ki

couple of weeks ago on the 80th anniversary of d-day, we told you the story of ron de elliott, a goldstar daughter her father, corporal frank elliot, was killed during the normandy invasion. now for decades, rhonda and other goldstar families were able to call on the american battlefield monuments commission or a bmc to place flowers, flowers at the family's paid for themselves on the graves of their loved ones in the cemetery series oversees such as in normandy, it meant so much to them this is my father's ghraieb in normandy with flowers people walk into the cemeteries, they see these flowers and they know that there's somebody at home that's still cares about that soldier nine years ago presumably for cost reasons, the a bmc shutdown that program. >> retired marine corps general john kelly had goldstar dad himself first told us about this program being shut down i think it's minimal cost to the government, minimal work for the government. i suppose who some administrative costs and the battle monuments, but i can't imagine very much it even if it was a lot i've been they did give their

maybe they'll tell you why they ended this service for goldstar families. >> and just minutes, donaldline his first major events since last week's criminal conviction beyond maga world, how much support does he still have within the larger republican party? >> i'll ask a member in good standing, virginia governor glenn youngkin's joins us next the most anticipated moment of this election the stakes couldn't be higher. >> the president and the former president one stage moderated by jake tapper and dana bash, the cnn presidential debate thursday, june 27, nine live on cnn and streaming on max shop etsy for thoughtful pieces made by real people to bring a little something extra to the ordinary find items that add, wow, two walls and make you fall in love of with your family room again when you want one-of-a-kind pieces to refresh your home that's the hazard start your day with nature. the number one pharmacist recommended vitamin supplement brand and kept even bigger. okay, doesn't blow and gave a cutscene i think going carton can slaving and good without done stifle grading blonde, goo

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goldstar parents addressed the dnc last week, trump continues to sidestep the controversy, his running mate, the father of a marine addressed it directly. >> captain humayun khan is an american hero. >> reporter: the story is such a headline it is prompting a response from the vfw saying election year or not, the vfw will not tolerate anyone member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression. yesterday president obama made a thinly veiled reference to trump while addressing a veterans group in atlanta. >> i'm tired of some folks trash talking america's military and troops. >> reporter: trump will host a rally less than an hour from where humayun khan grew up. yesterday he took a swipe at his democratic rival. >> clinton, she is the devil. >> reporter: and clinton through her own punches yesterday while campaigning for 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. juliet: some citing a new york times report ci

it was often called the goldstar mother pilgrimages.t was the goldstar pilgrimage, because it was mothers who lost their sons. widows as well. if they had a widow, the widow would be the one ultimately -- the superintendent at that point would have welcomed them in. if memory serves me, it was an approximately three-week voyage from door to door. a cruise liner with nice table cloths. it took a long time to get here, 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 an aisne-marne group. 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. interestingly, these are desegregated integrated sites. there are black soldiers buried next to white soldiers, buried next to officers, all states, many of them first-generation immigrants and all that. there were goldstar groups of african-american wo

it was often called the goldstar mother pilgrimages. was the goldstar pilgrimage, because it was mothers who lost their sons. sometimes, widows as well. most of these guys did not get a chance to marry. but if they had a widow, the widow would be the one ultimately -- the superintendent at that point would have welcomed them in. if memory serves me, it was an approximately a three-week voyage from door to door. on a cruise liner with nice tablecloth and all of that. but, it took a long time to get here, 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 will talk about that. this would be an aisne-marne group. always done in the summer months. 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. interestingly, these are desegregated integrated sites. there are black soldiers buried next to white sold

the goldstar families. >> yes. the goldstar pilgrimage is a part of history that doesn't get all the play it deserves. the u.s. government gave the family of the fallen the choice to bring their loved ones home. for those who chose to leave them overseas, they were given the choice to come over in the early 1930s and visit their loved ones headstone. and visit the battlefields. they did some shopping and other things that were not war related. but that was over four different summers, 1930 to 1933. i don't know how many ultimately came to this site. but 6693, i think is the total number of women who came over on that trip. men were not eligible. they often call it the goldstar mother pilgrimage, because it was mothers, who lost their sons. sometimes widows, as well. most of these guys didn't have a chance to marry, but if they had a widow, she was the one who was eligible. the superintendent at that point would've welcomed them in and taken them around. they would have come on a cruise liner, with nice table cloths

and he stayed right with this prerace hundreds of thousands of dollars the goldstar families. some those funds as you know went into monuments across the nation. including the 1 cent to the capitol when honored also with of the race. i know many things what he and i worked out to get up if you multiply that by all the other people he worked with you will fully realize woody's incredible impact on west virginia and the entire country. that is why he got a ship of the va hospital national guard reserve center named after him. most recently, because of what our va medical centers were saved. his testimony ended the air w commission which would have turned three of our fort west virginia va medical centers into urgent care centers as well as countless others across the n nation. and really into s rural america but rural veterans would not have been served. every veteran in the nation can thank woody for saving the va hospital. this thinking as governor and help so much as we stood at the for veterans affairs. the family member advisory group. for 11 to clean up the clarksburg heal

joined me now, to goldstar fathers who lost their sons in last week's attack.et me start with you, mark, if i may be a your son wasas sent back to afghanistan to assist with the evacuation efforts. you said it something he always wanted to do. of never seen a young man train as hard as he did to be thea bet soldier he could be. he went back just for this mission. explain. >> is, he did. first, i just wanted to say that jared has exemplified so much that any man could ever strive for and madee me so proud to watch him undertake this endeavor of going into the marine corps. he completed his boot camp. he went to jordan, was excited about that. and was constantly looking to do more and was given that opportunity. >> first, i want to say to both of you if i may come as a parent, nobody can understand the loss that both of you have gone through. i can't't imagine the pain that both of you are living through and i'm very sorry about that. mark, you met with biden over the weekend, how did that go? >> initially, i wasn't going to meet with him, but then i felt i owed

a massachusetts goldstar brother is adding his voice to that fight. >> we are immigrants. carlos and his wife -- he was killed in action in iraq. they are down those were watching live as another goldstar parent blasted donald trump. >> i think i made a lot of sacrifices. signed a letter to trump demanding an apology. they say when you question a mother's pain kept her from addressing an arena. family member. >> the one thing that i think is not partisan is support of troops. the vfw is also condemning trumps comments. tracking down thieves tied to nearly a dozen crimes. prosecutors reveal the strategy used to grab piles of electronics and $120,000. a new weather pattern. that would be nice. i will see which way the drought looks like it will be heading. a local company turning out healthy snacks for people with allergies. the personal health scare that capital one believes your bank should work for you, not the other way around. so capital one reimagined banking... ? with a place that feels nothing like a bank. and helpful people that talk to you...not sell to you. no min

tell us about 31 goldstar and first responder surviving families. >> pictures of these heroes who madeas police officers, many served our country first before they became first responders. it's a promise the tunnel to towers has made a promise your viewers joined us on to make sure we take care of these families. if they are willing to go out and protect us we've got to take care of the families left behind and that is what we are doing here for independence day, independence weekend, make sure we always step up and do the right thing because so many of them, those 31 plus staff sergeant ben webb. there's a lot more that has to be helped. joe: we see people from all backgrounds but chose different careers in life to serve others. it is independence day. how do you serve? >> i will be with my family. i will be here later on, a special on fox, we pray, i pray for these great heroes, their families are safe, their families somehow learn to live with this sacrifice their loved ones have made and we celebrate our independence, celebrate this country, the greatest country that is ever existe

a goldstar family that is with us tonight. mary and charles strange are here. where are they?re. they are behind us, over here. they lost their son michael. >> come on up. [applause] it is a little harder to get up since i got shot. they have made it more difficult. perhaps that is the way it is supposed to be. >> sarah, they lost their son, michael. -- sir, they lost their son, michael. do you want to say anything? >> under obama is right. under obama. >> mr. president, my son was killed august 6, 2011 in the biggest loss of life in the iraq afghan war, the biggest loss of life in the single day, 22 of the men were navy special warfare. we still have not gotten any answers. i was wondering, i am begging you. we would like a congressional hearing. >> so here is what we are gonna do. in the first week, let me have, not the first day because i made a lot of promises in the first day, we are going to drill baby drill and close out the border and we are gonna do a lot in the first day in the first week we will set up a commission we are going to find out because so many people are

to our blue star and goldstar , you make our national defense possibleour arms and world. the end, america's greatest strategic asset will blet us always remember our fallen heroes, let us always strive to defend democracy for which they fought and died. they did their duty and we must, too. ladies anden, our commander in chief has always stood up for our military families, and our veterans. is my honor to introduce the president of the united states. [applause] pres. biden: you. thank. please be seated. 160 years ago this monthdst of the civil war, the first american sol laid to rest at these hallowed grounds. private william chrisman, a pennsylvania had enlisted just seven weeks before. ceremony to consecrate this new sanctuary. it point in the war. fighting shifted mounting and the grinding campaign. over the year, william would be joined in death, asin arms in his final resting place. us would be plantation into a national shrine for those american heroes who died for freedom. us. my fellow jill, vice president harris,man, secretary austin, general brown, veterans and

our goldstar and surviving families wage a fight that goes on long after the funerals.acred duty to do more to ease the burden that they shoulder on memorial day, and every day. for as long as america has sent our sons and daughters into harm's way, those on the homefront have also been on the frontlines. mr. president, you know firsthand the pride of seeing a loved one put on our countries uniform -- our country's uniform. you know what it means to wait and worry wallace on -- while assad cert -- while a son serves in about is on far away. you know what it means to commit troops to fight. you understand the mixture of pride, stress, 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. all we can do is honor the memory of those you lost by caring the memories of those who you mourn. and by seeking to perfect our union and defend our democracy. and by striving to live ou

service members were murdered "last week the goldstar father of a u.s.killed in that attack yelled "abbey gate chapleau from calgary during lisieux's part -- state of the unit address. he was then dragged out at -- and arrested by capitol police. and he will join us for his first interview and respond. that's straight ahead. keep in mind no one has ever been held accountable for lisieux's tumultuous withdrawal from afghanistan. lisieux didn't even seem to understand what this goldstar father was shouting. the president had long forgotten those who were killed under his watch, does not he left behind. in a very hyper conduct of joe biden, well he did cover a lot of topics during the state of the union address other topics. he was even shamed into mentioning lincoln riley calendar young woman who was reportedly murdered by one of the nearly ten plus illegal immigrants, unmuted imago -- illegal immigrants of joe biden that had for the cost or work -- open border in ourselves. unfortunately well even joe got her name wrong, calling her lincoln riley. on face

i want to take the -- goldstar families.re has been no accountability, the same individuals are getting promoted, they are serving, allowed to serve after making critical errors that cost lives but people ■awho refuse, becaus of religious and medical exemptions, are being purged out of our military think of the irony of this. i want to thank both of you for your service. i will ask rhetorical questions which are needed in an effort to face the context of my for the questions. mr milley, can you tell me what your description of your job was as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff? >> codified in law the senior military advisor to the president. secretary of defense and national security council. and to congress by extension. his or her job, to be the senior military advisor of the group of people called the joint chiefs of staff, we are the chiefs of the individual services and we represent the joint chiefsand their advice to the president and secretary of defense. if there is dissenting advice, you give that as well. >> you

every goldstar family today, we pay tribune to the heroes you knew and loved.grieve and mourn by your side and we honor the immortal sacrifice of 241 heroes who gave their lives for our freedom. thank you for being here. 1983 roughly 1800 marines were in beirut to keep the peace in a nation torn apart by civil war. terrorists had bombed the u.s. embassy earlier that year killing 63 people including 17 americans. marines stationed at the beirut airport, the morning of october 23 arrived like any other. the marines stood there at their posts. others slept peacefully in their bunks. until suddenly, and without warning, the truck driven by a terrorist crashed through the fences and barricades and into the lobby of the marine barracks. terroristm., the detonated the equivalent of 1000 of explosives killing three american soldiers, 18 american sailors, and 220 u.s. marines. it was a horrible moment. minutes later, another truck bomb took the lives of 58 french. troopers. paratroopers. it was the worst day since iwo jima. the attack was carried out by has the law whic

still trying to get justice for the goldstar families.f that three and a half years into this -- into this administration. >> hannity: thank you for your efforts. please know this, this audience cares and we haven't forgotten what happened to your sons. we know the truth about joe biden and what he did that day. our prayers and thoughts are with both of you. i can't imagine as a father the pain you live with every day. thank you all. we're going to tell you why kamala harris dropped an f. bomb earlier today. [sfx] water lapping. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [sfx] water splashing. ♪ ♪ [sfx] ambient / laughing. ♪ ♪ >> hannity: your giggling vice president spoke earlier today and gave a giggle filled speech and even dropped an f. bomb. take a look. >> we have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open, sometimes they won't. then you need to kick that [ bleep ] door down. [ cheering and applause ] >> excuse my language. >> hannity: the thought of her being president, not funny. the host of... your reaction last week it was fallopia

those who have served before and all the goldstar families. you will not be forgotten. you did the job you were asked and you do not deserve the withdrawal of the biden administration and nancy pelosi in the time of need. reporter: explain what you would expect from a beef ring -- briefing on sensitive members when congress is out of session but when you talk about bringing congress back, i talked to a lot of members who were disappointed . what would you want congress to do? is there something of legislation layout? put something in concrete terms of bringing congress back. rep. mccarthy: you have five days before the president lets taliban dictate we leave americans in afghanistan. five days counting today. what can we do? we have watched the last briefings we had -- the first briefing we had over a phone -- where they cut people off after a few questions. he did it twice because after the first one, the state department did the exact same thing again, leaving members in the queue but not getting the questions asked when you know member after member has constituents,

members of our armed forces, veterans and most of all, our goldstar families.at have given way to the silence of these sacred hills. the chaos and confusion of battle has yielded to perfect , precise rows of peace. the americans who rest here and their families, the best of us and those from whom we asked everything. ask almost today only one thing in return . that we remember them. if you look closely at the white markers that drape these hills, one thing you will notice as that so many of the years, the dates of birth and dates of death are so close together. they belong to youngamericans . those who never lived to be honored as veterans for their service. men who battled their own brothers in civil war, those who fought as a band of brothers and ocean away. men and women who redefine heroism for a new generation. they are generals buried besides privates they lead. americans known as dad or mom. some only known to god. mister hellman, a marine who then watched over these grounds has said, everyone here is someone here. those who rest beneath this silence not

goldstar families. that left in the convention over the summer. i just thought the selfless devotion that brings a man and woman to die on the battlefields, i thought that might be sacred. when i listen to this woman, what she was saying, what she was doing on tv, the only thing i could do to collect my thoughts was to go and walk among the finest men and women on this earth. you can always find them in arlington national cemetery. i went there for an hour and a half, walked among the stones, some of whom i put there because they were doing what i told them to do when they were killed. i will end with this. 2015, i was still on active duty, i went to the dedication of the new fbi office in miami. it was dedicated to two men who were killed in a firefight in miami against drug traffickers in 1986. duke. and grogan almost retired. duke was less than a year on the job. they got in a gunfight and they were killed. three other fbi agents were there. they were wounded. they are now retired. jim comey gave a brilliant memorial speech to those fallen men,

to every goldstar family, we will stand by your side forever, it is very fitting that the veterans' dayarade begins right here in new york city. since the earliest days of our nation, new york has exemplified the american spirit and has been at the heart of our nation's story of daring and defiance. on july 2, 1776, the british armada sailed into new york harbor numbering more than 400 ships and carrying more than 30,000 men. the british came here to snub out what they thought was just a minor american revolution. didn't turn out to be that way. but the redcoats did know, what they did know was they were going to have a problem, but they didn't know that new york would meet them with the fearsome power of american patriots. in world war i, new york, regiments like harlem, hellfighters, the lost battalion and the fighting 69th were revered all over the globe. during world war ii, 63 million tons of supplies and more than 3 -- than three million service members shipped out of new york harbor. on september 11, 2001, the whole world saw the horror, and responded to america's wicked enemies

in children of goldstar family members and children of our disabled.he general assembly submitted and split in without anyone being aware of it into a budget bill and cancellation of the program and on may 15 it went into effect, literally two days in it shocked the veteran community and virginia and it was so out of the blue no one expected this to come obviously created a massive outreach, this was done in a year of surplus in the year that many of the universities are claiming that they're doing great but at the same time they're saying we cannot sustain this program. pete: it was a university that voted for in the probably a lot of members didn't know it was in the of that's away a lot of politics work this is not something were used to give us some entitlement. if you're receiving this program is because you've given a lot for this country. >> it impacts those who have made the greatest sacrifice and also so frustrating about this for the state of virginia and governor youngkin to say we're going to make this the most veteran friendly state in the

our goldstar families have suffered a great loss but they continue to love us. gained an additional 250 marines as well. >> can you explain that bond for us? >> they are absolutely our family. there's no other way to describe it. we are connected in everything we do. it's not only an important part that we as marines stay connected to our families, we understand the loss of those goldstar families. there's no way to replace that and it's important for them to understand that we still love them and we are still here for them. if they just pick up the phone, we can help in any way. but usually we are the ones picking up the phone. we call them on mother's day for example. >> this is something we continue to enjoy day in and day out. one of the stories in the book is about a marine that we lost to suicide. we talked about how hard it is to process that, i was just talking to his mom this week. that's one of the most remarkable things, all marines honor everyone. they don't discriminate. when you lose a kid you lose a kid. >> i want to ask you, major, these families

and the goldstar mothers, thank you for your leadership. as denis just said, we not only all recognize the sacrifices the families have made, over the years, but we recognize the great service of those we lost [applause] i want to introduce the secretary of defense. lloyd james austin the third is a friend, someone i've worked with over the years, and like dennis, has made incredible contributions to this country in different ways. all of them important. we all do what we can. teddy roosevelt once said you do the best you can where you are with what you've got. i've always thought that is a turn of phrase that explains it all. in each individual life about contributions to this country. lloyd j austen the third is a graduate of west point. he picked up a couple matchers -- masters degrees on his way to become a four-star general, and he served as the vice chief of staff to the army, and one of the duties i performed as secretary of defense was to swear him in as a commanding officer. the commander. central command. it is about as difficult

the goldstar family is calling on donald trump to apologize to the parentof killed in iraq. don't look for that to happen. teresa is here with more on what trump has said . he is not apologize, is that correct? >> donald trump a host a rally 47 minutes from where my income grew up. this is his parents calling sacrifice nothing and no one.e attempt to change the conversation to put the focus back on policy issues like isis. >> i am not talking about the cons are a lot of people ?i'm talking about people coming from syria that are not properly vetted . >> at the issue donald trump is attempting to move past. bipartisan backlash over in salty directed at the parents of con killed in iraq back in 2004. after his goldstar parents address the while trump continues to sidestep the controversy, his running mate addressed it directly. >> as donald trump and i both said, captain, is an american hero. [cheering] story had become such a headline that it's prompting in response from the vfw saying election year or not ?the vfw will not tolerate anyone berating a goldstar family president

it was a tie given to me by goldstar life who never ever wanted to be a goldstar way. she just wanted to be the wife of chris horton. who she intensely loved. who went to afghanistan to serve his country in the oklahoma national guard and died for our freedom. two years later she handed me this tie and said, he hated wearing ties but you have to wear them all the time. just remember him. we as americans will not forget. and we have not forgotten. they are flags all over america today just to remember there are moms and dads that really hug their kids type this morning before they left for school and the kids didn't even know why. they just did. and there are places that are gathering to be able to pray for peace because as a nation we are a nation of peace and we have no desire for war, in fact, we detest the pain and penalty and blood and loss of war. we have no desire to be at war across the world. it came to us and we look forward to the day when the guns are silent again. in this finally cconcludes in time of peace can be restored again. today though we are just a

goldstar families are those who have lost center dot or sewer serving in the u.s. military. the rudder led -- this comes as a bunk with the new york times" is reporting that donald trump received five deferments during vietnam. republican vice presidential candidate mike pence had to defend the mother of a soldier from the crowd's boos at one of his rallies monday. the crowd booed catherine byrne, whose son serves in the u.s. air force, after byrne asked pence about trump's treatment of muslim parents khizr and ghazala khan. again, trump is disrespected our nation's armed forces and veterans and disrespect for mr. khan and his family -- [boos] when you're able to look at trump in the eye and tell him, enough is enough. you have a son in the military. how do you tolerate this disrespect? >> well, i thank you for the question. it's all right. it is all right. folks, that is what freedom looks like and that is what freedom sounds like. amy: donald trump has said if someone harassed his daughter the same way women have alleged former fox news chairman roger ailes did to them, he

[applause] earlier tonight, several members of our goldstar family committee let us in the pledge of allegiance. we have gotten to know these families pretty well of the last seven years. you represent yourselves and the price that you pay for. you honor us with your presence here tonight. thank you. [applause] five months ago, we are the news that a suicide bomber had attacked a checkpoint to afghanistan. along with 13 members of the u.s. military. one of those lost that day was massachusetts own marine corps sergeant. she volunteered for that mission. she was there because she was there because she wanted to be there. to evacuate women and children from the increasingly dangerous streets. she paid for it with her life. lieutenant governor and i spent time with her family when she returned home. the kind and decent people out and heartbroken that she is gone. i would like to ask for a moment of silence to honor those up you have lost in the goldstar families they have left behind because they are the very best among us. thank you. let me close with this. any fall of 2018, we were hi