we'll be back with a song from trace adkins, everybody.: we've got a great show coming up tomorrow. the beautiful diane lane will be here. [ cheers and applause ] from their npr show, "wait from their npr show, "wait wait, don't tell me!" peter sagal and carl kasell will be stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] love those guys. and we'll have music from a good band, fist full of mercy, is going to be here tomorrow night. hope to see you back here. it's gonna be great. our next guest is a long-time country music hit maker. he's here tonight to play the title track from his latest album "cowboy's back in town." please welcome the one and only trace adkins. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ nobody knows where she goes every other weekend ♪ ♪ monday morning she's back at work with a smile on her face again ♪ ♪ they ask but she don't tell she's keeping him to herself ♪ ♪ he rolls in like a southwest wind hot off of the plains ♪ ♪ she needs the love he brings like the desert needs the rain ♪ ♪ this high rise life she's living is beginning to get he

trace adkins is going to be joining us.e'll have a problem with that. he'll be joining us today. >> gretchen: two of the most powerful women in the republican party, congresswoman michelle bachman and the new low elected kristy noem. she's going to be in a leadership position as a freshman. >> brian: elmo, you're powerful in your own world. >> steve: exactly. >> gretchen: all right. let's start this part of the hour with your headlines. we have a fox news alert. we're learning this morning that a suspected bomb was found in a suitcase at wind hock airport, delaying a flight to germany. a scan showed it contained batteries attached to a clock. but they said no explosives were found. germany's interior minister raised the country's security level because of increased terror threats. >>> search teams may have uncovered new evidence in the case of that missing ohio family. volunteers found clothing, tennis shoes and a hair clip near where the family disappeared. but police now looking to see if those items are actually related

jim adkins of the maryland national guard has personally overseen wave after wave of deployment. >> we've had two deployment ceremonies soldiers going to iraq afghanistan and kuwait. sunday meeting with more troops going to africa drill wells to provide water for the population. >> reporter: since 2005 baltimore county executive jim smith has insisted upon setting aside time to honor veterans past and present the day before the national holiday. >> we owe them this day, but we owe them so much more. they deserve the support of a grateful community that is determined they get a chance to realize the american dream, that they have given up so much to defend. >> reporter: smith even commissioned patriot plaza between the owned courthouse and circuit court in towson to salute each branch of the armed services. this is the first time it has been used to commemorate veteran's day a day we set aside to honor brave men and women who defend our freedom every day. >> i can tell you the families that have deployed soldiers and airmen that's never lost on them and lost on me as i watch the families s

country stars trace adkins, and flooding -- a lot of you will remember that flooding shut them down eight once again. >>> i'm going to tell you about some of the stories making headlines right now. we could know today whether a jawbone found on a beach in aruba is from natalee holloway. experts in the netherlands are now running tests on the bones. the family provided dental records to the authorities early this week. the teenager disappeared in aruba five years ago. >>> the man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl helped them find the bodies of the other three missing. the bodies were found stuffed inside a hollow tree. >>> the u.s. senate expected today to approve $1.15 billion to fund a settlement between the agriculture department and minority farmers. that word from senate sources. the case involved racial bias. this settlement was reached more than a decade ago. >>> glee, i understand is a pretty big deal these days, pretty popular show. i haven't jumped on the bandwagon just yet. i keep hearing about it, but not everybody thrilled with the show lately. >>> also there's a brandy

. >> reporter: the latest star, trace adkins, who recently returned from his third uso tour hitting locationsaecom cases. >> the uso takes good care of us. you don't get pampered, you don't get particular colors of m and ms in the green room. >> reporter: tonight he's hosting a free concert for military families in fort benning, georgia, and it's very appreciated. >> i think it's the most wonderful thing. >> it's a good distraction, gets our mind off of the norm. >> i think it's great because they're standing behind our soldiers. >> reporter: and trace feels their love. >> it's the most appreciative crowd you'll ever play for. >> reporter: between now and the end of the year, the uso is planning 14 holiday tours with robin williams, sugarland and katy perry. it would love to see more young female movie stars go overseas such as scarlett johansson who did a trip back in 2008. if you'd like to support the cause, head to uso.org, and i'll toss it back to grow guys. jenna: thank you very much. jon: of course, so many of those soldiers are posted overseas right now because of what happened on 9/11

country music singer trace adkins who recently returned from his third uso tour in the middle east.lacking those five star akomatikses. >> thaccommodations. >> the uso takes care of us over there. >> they put in 18-20 hours days and get up and do it again for another three or four days straight. >> reporter: tonight trace is hosting a free concert for military families and it is very much appreciated. the country singer to come out in support us and do it for free is the most wonderful thing. >> a goody's traction. it gets our mind off of the norm. >> i think it is great because it shows that they actually stand behind soldiers. >> reporter: and trace feels their love. >> it is the most appreciated crowd you will ever play for. these guys and girls are over there giving these people a chance to at least live in the country where they can survive and hopefully prosper some day. >> reporter: between now and the end of the year the uso a planning 14 holiday tours with robin williams, sugarland and katie perry. they have like to get more female superstars to go overseas. all of the prog

the latest star to say thank you, country music singer trace adkins who recently returned from his thirdo tour in the middle east. hitting locations lacking those five-star accommodations. >> uso takes good care of us when we're ever there and it's not like we're camping out. you don't get pampered. you don't get particular colors of m&m's in the green room. >> when he's home, he still gives back with the uso. tonight he's hosting a free concert for military families at fort benning in georgia. it's very much appreciated. >> country singer to come out and support us and to do it for free, i think it's the most wonderful thing. >> good distraction. gets our mind off the norm. >> i think it's great. it shows they're actually standing behind our soldiers. >> and trace feels their love. >> it's the most appreciative crowd you'll ever play for. >> between now and the end of the year, the uso is planning 14 holiday tours with celebrities such as robin williams, sugarland and katie perry. would love to get more female movie stars to go overseas such as scarlet johansson who did a trip to the pe