just to the south is fort campbell. home to more than 13,000 army soldiers and their families. after facing danger all over the world, soldiers return to a collective sigh of relief. after all, bad things aren't supposed to happen here. but when one young sergeant returned from a tour in afghanistan, he had no idea the enemy would be much closer to home. >> multiple gunshots to his face and head. >> he had only been back from fighting in the war for such a short period of time. it was tragic. >> my heart sunk. >> sergeant vincent gos lynn jr., a father of five had served in the army for seven years as a quarter master and mechanic. >> did vince ever express to you what it meant to serve his country? >> he loved it. >> to hamilton, his cousin. as he explains it, they were much more than that. >> were you like a big brother to vince? >> yeah. with him, i don't know, weighed bond. he had an outgoing personality. he had a crazy little grin when he was doing something mischievous. >> and he recalls the mischief they got into in a small michigan town called cadillac. >> we would be p

prosecutors say three fort campbell soldiers bought the guns and sold them illegally tot the guns and sold them illegally to con convicted felons in chicago. these straw purchases have helped fuel the violence. last month, prosecutors say another straw purchase for these two brothers led to the shooting death of the first female officer in three decades in chicago. john lausch is the u.s. attorney here. >> this is not a victimless crime, you know. guns end up in the hands of wrong people who can use them to do harm. >> reporter: the justice department has launched a strike force in chicago and four other cities to fights gun cities to fight gun trafficking. kristen ditinio, the special agent in charge of chicago's a.t.f. office will lead the crackdown. >> the straw purchasers are savvy and the spent is to deceive the dealer. it is our cornerstone to type the straw punches. >> reporter: the trigger pullers also need to be held accountable. >> the offenders are not afraid of getting caught or the consequences. >> reporter: crackdowns on guns date back decades but authorities hope for im

family and friends, because tomorrow is never guaranteed to damian smith, a soldier posted at fort campbell. kentucky, says he was already desk. in for military service. but 9 11 underscored its importance. i definitely think about those guys everyday men and women, children, you know whoever lost their lives that day. um my family is constantly praying for you guys to damian keeps a copy of the text book he and his classmates used when they read to the president with the help of their teacher, kay daniels. i'm in constant contact with my students. since that time, there was a bond, a bond that was formed and it's never changed. miss daniels says she's not only proud of the men and women her students have become but proud of the children. they used to be. after all, it was their hard work, improving reading skills that brought the president to their school and solidified their place in history. and sarasota, florida. jonathan serrie fox news still ahead here. some republican governors are fighting back against president biden's vaccine mandate for businesses. we're also learning wanna vacci

la damion smith a soldier posted at fort campbell, kentucky says he was already destined for militarys importance. >> i definitely think about those guys every day, men and women, children, you know, whoever lost their lives that day. my family is constantly praying for you guys. >> la damion keeps a copy of the textbook he and his classmates used when they read to the president with the help of their teacher kaye daniels. >> i'm in constant contact with my students since that time. there was bond that was formed and it never changed. >> ms. daniels proud of the men and women her students have become but proud of the children they used to be. after all, it was their hard work improving reading skills that brought president bush to their school and solidified their place in history john. >> bret: jonathan, thank you. another american tragedy the benghazi disaster occurred september 11th, 2012. militants attacked a u.s. consulate in the libyan city of benghazi. u.s. ambassador chris stevens was killed along with air force veteran sean smith and navy seals tyrone woods and glen daugherty

a soldier posted at fort campbell, kentucky said he was already destined for military service but 9/11ortance. >> it is definitely something bigger than myself. >> he keeps a copy of the book they read to the president. he and his classmates had their families to comfort them. not the case for those who lost loved ones in the world trade center, pentagon or hijacked aircraft. >> i think about those men and women and children every day, who lost their lives that day. my family is constantly praying for you guys. >> bill: more than 1400 miles from new york city, a garden memorial at the university of houston houses a steel beam from the fallen twin towers. a spine of how this horrific event at least for a moment united america. >> it takes one day to really put forth how connected we are and how connected we should be. >> to this day the students stay in touch with each other and their teacher. i spoke with ms. daniels this morning. she is not only proud of the men and women who students have become but the children they once were. they had worked so much to improve their reading skills,

and john, as you know, the 101 rs airborne, the fifth division special ops guys that is out of fort campbell in tennessee. we are hearing a lot about this. there is a lot of disgust with the command team at the pentagon and disgust that you have got a commander on navy ship that goes out and talks to the press about a covid outbreak and he gets separated. you have a lieutenant colonel with an issue how things are being happened, he gets separated, but you have got the chairman of the joint chiefs, you have the def, sitcomcommander and they are giving nuanced answers and not giving detail we need. there is inconsistency there. the u.s. military is a well trained military. they need strong definitive leadership, they deserve that, they are the best in the world. the guys at the top are messing this up. >> sandra: senator, you need to run back into the hearing room, we appreciate you joining us. senator, thank you. john. >> john: national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us with the later on all of this, we are struck with the idea the president said nobody recommended leaving troo

we heard that one time in fort campbell where i think the president said who did it and somebody saidnt. eventually you revealed yourself after you took a trip to the 9/11 museum, you know, had was not publicized but you wanted to donate the uniform you were wearing that day. and you took along with you a journalist who you had met in irish bar in the washington, d.c. you wanted -- you just wanted somebody to take pictures of it so you would remember. >> that's correct. i wanted to donate something that was there without my name on it the smiewsm chronological and i wanted it to be documented. that was fox news peter doocy with me. and we were filming it once i donated the shirt. we went into a room and there was about 35 family members this there and they all lost loved ones on 9/11. and watching their response to being able to put a face with a name that killed bin laden. they were saying there will never be closure the worst day in our lives but this will help with the healing process. it was at that moment i realized if i can help 35 people i can probably help thousands of people

say arnold air force base, the university of tennessee space institute, vanderbilt university, fort campbell army base, oak ridge national labtory, and other tennessee stakeholders will receive the funds that they need to carry out vital operations for the united states military. that said, the bill is not perfect. i'm disappointed house democrats were preventing my no first use amendment for coming to the floor for a vote. in hearings before our committee, our military leadership emphasized a no first use policy is a limiting strategic mistake and a number of our allies have expressed these concerns directly to me as well. we should never tip our strategic plans to our adversaries. it's also disappointing that those on the other side of the aisle have taken a bill intended to improve our military and muddled with attempts to score political points. while i don't support these poison bills pils, i'm hopeful my colleagues will remove them during conference. that said we must move forward with this legislation and i rise in supporter making it stronger, avoiding nongermane political issues, an

campbell airport. the reports were getting on the ground is many didn't have had no form of id whatsoever. when i went to fort mccoy, i asked granting general again all the every contingency plan for asked randy general . when you 1st find out that your mission would be as an intake facility for dentistry and refugees, he said 10 days ago, i asked the commanding general, i asked the representative food pharma state as well as from foreign homeland security. do we know that every refugee they receive so far is only a 1000 that point time that do we know that they at least have some form of id and we didn't were hearing all these assurances that were getting biometric re screen. you know, a 14 step plan i asked the, the head of northern command is use it for mccoy. describe those steps to me and what we screen them against. i mean our ice terrace, our, our kind of chairs did we buy mess biometric, rescreen them in the past that we can compare them to a database? what is that 14 step process in detail? not, not just 14 steps. tell me. describe to us in detail, how are we keeping this nation safe from such a chao

campbell airport. the reports we are getting on the ground is many didn't have had no form of id whatsoever. when i went to fort mccoy, i asked grant in general again, although every contingency plan for asked.