>> joining us is pete hegseth.aving me. >> we saw house speaker john boehner tear into the leadership of the v.a. this week and said little has been done. al do you agree? it's still one to ten, how would you rate it? >> i'd have to rate it to a zero to .5. there has been tiny bits of progress here and there. i've felt like a broken record over the last year saying many of the same things. this is a broken culture. you can't steer a ship of $160 billion. that doesn't move quickly. unfortunately, zero people not one -- some say one, by our count zero people have been held accountable. wait times are no better today than they were were a year ago. vet veterans have a card but they're not allowed to use it. there is no accountability. there is no culture change. without the culture change you won't see an environment of customer service that veterans deserve. >> can you tell us why secretary mcdonald came in president obama this is someone who is going to take a fresh look. has the bureaucracy won? >> i think so. we h

pete hegseth, thank you. good to see you. >> thank you.t will no longer allow federal programs to supply local police forces with some military-style equipment. joining us from washington, fox news contributor rod wheeler who is former washington d.c. homicide detective. and, rod, what do you make of this? because a lot of people have been very concerned about the militarization of police, and then ferguson and then -- >> baltimore. tom: just keep going on to different place, baltimore. what's the answer here? do they need that heavy power? >> you know good afternoon tom. i can tell you the answer is, yes, they do need that heavy power. and not necessarily for local patrols in their communities. i think we need that heavy power more today than we ever needed it before. why? because we see terrorists and terrorism now on the shores of the united states. we have groups like isis, tom that's trying to penetrate all of our major cities. and let me tell you, when isis arrives here, they're going to have military equipment. and that's why we, la

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joining us live is fox news contributor pete hegseth.? >> good morning. we've got a lot of great special guests. i'm here with nick jones, not just a filmmaker but marine. we're at the angelica film center at the gi film festival. it is the nation's only military film festival. 60 movies from across the country and world have been submitted. it's great to see a film festival dedicated to telling the stories of our military. you're a reservist, how long have you been serving? >> ten years. >> you have a film that's under consideration, it's called cold choices tell me about it. >> kind of similar to the the raid we just had in iraq, the cia has been pinpointed a high body target. marine corp goes in. >> cold choices is premiering on sunday at the g.i. film festival. nick continues to wear the uniform. tell me about the film festival and what it means for you. this is your second film you told me. what does it give you an opportunity to do? >> it gives veterans an opportunity to really just express their voice. in a way that isn't saturate

pete hegseth ceo of concerned veterans of america. both fox news contributors.e police are talking. it is early, katie. there is a lot we don't know. what do you want to know? >> i want to know whether moderate groups, so-called moderate islamic groups like council on islamic relations will condemn this act outright. this was an event there was a contest held to draw muhammad. this was an event in protest of another event held there in january that was anti-free speech. i think it's a pretty easy thing to talk about. do you condemn violence over cartoons or not? and the bottom line here is that there were a lot of people inside of that room exercising their free speech. and thank god there were armed police officers there, unlike in paris, to stop these guys before it got worse. it could have been much, much worse. the bottom line in america, free speech is under attack by islamics, islamists. what are moderate islamic groups going to do to stop it from happening in the future? bill: catherine herridge investigators are considering whether or not they had direct

. >> pete hegseth is back. >> he brought his mom penny with him. she's right to my immediate left.last night. >> on a bike. >> why did you choose this recipe? >> because it's one of my signature dishes. i'm not a great cook but i make a few things well and because it's tasty and it works in minnesota. >> pete, it smells fantastic. does this remind you of home? >> this is home. >> you walk into the house, the fire is burning parngts are there. i can smell this in the crock pot. >> we got the honor of knowing pete and everything he's done for our nation. we got to see him in action as a dad. what was he like as a little kid? >> he was strong willed. >> he didn't listen. >> what does it smell like when it's burning. are we oversauteing. >> true. >> we're adding like chicken stock. >> is that onions. >> a little messy. >> and add that in slowly. that wasn't slowly. then you boil that. we're going to jump ahead. this is your wild rice. >> we add wild rice. >> once it's boiling. >> you boil it for a minute so then -- brian is cleaning up underneath me. >> minnesota wild rice. >> yes this