rick springfield. and helping other people. as a matter of fact her last moments in this spot she was begging her estranged husband to leave the people alone. she was a beautiful person full of goodness and some good will come out of her death. on october 21st, 2012 i received a phone call that no one should receive. i was told my sister had been killed. she was killed by her estranged husband. he later learned he had bought the gun through armslist.com. an internet site that doesn't require background check. it hasn't been two years since she was murdered and it it is heart breaking to know our weak gun laws allow people to buy guns without a background check. she was married for 13 years and eventually left her husband because she abused her physically and mentally. she continued to terrorize her. slashing her tires while at work and threatening her physically. she went to court and obtained a protective order and told the judge your honor i don't want to die. i just don't want to die. under a federal law, this protective ord

rick springfield, jesse's girl, was supposed to be here today.ving a hard time. he was unable to be here. you're a great friend of the show and able to bail us out. you just got back from afghanistan. why do you think it's so important to give back? >> i think any time any of us in this world have been given a platform, it's important we utilize that for good. when we're able to go and perform for the men and women who are serving, it's very humbling for us, but i feel it's a duty. so we're proud to do that. >> while you're out there, you're not just entertaining them, you're also filling their bellies with moon pies. what's that about? >> it's awesome. we partnered up with moon pies. every time someone purchases one of those box of moon pies, moon pie is sending some to the men and women serving oversea. >> instead of eating mre's. >> recently we took some over and you would have thought that we were giving each of them a million dollars check. they were so excited to get a moon pie. >> wow. a lot of great things going on in your life. sunday ni

she loved disney world, rick springfield, and helping other people. as a matter of fact, her last momen moments, she was begging her estranged husband, she said, please, it's a place of peace. leave these people alone. she was -- she was beautiful and full of goodness, and some good will come out of her death. on october 21st, 2012, i received a phone call that no one should receive. i was told that my sister has been shot and kill ed. by her estranged husband. we later learned that he had bought the gun through armslist.com an irresponsible internet site that does not require background checks. it has been nearly two years since xena was murdered, and it is heartbreaking to know that our weak gun laws continue to allow dangerous abusers to buy guns without a background check. xena was married for 13 years and eventually left her husband because he abused her physically and mentally. he continued to terrorize xena, slashing her tires while she was at work and threatening her physically. xena went to court and obtained a protective order. she told the

. >> this is rick springfield. you're watching "fox & friends." >> first of july already. look who's here today. >> good morning. >> hi, peter. >> thanks for having me. >> we have the perfect day to have a lawyer here, all this supreme court news and what not. as we start, if i were working in the white house today, i'd probably turn the volume down because a bunch of rulings yesterday not good news for the white house. yesterday the supreme court ruled by a 5-4 margin that closely held companies such as hobby lobby can avoid paying for contraception because of their religious beliefs. if you're going to look at an organization, a company that's closely held and that is religious, it would be the hobby lobby company. it started in a garage by the green family. >> a big deal here that americans should not have to choose between employment and their religious liberties. peter, you can speak to this in terms of our constitution. >> a 5-4 decision the supreme court said religion matters, the first amendment matters, yes, the religious freedom restoration act which was signed b

may 2nd, 2001, springfield, illinois, at the arabian breed finals, they compete in a class called country pleasure driving. videographer rick is there to capture the event. >> it's a very neat class. it should look like a pleasure to drive. >> one of the riders here to compete on this day is paul hyman. >> riding a horse, you sit on top of the horse, on the saddle. and you really control the horse with your legs and with your arms. it's much easier to control them that way. when you drive, you only have reins and the horse is way up in front so you really don't control as much as when you are riding. >> the competition begins as planned when paul drives his horse into the ring with the others. but then his horse begins to speed up. >> all of a sudden he started to cantor and that's a big sign that something is wrong. >> walk, please. walk your horse. time-out. >> he pulls the reins to stop but it's no use. >> he hit the other cart and i got thrown out and he was on his own and he really freaked out. >> the horse went into a total panic because he had a loose cart behind him that's banging and turning upside down. >> veteran