. >> governor huckabee: he started his writing career singing -- writing songs for people like tim mcgraw and kenny chesney and blake shelton and now is recording his own songs and is one of the hottest country stars on >> governor huckabee: one of the hottest young country artists in the country, a brand new album, hard to love. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, lee bryce. [applause] >> governor huckabee: before you had your own incredible career, that is on its way forward in a great way, you did a lot of song writing for people like tim mcgraw. >> i started writing songs when i was a kid and wrote them because i needed songs to sing and when i went to nashville i work hard at writing and getting a record deal, all at the same time and had success as the writer first and i'm deemed as a songwriter first, but i was writing songs to sing them, you know. >> governor huckabee: and when you decided i'll do the songs for myself did you believe your career would have the meteoric rise it has had the last couple of years. >> i had to believe to keep rocking at it the last 6 years. i wanted

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you did song writing for people like tim mcgraw. >> i started writing songs when i was a kid.songs to sing and i worked hard at nashville writing and getting a record deal. i had success as a writer first and deemed as a song writer first sometimes and to me i was just writing songs to sing on the air. >> when you decided i'm going to do the songs for myself. double your career was going to have the meteoric rise the last couple of years? >> i had to believe to keep rocking at it. >> yeah. >> i wanted it do and i just felt like i had to give it my all until it came to an end and we're continuing to work, so whatever comes, comes. >> can we do a song and you'll let me play with you. >> please, i'm honored to have you play with us. >> he comes to my show, what is he going to do, say no? >> of course he's going to say yes. let's do one of the songs, by the way, i hope people can get the cd off itunes, at amazon, stores everywhere. >> stores everywhere and actually, what we're going to play next thing coming out in an um can of weeks. >> what he is it called. >> hard to love. whic

. >> governor huckabee: he started his writing career singing -- writing songs for people like tim mcgrawchesney and blake shelton and now is recording his own songs and is one of the hottest country stars on the scene, coming up, lee bryce. ♪ all multivitamins give me the basics. they claim to be complete. only centrum goes beyond. providing more than just the essential nutrients, so i'm at my best. centrum. always your most complete. get two miracles in one product. new tone rehab 2-in-1 foundation. covers spots, lines... and wrinkles. and helps improve skin tone over time. new tone rehab from easy... breezy... beautiful... covergirl! covergirl! >> governor huckabee: one of the hottest young country artists in the country, a brand new album, hard to love. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, lee bryce. [applause] >> governor huckabee: before you had your own incredible career, that is on its way forward in a great way, you did a lot of song writing for people like tim mcgraw. >> i started writing songs when i was a kid and wrote them because i needed songs to sing and when i went to na

and country superstar tim mcgraw is giving away 25 houses to wounded or needy veterans this summer, one for each stop on his upcoming tour. that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. a special good morning to brenda cast toe and her family. they always watch us at this type. she loves you,

tim mcgraw is going to be kicking off an outreach here. he will be giving away 25 mortgage free homes for wounded and needy service members. >>> about 20 news we are going to wake them up now. >> we all come to down and other towns, too. they do these amazing air shows in addition to ships in the area. people can see all of the great men and women. >> i was on the intrepid last year. they are tanks actually. that is small compared to the aircraft carriers. >> we will check in with anna a little bit later. >> it's 11 minutes before the top of the hour. an elementary school is mandating the student. >> check out this video. a complete brawl breaking out on the floor. we will tell you about what sparked this soccer game at a soccer match. this is a bunch of politicians duking it out. >> it's quarter after the hour. here's a look at other headlines we are watching this morning a so-called dream team of detectives and crime experts taking a look at the case of a missing mother in orlando, florida. here's a picture of 34-year-old michelle parker

. >> and tim mcgraw saluting our veterans in a very big way. >> ♪ my mama's sitting there ♪ looks likenly got a one way ticket over here ♪ >> the country music star is honoring the men and women who serve this great nation. >> and there's a new indy 500 winner this morning but he's been there before. >> going to join an elite group as he is going to become a three time winner at indianapolis! >> so what's he doing for his victory lap? coming on "fox & friends", of course. we woke him up early. he didn't even get to sleep in the day after a big victory. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> well, it's memorial day. and we would like a special "fox & friends" thank you to the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives for our country. good morning to all of you at home on this special day. >> you're listening to the u.s. navy band. they'll be performing live on our plaza throughout the morning. if you're in the neighborhood, come down and join us. we're here through 9:00. >> here's a live look at tulsa, oklahoma this morning, still dark there. this is the patriot's cup golf tourn

and country music star tim mcgraw doing his part to give back to veterans this memorial day.launching a nationwide project called homefront to help wounded warriors and service members in need. as part of the effort 25 families will be awarded with mortgage-free homes at the -- at each of his summer concerts. that's awesome. he says 25 mortgage-free homes with every concert. he says being able to reward vets for their dedication is something that he is honored to be able to do. giving back. >> that's amazing. >> those are your headlines. >> absolutely love tim mcgraw. >> the indy 500 always part of your memorial day weekend and it was a great race on sunday. temperatures 91 degrees. 130 on the track, the hottest one there in 60 years and it was a fantastic race with dan wheldon who was not there, we lost dan wheldon a few months ago and his good friend dario franchitti won the indy 500 even more than that, one, two, and three, dario franchitti, scott dixon and tony kanan, those were dan wheldon's three best friends. three pallbearers at the funeral for dan wheldon and an amaz

. >> country super star tim mcgraw lending his southern voice, will give away a mortgage-free home toa veteran on each stop of his tour this summer with ken knee chesnee. remember to check out otrc.com for all of your latest entertainment headlines. >> and still ahead at 4:00 those predictions about higher gas prices turping out wrong. plus... >> this is hard to believe he'd do something like that. >> neighbors are stunned by an arrest in one of the nation's first high profile missing children cases. >>> there is an arrest in the case of a missing child whose picture was the first ever to appear on milk cartons. >> the 6-year-old etan disappeared and a convenience store worker told police he killed the boy. >> abc 7 news has more. >> is this new information about what happened to etan paits turned out true, it will be an unsettling answer. authorities say a man admits he strangled the 6-year-old walking to school one morning and then, officials say hernandez told them he put the body in a box to dispose of it. last month, investigators say they didn't find human remains when the cold

country music tim mcgraw sings a duet with nelly. >> that's a strange combination. >> it's kind of mellow cool. it is a song called "over and over" and you're going to want to play it "over and over." let's go. ♪ >> i already like it. ♪ >> what are they thinking about? >> the girl that left them. >> then say it. >> it's coming. ♪ >> hey, do not encourage her. >> look right here. look behind the news desk. rockin'. >> one woman, hoda. >> no. they are all rocking it. good music. >> it's nice, it sounds fun. it just -- >> here it comes. >> see, that's the trouble! ♪ you're going to think about it "over an over again." >> no more, please. >> you can just feel it in your toes. i want to point out that "call me maybe" song, it was my song on "ihoda" two months ago. a trendsetter. >> you were right for once, is the way i see it. here's the thing -- >> what? >> aren't we supposed to go to a little piece of -- yeah. yeah. i think we found a song you did not discover first and i think you might actually enjoy it. >> what? i don't like this chat. >> yes. yes, it's the song video. >> this is a good c

actually been thrummer ray werth post which ity -- through merriweather post with kenny chesney and tim mcgrawmean there's a lot of ampy theaters now but you go back quote unquote in the day it was one of the first of its kindsful really in like baseball terms it's a fenway or wrigley. >> near cleveland, yeah. >> exactly correct. let me ask you this, i mean everybody needs corporate sponsorment you're working with lipson. but lipson -- we were listening to the previous interviews is really stepping up with some heavy duty contributions to places it needs to go. can you talk about that for a second? >> absolutely. we -- our partnership with lipton has just been such an amazing one. so far, and one of the things that they have offered to do is we're doing an event called rebuilding henryville and henryville, indiana where all of the tornadoes went through and destroyed that community. a lot of that community. and they have jumped on board and are matching every dollar up to $50,000 donated and you can go and actually donate at rebuildinghenryville.com. and they are all about giving back and that

celebrating fleet week until wednesday with a long list of fantastic events including country music star tim mcgraw giving a fantastic concert on memorial day. he's giving away 25 mortgage-free homes to needy or wounded service members. jamie, back to you. >> jamie: that deserves a lot of credit. thanks so much, anna. >> kelly: the c.i.a. remembering those lost in covert operations, the agency adding a new star to its memorial wall and more than a dozen names to its book of honor. the additions mean that the families can now acknowledge where their loved ones worked when they died. most were killed in terror attacks in lebanon, kenya and pakistan. >> jamie: unfortunately for some, there's extreme weather in memorial day weekend. tropical storm beryl making its way towards the coast. winds expected to reach 45 miles per hour and the storm may strengthen before it makes landfall sometime on sunday. meanwhile, there's also a heat wave gripping millions of americans including in indiana where thousands of race fans are planning to attend the indy 500 tomorrow. forecasters are predicting afternoon tempe

there is a lot of great events planned including tim mcgraw doing a concert for everybody on memorial day. guys back to you. >> looks like the crowd is still coming out there. that looks great. >> gregg: you are wearing white. missed out. >> join the party. >> gregg: serious new questions over the fate of a pakistani doctor who helped bring osama bin laden to justice. there he is sentenced to 33 years behind bars for treason. some u.s. officials calling it nothing more than a cheap shot at revenge. what does it mean for our already tense relationship with pakistan. peter doocy has the latest from washington. >> u.s. took steps to protect him before his arrest according to a senior administration official but we weren't able to. because we weren't, some in the intelligence community say it's going to be hard to recruit foreign assets in the future because nobody wants to end up in the pakistani prison for 33 years. these guys were critical during the cold war and even more critical to get into the small networks for the war on terror and frankly going forward, why would anybody want to

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