enjoying the music of toby keith.t buy nothing that he can't fix with wd-40 and a craftsman wrench ♪ ♪ he ain't prejudice, he's justc made in america ♪ ♪ loves his wife, she's that wife that decorates on the fourth of july ♪ ♪ singing, "every day's independence day" ♪ ♪ she's golden rule and teaches school, some folks think it isn't cool ♪ ♪ but she says the pledge of allegiance anyway ♪ ♪ got the red, white, blue flying high on the farm, semper fi tattooed on his left arm ♪ ♪ spends a little more in the store for a tag in the back that says usa ♪ ♪ he won't buy nothing that he can't fix with wd-40 and a craftsman wrench ♪ ♪ he ain't prejudiced, he's jus made in america ♪ ♪ born in the heartland, raised up a family, king james and uncle sam ♪ ♪ got the red, white and blue flying high on the farm, semper fi tattoo on the left arm ♪ ♪ spending a little more at the store for a tag in the back that says usa ♪ ♪ won't buy nothing that he can't fix with wd-40 and a craftsman wrench ♪ ♪ he ain't prejudiced, he's jus made in

toby keith who is right here to give a little hug. verhe place. you've been unbelievable. >> thank you. it's been -- it was --e started going about '03. we went 11 years, andsot was of the greatest work we did in our life. we filled a void that's been gone since bob hope did that. they try to make sure that a lot of people get safe overseas. >> thank you. how about that for a crowd moment today after indep back to you. >> thank you,by to >> that was beautiful. >> what a moment. >> emotional. stage.crying on the we're going to get to toby keith in a few moments. n you do weather. >> i can.go we're . beautiful weather for this concert here on the plaza. we've got also tomorrow night eastern time right here on nbcot we've g down in daytona, a nascar race. a coue thunderstorms scattered. i'm sure they'll look at the radar for that with the cars racing around the track down in daytona. elsewhere on saturday we're going to see numerous storms from florida all the way up to maine and extending to the chicago area. not really a big threat of s

this guy apparently enjoys the music of toby keith. today's concert serieser ormer, by the way, so daly led to a surprise video from the family member matt. >> hey, mom, hey, kyle. i'm here in bahrain. thanks sorpporting me through everything. thank the fellow americans for supporting the military. tone to, i'm a huge fan. give my mom a big hug for me to show how much i miss her. >> as if the video message won't emotional enough. moments later toby keith himself came forward to lfill matt's request, a hug for cory's mom. keith has been a long supporter of the military. >> went 11 years and some of th greatesrk we did in our life. we've filled the void that bob hope left and the uso is a wonderful organization and try to make sure that a lot of people get taken care of overseas. >> today's performance is part of the nationwide tour and he'll be performing on that tour. here he'll be a the anne arunl fairgrounds later this month. >> very nice of them. >> turning to the weather. no surprise. e said yesterday we'll in a stormy pattern, but

. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> toby keith was the ultimate example of all of that. ♪ because we'll pute to the flag ♪ ♪ and if that bothers you well that's too bad ♪ ♪ and you say we shouldn't worry about bin laden ♪ ♪ have you forgotten >> in music there was no opposition to that message but when the quote unquote war on terror began they were talking about invading countries. well, then music had a lot to act in opposition to. >> the dixie chicks are the top country touring act of the year despite the firestorm unleashed by their words during the first days of the war in iraq. >> we're ashamed that the president of the united states is from texas. >> when natalie maines said we're ashamed the president of the united states is our president their career took a beating. >> they used a tractor and their feet to smash their cds. >> look no further than the uproar over the dixie chicks. >> for you to say i'm ashamed the president's from texas? come on, man. >> say it. >> they were questioning something that you were just supposed to accept. and it was women doing it no less. >> i think th

the same constituency that responded to toby keith after 9/11 when he wrote that song, we'll put a bootto the spirit of nativism that we're strong. if you don't believe it, get out. >> do you believe the person on the commuter train is willing to engage in this kind of racist talk? >> you know, economic grievance is one thing. >> on the train with other people around. >> we've certainly had economic grievance in this country. this is racial grievance directed at america's diversity. i think that is different and more dangerous, more dangerous for trump, more dangerous for the republicans. >> i just counted today and went through the census, the one that we have, 40-some million african-americans, 56-some hispanic americans from different backgrounds. that's almost 100 million people in the country. it's not some little group living in detroit somewhere. it's a big part of the country and they all heard that today. >> it's not as though the racial diversity of america is going to be reversed. we're going to become more diverse. >> of course. >> than we were before. this is a very short-t

. >> don't want to miss that speaking of great concerts tomorrow on the plaza country star toby keith, nothing sends us running inside the house faster than a bunch of annoying mosquitos dr. azar is here with important tips to keep the bugs away. >>> a special 4th of july menu with easy red, white and blue recipes that still leave you plenty of time to celebrate with friends and family that's always good when we have sunny here. >> looking forward to that she sure does. >>> but first, dylan, how about another check of weather it's gorgeous out there. not as humid as when the day started. >> it will get humid but, you know, it's summer. we kind of expect to sweat a little bit this time of year. >> we'll take it. >> we are going to see the heat and humidity across most of the country. in fact, that heat and humidity will help spawn some storms later on today, especially up and down the east coast, back through the midwest as well. tomorrow we are going to see the hot and humid weather up and down the east coast, back through the midwest, isolated strong storms pop up each afternoon. som