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[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] if. Joey good morning being. We begin with a fox news alert. The the idf if announcing they have found six dead hostages taken by Hamas Inside A Tunnel In Gaza just days ago. Rachel that includes hersh polin. Pete Griff Jenkins joins us live with more. Reporter good morning, guys. Heartbreaking news. Those hostages killed before israeli forces could rescue them. All six of them starting with Ori And Alexander and ark lmog. You see them the here. , and of course, our american, hersh goldbergp if olin. Now, the idf released a statement saying this a few hours ago we informed the families that the bodies of their Loved Ones had been located by Idf Trooped troops in an underground tunnel In Rafah. They were brutally murdered shortly before we reached them. Just last month youll recall the Goldbergpolin Family speak at the dnc, pleading for their son is release. There they are. Theyre grieving this morning releasing a statement saying this with broken hearts, the family is def stated to announce the death of their beloved Son And Brother hersh. The family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asks for previous at this time. Hershs mother was on Fox Friends back in november and had this to say. We came to find out that he and his Best Friend were at the Music Festival which was attacked. Almost 300 kids at this festival were just mowed down with machine gunfire. Hersh and his Best Friend managed to escape to a Bomb Shelter, but the Bomb Shelter came under attack. Reporter were hearing from Vice President kamala harris. She say is the her prayers are with the family seeing i strongly condemn hamas continued brutality and so must the entire world. As a vp, i have no higher priority than the safety of american citizens wherever they are in the world. And we are getting reaction from president biden as well whos saying it is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, hamas leaders will pay for these crimes, and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages. And were getting reaction from prime Minister Netanyahu as well, speaking the to the country in hebrew saying this whoever murders hostages does not want a deal. Were trying to get more reaction. Well bring it to you as we get it later this morning, guys. Pete griff, thank you. Joining us now is former idf spokesman, Senior Fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracy, Jonathan Connery questions. Its tough muse to take, six dead hostages, one american. These families have been actively hoping they would be found safely, and it sounds like in this Raid Or they were killed, these hostages, right before the the israeli defense forces reached hem. So this is a salve an Salve Savage Act by hamas. Your reaction to what were hearing this morning. Its a very sad day here in israel. Good morning to you guys. In israel, its the another sad day. What makes it even more heartbreaking for the families is the israeli assessment is that your Loved Ones were alive and endured Hell Underground for 330 days and then were executed by their hamas captors as they probably herald israeli troops operating in the area, and they executed the hostages and then fled. And theyre probably within a day, maybe even less than that israeli troops got to the location and were able to, sadly, only bring back their bodies. But its t really heartbreaking for israelis to see. Theres a lot of political tension in israel but, you know, on the military front whats happening is that the fight continues. Today we have another shooting attack, three Police Officers were gunned down at close range in sumeria, and weve had rockets and krones coming in from lebanon fired by hezbollah. So its very much war at many fronts, and many israelis feel that enemies are at the gate wherever we look. Rachel jonathan, there are four americans dead, four remaining in captivity. I know i read reports that these families were hoping for some sort of deal so there could be a hostage release. That didnt happen. You just mentioned political turmoil in israel. Talk to us about whats happening there because i know Theres Tension between those who say we should prioritize taking care of hamas versus those who say the first priority of the israeli government should be to release, get negotiate for the release of these hostages. Yeah. So, i mean, both views are totally understandable, and they hold a lot of content, both of them. Id say the following the first and most important factor that cannot be stressed enough is that we are dealing with savages. Were dealing with some of the most cruel, inhumane and Heartless Borderline Human Beings in the way that theyre treating israeli hostages and using hem for psychological warfare against the state of israel and against the families. And that has to be front and center of remembering who were dealing with and why thats the main reason why its been so difficult to reach a deal and to alleviate suffering in gaza. Theres a lot of i cant imagine how i would act and what measures i would take, and i totally understand their Desquare Spare and the fact that they despair, and the fact that they will do everything possible to get their Loved Ones home. And the only venue that the families can vent their pressure is inside israel. They apply pressure to the israeli government. But at the end of the day, what were dealing with is an organization that i think hamas understands that as long as they hold on to the hostages, that is basically the the last card that theyll have to use against israel. And what were seeing now is a race against time. What will happen first . Will the Fighting Will Of Hamas and pitts leaders break, or will we get the leader of hamas . Will we be able to the kill him before, or will there be some kind of deal made . Its one of these three options. I hope that Israel Wont Cave for pressure against hamas, and i hope that we will be able to defeat this very horrible and cruel enemy because Hamas Shouldnt be allowed to see the light of another day at the end of the fighting here. Joey jonathan, on that point looking forward and how this develops after this, this was an absolute tragedy. How does this affect the ceasefire that the Bidenharris Administration has been pushing publicly so hard for the last several weeks . Does this create leverage for hamas . Does it give israel an opportunity to say, nope, were not interested . How do you think it affects that . Well, basically any talk of ceasefire, you know, there are two parties who would like to see a ceasefire, i think, hamas because it will allow them to almost emerge victorious and, of course, the families of the hostages. And these are two different sides of the spectrum. In my mind, what needs to happen is for hamas to be defeated, defeated in such a way that a theres no coming back. And if what israel needs to do better is to apply better military pressure, is to do more and yet to the leaders of hamas so that they wont have the ability to negotiate the delay. As long as they hold hostages, that is what keeps hamas alive, and we have to end that and end that quicker. It is a, you know, its really a biblical mentions, this. Its like a solomons dilemma here. On one hand, wanting to live and protect the entire israel, but then on the other hand knowing that the fate of at least 50 hostages that are probably alive are in the hands of these extremely cruel terrorists who see nothing. They have no respect for human life, no values, no nothing. And its an extremely difficult situation, but even in the on this difficult day i have faith in the idf, i have faith in our ability to get the job done, to the defeat hamas. And then the Thing Isnt over. We still have hezbollah on our northern border, and we still have lots of palestinian terrorists in judea and sumeria, all of them with the fact that they dont accept the fact that the we are here and live in this country, our ancestral homeland, and they want to use violence in order to push us out, and we have to fight against it. Pete jonathan, one detail i want to round out real quick. The hostages, they believe, were shot because israeli forces were close. It wasnt as if the door was about to get kicked down. Youre saying israeli forces were in the area. Do you know how close . Was this a patrol . Was this a cordon of a neighborhood . What was the operation that a led to the killing of the the hostages . If. Rachel was it a Rescue Mission . Thats thE Part im confused pete yeah. Was with it a Rescue Misor a regular operation . Mission . From what i understand are the following you remember a few days ago a muslimisraeli man was freed from captivity, he was many a tunnel about 60 feet underground. He was extracted alive because his captors fled without killing him, and israeli troops were able to get this and get him out. And the six bodies that were uncovered were within about less than a mile from the location of where that hostage was extracted from, and the Working Assumption is in the idf that the israeli troops were in the area, collected intelligence and were searching and looking for hostages. The hamas captors understood that the israeli troops were nearby, perhaps panicked, perhaps got orders. We dont know that yet. Executed the israeli hostages and fled and then afterwards israeli troops not within minutes, but were talking hours, maybe within a day were able to collect intelligence and understand where the hostages were and then got to the location and, unfortunately, found six bodies and not six live israeli hostages. Pete tough stuff. Jonathan conricus, thank you for that insight. Appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Good morning. Pete it wasnt a targeted raid, it was ongoing door to Door Search operations in an area, and maybe thats when they heard, my goodness when you think about that rachel i cant. I was reading the stuff about the families. They go up to the gaza an boarder and they pray and they shout out prayers to the Loved Ones on the other side. At one point one of the Family Members tried to rush the border, and the israeli soldiers had to hold them back, hold her back because they just, they want their Loved Ones are so close, and this debate within the country of what to prioritize, you know, the war with hamas or the extraction of these hostages and the return to their families, heartbreaking. Pete a lot of that comes back to rafah right now on the border of egypt and questions about an offensive and what that should look like because of the amount of people in that a city, the the hostages that are there and israels presence. Kamala harris, whos running to be the commander in chief, made some pretty clear comments on rafah back in march. So this is march of this year, and she talked about potential for a Rafah Offensive in an interview to abc back when she did interviews, and heres what the said. We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major with Military Operation In Rafah would be a huge mistake. Let me tell you something, i have studied the maps. Theres nowhere for those folks to go. And were looking at about A Million and a half people if In Rafah who are there because they were told to go there, most of them. And so weve been very clear that it would be a mistake to move into rafah with any type of Military Operation. Pete shes studied the maps. By the way, so this is washington, d. C. Dictating to israel where it should go with offensives. Joey yeah. Pete i know theres u. S. Hostages there, thats understandable, but when d. C. Is dictating your offensive, you probably have limits on what that offensive can be. But rafah is a pot im going to pop up and go to our maps which are probably not as detailed as the ones the Vice President looked at here. This is a very vague look at the region. Youve got israel, judea and sumeria. This is the Gaza Strip, and were going to get a better map in the coming hours, and the bottom E Part is where that rafah cross. Ing is. Its how mamas can resupply through egypt. Egypt has cracked down on groups inside their own country, but they have a bargain with the palestinians allowing weapons and people to get to the Gaza Strip through these weapons. Israel took control Of Rafah, that border town, in may of this year. And when they did, they found over 7000 700 tunnels so far and 50 between egypt and the Gaza Strip. So if youre hamas, your lifeline are those 50 or more tunnels that allowed you to resupply weapons, fighters or, take your leaders in and out of egypt into the Gaza Strip but also, guys, to take hostages. Theres no reason why hostages couldnt have traveled through those tunnels into the sinai, into egypt as well if this bargain is real. So the consternation Of Rafah is the palestinians, hamas, want the u. N. To control rafah. Is and israels saying, well, the u. N. Has controlled rafah before, and when they did, the tunnels were allowed to operate, and hamas was able to go back and forth. Israels saying, no, we need to maintain control Of Rafah if were going to destroy hamas. So its this Porn Inflection Point because whoever controls it controls the resupply for hamas. Rachel okay, i have so many questions from what you just explained which, thank you. First of all, the first thing you said was we are putting limits on israel on how they fight the war. Part of that is because we fund israel. We also fund egypt. So why cant we hold our own foreign aid over the heads of, say, egypt say you shut down the tunnels if theyre coming from egypt up there . If youll get Zero Dollars unless you pete we totally should. Rachel do i have to run this country . [laughter] pete i think Thats Part of rachel thats pretty simple. Pete thats been somE Part of the public discussion for a while. Rachel if there are tunnels from egypt to israel and its in the interest of israel and theyre our friend and we want to stop this war and the killing on both sides, i mean, a lot of civilians, 40,000 have been killed on the palestinian Side Pete thats a palestinian number, a Hamas Number Rachel whatever number you want, even if its in the thousands, its horrible. We want to end this war. If those tunnels arE Part of the Process Or Part of the calculation, egypt, you get no money. Joey yeah, thats the point of contention. Do we want to end this war or win this war . The biden administration wants to end the war because its bad pr, and also just like you said from the human element, people are dying. Rachel theres a humanitarian element. Joey but if youre not ending the war, youre not winning the war. Thats israels argument a, not mine. And thats really a point of contention between the u. S. And israel right now. Pete for sure. And it is, i dont know, if you Cant Conduct Fullon Fencive Operations to the destroy offensive operations, Hamas Wont be gone, and you wont get the Hostages Joey and theyre probably coming back anyway, because the is every orphan left from israels operation, we know this from our wars, become a hamas fighter. They get indoctrinated. War may never end for that reason just like the war in afghanistan, you know . It was the soviets before us and the brits before that. And once you can create a war around an ideology of just hating another group, your kids just adapt it. Rachel and thats why the idea of not starting wars or doing whatever you can to prevent these wars is so important, and thats now become a center of this political election that were in right now. You have one candidate under which no wars were started and another in which multiple wars have started under her and Joe Bidens watch. Pete well, speaking of that candidate, Donald Trump, he was on with Mark Levin on life, Liberty And Levin is, a wideranging interview a portion of which talked about israel and whats happening in the war against hamas. And Donald Trump talked about the jewish vote and how they view kamala harris. Take a listen. How a jewish person can vote for a democrat but specifically somebody like camilla kamala, she wouldnt even meet with bibi when he was look, he came over the Prime Minister of israel. Hes in a war. Were heavily invested in that a war. People are dying. October 7th was a horrific day, just horrific. And now you see people that are picketing saying no such thing ever happened . You know they did that with the holocaust too. They said there was no holocaust. But this one was right next to us because we saw it, we saw it. You saw it, everybody saw it. They saw it. I dont imagine they arenting thinking straight. PetE Part two Airs Tonight at 8 p. M. On his policeman. Rachel yeah. 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Prime Minister Netanyahu making it clear nothing is off the table when it comes to avenging hair deaths. Our next Guest Snow knows all about the war on terror, retired brigadier general rob Rob Smalling Rob Smalling joins us now. Does this change anything for the united States Government and how were responding to no crisis . Is. Well, it certainly should. If you remember during the Trump Administration the abraham accords, what the Trump Administration sought to do was decouple the question of palestine with regard to broader Middle East peace. And they also did that along with suppressing iran. So i think one of the things we have to recognizeover this Administrations Pursuit of peace in the Region Isnt working, and this is just one example of it. Joey when we look at the landscape, i believe there were if my numbers are correct around 8 u. S. Citizens who were held hostage, 4 are dead and 4 left in captivity. Is there an obligation for the u. S. Military to be actively on the ground to rescue americans . I know theres a huge push from both sides of the aisle to keep us out of a new war. I would echo those words myself, but is there a the difference between having surgical operations with the assets we have, or is this just such a mess in that area that we couldnt do it . No, i dont see why we couldnt lend support. Heres the deal, we have been searching for our lost from if wars all the way back to World War ii, even World War i in europe, and were still doing that. Were looking for the lost in korea. I mean, these people are alive possibly, and we owe an obligation to them. They werent lost on the battlefield as a those overs were, and, you know those others were. And at a minimum, we shouldnt be putting pressure on the israelis. And, furthermore, we should be thinking about the fact that we do have american citizens or that are held hostage. Joey youre a united States Air Force general, retired, so you understand the top of the chain of command. You understand how the decisions are made. Pete and i were talking earlier on the couch here about the lieutenants and sons, this idea that you dont conquer a people so much that they have nothing to lose because at that point they come back with full force. You try the give them an opportunity to assimilate into the culture thats conquered them. Israel is the country in which gaza is enveloped. Even with a who tostate solution, the people in gaza have to learn to live with israel. Do you see that as even an option at this point . Well, i mean, when israel originally left gaza, the palestinians controlled the territory, and then they used that territory to i attack to attack israel on October 7th. So i dont think that there is any way that were going to see the palestinians or hamas change Hair Tune no matter their tune no matter what the israelis do. This is the problem that we have. And there has been overtures of peace for decades now, and the palestinians and hamas have shown no interest in actually going after that. So, no, i dont think, i dont think were going to see the palestinians or hamas change their tune no matter what israel does, unfortunately. Joey we just have a few seconds left so a short answer, if you can. If israel is in a Threeborder War in gaza to the north and to the south with hezbollah, the houthis and hamas, does that mean the united states is involved directly . Well, i think were going to be involved because iran is a big instigator. As you know, theyve providing the resources. And beyond that, chinas supporting iran. So i think this is a much broader war as ive said before that is supported by this growing Cold War that were in, and we just have to call it that and work on a strategy overall for the globe of which the Middle East is a part. Joey general spaulding, thanks for your expertise. 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The family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asks for privacy at this time. Meanwhile, here in the u. S. Students already on high alert as protesters vow to continue raging across campus, prohamas protesters. A new report revealing jewish columbia students were chased from dorms, spat on and pinned against walls after hamas attacks against israel. Columbia student What Leaderman joins us now to react. Noah, thank you for being here. Youre returning to columbia. First of all, if you would, what did you with experience at columbia after October 7th as a student there . Good morning, pete. Thank you so much for having me. Ill tell you, i experienced everything. Each day was just horrific after horrific surprise, and you mentioned that report, i was the student who was pinned up against the wall actually, so i experienced that directly. Pete pinned up against a wall for what reason . Because you are jewish . And who what was said to you by the perpetrators . What was the reason for it . Ill tell you, i have no idea who he was, i dont know if he was a student, if he was an outside agitator, but i was walking back to my dorm getting ready for shabbat. I was wearing a shirt with a flag and a Peace Dove on it and some hebrew writing. This Demonstrator Motioned for his friends, and he sort of pinned me up against the wall, and when i got out, he said run, keep running, keep f if ucking running. Pete powerful stuff. I can understand your passion on it. This report, a 99 1page report 91page report, spat upon, stalked, pinned against the walls, one female student who had a mezuzah outside her Dorm Room had her door pounded on all throughout the night in october just to intimidate a female jewish student. Heres a statement from columbias interim president on this antisemitism report, so your president at columbia. Let me be very clear, the painful and distressing incidents of antisemitism recounted in this report are completely unacceptable. Theyve antithetical to our values and go against the principles of Tolerance And Inclusivity that is have defined us. Columbia has Aid Saw all these things said all these things for so many years, and then theres a moment where theres a group being targeted, and they didnt do anything. What, do you feel safesome do you think things have changed . Whats the environment at a columbia . Well, ill say that im encouraged by president armstrongs words, and i really hope that she acts in a manner thats consistent with her statement. Ill say im dispinted disappointed and really shocked that the former president failed so spectacularly. You know there was the Building Takeover on April 29th pete yeah. I am worried that since these demonstrators and protesters who violently seized a building faced little to no consequence, im concerned that this year well see an escalation because if theres no consequences being given to the demonstrators or protesters, whats to to stop them from continuing to the act in the same manner and even worse manners this year . Pete its a great point. So i remember hearing the news that most of them just a little slap on the wrist, theyre not expelled after taking over a building. Are you in school already . If not yet . Whats the the vibe . Whats the feeling . If are you talking to other jewish students like, hey, crossing our fingers here . What are you thinking . I mean, ill tell you im back in long island, im getting ready to move in soon, but ive talked to many of my friends, jewish students who their first year at columbia and they told me that from convocation, you could hear the chanting of the protesters from outside The Gates. As i understand it, the group chats im in, people have been talking to me and say saying yeah, its already starting. Theyre already at The Gates protesting, demonstrating, chanting, everything. So we are all sort of crossing our fingers, but were also being proactive, figuring out how we cannot just be the victims, how we can defend ourselves and each other. Pete last question here s. The administration at columbia, are they being proactive . Are they reaching out and saying hey, these are the steps were going to take to make sure this never happens again . I have seen emails and reports of administrators saying, oh, this is what were going to do, but the School Year Hasnt started yet, it starts on tuesday, so i really hope that we see something and that they hold their students accountable. Thats what needs to happen. Pete i hope so too. Noah, keep u. S. Posted. Shouldnt have to say good luck about going to school, but thats where we are. Thank you so much. Pete all right. Moving on. 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Rachel new day from the real Estate Company Redfin showing a massive increase in Investor Home purchases in the second quarter of the year. 69 of the purchases they made this quarter were single family homes, and experts believe theyre holding on to them to cash into the rental boom. Now look at this, 29 of miami homes sold went to investors along with 24 from san diego, 222 in Las Vegas 22 in Las Vegas and to 20 in phoenix and cleveland. So what does this mean, and how could it impact younger americans looking to buy a house . Here to discuss is real Estate Developer and licensed broker uri man. Uri, thank you for joining us this morning. Explain to our viewers why these multinational Investment Firms are snatching up these single family homes. Yeah. This shines a light on the tremendous Housing Shortage that we have in the united states. Right now virtually every market all across the u. S. Is missing Housing Units, and we dont have enough homes for people to buy. So The American Dream is under attack. And, of course, when things are scarce, you get investors that want to come in because values are going to the go up. So right now investors are coming into big cities Buying Homes, and people who have been on the sidelines because of the high Interest Rates theyve been, you know, holding off on Buying Homes hoping the Interest Rates are going down, is thats why you see a larger percentage of investors in there. And this is Bad News for firsttime Home Buyers because a lot of the affordable Housing Units are just going away. You know, when youre an investor, you come into a market and buy a home, you typically will fix it up because you want to charge a much higher rent, and thats exactly whats happening in these cities. Rachel no question, they want to turn them into rentals, and if your Land Lord is some soulless, distant Investment Firm and not a landlord living inside the apartment or whatever, thats a problem too. Im not generally a government intervention person, but is there something that the government should do . Because as you said, The American Dream of owning a home is slipping away for Young Americans. Yeah. You know, right now in certain states like desantis passed a new law, s. B. 103, live, Work Act which allows developers to the come in and transform commercial properties into residential properties, and they can build high density, affordable Housing Units. But most states the government really isnt doing too much. Housing is really a local issue. In houston, texas, for example, we have one of the most affordable housing markets, and thats a great place to come in and buy a new home today. But if you listen to whats happening right now, the two candidates that are running, youve got Harris And Trump both talking about the affordability crisis. People want to be able to buy a home, and everybody is worried that The American Dream of being able to purchase a home is going out the window. And the policies that are being promoted are really in some ways crazy. What harris has said recently is she wants to give everybody 25,000 to buy a home. Well, if you do that, all youre doing is creating more demand. More command. What happens when you have more demand . The prices go up even further rachel of course. That means the prices are higher, Real Estate taxes are higher, insurance is higher. Everybody ends up losing with that kind of policy. Rachel yeah. Very, very quickly because we only have a couple seconds left, what should young people do to prepare for this rising Cost Housing Market . Well, they should be saving a deposit right now. If they want to own a home, start saving early and make sure Hay Talk to their Mortgage Brokers and look at look for markets where Poem Homes are actually where homes are actually affordable. Places like i mentioned, houston, texas, over cities where you have a large variety of homes and The American Dream still exists. Rachel uri man, really appreciate you joining us this sunday. Great to be here. Rachel you got it. From serving our country to serving Soft Serve, a Fatherson Veteran Duo open their owns Cream Shop, and they give us the scoop on their Tasty Treats next. Here and now, nowhere else in this world. You and me, indiana it good to be alive aint it good to be alive . With flonase, allergies dont have to be scary Spraying Flonase daily gives you longlasting, nondrowsy relief. psst psst flonase. All good. The virus that causes shingles is sleeping. In 99 of people over 50. Its lying dormant, waiting. And could reactivate. Shingles strikes as a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. And it could wake at any time. Think youre not at risk for shingles . Its time to wake up. Because shingles could wake up in you. If youre over 50, talk to your Doctor Or Pharmacist about shingles prevention. Joey were back with some headlines. San Francisco Rookie Wide Receiver is in serious but stable condition after he was shot during a robbery attempt yesterday. He was walking in san franciscos Union Square neighborhood when police say the gunman tried to steal the his rolex watch. Officers say parisol put a fight over the weapon which fired several times, hitting him in the chest. The suspect was also shot and is recovering. Charges are expected to be announced as early as tuesday. And at least 7 people are dead and a dozen more hurt after a bus overturned on a Mississippi Highway Yesterday morning. Authorities say 43 people were on the bus which was heading to the atlanta from dallas when the accident happened. Federal officials say the bus suffered from a Tear Failure leading to the crash. It is currently under investigation. Those are your headlines, want to toss now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. Rick good morning, joey. Weve got a cold front thats going to have big impacts for us. Anywhere behind the cold front,s it is a beautiful day. Such a great weekend in store in places like chicago and up towards fargo. Problematic down here where you see these oranges. Thats warmer air, the days going to the heat up, and this right here is the cold front thats going to have the big impacts. Showers and thunderstorms, maybe a little bit of severe Thunderstorm Activity this afternoon right across the mid of atlantic. But behind this, you can get the idea on the Satellite Radar Imager Humidity is going to drop behind that. In front of that front it is going to remain warm and humid, and that includes across the central gulf. This looks almost exactly like it did yesterday, more rain from Interstate 10 and points south, thats where youre going to have potentially flooding from this and maybe a chance for tropical development from that. But yesterday this was giving a 50 chance, now national hurricane certains dropped that to a 40 chance of development over the next 7 days. It will get in towards the western caribbean, this disturbance, and that is around 67 days from now, so plenty of time to watch it, and well keep telling you about it right here. Of guys . Rachel thank you, rick. Well, after a serving their country, a Fatherson Veteran Duo are now offering Soft Serve, opening up their own ice Cream Shop in san antonio. Joey chill out Tasty Treats opened three months ago offering everything from Milk Shakes to old School Ice Cream all while giving back to first responders and military. Pete joining us now is the Owner And Manager of the chill Tasty Treats shop, Roger Combs and Roger Combs ii. Thank you both so much for joining us. Thank you for your service. It was in the Air Force and the army and, by the way, your Wife Mom was also in the army, so youre a family of vets who have served, and now youre in the Ice Cream business. Either of you, howd you get into that business . We just sort of wanted something that was more laid back and fun to do. [laughter] rachel yeah, no question. Well, e heard, roger, son, that actually a trip to Hawaii Kind of inspired this. Am i right . Yes. Rachel how was it a pine pineapple treatsome. Me and my wife went to hawaii, and we went to the dole plantation, and she loved the dole Ice Cream, the Soft Serve that they had, so when we come home, she wanted it. I got it for her, and that turned into the Ice Cream business. Joey ive been to that dole plantation, and for me, it inspired me to not work as hard when i saw how hard it is to grow those pineapples. But for you, it inspired you to open an ice Cream Shop. I know a lot of people get dole whip. Tell us what people can get at your shop. Well, we have the dole pineapple, Strawberry E and mango, well have dole pineapplemango twist, we just included a lot of hershey products from hersheys pints where were putting in a new Scoop Station for hersheys Hard Eye Ice Cream. We have Milk Shakes, banana splits, Specialty Items like the Oreo Lovers sundae, reeses lovers sundae. Our mango [inaudible] is quite popular. So weve got quite a bit of different flavors for everybody to try. Pete clearly, a Ice Cream a aficionado which is what you want from somebody running an Ice Cream shot. Military members and first sponsored get a 10 discount, and you mentioned nothing exceeds 8. Youre saying, hey, we want to the make it affordable too. Yeah. Right. Were trying to keep we want everybody to enjoy it. Joey yeah, thats awesome. Rachel well, we love that. Especially if you have a lot of kids, it can get expensive going to the Ice Cream store. 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