could do, to possibly change the narrative to make life better for a lot of people who are growing up in a very rough environment. at the end of the day it s all about making america better and so i think so many people related that, and as a result we had help from all across the country, and i m so appreciative. this is the fourth of july weekend. and, we re bracing ourselves for one of the worst because historically, i mean, i get the numbers every week, but on the holiday weekends, especially the fourth of july and memorial day, it gets bad in chicago. what would you tell the people of chicago? you know, i still have hope, in the midst of so much stuff going on in the city, with so many people who are losing their lives and so much violence, i still have hope, in the fact that we can change the narrative, that we can make life better for so many people. not only die still have hope but i m going to continue to work and pray and put my hand to the
save lives. parents, who teach the next generation to love our country, and pastors, who lead their flocks and keep the faith. those are america s heroes. later in this show i ll be talking to two people who personally make me proud to be an american. i wouldn t be the same person without them. but first, some of my friends here at fox are going to talk to their heroes. joey jones talked to two veterans from his new book unbroken bonds of battle. there are so many men and women who make me proud to be an american but today i have the honor of speaking to two inspiring veterans that i get to call my friends and brothers. nate lives by motto, anything is possible. he joined the army in 2005. then just a year later he earned his green beret and served in the special forces. once he left the army at the ripe old age of 29 he enrolled
kilimanjaro and raise money for clean water wells in africa. we have this incredible challenge. we push ourselves to the limit, but also we re serving those who just don t have what we do have here in the united states, which is, you know, access to clean water and so many other things, that we re very fortunate to have. aaron, nate said something we have here in the states, access to clean water, seems pretty simple. how amazing is this country and why is it on this independence day it s so important to remain patriotic? it s pretty easy to be grateful for what we ve got. we have a strong community. strong moral values, and we ve got these defenders. like you guys. protect our nation. extremely grateful, and there are plenty of us around. i know i ve gotten so much support since my injury, and i m looking forward to celebrating a
strong and it started with serving the country. what do you say to people today, mark, who are dispirited about patriotism or dispirited about the state of our country right now? i try to talk a little sense into them. everybody will have their own opinion but i try to ooze patriotism and let them feel it also, and some people come around. ooze patriotism. what s the name of the bar at your house if you would share it for us? bar america. the only beer they don serve these days is bud light, i would assume. it s been banned. it s been banned from bar america. chris, as families gather watching us tonight, maybe there is fireworks to come, what s your message for hope for this country, because you look to politicians or you look to media, and you see disaster after disaster after disaster. what s your hope tonight? we could look at our founding fathers, but you know my heart. i want to point people to our heavenly father. we could look at quotes from
had an impact on those outside the uniform. can you share one. a year ago, michael from houston, texas, we flew he and his mother and sister in, put them up in a hotel, goes to school dressed as career day, in a time where police officers are already under fire, he dresses as a police officer, gets bullied and gets almost thrown out of his wheelchair. we wanted to show, when it came to our attention, how much little boys like michael and little girls mean to us, they are the reasons why we, we remember every single day why we suit up. that one day of perceptions changes. wearing a uniform from his hometown in texas, being given the most amazing tour of new york city and of all of nypd, a mounted unit in the harbor, thanks to nyc blue lives matter.