arlington cemetery, what a beautiful tribute. fox & friends first starts right now. todd: you are watching fox & friends first on this memorial damon day. a beautiful flag outside our studios in manhattan. i m todd piro. jillian: i m jillian mele. thank you for joining us. we re honoring our fallen heros this memorial day. happening in washington, president biden and vice president kamala harris will mark memorial day by attending the annual wreath had laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. todd: david spunt joins us now. reporter: it has been six years since beau biden s passing. president biden waking up in wilmington, delaware this morning. he ll head back to washington, dc in just a few hours. then, he will go to arlington tional cemetery to lay the
wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier, a tradition here in the united states of america. for the first time since the pandemic, arlington will be open to the public. it was closed for the majority of the pandemic. it s a solemn resting place of thousands of heroes. the president will visit today. late this morning. he will give the speech after visiting the tomb. yesterday you see the president in wilmington, delaware. he encouraged americans from all stripes to come together and remember those who fought for this country. i hope that the nation comes together. we re not democrats and republicans today. we re americans. we re americans who have given their lives. reporter: the president and his family also mourning the loss of the president s son, beau biden, as six years ago he passed away. he was a former delaware
attorney general and a proud member of the delaware national guard where he was a major. we re honored but it s a tough day. i know how much the loss hurts, despite all the pain, i know the pride you feel in the loved one that you lost. reporter: the vice president, kamala harris, fending off criticism after a brief tweet that she posted, says enjoy the long weekend, telling her followers to enjoy the long weekend. critics say the tweet failed to mention why we have a long weekend to remember those who served and gave all. later, the vice president followed up, throughout our history, service men and women risked everything to at the defend our freedom and our country as we prepare to honor them, we remember their service and sacrifice. after today s of events, the president will be in heavy preparation for the meeting with other countries, the g-7 next