faced with a new situation they might not have expected they ll be able to succeed. griff: not to put you on the spot. it s memorial day weekend. you served and who would you like to remember. pa maloney, eric christianson, a few that passed. griff: we thank them and their loved ones for the sacrifice and thank you for being here today. thank you. griff: the colonel from the marine barracks washington commanding officer. back to you. that was such a beautiful conversation there and people can take away so much from it, especially when he talked about the lessons that he wants to impart on the future generations of marines. but they re all lessons that we could all use and pass onto the younger generations including
ourselves, life lessons, trust in family, have trust in your honor, all of those things could it could do us some good to let those weigh on us a little bit this weekend, to remember why we are here, why we have a three-day weekend, it s not just to have barbecues and enjoy the freedoms that we have and enjoy thanks to some of the sacrifices, because of the sacrifices like the colleagues and brothers in arms of colonel pastele. it s a great example of a wonderful human. griff: you know, just quickly to that point, alicia, that s why they often say on this weekend, enjoy your memorial day weekend, but live your life worthy of their sacrifice. absolutely. thank you, griff. well, america is on the move. we ll check in on the millions of americans travelling this holiday weekend, helping to jump start the economy.
everyone disappears right before you go live. i ve been watching you all day, you ve been doing fantastic. isn t it true? [laughter] absolutely. there were bigger crowds, certainly, but they re going to pick up, we re told. we re told. alicia: everybody s out there, i swear. okay. charles watson, thank you so much. griff. griff: alicia, when we come back, colonel oliver north is going to talk about the brave men and women who served in iraq and afghanistan and talk about the war stories that we shot right here at iwo jima. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn t aah! ok. i m on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. saturdays happen. pain happens.
me. alicia: absolutely. senator roger marshall, thank you. griff: there are many heros who have given their lives for this country. today i want to remember travis with his story in iraq. before his final deployment to iraq, marine first lieutenant travis left his family with a powerful motivation as to why he was going back into the fight. if not me, then who, he said. but on april 29th, 2007, the experienced iraq war ambushed with fellow marines while searching a suspected insurgent house in province. his father colonel tom remembers. travis was the only one that didn t make it back, but i know he would be proud to know that his actions saved the lives of everyone in the patrol that day.
myself killed and while doing so and document the heroism and the bravery. i was probably on the phone that was my phone and roger ailes was probably chewing me out, i told you to report the news not be the news. and by the way do you think you still fit in that jacket? yeah. colonel. god bless you, buddy. thank you very much. we ve got to leave it there. alicia, back to you. alicia: beautiful interview. beautiful. the white house has strong words for belarus after the country s president forced a plane with opposition journalist to land almost one yeek ago. lucas tomlinson is live with what the biden administration is calling for in the wake of this. hi, lucas. it started when the president of belarus scrambled an mig fighter jet, and carrying a dissident. and forcing it to land.