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Honored to be your host for the evening. Now, its been a year no one could have predicted, and many want to get rid of, but unlike so many other things, you cannot put a lock down on patriotism. [applause] and selfishly, this jacket right here has been waiting for this night for the last 364 days. Red, white, and blue inside and out. Tonight, we are honoring the heroic, courageous, brave andnd everyday patriots that make this country so special. Tonight, we honor the real 1 of america. This is an award show unlike any other. No selfimportant actors. Just selfless service. This is a worthy cause, a great cause. Tonight is for you. For us. For america. [applause]ca now, before we introduce you to our 2020 fox nation patriots come please Welcome Country music favorite and our friend for our national anthem. Hey, everybody, so proud to be part of the patriot awards satonight. God bless all of you. Thank you so much. One, two, three o say, can you see, by the dawns early light what so proud
Jedediah i come with information. That is absolutely right. Ed very, very tragic story. Pete police are desperately searching for answers as an employee is accused of gunning down four people and 12d injuring four others. Jedediah polices deadly shootout with police. We are on the perimeter where that shooting took place. Virginia state troopers are still trying to piece together exactly what happened. Lets get you caught up to date with what we know. Authorities say they do know who the gunman is. He was a long Time Employee here of the city. They have not released his identity yet. Investigators say they are also still trying to piece together his motive and they were notifying his family overnight. We do expect to learn more about him a little bit later on today. As to a Motive Police have not been speculating yet because this is a massive investigation. The shooting took place on multiple levels of this municipal complex. It didnt even happen in just one office. Police say thought
In arkansas and oklahoma, as the Arkansas River continues to swell. Many homes are already flooded in the river is expected to reach a record crest. We have Fox News Team coverage. Meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the flood and Severe Weather threats. We begin with matt finn in arkansas. Happening right now, fort Smith Official tele 640 homes have been affected or already flooding here and they expect tt 1,000 homes by tomorrow when the Arkansas River is forecasted to crest at 42. 5 feet, double the flood stage and an alltime high. This river has been raging. We have been watching it rise. If you look out here, there is a lock and dam tower. The garage doors there, probably halfway underwater. Two army corps of engineers workers had to be rescued by helicopters from the roof of the building because the floodwaters trapped them. To the right, the chainlink fence police tell us is 10 feet tall. Thats almost entirely submerged. If you look closely to the right, theres a white rope tha