received the mentorship of the sergeant in charge of me, it opened my eyes and gave me the courage to make the leap. tucker: what s it like going through this kind of training with camera men on your shoulder? you know, actually surprisingly, they were very good at what they did. all i had to do was focus on doing my training right, and they took care of the rest. alisyn: yeah. you know, the purpose of this show again is starting strong, it will be on fox stations around the country starting today, and the purpose of it is to really show the public what being in the army is like and obviously to get more people who are interested in joining the army, so what surprised you about the experience? well, everything. i mean, i had no clue what to expect, you know, going into a military base for the first time. it was a real eye-opener, everything that i saw and everything that i did. tucker: interesting. interesting.
there are perceptions out there, this is, you know, not the top of the list of the choice. all those young people i met out there, this was the top job they wanted, the career choice they chose. anything surprise you? anything that will open our eyes? i guess the sense of family in the army. the army says we all bleed green. and they honestly mean that. it s such a progressive organization. everybody is the same in the army. it s what i loved about any organization. everybody is sort of evaluated based on who they are and what they do and nothing else. it sounds terrific. it s called starting strong, on our fox stations around the country. thanks so much, ricky schroeder, great to talk to you. my pleasure. coming up, the abuse of the irs getting worse? this time the agency is starring a dance party paid for by you. then, brand new a man
says saddam hussein s days are numbered. i m shepard smith. this is the fox report on fox news channel and tonight on fox stations from coast to coast. bombs and crews mistles rained down on baghdad for a second night in a row. and saddam s main presidential palace taking a direct hit. saddamecess saddam hussein s family home got hit as well. bill: that marked eight long years of conflict in iraq. almost 4500 americans dead. more than 32,000 wounded. almost a trillion dollars spent. was it worth it? many liberals say no. some conservatives say yes. the wall street journal today supporting the war in iraq on its editorial page. of course, the new york times thinks it was foolish. no matter what you think. the iraq war has changed america. we now have a 17 trillion-dollar debt. and obviously iraq contributed to that we also have thousands of wounded warriors. the country must take care of. and we have an ideological battle over how to deal with villains like iran. as you may know,
the white garment and one by one we believe the cardinals will be approaching him to swear their obedience. moments from now, we will meet the new pope and you will hear the announcement, latin, for we have a pope and he will be introduced to the world in latin and deliver his first words as pope. it will happen moments from now as you can hear, they have official business to take care of inside the vatican, but the celebration goes on outside in st. peter s square and look at the smiles on the folks faces as they continue to celebrate. we re going to pause for one moment to let our fox stations join us. and good evening from rome, i m shepard smith, it s 12 minutes past seven o clock and tonight, we have a pope.
with fear after one of these events. well, i think as you re saying, he s not just speaking to this crowd here, he s speaking to the nation, a nation who is mourning and a nation who is frightened and people who have young children and nieces and nephews, look, they see this and they think this could happen to my children. i mean, what s to say there s not a copy cat or something like that, and i think that the president has to is going to be doing a lot of reassuring as well. we re looking live at the auditorium at newtown high school, about 900 people inside that auditorium, about 1300 people in an overflow area that has a live feed. there are other people outside. we re told the place is packed and obviously, a lot of family members there to see the president, to listen to him. there s a long lineup here and we re going to pause now so that some of our fox stations around the country could join