we are the heirs of that first revolution. we are the keepers of the flame of liberty. we hold it high tonight for the world to see. we will safeguard our values. we will teach our children to cherish and adore their country so that they can build its future. we can make the years ahead the best years our nation has ever had. there is new ground to be broken and new action to be taken. america has always been greatest when we dared to be great. together, we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told, the story of america. the ideals of july 4th, 1776, still speak to all humanity, and the revolution declared that day goes on. happy, happy fourth of july america, to all of you out there welcome to our big independence day special celebration live here in new york city where it is 80 degrees, very hot and humid. i m aishah hasnie here tonight with joey jones carley shimkus and joey failla and we have a jam packed two hours ahead including live pe
i can t wait to share that with the audience and of course our nations red rans a group i m proud to be a part of, an enormous part why we re able to celebrate in the land of the free tonight. we hear from america s bravest through the generations and the sacrifices they ve made on and off the battlefield. and no fourth of july would be complete without nathan s famous hotdog eating con test where i got a behind the scenes peek at what goes down before the competition. hey girl. and can you pass my u.s. history 101 test? i hit bush stadium in st. louis to grill the biggest fans of america s favorite past time. see if you measure up ahead. first we want to talk about why we love the fourth of july, of course, and america and our favorite traditions and what is there not to like about celebrating america s birthday and reflecting on only positive things about this country. unity and patriotism. you get one day a year to do it and today s the day. probably my favorite thing about
good for him. i don t know if it was him or not but low and behold at 2:00 p.m. the contest went off. what an absolute leader. you put him there in the halls of joe montana and john elway. he is considered an athlete, yeah. joey chestnut man. can we point out the obvious too. like i love how they re pretending to care about anybody s health at a hotdog eating contest. worry about the rain someone might get nah moan why you but go ahead and eat 60 hot dawks in a minute. how has nobody else trained hard enough to beat the guy. can people try harder. physical anomaly. what s funny is i listened to a podcast a couple days ago and joey chestnut was being interviewed and he did say that the weather does have an impact on his performance. on his gut? because he said that if it gets too hot tbuns dry out and it s hard to eat. if it s too cold the hot dogs get cold it s hard to eat. so the perfect forecast is like 82 and overcast and it rained. so he didn t do 77, which wa
our hot dogs are made today the same they were in 19 16. this is the original flagship nathan s. the original one? the original stand was literally right behind you. how many hot dogs do you usually sell on the fourth of july. this particular restaurant on a particular july 4th, 10,000 hot dogs. that s a lot of dogs. there is a reason we associate hot dogs with the fourth of july. the nathan s famous fourth of july hotdog eating contest. how did the nathan s hotdog eating contest get start. according to legend he opened his stand and there were a couple patrons arguing who s the most patriotic on july 4ththed. they said let s settle it at nathan s who can eat the most hot dogs. there s something special about the nathan s. what s the secret. i can t tell you. the same recipe for 107 years. would you like to flip a couple dogs? i would love to.
[bell rings] i hear the bell going. she wins at everything. i think the game is rigged. abby what s going on here? you can t trust em. can t trust em. keep at it. you have a couple hours until the place closing. she rides horses. i m going to practice. yep. she rides horses. she went up in a weather balloon, or a regular a hot air balloon this morning. yes, she did. abby, thank you so much. you re the best. that was a fixed game. can we just acknowledge that was a fixed game because she is a trick shot legend like off the airplane nothing but net. not fair how talented she is and also beautiful and sweet. fourth of july is of course synonymous with hot dogs and what better place to play homage than nathan s hotdog eating contest in coney island. check it out. . carley: what makes nathan s so famous. we ve been around 107 years,