now. you know, like i said earlier, it s a big journey. i think i learned a lot about myself, god was telling me how strong i was as a person and bringing me through some times where i didn t feel like i would make it. we have to beat ourselves up to get somewhere, it s one of those things where if you stare at yourself long enough in the mirror you think, i ve got a future ahead of me, i ve just got to keep my nose to the grind stone. do you know how lucky you are to know that in an industry like the country music business that can eat you alive, that you know who you are. yes, and i feel like a lot of people in this world are lost. we have to remember, too, dude, if you go every single day feeling like life is just going to beat you up, if you go every day thinking, man, lord, i feel like i m not doing something right, man, just live your life how you feel. the thing is none of us is per fendt. we might drink a little bit. customer a little bit, it s fourths of july, we know we
hear the words from that man. i wrote a book a broken bonds and battles available now. and the reason i want you to read it is it includes incredible stories. and stories of inspiring veterans that have really been a coherent part of my own journey. i really have the privilege of calling them my friends, not just my brothers. one of those amazing vets is truly incredible, his name is aaron hill, we went to bomb tech school together, and after a career that has a shift he wanted to be closer to the front lines and join the army to take bombs apart. he was injured in afghanistan by an iud, but his injuries have not slowed them down. he has sped up. he has about to run 135-mile race across death valley, the hardest foot race almost in the world. he will be the first 100% blind and deaf person to ever complete it. and told me all about the
i don t appreciate them giving me this topic, by the way, the world s top competitive eater, joey chestnut wins again but not without some stiff competition from the weather. officials calling off the hot dog eating men s contest due to torrential storms hitting the coney island area. but chestnut didn t let soggy weather block him from his 16th title. the reigning champ urged organizers to save the contest and he went on once again to take home the gold after devouting 62 hot dogs in just 10 minutes. this is funny how this went down. there was a big thunderstorm that happened. the competition was supposed to happen at noon. and it got delayed and then all of a sudden word got out that it got canceled, and then there is this picture of joey chestnut and he s like storming on coney island. elbows up. a bunch of reporters was heard saying i m going to get all the guys out here and we re
what he did for our country, and to be able to give him his mortgage-free smart home on independence weekend, it s meant a lot to him. because, you know, joey, he served with so many great heroes and we wanted to recognize him and the battle he went through on the field. and the battle he went through afterwards as well. thank, we talked a lot about your mission at tunnel to towers. the folks that you served, the service members, first responders, and their surviving families. i want to give you a second to talk about how you do it. i know you have great corporate sponsors but there are a lot of men and women at home who send a little bit of money every month and talk about all those americans who support you all. we do have hundreds and hundreds of thus of americans, most certainly because of fox news without a doubt, we couldn t do this work without fox news, a hundred percent, and they donate $11 per month, and most americans can do that, and it should be a promise that every am
says that this is her 92nd fourth of july. god bless you. youod should make the last hotdog. lonis saving the best for la. joey josephine, this is for y. there were five hot dogs and four of us, i m sitting with the pit one open, elbows up. look at this, and incrediblefire fireworks display like you ve never seen before the bigli independence dayve specialst celebration live in new york city continues. stay rightht back. what do we love about america? i love frontiersmen empiree nears, risk takers,ri entrepreneurs. t. i love the american spirit. i love the american dream, don telt believe it when they t you it s does not exist. it s still here and alive and has made so many people s livese greater. it s why people are clamoring to come to this country in 2023. so happy independence day to everybody. happy fourth.