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
his goal, but he did still win. you talk about incredible only in america stories, okay, anyone can do anything. this is a guy who got rich and famous eating hot dogs that doesn t go on anywhere else. the name helps. won the girl s competition as well. only in america. you re going to see behind the scenes of coney island and the nathan hotdog eating competition. look at that. because i got a sneak peek before the contest started the and i flipped some dogs. nice and i love your hat. thank you very much. nice outfit. i still have it. i saved it. that was a solid dozen in the tongs there. i thought you were working at nathan s because you got the same performance review as i did last week. that s a relief for you. speaking of food, every year on the fourth of july there s these web sites that come out with the most popular barbecue item by state. so we have all of our state s. i m from new jersey and apparently baked beans is the most popular. jimmy from new
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
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 nathan s hotdog eating men s contest due to torrential storms hitting the coney island area. but chest nutted didn t let soggy weather block him from his 16th title t reigning champ urged organizers to save the contest and he went on to once again take home the gold after dwourg 62 hot dogs in just 10 minutes. this is actually kind of funny how this all went down because like you said there was a big thunderstorm that happened. the competition was supposed to happen at noon, and all it got delayed and then all of a sudden word got out that it got cancelled. and then there s this picture of joey chestnut and he s like storming coney island. wwe like elbows up. a bunch of reporters said he was heard saying i m going to get all the guys out here and we re going to do this thing.