ain t that america. something to see, baby ain t that america. home of the free. yeah. carley: good morning from nashville, tennessee, i m carley shimkus live outside the grand ole opry. ahead of the fox nation patriot awards taking place tonight. todd: i m todd piro, in new york, not nashville. you are uch waing fox and friends first on thursday morning. carley shimkus, you know two questions, one how is it going and two, the question i ask when you travel, how is the food? carley: the food has been excellent. i ordered room service last night and ate it in bed, everything a new mom would want, need, dream and desire. i ve been in nashville less than 24 hours and i ve such a wonderful time. i m right outside the grand ole opry, you just got a sneak peek of what it looks like inside. definitely stay tuned all morning long. it s been so wonderful to be here. the patriot awards will be taking place tonight at the grand ole opry, country music s biggest stage where e
[9 to 5] brian: wow, that is the franklin marching band and they have come to play. ainsley: they are talented. and they woke up super early. brian: and they didn t mind doing it. guy, thanks so much for being here. we have a studio audience, we have great looking band and pretty good looking anchors. welcome to the grand ole opry house. and this has 95 years of history. multiple locations. there is so much history. we might have to take four hours instead of three. ainsley: original grand ole opry opened up in the 40 s and then moved here. it s larger. they kept. we will show you throughout the show a circle, part of the reiman stage still here today that they moved over to this facility. brian: they forgot to take it. ainsley: where they are inducted where dolly has stood. steve: they would sing and so they brought it here so that every performer would always stand in the original. lawrence: all on the souse outside. all of the artifacts. the stu