awesome. happy fourth. this independence day our proud american coverage continues. proud american correspondent and former fox & friends weekend co-host anna kooiman is live in patriots point, south carolina. what a great city helping the uss yorktown prep for the big celebration. good morning, anna. welcome back. pete: good morning. thank you. i loved being in charleston and i can t wait to see you guys in new york as well. i m loving that new headline there under my name. the proud american correspondent. so what a patriotic back drop we have behind us, hey? this is patriots point. it s a maritime museum home to aircraft carrier, uss yorktown and destroyer and submarine. the museum maintenance team here at patriots point wanted to help the uss yorktown get in ship shape for the hollywood s holiday so t me to work. the main attraction, the uss yorktown.
hurt. just looking. ed: is that your squirrel voice or puppy voice. jedediah: it was a mix. rick, how are you doing? you are in patriots point, south carolina. rick: i am. and i was recognizing the squirrel voice vs. the puppy voice. jedediah: it s a fine line, rick. rick: i get it. i have a little bit of that same way. turning 50, guys. it s a big thing. pete: you look great, rick. rick: it s done. thank you very much. rested is what i look. that s all that is down here in south carolina where there is obviously the event going on here, proud american, which is going to be a great day. we do have storms we are going to watch today. early july. this is where things are humid and hot and pop-up thunderstorms. take a look at the map and show you what s going on. certainly warm this morning almost everywhere across the country. in fact, down across areas of the south it s very, very warm. 78 right now in dallas and
i didn t know until i got there he was throwing out the first pitch. i don t know if it was a strike. we were teasing him about it look it was a strike if somebody would have swung at it. pete is a good friend of mine. i know you are. this is what he says to me. do you great work. i stopped. like, no, i m just on tv. you do great work. so humble. is he praising other people. people are coming up to him at city field, honoring him. what a great american. check it out on fox nation. pete: he has amazing personality. you will enjoy it. meanwhile, another veteran sending a message straight to nike. releasing this betsy ross flag t-shirt for independence day. you will meet that hero live next.
white house recently. here is a little tid bit to wet your whistle as they say before you check it out on fox nation. watch. i m wearing. this but this is my unit s insignia now. this is the iraq war veteran service award for everything that they did and nobody got recognized for it, i know they say the reviews are done. brew the coffee. get back to the bedroom and let s do these men and women right they have earned it and served and exceeded the traditions of any at war. pete: your hope is there are more recipients? there has to be. wherever they come from from the navy to the air force, god bless them all. pete: a special guy. really candid. check it out. modern warriors, medal of honor special on fox nation airing today. ed: i can t wait to see it because i actually met him last night. i was at the yankees mets.
did you see that? fox was here. they made me paint over that unfortunately. so the uss york town could carry up to 100 planes and up to 3,000 people. today here at patriots point 300,000 people come and visit. so it gets to still be a living part of history. guys, back to you in new york. we have got to remind everybody at home to make sure post pictures on social media using the #proud american. we want to see pictures of you who you are celebrating at home. jedediah: we are ready for you anna. i don t know if you have noticed but we are ready. amazing. i can t wait to see you this weekend in new york, too. ed: put an extra burger on the grill for you. please do. pete: they picked it well. can you read the prompter was those on. nike facing major backlash for pulling betsy ross sneakers. this morning we are getting a history lesson. pete s pete s jillian live outside the betsy ross house in the birt birthplace of our