towns across the country. covering all 50 states. those puerto rico and the virgin islands. and the program itself was started by the marine corps. that is correct. you run this all the way through until today. kane tells about some of the accomplishment that you have had in recent years? i understand they are extensive. they are. the american public has been incredibly supportive of the marines toys for tots program over the years. we ve also been blessed with some wonderful corporate sponsors to make it possible. it really is the hard work of the marines that coordinate the campaigns. and tens of thousands of volunteers that put in unbelievable hours in order to make the program work. when you say we have had successes, yes, the successes have come because of folks out there who are willing to take the time, purchase a toy, drop it one of our barrels or make the important online donation. we have been blessed with tremendous support and it has enabled us to reach large number
a fox news alert. a christmas terror attack shut down by the fbi in america. the suspect, a former us marine. allegedly pledged his allegiance to isis. just a couple of days before christmas. welcome to america s news headquarters from washington. the former marine who the fbi says wanted to carry on a major attack in san francisco express support for radical jihadist messages online and has stated his support for isis to authorities searching his home. will carr is following the latest on this thwarted attack to request an assist of the guys was planning what looked like a lone wolf attack on pier 39 in san francisco over christmas get the 26-year-old
still, the political point is an important one. there s no doubt, but look how we got into the situation. barack obama freshly sworn in president in 2009 tells our allies that they re taking away the missile defense system that was promised to them in eastern europe, which set up and em boldened the russians for what they did in crima. and the minsk papers aren t worth the paper they re printed on. and donald trump is bucking up, doing the right thing to our allies, providing weapons to those ukrainians seek to go live in peace. this is an aggression without provocation and i m glad there s bipartisan support, unfortunately, it may be too little too late for what s been done. leland: and bringing up an important point that president trump fixing what many would
what kind of things can folks at home do to get involved in the organization? we re raising money for these elections, we d like support. doesn t matter the size, no donation too large or small. we d like you to be a part of the new surge of american vets running across the vets withhonor.org and in january we ll announce our first wave of endorsements, we have primaries coming up as early as march in texas and illinois. gillian: rye barcott, with honor, for joining us today. leland: speaking of veterans we ll talk about those in uniform right now. from south korea to iraq, from africa to japan. american troops standing watch this christmas. they will be there as they have been so faithfully for so many years, here is their message to all of us at home. to everyone out there who is watching this. keep our 180,000 soldiers in 150