athletes and started with the u.s. senator. gretchen: sarah smiley shares their story in a book. we re joined by sarah smiley and her husband, dustin, and their children, ford, owen and lendle. good morning to all of you. hi. gretchen: what i love about your family is that you had in place a tradition where you all ate together to begin with and then when dustin left to serve overseas, you thought, wow, how am i going to fill this seat? you came up with this idea. right. i knew from his other deployments that dinner time is the hardest time to be alone, whether you re military or for whatever reason that you re alone, it s a difficult time. so this time i decided we were going to fill his seat. steve: dustin, that must have made you feel pretty good because you re away from your family and yet you know once a week, somebody will be in your chair having a good conversation relating with your family. that s right. my biggest concern when i was deploying was how is my family g
this is going to make him really popular. really popular. let s lots of luck. the chicago tribune. mcdonald s has announced it will stop selling its angus burger because of the rising cost of beef. they will offset the cost by replacing with chicken options. beef prices in the midst of ten-year high. a special mother s day edition. military mom sarah smiley s inspired way to fill her husband s empty seat at the dinner table after he was deployed overseas. with us now is politico s mike allen and jim vandehei with the morning playbook. can you imagine going into burger king and ordering the new burger that replaces the other tha meat that was too expensive?