Work yesterday morning and brokenhearted at what i saw congress doing. A member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the United States and in his way tried to express that opinion, he was a brave man, fallen hero, he knew what he was getting into because he enlisted. He was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be, exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken, that was the message. Kellys own son robert was killed fighting for the us in afghanistan in 2010, Donald Trumps Chief Of Staff describing the agonizing process of notifying a Family Member of a loved ones death and the pain those loved ones go through and live with. Typically the only phone
calls a family receives are the most important phone calls from their buddies. In my case after my son was killed his friends were calling us from afghanistan telling us what a great guy he was. Those are the only phone calls that really matter. Kelly said he was upset by will financ
family, the most sacred thing we have, the bickering, the political politics, playing politics with families is unacceptable and i would like to see it end. people said stuff they hopefully regret and it ends, the president made a phone call that has got to be very uncomfortable, he asked general kelly what to said he said the best way he could. i know donald trump, he cares about the military, won t insults anybody, way general kelly said, it broke his heart. i watched it live and it was an excellent speech. praise is pouring in for general kelly online with some of your comments. a lot of praise for general kelly, i was crying before he was halfway done, moved beyond words and appalled by the reaction of some media.
welcome back to fox and friends first, emotional, rare patriotic moment from chief of staff general john kelly producing a riveting and stunning condemnation of frederica wilson s claims about donald trump s condolence call. s love of country shining. i was stunned when i came to work and brokenhearted at what i saw congress doing. a member of congress who listens in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a wife and his way tried to express that opinion, a brave
calls a family receives are the most important phone calls from their buddies. in my case after my son was killed his friends were calling us from afghanistan telling us what a great guy he was. those are the only phone calls that really matter. kelly said he was upset by will finance committee had to collect his thoughts by walking through the graves at arlington national cemetery for more than an hour. heather: remarkable moment to see him standing there explaining to people the significance of the phone call from the president of the united states. and the significance of serving our country. we will talk more about this. this is what donald trump had to say blasting frederica wilson on twitter. commander-in-chief writing this. the fake news is going crazy with the congresswoman wilson
relief efforts. we have done a really great job, we had tremendous cooperation from the governor and we are getting there. i m confident with your commitment and support we will be able in the long haul to give citizens of puerto rico adequate resources. giving the okay to provide additional funding to repair the ravaged islands, 80% of puerto rico remains without electricity. after months of vacation since leaving the oval office barack obama returning to the campaign trail. four more years! heather: promoting gubernatorial candidates in new jersey and virginia, president obama slamming the current administration without mentioning donald trump by name. the politics we see now, we thought we put that to bed.