have on humans. i will never be able to shake that desperate voice and cries for help out of my head. media reports on the surprise merger between the pga and the liv golf league. you want to have faith but a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal. scores! own the night, 2023. stanley cup champions. viva, las vegas champions, baby, number one. steve good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, june 14th, 2023. and we start today s telecast with a fox news alert. former president donald trump tearing into president joe biden and the doj just hours after entering a not guilty plea in federal court. ainsley: and the white house is staying mostly silent on the charges in the classified documents case. brian: yeah. they don t want to be a distraction. jonathan serrie outside the courthouse in miami with the latest. good morning. good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. after his day in court. former president trump struck a defiant tone, accusing the biden administrat
me up if we re going to do this we need to bring in harold who is gadd friend of ours. is he our fourth partner with the navy. he is a retired navy command master chief with the seals. we got talking to harold and harold within a a couple seconds guys i m all in let s do that at that point we got the marines, air force, marine and navy we need the army guy. we reached out to r.j. casey who is our fourth army. special arm fourses and that became the four branches. steve: i gotcha. four branches i understand there are four grains involved. rick, is this a bourbon because it s mainly corn. that is correct. it s a bourbon because it has 65% over 51% corn. it was critical that weigh had four grains to represent each branch of the military. steve: it s fantastic. mike, i m looking at notes from your company four branches bourbon. unique four grain recipe, smooth
men who have one or two drinks per day. moderation is key. actor mark wahlberg taking up role new tequila brand. star recently moved out of hollywood going behind the counter to pour some shots. he met fans and handed out signed bottles at an event in the windy city. steve, take it away. steve: two stories about liquor because, this morning, we are celebrating national bore bon day by highlighting four branches bourbon. four veterans from the army navy, marines and air force honors those who have served and supports veteran causes as well joining us now with more are the co-founders of four branches bourbon air force vet mike troth and marine corps vet mike franco. good morning to you. good morning, steve. steve: rick you had the germ
of the idea and called mike. what was your pitch to him. i said i want to create a barrel bourbon for guys from the unit that we both served in within the agency it was to honor those who served in and out of the shadows. the genesis was a real good friend of mine. we were fellow cadets at bmi. we were marine officers and i recruited him into the agency. and, unfortunately, on his first mission. he lost his life but he saved the lives of everyone else. it was honor greg. steve: i gotcha. rick, so you are a marine. mike, you are in the air force. you wanted to have all four branches. so how did you figure out who from the navy and who from the army would help you out? i think that organically grew. when rick called me up, it wasn t it didn t start out as four branches. it started out as individuals. ironically grew and rick called
upfront with a little bit of bite on the back to give you that kentucky kiss. what is the kentucky kiss? you know, some people refer to it as a kentucky hug. we call it the kentucky kiss. it s a little bit of a burn on the back of the tongue to let you know you are drinking bourbon but it doesn t have that burn going down like a lot of whiskeys or bourbons do. keeps you warm in the chest and lets you know you are drinking bourbon. steve: i know exactly what you are talking about. rick, how should we celebrate national bourbon day today? we should whether we drink, we should drink honorably and sip to remember, not to forget. steve: mike, i m sure you would agree with that. 100 percent. it s all about drinking honorably to us. steve: you know what? i think people all across the country have heard about your product and are interested. so for more information, folks, here on national bourbon day visit 4 branches.com to find out what they are talking about. find out all about