gregg: i will give some things to airline they are running planes that are three times more fuel efficient than they during the first gulf war. great to see you. thanks. heather: nine groolg grueling days, 3200 miles by bicycle, they proudly arriving at ground zero today. the team riding across the country raising awareness and money to help the children of fallen u.s. vets. molly is live for us at ground zero where the warrior ride rolled into a hero s welcome. reporter: that is right. cyclists arrived a few moments ago. dramatic cheers you can see them here. there is an incredible crowd of people that welcomed them to an amazing journey. 18 people including the support staff and veterans that made
9/11 memorial. tell me about the people making the journey. a bunch of guys that i served with in the marine corps. i served from 01 to 05 as a platoon commander. also a marine corps corpsman who was with us for the trip and he will be doing a hand rank bike on the way down to ground zero from here. we are excited for that. tell me about how the money will be spent? the money goes directly towards providing college scholarships for the children of marines killed in action. we try and help the family offset the burden of the cost of college. thank you so much. i appreciate it. for more information on this go to 9/11 heros run .com/warrior ride. shannon: and we will make sure that information gets out. molly, thank you so much. in our last hour, you heard from gop rising star vernon parker. woman battling himling him for
upset the town, and there s so many questions with this. you know, it was 1:00 in the morning. he was outside with a ski mask. mainly, police want to know if the dad s gun as well was registered. prosecutors, though, have not charged him with a crime. gregg? gregg: many people would say he suffered enough, but the law takes a different course. all right, harris, thanks. reporter: sure. jenna: now for this story, a good note to end on on a friday. we re tracking 12 of the toughest guys you will ever meet on their cross country bike ride to raise money for families of fallen and wounded u.s. servicemen and women. the warrior ride began last saturday in california, and check out this graphic. it s a long ride, that s for sure. these former marines and servicemen and civilians are closing in on that final destination, the world trade center in new york city. joining us on the phone is carlo, a former marine captain and director of the travis man
on the phone a former u.s. marine captain the organizer of the warrior ride. a guy who has a couple of purple hearts himself. david, how are you doing two days into this thing? we re doing pretty well, sir. we re 100 miles outside of flagstaff, arizona, now, heading towards our end point which will be outside of durango, colorado. everybody is pretty motivated and doing well. jon: eight days to do 3200 miles, do i have that right? you do. you do. we ve got 12 riders and, four support crew, including one of our medics that we actually served in fallujah with, doc worley, who has been an unbelievable guy. so we ve got a great team and we re breaking down the miles and getting it done together. jon: you started this thing a few years ago, i know riding from the iwo jima memorial in virginia all the way to ground zero in new york city. that is a couple of hundred miles. what made you decide to take this thing across-country?
are getting ready. they are up to the task. they have been training for six long months and we ll be covering the event. gregg: what a wonderful they are doing. claudia, give them our best wishes. we re going to follow what it is they are doing. stick with fox news for updates on this cross-country warrior ride. we re going to have coverage of the group s arrival at ground zero on september 30th. heather: coming up new hope for troops suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. an injection may hold the key to recovery. gregg: investigators revealing their findings in the month long investigation into the fast and furious gun running scandal. the report confirming that the u.s. attorney general eric holder did not know about it, but not everybody is satisfied that he is completely in the clear. just because you are not convicted doesn t mean you are vindicated.