>> for the first time ever, my wife and i brought all of our kids to the patriot awards this year. they are seated up in the balcony. >> hi dad. [laughter] >> we need to make sure our police are supported by this rule of law. bad guys, you do the crime, you do the time. >> our country is at risk this is the line in the sand, moms for liberty moms across the country have drawn that line because we do not co-parent with the government. [cheers. [n out of the war i got two things i'm proud to say i survived and the second things is i met my wife who i was married to for 71 years. >> my mission is to bring awareness to veterans and that's i'm accepting this award to to bring awareness to our veterans to remind them that they matter, that we do care. and that they will always be remembered. ♪ o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave [cheers] ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: okay, chris, you are so cute. the guy behind the camera is dancing all over this stage. we have two bands this morning. with great names. we have the brass animals and we have the high school students from maple wood. the high school drumline. thank you all so much for getting up early. we have a bunch of veterans in the live audience here. we are at the grand ole opry house in nashville. >> steve: that's right. this essentially is the post game show for last night's patriot awards. if you haven't seen it yet, you can check it out on fox nation. you never know. sometimes we rebroadcast it on fox. >> ainsley: free for veterans. >> steve: it absolutely is. we have a bunch of veterans in here today. i hope that every one of the members of the of the two bands stops by and steps into the circle because we have talked a little bit with this. here at the grand ole opry, they actually carved out a 6-foot round circle of the original floor of the grand ole opry, the reiman auditorium in downtown nashville and placed it there. it is essentially -- it is holy ground. >> lawrence: when you step, in i feel like you get a burst of energy. it's different. >> ainsley: prove it. >> steve: hop over here. >> brian: lawrence is right because sometimes he makes things up. >> ainsley: so energetic. [laughter] >> steve: we're about to show you where we presented the first ever stephen siller award. as we stood here, ainsley was right here and she says i feel like. >> ainsley: hallowed ground. what's the rule? i think when i went to the reiman, years ago, i think they told me you can't really stand on the circle and that's why when carrie underwood was able to perform for the first time she was -- they all get emotional. >> steve: because it's holy ground. they said last night they said that legend has it right here on this round piece of wood, is the dust from hank william jr.'s cowboy boots. >> lawrence: wasn't the dirt that brian brought into the floor. >> brian: there is a lot of stories. i don't know if that will stand up to scrutiny. >> steve: this is perfect symmetry here we are at the circle as we were just about -- let see, nine hours ago presenting the first ever stephen siller award. and this is very emotional and very impactful and very deserving to the people who were awarded it. watch. >> this year nashville faced unthinkable tragedy when a gunman entered the convent school. >> tonight we remember and we honor of the six lives lost, including three adults and three children. >> took nashville's finest six minutes to get to the school and the shooter. the sacrifice deserve our recognition and our deepest gratitude. >> steve: indeed, lawrence. we have teamed up with tunnel 2 towers for a very, very special award. >> ainsley: we would like to introduce you to detective michael colozo. detective/sergeant jeff mathis and detective ryan cagle. [cheers] >> lawrence: yesterday was so special to me for a couple reasons. as you all know, i always end covering the school shootings, tragically. i was so hurt about my home state of texas that did not -- the officers not going in toward the fire. and then i went to nashville and saw -- within minutes, they went there and if you listen to the call, you hear englebert saying move, move. he's giving the order as gunfire is still happening. they were going toward the shooter. >> steve: right. >> lawrence: to meet those heroes was a special moment. >> ainsley: last moment they showed the video. >> steve: the body cam. >> ainsley: the body cam of them going in. >> steve: so powerful. one other story, the fellow who did do some of the talking and five in all were awarded the presentation last night, two of them couldn't be there. but the fellow who did do the talking, said -- talked about the heroism of one of the detectives and he said to figure out where in the school the shooter was, the covenant school in nashville area, one of the detectives ran through -- ran outside, ran around to draw fire so, they could figure out where the shooter was. they're all heroes. >> brian: what about the pendley painting at the end. station. so that was -- we also on a side note, love to get that manifesto, we find out what every shooter is thinking except this shooter. and i asked these guys he said i don't think it's coming out. go. >> lawrence: apparently the fbi, little more political than local police department they are in control now of the releasing of it. real quickly before we let go. i thought it was also -- we hear the story of tunnel 2 towers. stephen siller son's jr. >> steve: stephen. >> ainsley: he was 9 y 9 months. >> lawrence: he was 9 mondays 9s old. do you remember anything? >> lawrence: i was 9 months. >> ainsley: i think he said he was the youngest of all the kids. >> lawrence: he is the baby. >> ainsley: almost didn't name him stephen after his dad. frank said please you got to go with stephen. he needs to be a junior. thank the good lord they did. his name carries on in many ways. >> steve: he told us yesterday on this program stephen siller jr., that while he was only 9 months old when his father was killed on 9/11, going from the tunnel to the towers, that's why we call it that. he has heard from so many people i remember your dad. i remember your dad from training. i remember the time -- he has sump a vast knowledge of his father through the eyes of other people who he helped. >> brian: you will see frank siller all over the channel, too. one of the greatest people you will ever meet in your life. we have three guests coming your direction. pete hegseth, fresh off hosting last night. dennis quaid, endlessly sexy, as is sean hannity. three very handsome men. later, we're going to do poll and find out who is the handsomest if that's a great suffix. >> ainsley: sexiest man alive. >> brian: our sexiest man alive. >> lawrence: are you in this. >> brian: i'm not eligible. '8" checked with the judges. >> ainsley: you are not a man. [laughter] >> brian: why did i g give the pause unbelievable. three very handsome men coming up. >> steve: one of them sang a great gospel song. >> ainsley: really strong christian. >> lawrence: he is. he has a beautiful story. >> brian: someone is rushing to bring their tux back. you got to get it back or get fined. >> steve: right, by noon. >> brian: i got calls from my tux guy, are you going to bring it back today? >> lawrence: you rented your tux? the great brian kilmeade? >> brian: i'm giving it back. >> steve: no wonder you had it open. i can't wrinkle it or an extra three bucks. >> brian: sign my name on the shin so everybody who rents it a chance to look back. >> steve: after our talk earlier about whether our tuxedo should be buttoned i divoolgd it when you are standing it should be buttoned. if you are sitting and you want to unbottom ton it. >> ainsley: and women can sit with it buttoned. >> steve: can you do whatever you want. >> ainsley: we will show you more of the patriot awards today realized other veterans didn't have flowers on the grave. another man 101 years old. >> steve: andy. >> ainsley: world war ii veteran. stormed normandy. lost his wife. they were married 71 years. he talked and you could hear a pin drop. everyone wanted to give him ha time. >> brian: for the record no pins did drop. >> ainsley: everyone stood up for the national anthem and put their hands or their heart and everyone was singing. >> steve: a patriotic night. >> brian: one thing left behind. >> steve: crime. >> brian: again, i shouldn't have paused. that was my fault. >> steve: start like this, one of the nice things about being here in nashville and then. >> brian: it's got to come natural gas for me. >> steve: gavin, say take two. >> brian: i was thinking if you have a second one of the things that happened in nashville that made me think about new york and thinking about the problems we left behind quickly move forward, that was me myself. one was le illegal immigration. we have # 20,000 illegals dropped in our city nowhere to put them. they are hanging out outside hotels. we he now give them pickup tents and tell them to go to central park. costing millions of dollars called the 00 president and maybe that's why he being investigated president wouldn't go visit at the u.n. you do my budget i'm cutting back i have no choice. shear is eric adams. >> we just had-to-announce a budget cut in our services in the city. we have in new york a total of $12 billion to pay for these asylum seekers, migrant crises at our city was hit with. the national government must do their share. this is a national problem. it's not a new york city problem. chicago problem, massachusetts problem. the national government should be picking up this tab. >> lawrence: so the president today. >> steve: is he right. >> lawrence: he is right. the president is supposed to be meeting with the president of mexico. you wonder what he is going to say. >> brian: he better bring it up. >> ainsley: the white house is saying they are going to continue to work together. partners. >> lawrence: work so well. remain in mexico where we were putting pressure on them. had the mexican military that were trying to secure -- working relationship. donald trump put pressure on -- >> steve: you know, defund police crowd, this is their wildest dream come true. new york city is going to have to cut -- is going to cut next year $132 million from the cops. and $74 million from the fire department. they are also, you know, fire department long-term disability and light duty people injured or out sick, they are making them retire early. >> ainsley: or they are firing them. >> steve: because they need the money for the migrant crisis. listen, it wouldn't be that way if the federal government said, okay, we let the people, in we'll give you the cash. >> lawrence: fix it. >> steve: they won't give people the cash. >> brian: sanctuary, too, status. >> ainsley: these are the lowest level of cops since the mid 1990s. we are going to reduce our number of police officers in new york to 29,000. and this is right in the middle of this multi billion dollars migrant crisis. the next five police academy classes will be axed. 4500 officers are already expected to leave the ranks within the next 18 months. and joe borelli said it bass e. best. the minority leader for the city. he said defund the police crowds woke dream has come true. we were fed a line of b.s. that the wave of migrants would be a benefit to the city. now we are defunding the police to pay for their beds. >> brian: while doing their laundry and taking down their sheets and giving them a mini menu during the day. education, education department was told cut $547 million this year and 600 million next year. we're cutting out of education. >> lawrence: they are not cutting all their woke programs that could probably help with the funding. again, look, they can cut all they want. they can try to address texas given $5 billion to the problem and we have a surplus in our budget. the bottom line is you can keep shelling out cash. you got to fix the problem at the border. >> brian: you got to want to. >> lawrence: what joe biden and kamala harris the border czar. ains have a chance in one year. >> steve: we have a chance right now. do we really want to go back to new york? i mean. rather stay here. >> brian: could we seek asylum? >> steve: are there any tennessee officials in the house? >> ainsley: will you build us a studio? we don't have to pay taxes. >> lawrence: i'm sure governor bill lee would love us here. >> brian: maybe. maybe not. >> ainsley: it's 16 minutes after the top of the hour. p. diddy accused of sex trafficking, abuse by a former girlfriend. a live report next. plus, cutting bark on one teaspoon of salt just as well as some blood pressure medicine. that's according to a new study we're going to ask dr. janette nesheiwat if there is any truth to this. >> lawrence: that's going to help brian. >> brian: she was a star. youngsest start of the stage last night. >> veterans and that's what i am accepting this award to bring awareness to our veterans to remind them that they matter, this we do care. >> brian: yep, 18-year-old preston sharp joins us live after winning the young patriot award last night. lawrence lawrence first, here is the maple wood high school drumline performing live at the grand ole opry ♪ ♪ the right message at the right time, every time. 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elevated blood pressure, which have of americans suffer from, can lead to heart disease it. can lead to stroke it. can lead to kidney damage. so this is very important to help predict your cardiovascular health by doing one simple step. >> steve: i think a lot of people would be interested in eliminating the pill that they take every day. but here's the thing. so you think i know at our house we stopped using a lot of extra salt. i don't know, 10, 15 years ago, 20, maybe. so you don't really shake it on anymore. but there are things that you have brought here today like that soda, a diet soda has got a lot of sodium. >> yeah, you are absolutely right. regular soda. diet soda. any types of drinks. look at the nutrition label. 50 milligrams of sodium i bet you didn't know this has sodium. hungry and need is a snack and no healthy fruits around. a bag of chips, 250 milligrams of sodium. i bet you didn't realize that either. >> steve: they are fritos, they have snack. >> a snack bar loaded with sugar or sodium. if you are having some bread. there is a lot of hidden salt and sugar in the a lot of the foods we eat. most of us get about 3500 milligrams of salt a day. we don't need more than 500 for mos