[ applause ] thank you. Thank you to the coast guard. On a cold december morning in 1903 a miracle occurred over the do you knows of kitty hawk, north carolina, when two bicycle make frers ohio defied gravity with a 12 horsepower engine wingsed made of cotton and a few dollars in their pockets. Just a few decades later america was training pilots to take the magnificent machineries up and over the field of battle. In world war ii our fly boys rushed the skies of europe and aces like eddieicen backer fill the hearts and headlines with tales of daring duals in the clouds. General Billy Mitchell saw the promise of the technology and risked court morgues in his quest for an independent air force. He was proven right when empires across the ocean tried to carve up the world for themselves and america stood in the way. We wouldnt let it happen. [ applause ] after pearl harbor, Lieutenant Colonel james do little and his raiders flu b25 bombers off a carrier deck in the deep pacific in a daring feat of american resolve. As president roosevelt said, the nazis built a fortress around europe, but they forgot to put a roof on it. [ applause ] so we crushed them all from the air. 177 liber eighted bombers flu dangerously low through broad daylight without fighter protection to cripple the nazi war machine. More than 300 airman gave lives to destroy the enemy oil refineries. And five pilots were awarded the congressional medal of honor for in re actions in that single raid. It was airman chuck yaeger who first broke the sound barriers. It was airman like gus grissom and buzz aldoctrine who traded saber jets for rockets to the stars. And it is our incredible airman today who wield the most powerful weapon systems on the planet earth. For over 65 years no enemy air force has managed to kill a single american soldier because the skies belong to the United States of america. [ applause ] no enemy attacked our people without being met by a roar of thunder. And the awesome might of those who bid farewell to earth and soar into the wild blue yonder. N they are the United States air force, representing the air force you will soon see beautiful brandnew f22 raptors from Langley Air Force base in virginia. And one magnificent b2 Stealth Bomber from Whiteman Air Force base in missouri. [ applause ] that is a b2 Bomber Flying over washington, d. C. And our coverage will continue in just a minute. Comfortable. Not just sorta comfortable. Serta comfortable. I got it so bookers are booking a one, two, three, thats a four day weekend awesome and with getaway deals on accommodation starting from 15 percent off, you can be a booker at booking dot com dealing with Psoriatic Arthritis pain was so frustrating. 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Feedback that helps you drive safer. And that can lower your cost now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . We are back with our live coverage of president trumps salute to america. The president is getting ready to introduce the u. S. Navy fly over. And before we arbor see the planes i want to bring in retired admiral john kish canny to talk aboutway we have seen so far. The military is very popular. It is. The president is there is associating ones seven with the most popular institution in america especially when you compare it to say his approval ratings, there is a huge capitalism between the two things. Right. There is a divide about whether he should be doing this. You think he should not be. You have concerned. I do. I think each time he gets around military troops or assets he tends to politicize them. I think they get drawn more and more into his sort of his appropriation of military virtue for his personal game. He wraps himself around the flag and the troops and aircraft because he knows they are popular with america and because he knows he will get applause lines. He is trying to airport that popularity for himself. This is not about how we won our won our independence. Its about declaring independence. And the founders were suspicious of having a Standing Army or standing navy to begin with. It should not be about the military. All this focus and this fairly eighth grade history on the military bothers me. Lets watch this. This is the Navy Blue Angel fly over. Ths. No it is its only four. Its four of the blue angels. Not all six. Actually thats not the blue angels. Thats not the blue angels. Yeah, f18. We have and see the joint Strike Fighter . Its two different jets. Its the so great. In november of 1775 the Continental Congress created two battalions of a new kind of warrior, one who kept and would protect our ships and sailors and be at home both ashore at the mast with musk et in hand. The versatility was proven when 234 continental marines conducted their first amphibious raid. Capturing the british supply of gun powder and canon at ft. Nassau pmt ever since marines have fought in every american war. In re legend has groan and groan and groan were with o with each pass yeerg. Twhas it was marines who within the first overseas battle. The high stiff collar shielding them from the enemy sword earned them the name leather neck. It was the hrns who havre two days of battle marched through thele halls of montezuma, taking heavy casualties to kick the kaisers troops out in wourmrld ii, earning the titles devil dogs. And the marines raised the flag on the black sands of iwojima. [ applause ] from the reservoir to casson, from hell mund to baghdad, marines have struck fear in the hearts of our enemies and put solace into the hearts of friends. Marines always lead the way. After the 1983 Marine Barracks bombs in beirut which claimed the lives of 241 u. S. Serviceman, marine Sergeant Jeffrey natashaen lay in bandages so badly wounded, barely alive. When the commandant of the marine corps came to the hospital. He could not see and could not speak. He felt for the four stars. He signalled for pen and paper. And with shaking hand he wrote two words. Semper fi. [ applause ] that motto, semper fidelis, always faithful, burns in the soul of every marine, a sacred promise the corps has kept since the birg of our country. They are the elite masters of air, land and sea on battlefields across the globe. They are the United States marines. [ applause ] representing the marine corps today will be a brandnew vh 92 soon to serve as marine 1 with two v22 ospre from the famed Helicopter Squadron at quanitco, the night hawks. We fight our countrys battles in the aaron land and sea first to fight for right and freedom and to keep our honor clean we are proud to claim the title of United States marines we fight our countrys battles in the aaron land and sea first to fight for right and freedom then to keep our honor clean we are proud to claim the title of United States marines [ applause ] in june of 1775 the Continental Congress created a unified army out of the revolutionary forces encamped around boston and new york, and named after the great george washington, commander in chief. The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter at valley forge, found glory across the waters of the delaware and seized victory from cornwallis of yorktown. Our army manned the west be took over airports, it did everything it had to do and at ft. Mchenry under the rockets red glare had nothing but victory. When dawn game, the star spangled banner waved defiant [ applause ] at shiloh, and gettiys burg they gave devotion and all for the freedom of all americans. In the trench of world war ii an Army Sergeant alvein york faced an inferno of enemy fire and refused to retreat. He said i wont leave. I wont stop. He shot his rifle 1 times killing 18 of the enemy. When they fixed bayen et cetera and charged. He charged. The entire battalion surrendered because of york. A generation later the army returned to europe and embarked on a crusade. The rangers scaled the cliffs of normandy, the 101st airborne leapt in the danger from above. Illuminated only by enemy flairs, explosions and burning aircraft. They threw back the nazi empire with lightning of their own from the barrels of the m1 rifle. In the darkness of the battle of the bulge with nazis on every side one soldier is reported to have said, theyve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards. [ applause ] outnumbered american warriors fought through the bunkers of pork chop hill and held the line of civilization in korea in the elephant grass of vietnam, the first cavalry made its stand amid a forest consumed in flame with enemies at every turn. The army brought americas righteous fury down to al qaeda in afghanistan and cleared the blood 30see killers from caves. Liber eight l liber. Through centuries our soldiers have pointed toward home, prepro claiming this well defend. Any live by the creed of douglas macarthur, in war there is no substitute for victory. Ner the greatest soldiers on earth. [ applause ] [ applause ] nearly 250 years ago a volunteer army of farmers and shop keepers, blacksmith, merchants and militiaman risked life and limb to secure american liberty and selfgovernment. This evening we witnessed the noble might of the warriors who continue that legacy. They guard our birth right with vigilens and fierce devotion to the flag and to our great country. Now we must go forward as a nation with that same unity of purpose. As long as we stay true to our course. As long as we remember our great history. As long as we never, ever stop fighting for a better future, then there will be nothing that america cannot do. [ applause ] [ applause ] thank you. We will always be the people who defeated a tyrant, crossed a continent, harnessed science, took to the skies and soared into the heavens, because we will never forget that we are americans, and the future belongs to us. [ applause ] the future belongs to the brave, the strong, the proud and the free. We are one people chasing one dream and one magnificent destiny. We all share the same heroes, the same home, the same heart. And we are all made by the same almighty god. [ applause ] from the banks of the chesapeake to the cliffs of california, from the humming shores of the great lakes, to the sand do yun of the carolinas to the heartland to the everglades of florida, the spirit of american independence will never fade, never fail, but will reign forever and ever and ever [ applause ] so once more, to every citizen throughout our land, have a glorious independence day. Have a great fourth of july. I want to thank the army band, the National Park service, the interior department, the incredible pilots overhead, and those who are making possible the amazing fireworks display later this evening. Now as the band plays the battle him of the republic, i forfeit the first lady, Vice President and mrs. Pence, the Service Secretaries and military leaders to join me on stage for one more salute to america by the famous, incredible, talented blue angels. God bless you. God bless the military. And god bless america. Happy fourth of july. 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Yeah, i cant remember in my lifetime ever seeing anything like this. And these are the blue angels emboli over. These are the blue angels. You were the spokesperson. For five years i was with the blue angels. I was wrong earlier when the previous fly over. I thought it was a blue angel diamond. But this is them performing a breaking maneuver where at the split off to separate directions. And the smoke is actually wax they inject into the engine exhaust that creates the white smoke. Look, its very unusual to see Something Like this. And i i still go back to what i said before. I think im just troubled about the militaryistic tone of the whole thing. First we were treated to essentially 8th grade history that was fairly sepia toned and saccrrine and context. I heard nothing other than a pledge to put the American Flag on mars. I heard nothing in the speech about where the country should be going. Some of the problems we need to fix. Thats what we lean on a commander in chief and president for. To drive us forward. We are a young country. We have the Attention Span of poodles. We like to look ahead. And we need a president and leader that helps us do that. I heard none of that in this speech. I could have gotten this off of watching schoolhouse rock and frankly didnt need all the militaryistic displays of might. I think its not who we are as a country. What did you think ryann lizza. I think its important to oint out what he didnt say. He read the speech from the teleprompter which he rarely does and didnt go off into a lot of traditional trumpian bizarre frankly tangents, didnt do as much sort of attacking enemies, just sort of normal stream of conscious trump rants. Thats what he does at rallies and speeches. It didnt happen this time. Reminds me of a couple of other speeches where he read the whole thing and didnt do that. State of the union, made the dday speech. When he sticks to a speech, you know, maybe just as a writer im a little bit more alert to this, it reminds you that his in the business. E not the best other president ial speech writing teams have been better. George w. Bush had a great speech writing team if you read the speeches. Bill clinton, barack obama, these speeches are sort of a little lo lo. Ruddmentry. Basic. Sometimes it seems he is reading a Wikipedia Page about historical events. On this date this happened. A lot of jokes on twitter and elsewhere seems like a schoolhouse rock version of history or seventh or 8th Grade Research report. But, you know a little bit of credit for not for not going off on a lot of sort of luna a tick tangents which frngly. Any. He didnt go off on any tangents. There was a usa chant. That was symbolic of a rally. But other than that. And i think the nostalgia of the speech you were saying had tuesday with the History Lesson lesson we sat through and the very ruddmentry as you said way. That made it feel, you know, like we were looking back and not forward. And that that felt a little off there. Yeah, it wasnt beyonce singing the national and them. It was Linmanuel Miranda rapping alexander hamilton.