>> and a number one break fast meal. >> i got a order for mike. for mike. come on. we'll give it away. my pleasure. >> we treat everyone with honor, dignity and respect. >> why ducome to chick-fil-a? >> i agree with what they stand for. i am coming three types. break fast, lunch and dinner. >> it is more than just words. it is action . >> you don't look angry to me . >> i was hungry. >> fox news alert. we got video of a massive crowd in houston, texas. folks turning out to show support for chick-fil-a restaurants. you can still see people lined up outside of chick-fil-a. this is nothing. this store owner said earlier today the line went around the building to the stop line. >> chick-fil-a appreciation day generated a large line on chicago avenue that went around the block. >> it snaked around the restaurant and along the access road and extended in the highway. >> in new orleans park they had a traffic jam as thousands descended in that southwest suburb. >> we have e-mails about long lines and packed store necessary new jersey. richmond virginia and tupilo, mississippi and georgia and on and on it goes. >> you don't have to honk the horn or carry the sign it is just a thank you to a company that operated with integrity and provided sound business practices and treated everybody with a dignity that every human being deserves. >> are you going to have enough chicken for today? >> i think we have enough chicken for today. >> last wednesday, feathers flew. america ate chicken and boy did they eat chick yen ralm emanuel he ate crow. and it all started right here on the show two weeks ago. i told truit cathy, the founder of chick-fil-a that i would encourage people to eat at his restaurant on wednesday august 1st not as a protest but the affirmation of the right of his son dan who is the ceo and christian to talk freely about his convictions. i speak about it on my radio show and followers of facebook. chick-fil-a did not propose or promote the effort. as it turned out they didn't have tompt 21 million people viewed my facebook page. and almost 13 hours, facebook sensored my page because of protempt but - protest on the left. >> i didn't want a christian brother dan cathy to express a biblical view of marriage and get pumbled mayors in boston, chicago and washington and san francisco threatened to sensor his speech, i realized that if freedom-loving americans didn't stand up and speak up. people of faith would be told to sit in the back of the political bus and shut up. chick-fil-a doesn't discriminate against crust merc or employees. it is it a view shared by voters necessary all 32 states where that is on the ballot shared by barak obama until a few months ago. i am not antigay. i do business with gay people and i have friends who are gay. i don't like intolerance and bigotry carried out against religious pime like dan indicating. being a christian shouldn't mean being disenfranchised and ceo's who support causes for the left are not targeted. ceo of apple customer and starbucks and amazon support same-sex marriage. i don't call for their business to be destroyed and i like starbucks and i love apple computer products and i order things from amazon. i buy their products but not the politicings. i can only imagine the outcry if the mayor of dallas or birmingham said ben and jerry would not be allowed in the city because of their founders. chick-fil-a had biggest day in history. people filled their inbox with these from texas and then there were photose from louisiana and here is some from alabama we had pictures sentitous from colorado. then from the west coast, the last coast some call it in california. we had it from south carolina and pictures from west virginia virge and so many, many more. all of them chick-fil-a's filled with customers. by the way some of the stores ran out of food and was the lead stories on tv storeys. it was not about chicken. it was freedom and fairness. there was no violence. maybe the only real protest came from the chickens themselves. wednesday, august 1st america ate chicken but they didn't act chick yen celebrated the freedom to think, believe and spheek. and surely america is diverse enough for that to happen. [applause] well, we are half way through the olympics in london and our olympians are in the top of the medal table once but another example of punishing success. i.r.s. is taxing the medal winners. congressman woman bono mack is trying to put a stop to that and joins us next. >> i would love to hear fru. go to our website mikehuckabee.com. or sign up on facebook and twitter. find out ♪ [music plays] ♪ [muc plays] ♪ [music plays] syou know, i've helped a lot off people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? 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>> i think the news bubbled up through the media and my staff was watching the olympics, mary, this is wrong and let's introduce a bill. interestingly enough. my bill was not the only one that was dropped that marko rubio is on board and pushing the effort. other colleagues are push people saw the news and story and we are so proud of our female gymanist right we saw the story and wanted to jump on it as quick as we could. we are proud and appreciative that they are showing the best that the united states has to offer. and americans say let's thank them and not tax them. >> have you heard whether the president will sign the bill if it make its through both houses of congress. >> i have not heard that. my ranking member butterfield from north corl carolina. we don't agree on everything. but on this one i have his strong support and i enjoyed work him and i anticipate his relationship with the white house will help in this >> tell apply to the olympics champions or going forward. >> no, it very importantly would be retroactive and this year's olympians would be covered. >> especially michael phelps. >> michael may be one. few guys who will earn enough medals that this could amount to serious pocket change of're for him. i haven't talked to a single person who feels we ought to tax the athletes it is a great moment of national pride in a time when we could use good news it is like we should not only forgo the taxes but we should give them more money. i hope they earn it in endorsements. they bring patriotism and national pride to the country. >> we would like to give them tirk tape parade celebrate them. they have sacrificed much of their lives to get to the moment of standing on the podium. they shouldn't be the i.r.s.. but looking forwarda to a ticker tape parade and they are inspirational to us. we are celebrating with them. no one wants to think about i.r.s. when they are celebrating the gold medal. >> i appreciate what you are depo doing. it may be one of the few bipartisan pieces of legislation that makes it through the congress and after you get this one done, work on tax relief for the rest of us, too. >> i will. >> thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> coming up one of the american olympians who hopes to win a medal in london. 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