Good morning, im annie yu. And im Steve Chenevey. Welcome to fox5 news morningorng on this friday morning. Friday mg lets start with some securitytr news for you this morning. You were just a few days aways away from the big fourth of julyh ul celebration on the mall. And with tens of thousands ofhos people expected there u. S. Park police are stepping up security. Thats right metro is alsoghs gearing up for the largeing f crowds and fox5s Lindsey Watts joins us from the National Mall with offerin everg you need to know. Yo reporter the smith joan smih folk life festival is set up set behind me and were also seeing preps for the big showpsb on monday. Mda obviously this is a huge h weekend for park police and a they are taking a lot of steps s to make sure everybody stays sta safe. Sa on monday, theyre going to be o eight security access pointssoi where they are going to beo checking all your bags, all your coolers, all your back yr packs and here are some things t that you definitely
Start on an issue that all of us i think are coming together on, no matter what party were in, and thats whats been happening to our military families. On sunday, as noted by the senator from kansas a few moments ago, Sergeant Patrick hawkins from carlisle, pennsylvania, was killed in action in afghanistan when his unit was attacked with an i. E. D. He was moving to the aid of a wounded range whefers killed. Due to the shutdown, Sergeant Hawkins family cannot receive the death benefit freu providedo soldiers to cover the funeral and burial expenses. Today im joining theest of a number of im joining the effort after number of senators in a letter to senator hagel to provide the death benefit to the family of Sergeant Hawkins and other families. I no he that the president is working on this issue, is working with the office of mangtsd and budget in the Defense Department on a solution to this problem. Mr. President , ill move to the question of where we are now. This is a shutdown brough
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