where. to be prepared for war. the work ahead is difficult, the choices we will face are complex. in years ahead. times. weapon and the issues are now more complicated than ever. without freedom, nothing else has value. americans are still prepared to pay the price of freedom. when we fight, we will only fight to win. those shrill voices that would have us believe the defenders of our nation are in how the enemies of peace are false as they are shrill. we are americans, our destiny is never written for us, it is written by us. the era of self doubt is over, we rediscovered how much there is to love in this blessed land. the love of liberty, draws our national heart beat. throughout our history when duty called the men and women of westpoint have never failed us, i speak for all americans when i say, i know you never will. good evening thank you for joining us for this year s independence day, and eve reasoning celebration. you have the weekend morning
where. to be prepared for war. the work ahead is difficult, the choices we will face are complex. in years ahead. times. weapon and the issues are now more complicated than ever. without freedom, nothing else has value. americans are still prepared to pay the price of freedom. when we fight, we will only fight to win. those shrill voices that would have us believe the defenders of our nation are in how the enemies of peace are false as they are shrill. we are americans, our destiny is never written for us, it is written by us. the era of self doubt is over, we rediscovered how much there is to love in this blessed land. the love of liberty, draws our national heart beat. throughout our history when duty called the men and women of westpoint have never failed us, i speak for all americans when i say, i know you never will. good evening thank you for joining us for this year s independence day, and eve reasoning celebration. you have the weekend morning
A integral part. since 1802. and as you said during the revolution, very significant. we re coming to you after a massive monsoon of rain. the crowd has thinned little bit. it has downpoured. but we still have loyal hardy folks here tonight. we love, they stuck around. the fireworks are still happening as the military officer said, if it s not raining, we re not training. you see the empty seats in the fronts, that is where the corps of cadets and many of them just arrived in a moment they will file in. they are in the middle of their training, they are brand-new, i met a lot of parents, class of 2026, they are so proud as they should be of their young men and women new to west point.
A integral part. since 1802. and as you said during the revolution, very significant. we re coming to you after a massive monsoon of rain. the crowd has thinned little bit. it has downpoured. but we still have loyal hardy folks here tonight. we love, they stuck around. the fireworks are still happening as the military officer said, if it s not raining, we re not training. you see the empty seats in the fronts, that is where the corps of cadets and many of them just arrived in a moment they will file in. they are in the middle of their training, they are brand-new, i met a lot of parents, class of 2026, they are so proud as they should be of their young men and women new to west point.
Lake effect storms and the officials there are going to meet and talk about changing some of those procedures because people are so upset about this two-day ordeal. another thing i wanted to point out is lake-effect snow, a lot of people that aren t from this area or live near a lake don t know that it s very isolated. so it caused a lot of problems. because in one area of western new york, it was clear, and just a dusting of snow, then you would drive into a wall of snow, and that s where the accidents happened and occurred. but the good news is here that everyone is safe. there was no injuries, and the throughway is now open. back to you. yeah, and you re saying they re being questioned about why it was closed and what their procedures are like. they re used to, you know, far larger lake-effect snow events than this one. do we know why they had to shut down for this one? reporter: well, you know, there was rain the day before. so it downpoured, and then it