you know kryptonite. rose to international fame with first first single kryptonite. joe: this is a song out of my high school years. we waited our turn, lawrence. we waited on gen x to have their time. we were out in the dessert for 10 years. nobody wanted to hear our music. it s all coming back and this band is marquee for that time period. lawrence: this is my favorite time of the year because not only do we have an incredible bands and artists but we also get to easement barbecue every friday the mac will he more brothers are on fox square. ainsley: i think we are going to say hi to them right now. can you hear us? good morning. ainsley, lawrence, joey, the mclemore boys are back in new york. we could not be more excited to be cooking for you all. thanks to master built supply us amazing grills. today smash burgers on the grill. got a little cheese on there for y all. a surprise coming in at 7:00 for y all to have a little challenge. we have some boston butt. we re
brand new additions. 133-foot wall features over 645,000 poppies. one poppy for every single service member since world war i who has made the ultimate sacrifice. our next guest joins us now from the wall. u.s. aa senior vice president of military affairs and retired navy admiral john bird. admirable, good morning, welcome to the show. good morning, joey. thanks so much for having us. joey: i understand. this i would like for you to tell our audience why the poppy is symbolic of those who have given their life in service. thank you, joey it, goes back to world war i when canadian physician army doctor john mccrea observed one of his friends being buried. the poppies growing across the field. he penned a poem by that name. and it then an american picked up the cause, wrote her own poem we shall keep the faith and lob
post of anybody that wants to post. poppy in memory, if you will go on twitter, or instagram and mark that with a #you can give your own remembrance about someone who gave their lives for us or some special kind of post. zoe joey real quick. this is memorial day. i like to honor certain individuals in my life daniel greer, floyd holly and others. is there anyone you would like to honor memorial day. i m a real hero fan of world war ii. there are several men that i think about who gave their lives, were awarded the medal of honor so we could win great battles like the battle of coral sea. so i remember them. i remember who he o hare a grey aviator. they made a difference in our lives and future. joey: admirable, thank you so much for joining us. i love what you are doing. i hope to get down there and see it one day. thank you so much. and thank you for having us.
idea hard and in 1920 the poppy became international symbol of remembrance like the one i m wearing in my lapel. not only in great britain, france and canada here in the u.s. on memorial day we wear the poppy to remember those men and women as you said said who paid the all the ultimate sacrifice so we could enjoy our wall of life. joey: more than simply a wall of flowers. there is interactive. there s a lot more going on with it. down on the national mall. tell us about the wall. thanks, joey. we are right next to the reflection pool at the foot of the lincoln and the wall as you said is 133 feet long with 645,000 poppies. on the back side of the wall you can see are panels that are informative and educational about the various wars and combat we have been in since world war i. and this year we added a special panel commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the war in vietnam, as well as a panel that reflects the social
troops. these allies fear retribution from the taliban. they are looking to flee their fallen country. the dod is looking to move some 30,000 refugees through special immigrant visas. but with resettlement comes risks,ing especially when vetting thousands of people. that s being real. 2,000 afghans have already been brought into the u.s. over the last two weeks settling in fort lee virginia and two other military bases fort mccoy in wisconsin and fort bliss in texas. prepare to welcome thousand more refugees. can these local communities handle this influx of people? look, can we keep our promise to our allies while also keeping america safe? let s ask retired marine bomb tech and fox news contributor johnnyioy jones. joey it s good to see you don t so it feels like we have dual mandates and dual obligations here upholding the promises we made to help us in the war on one hand and keeping americans safe on the other can we serve