america s 246th birthday. we have so many wonderful stories to bring to you tonight we display the best of our country. we talk to folks from all across the usa about being american and what july 4th means to them. i take a trip down to nashville and sit down with country music artist and very special guest that will include an exclusive live musical performance tonight that you do not want to miss. i will take you to new canaan, connecticut for a festive independence day celebration. we will hear from americans tonight at the site of the macy s fireworks show. get this, later jimmy will join us. it will be a good time. we will get washington, d.c. from the breathtaking parade there. i go back to my stomping grounds with my unit which i cannot wait for you guys to see. there will be live fireworks from our nations capitol. tonight we celebrate the red, white and blue and the freedom and all we love about the country. before we begin we want to take a moment to send ou
taxes. it feels like we are in a duplicate time of the carter administration where you have somebody in the white house saying don t worry. put a sweater on. maybe there will be a repeat of reagan come next presidential term. we will have to wait and see on that one. my favorite american is ronald reagan, but also dolly parton. everybody loves her. she s a perfect person. she is so talented. going back to unity, she doesn t get political. she is somebody that everybody can love. she is a real american icon. if you go to dollywood which is not far from me, she has a cabin she grew up in that she moved to dollywood and it shows you she has not forgotten where she came from. she has a book program where she sends books to schools. there so many things that she does. i don t know what her politics are, but she does love people and she cares about people.