also nasa is showing of its first image of saturn from the james web space telescope. it was taken with an infrared camera. saturn appearing extremely dark due to the total absorption of sunlight by the gas. and meta is working on a new app called threads which is supposed to rival twitter. it mimic s twitter s live conversation format and it s set to go live on thursday. musk, of course, angered millions of users after announcing a new policy that will limit how many tweets users can read while using the app. what s more important than a bunch of tweets? good music. we re celebrating the fourth. the u.s. air force band is here in our studio ready to perform
this year is special for the military. it s celebrating its 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force with ranks filled by americans who have made the choice to serve the nation. the air force brass band joins us now along with its commander and conductor, colonel don schofield. we re grateful to have you. we ll hear from the band in a moment. first, tell us a bit about its history. happy fourth of july. happy 4th. the air force band started in 1941. what we do is we connect people and have partnerships. less than 1% of the american population serves in the military, so military bands and the air force bands connects people with that military. we do about 1,600 performances each year, 800 of those are at arlington national cemetery. we also do protocol work, we re at the white house. in fact, we re at the white house tonight, as well. we do community relations work in which we connect the publics both here in the united states
that s what he said. empty and loose. sorry. which i think just shows your ac acumen as a reporter. he also compared himself to tom brady, but this guy is the g.o.a.t. there has never been a better competitive eater than joey chestnut. 50 consecutive. he s good. the guy is good at this. it does make me gag watching him eat, but 80 hot dogs, i ll believe it when i see it. it could happen any minute. make sure to join cnn tonight if you want to get some fireworks in. we ve got an all-star lineup and spectacular fireworks through the u.s. air force band will perform with the zach brown band and the fabulous sheryl you.
cascaded last week. we will see the big test is not over just yet, john. 17.7 million people are expected to be screened at, za between now, and the 5th. we saw the with and now, it is going to be a huge holiday rush, john. pete muntean, thank you very much. join cnn tomorrow for a july fourth celebration with an all-star lineup and spectacular lineup. the u.s. air force band is going to perform with demi lovato and sheryl crow and just a few. it starts tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. sara? for those who are traveling to california, thousands of hotel workers in southern
bombing. but the damage to the arizona was severe. the arizona sank, of course, in that attack. other ceremonies took place today at the friends of the national world war ii memorial in washington and the retired uss intrepid in new york. for the remaining pearl harbor survivors,, many enjoyed full lives, and still are. 104-year-old frank ermond is one example. he played the french horn. he is going to play the morning colors on that day of infamy. this is him last month, breaking his own guinness world record, as the world s oldest conductor. here is leading the u.s. air force band. [applause] and a standing ovation. we congratulate frank and thank all of those who served his