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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> happy, happy fourth of july america, to all of you out there welcome to our big independence day special celebration live here in new york city where it is 80 degrees, very hot and humid. i'm aishah hasnie here tonight with joey jones carley shimkus and joey failla and we have a jam packed two hours ahead including live performances special guests and of course the fireworks and of course what makes you proud to be an american. you're going to hear all the answers to those questions from all walks of life this evening, plus my very special journey to sitting right here tonight to celebrate independence day with you and my friends here. >> and what a journey it was.

i can't wait to share that with the audience and of course our nations red rans a group i'm proud to be a part of, an enormous part why we're able to celebrate in the land of the free tonight. we hear from america's bravest through the generations and the sacrifices they've made on and off the battlefield. >> and no fourth of july would be complete without nathan's famous hotdog eating con test where i got a behind the scenes peek at what goes down before the competition. >> hey girl. and can you pass my u.s. history 101 test? i hit bush stadium in st. louis to grill the biggest fans of america's favorite past time. see if you measure up ahead. >> first we want to talk about why we love the fourth of july, of course, and america and our favorite traditions and what is there not to like about celebrating america's birthday and reflecting on only positive things about this country. unity and patriotism. you get one day a year to do it and today's the day. >> probably my favorite thing about america is the spectacular possibilities of life here.

i really mean that. not to get all serious because i look like i get paid in tequila but the truth is everybody sitting here is an incredible story that's only possible in america. i'm a good example of a guy that at one point was driving a taxi now i'm sitting on a tv set dressed like an affordable stripper that doesn't happen in other parts of the world but usa this bud's for you baby. >> welcome to jimmy. okay, just in case you don't work with him a lot that's pretty good jimmy right there. >> i'm disappointed you didn't bring the glitter today. where's the sequence. >> problem was if i put on one of my normal outfits they wrote have thought i drank before this and i'm not saying i didn't. >> if you want to know how much we love this country jimmy and i coordinated our outfits and this is the best we came up with. declaration of independence he's got the american flag, we are having so much fun already, people gathered around wondering who these people are talking and what we're talking b talking about independence day, i like to say independence day, not

just fourth of july, independence day has an added connotation meaning we fought for independence, a reminder right in the name. if you celebrate fourth of july you celebrate freedoms and liberty but also fun which is a big part of it. independence day is how we get those freedoms secured and we get to the brag about them again. >> and we love independence day because we beat the aliens. oh that wasn't real. >> you have no idea. >> the land of opportunity. it's the land where alarms go off. but it's the land of opportunity for someone like me, an immigrant who came to this country at a very young age, 6-year-old. english was not my first language, i used to run out of my classroom because my english was so bad and look at me, here i am now. only in america can something like that happen. >> the american dream. >> can i point out english was not your first language and you speak much better english than i do, i'm still kind of learning it. [laughter]. >> here in new york city, i

don't appreciate them giving me this topic by the way. the world's top competitive eater, joey chestnut, wins again but not without some stiff competition from the weather. officials calling off the nathan's hotdog eating men's contest due to torrential storms hitting the coney island area. >> but chest nutted didn't let soggy weather block him from his 16th title t reigning champ urged organizers to save the contest and he went on to once again take home the gold after dwourg 62 hot dogs in just 10 minutes. this is actually kind of funny how this all went down because like you said there was a big thunderstorm that happened. the competition was supposed to happen at noon, and all -- it got delayed and then all of a sudden word got out that it got cancelled. and then there's this picture of joey chestnut and he's like storming coney island. >> wwe like elbows up. >> a bunch of reporters said he was heard saying i'm going to get all the guys out here and we're going to do this thing.

>> good for him. >> i don't know if it was him or not but low and behold at 2:00 p.m. the contest went off. >> what an absolute leader. you put him there in the halls of joe montana and john elway. >> he is considered an athlete, yeah. >> joey chestnut man. >> can we point out the obvious too. like i love how they're pretending to care about anybody's health at a hotdog eating contest. worry about the rain someone might get nah moan why you but go ahead and eat 60 hot dawks in a minute. >> how has nobody else trained hard enough to beat the guy. can people try harder. >> physical anomaly. >> what's funny is i listened to a podcast a couple days ago and joey chestnut was being interviewed and he did say that the weather does have an impact on his performance. >> on his gut? >> because he said that if it gets too hot tbuns dry out and it's hard to eat. if it's too cold the hot dogs get cold it's hard to eat. so the perfect forecast is like 82 and overcast and it rained. so he didn't do 77, which was

his goal, but he did still win. >> you talk about incredible only in america stories, okay, anyone can do anything. this is a guy who got rich and famous eating hot dogs that doesn't go on anywhere else. >> the name helps. >> won the girl's competition as well. >> only in america. >> you're going to see behind the scenes of coney island and the nathan hotdog eating competition. >> look at that. >> because i got a sneak peek before the contest started the and i flipped some dogs. >> nice and i love your hat. >> thank you very much. >> nice outfit. >> i still have it. i saved it. >> that was a solid dozen in the tongs there. >> i thought you were working at nathan's because you got the same performance review as i did last week. that's a relief for you. >> speaking of food, every year on the fourth of july there's these web sites that come out with the most popular barbecue item by state. so we have all of our state's. i'm from new jersey and apparently baked beans is the most popular. jimmy from new york, coleslaw, georgia baked beans as well. >> i don't know if i believe

that i'm in protest. >> check this. >>the i don't know but i think you should convert. >> half the audience is in texas, big crowd beautiful patriotic state and smoked brings cut is where it's at. >> indiana buffalo chicken dip. we love our dip, we'll put anything in a crock pot and call it a dip and you know what? dip is for dinner. hi dip last night for dinner. that is how we roll in indiana. >> your new place of residence washington, dc. >> washington, dc, grilled corn. >> i still claim indiana. indiana's home. >> what an easy thing to pick. >> with all the lobbyist money flying around dc. >> of course corn. of course. >> you know at least be corn bread. >> i looked at other states so alaska also grilled corn. iowa and minnesota both said red white and blue fruit pizza. >> what in the world. >> which hi to google. sugar cookie topped with cream cheese frosting to make it look like the american flag.

>> pretty but i don't think that's barbecue. >> somebody stuffed the ballot box on that. >> i don't think anyone's favorite is baked beans. >> i loved baked beans. >> it's a necessity. >> it's like an offensive liven they don't get the accolades but they win the championship. >> i feel like hot dogs are the winner. >> i hit the jackpot when they were like can you go to coney island? i absolutely can. >> send us your fourth of july photos we want to see how you are celebrating, fourth of july special at fox.com. fourth of july special at fox.com and we're going to share some later in the show so you can see them on tv. that will be very exciting. coming up, it is one of america's most massive patriotic celebrations and abby hornacek's getting into its spirit like no other, in provo utah with hundreds of thousands of americans for american's freedom festival. that's next. >> and take a look at this spectacular display of patriotism from the united states military academy. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ living in america ♪ >> jimmy: welcome back to our big independence day celebration, festivities underway all across the country and none bigger than america's freedom festival in provo utah. fox nation host abby hornacek,

along with hundreds of thousands of others joining in on the fun. how's it going, abby? >> oh, it could not be going better. we have had an absolute blast over the last several days at freedom fest. this morning we were at the grandpa raid where there were about 350,000 people in attendance. but, look, people here in provo don't just celebrate on the fourth of july, they start celebrating on the first. that's when we went to stadium of fire, an f-35 flyover performance by journey and the biggest fireworks show in the country. but i want to talk about something we did last night that truly encaps slated the american spirit. take a look. ♪ >> we are celebrating the fourth of july in true american fashion at a rodeo. this is the western stampede rodeo and before it starts i'm going to go get a behind the scenes look. ♪ tell me a little bit about this

rodeo. >> so this iss the 68th year that we've had the rodeo here in west jordan. we've gone from a little tiny town to a fairly good size city now. >> you have a rope in your hands. >> i do. we are going to try this out. i think this is one of the most important skills you can have in life. >> absolutely. >> so will you show me how to do this? >> sure. >> okay. >> yeah, you got it! >> yes! >> yeah! >> you're a great teacher. look at this. >> so this is a saddle course, so this is a guilding so he's ready if you want to climb on. >> i would love to do that. >> you just stay outside. >> all right. let's do it. >> the most advanced thing i've done has just been rope a stationary plastic cow. so this has got to be the most advanced thing, we're going to barrel race. come on, lucky. come on.

this side. come on. there we go. ♪ >> don't worry guys, i'm not conceding tonight. ♪ >> for me, rodeo's something that's been part of my life for my entire life, but to have my family involved, and then we have our closest friends here with us as well and we really, we call it our rodeo family. ♪ >> why do you guys choose to celebrate the fourth of july here? >> we believe in america, we love america, and it's just part of what we do. >> beautiful country and we're so proud to fight for it, and the freedom, of course, the freedom. ♪ >> okay, it all comes down to this. the rodeo is about to start, really fun to watch. we've got barrel racing, bucking broncos, so much to look forward to, so here we go. ♪

♪ ♪ >> half of the points come from you as the rider and your technique and how well you do, and half of the points actually come from the animal. and so you want to climb on one that's going to buck hard enough to give you the best chance to win. >> such a special experience but one of my favorite parts about that was talking to the gentleman who lays the dirt. if you know who the sod father is and his role in the super bowl, the same thing goes for steve. the coolest part, though, is he is a vietnam veteran who talked to me about the significance of the rodeo during the fourth of july. take a listen. >> coming back from nam, we didn't have that celebration, so this kind of helps us get through. so when they raise the flag, it's pretty dear to our heart. so it's fun. and having this as that moment, that's been special for me, and be involved in the rodeo.

>> our nation's heroes are truly who we're celebrating on this day because obviously without them we wouldn't have the freedoms, the freedom of speech, the freedom to come to things like this, so we really thank them and i know you guys have been playing sound bites from world war ii veterans all show long but they truly have a great perspective on life. but this has been such a great time here and i think i'm going to end the time by playing a game. this is called freedom days. so if we're celebrating freedom. what's your name? >> dave. >> dave? dave might have to go down. hey, sir? we're going to do this. yeah. all right, guys, any tips for me? if i don't win, then you don't have to have me back. >> iss that the horse racing game where you have to get your horse across the line? >> uh-oh slow. i need tips. >> abby with your athleticism we already know you're going to win

[bell rings] >> i hear the bell going. >> she wins at everything. >> i think the game is rigged. >> abby what's going on here? >> you can't trust 'em. can't trust 'em. >> keep at it. you have a couple hours until the place closing. >> she rides horses. >> i'm going to practice. >> yep. she rides horses. >> she went up in a weather balloon, or a regular -- a hot air balloon this morning. >> yes, she did. >> abby, thank you so much. you're the best. >> that was a fixed game. can we just acknowledge that was a fixed game because she is a trick shot legend like off the airplane nothing but net. >> not fair how talented she is and also beautiful and sweet. >> fourth of july is of course synonymous with hot dogs and what better place to play homage than nathan's hotdog eating contest in coney island. check it out. ♪ . >> carley: what makes nathan's so famous. >> we've been around 107 years,

our hot dogs are made today the same they were in 19 16. this is the original flagship nathan's. >> the original one? >> the original stand was literally right behind you. >> how many hot dogs do you usually sell on the fourth of july. >> this particular restaurant on a particular july 4th, '10,000 hot dogs. >> that's a lot of dogs. there is a reason we associate hot dogs with the fourth of july. >> the nathan's famous fourth of july hotdog eating contest. >> how did the nathan's hotdog eating contest get start. >> according to legend he opened his stand and there were a couple patrons arguing who's the most patriotic on july 4ththed. they said let's settle it at nathan's who can eat the most hot dogs. >> there's something special about the nathan's. what's the secret. >> i can't tell you. the same recipe for 107 years. would you like to flip a couple dogs? >> i would love to.

i'm going to work. ♪ so tell me how to make a nathan's famous hotdog. >> okay. what we've got to do is just take a breath, bring your hot dogs over. you want them nice and golden brown, well done like that. get the bread, put it in, and serve. ♪ >> great job with those dogs. ♪ . >> carley: now it's time for me to clock out and have some family fun. ♪ this is brock's first amusement park experience. i think he's going to give a 10 out of 10 rave review. there's going to be a lot of patriotic people here on the fourth of july, huh? >> absolutely american dream in coney island, it's the perfect match >> carley: give us a little history about the park, how did it get started. >> the amusements starting in the 1800s.

we had the first roller coaster ever built in america. >> carley: the fourth of july is very special to you for a particular reason. >> i recall being here with my grandfather, my father, and my mom and brother. just the first experience of america is celebration. ♪ >> carley: can you say usa? >> usa! >> usa! >> carley: do you love america? >> yeah >> carley: of course you do. do you love america? >> love it. >> we love america >> carley: amen. so what does the fourth of july mean to you. >> means freedom. >> you know, my brother was in the military so it hits home living in this great country. >> this baby is going to grow to love the fourth of july ♪ well that was a fun day. >> i don't doubt it >> carley: i loved it and i got to keep the hat, too. never giving that one up and it was fun to show brock. >> aishah: did brock have fun. >> carley: yeah, he got to see roller coasters and all the

lights. >> jimmy: i think it's great you put your newborn on the cyclone, great parenting. >> carley: that was just between you and me. just kidding he did not go on any rides. all right guys, up next, my very, very personal journey to becoming a very proud american and what my family endured to get here. >> jimmy: and here's a little more of fox's visit to the freedom festival in provo utah and the patriotic performance from the legendary journey. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> don't you love this time of year? the fourth of july can be some

people's favorite holiday. i know it's right up there at the top of the list for me. i just love how you can think back on the wisdom of our founding fathers, the bravery of the people who first came here and all the ones who work together cooperatively as much as we can to keep making this country a place of opportunity where you can better sue happiness and success and where we can all rely on each other to try to do the right things. so happy fourth of july to everybody out there. >> happy fourth of july america. i know sometimes it seems like we don't have a lot to celebrate, but we do. take a look around, breathe in the air. appreciate all we have in this great country. and try not to blow your fingers off. i love you. >> what makes me proud to be an american? everything. it doesn't matter who you are or where you're from, if you work hard and you persevere you can be whomever you want to be. it is the freedom to say what you want and do what you want and become who you are.

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hi, i'm jason and i've lost 202 pounds on golo. so when i first started golo, i was expecting to lose around 40 pounds and then i just kept losing weight, and moving and moving and moving in a better direction. with golo and release, you're gonna lose the weight. ♪ >> the most important document we have in this country is not even the constitution, although it's crucially important. the declaration of independence explains why we are who we are

and why we're this nation. particularly this line. "we are endowed by our creator a certain unalienable rights a line that obama and biden and others cut out of the declaration when they read it. this is a crucially important document. july 4th, read the declaration, spread the word. this is what gives us our liberty in this fantastic country. ♪ >> for millions of proud immigrants like me all over this country every single day is independence day truly. my family and i moved to the u.s. when i was just six years old. my father left very successful oil job in saudi arabia to come here, land of the free, because he and my mom wanted to give their kids the best education in the world. well, they quickly realized it would not be easy. my dad's degrees meant nothing

here so he flipped burgers at jack in the box and sold clothes at the jc penney's men's department just to put a roof over our head. my mom meantime put the right values in our heads. she taught us the power of prayer and the value of honesty and integrity. and after finishing a bachelor's degree in just 2.5 years my dad became a respected engineer at general motors where he is finally, hopefully, thinking about retiring. hard work and sacrifice, that is what my parents taught me. and they learned it from their parents who lost everything as refugees. so believe me when i say there isn't a day that goes by that i don't think about how a little brown girl from a third world country, who grew up in a very poor town in indiana, is now somehow sitting here in new york city living her wildest dreams with my best friends. if you have drive, if you have determination, and you have big,

big dreams, there is no place better than this shining city upon a hill. i think about that all the time, and i am certain, a thousand person certain, that every immigrant american across the country thinks that every single day, how proud we are to be an american, and how lucky we are to be here. it's incredible. and to be so welcomed by everyone. i love my fox family. >> carley: aysha that's a beautiful story, and we became fast friends when you started here at fox. there were some details in there that i didn't know so you're covering -- you're on capitol hill right now. >> aishah: yeah. >> carley: and you went to taiwan and you covered the ukraine war and you're doing such an incredible job every single step of the way. i am proud of you, i can only imagine how your parents feel. >> aishah: hopefully my parents are proud but i always, you know, my bosses here at fox, i always give them credit and i

was thanking them because i always tell them, like, you have made my wildest dreams come true. i mean, you talk about taiwan, you talk about when i went to poland. i have traveled all over the world for fox and got to cover incredible stories and people. and it just, it's a dream, it's a life that i could have never imagined. >> joey: that was really the first conversation we ever had. not really meaning to but kind of the first conversation we had becoming friends and what's so amazing is you're in a place now where everything you cover is through the lens of, conservative or liberal, republican or democrat, but for your story and understanding this country is through the understanding of gratitude and pride. and i hope and i know that you're bringing some of that even to dc where the swamp is as swampy as it is, to have anyone like you there who's just absolutely grateful to call yourself an american, i hope some of that runs off on some of those politicians. >> i try to bring some of those mids west values that i bring. >> jimmy: do you and thank you for saying we're best friends

because now it's less awkward i got those t shires shirts made up. it was embarrassing for a couple weeks there. >> carley: issue a that was beautiful thank you for shish that with us. >> joey: there's a' famous building here, some would say the most famous building in the big apple, the empire state building, marking america's birthday with the fourth of july fireworks party including an unforgettable view and our very own a lexus mcadams is there ahead of the spectacle and i think we're going to cut to her and she's going to tell us about it. there she is. there she is. tell us about it. >> i saw your guys setup. pretty good setup here, i saw yours when i was leaving the building earlier but i might have won because check out this view, we move in closer here, we are at the empire state building getting ready to watch the country's largest fireworks display and you can see the skyline here in manhattan and this is where all that magic is going to happen in just a short time from now, 25 minutes of that nonstop fireworks show, which is a big salute to america and what better place to watch

it from than this iconic empire state building. now looking at here at the 86th floor is just a little bit of what we're going to see here but the empire state building is also having a pretty big fourth of july event giving panoramic views of the city and annual macy's fourth of july fireworks. let's get into it. what's in store, four new special effects to watch out for, a mile wide waving flag red white and blue 30 colors and shapes will light up the sky and a thousand feet high over the east river with 60,000 total shells to give you an idea what we're looking at here. and 102 floors of the empire state building, been named the number one attraction two years in a row by trip advisor, come and check that out. we move in here on this side so you can see inside as well the view of the empire state building for this floor. this is going to cost $6 million for the fireworks display so expect big crowds tonight. back to you. >> it is going to be amazing alexa thank you very much >> up coming up next chase

matthews life on set as we wait for the big fireworks show. here's his song born with ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ son, you were born for ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> the patriotic mission of tunnel to towers continues this independence day paying off 31 mortgages of gold star and fallen first responders families. but that's not all. the foundation is also now giving a three-time purple heart recipient his life back with a fully equipped smart home. incredible. tunnel to towers foundation ceo frank filler is live with us here on the fox square to tell us a little bit more about this. so, yeah, tell us about this brand new beautiful home for this recipient and how incredible and what a journey it was to get here. >> well, as you just said, this great american hero, three purple hearts, imagine that, what he did for our country, and

to be able to give him his mortgage free smart home on independence weekend is -- meant a lot to him. it meant a lot to him. because you know, joey, he served with so many great heroes and we wanted to recognize him and the battle he went through on the field but the battle he went through afterwards as well. >> joey: frank, we talk a lot about your mission at tunnel to towers, the folks that you serve, those service members, first responders, and their surviving families. i want to give you a second to talk about how you do it. i know you have great corporate responses but there are a lot of men and women at home who send a little money every month and talk about all those millions of americans that support you all. >> we do have hundreds of thousands of americans, certainly because of fox news without a doubt, we couldn't do this work without fox news, that is a hundred percent. and they donate $11 a month and most americans can do that and it should be a promise that every american makes that when somebody goes to protect us and they give the kids a kiss

good-bye and they don't come home whether a first responder or service member that we're going to as americans take care of the families left behind and that's the promise that tunnel to towers foundation has made and we get that done with $11 a month and it's incredible. >> you paid off 31 mortgages for families in honor of independence day and that's more than 31 people. that's family members, children, and their lives are forever changed because of the gift that you gave them through donations of people who watch fox news and the generosity of so many. what is it like to do that for these people who deserve it so much? >> well, i love talking to the families but if you see the hat i have on here, i have all the branches who protect us, every service branch there is. i also have on here the fdny the fdouble play that's what we're born of the sacrifice on september 11, 2001, and what my brother did and the 7000 plus men and women died ever since on the global war on terror. but to talk to these families

and know we're there for them america's there for them we're praying for them and we want to bring hope and positivity into their lives and know they're not forgotten. it is very emotional. >> carley: must be. >> jimmy: amazing one of the best things in america is this belief we're all part of something that's big of than ourselves and your foundation serves as that reminder that everybody watching at home can be a part of that thing and lift people up when they need us the most so for that a big applause from me, big applause. thank you. >> just for $11 a month, too. >> yeah, t2t.org. mice meeting you as well. >> thanks for everything you do. >> thanks frank. >> we are excited to be joined tonight by a rising star in country music. >> his new album, come get your memory, is out now and climbing the charts. >> here with a very special performance of my country tis of

thee, chase ♪ ♪ ♪ my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty of thee i sing. land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside let freedom rink ♪ my native country, thee, land of of the noble free, thy name i love ♪ i love thyichlt rocks and rills,

thy woods and tearfuled hills, my heart with rap tor fills like that above ♪ my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty of thee i sing ♪ land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride. from every mountainside ♪ oh, let freedom ring ♪ >> beautiful, beautiful. the big independence day special rolls on as america gears up for some big fireworks shows across

the country. air going to see them right here live ahead. ♪ >> it's bret baier in washington. i am proud to be an american because i'm a lover of history and i know what the founding fathers went through to make this country what people fought and died for for this country. and that there's this eternal optimism inherently in americans. that's why i love being one. >> first of all, happyenedens day everybody, happy fourth of july. what makes me proud to be an american is watching a fourth of july parade, watching our great veterans march in it, speaking as i often do to world war ii veterans and also seeing young people who make me proud to be an american and optimistic about the future of our country. so happy fourth of july. >> freedom and opportunity. two reasons i am proud to be an american and this fourth of july holiday i am going to spend my time celebrating the men and women of our military who defend

those freedoms every single day. happy fourth, enjoy. ♪ ♪

>> of course we love the first amendment because it's all about freedom of speech. >> and we love america, we love liberty, we love life, we love the pursuit of happiness and celebrate whatever religion we want in this great country and we thank our soul cures who fought for those freedoms. >> ainsley took most of my time i like love american style, the series and the country, i like the country, i love our history,

i loved the fact that we wore nickers and now we don't. only in america. >> hamburgers and sweet tea. god bless ♪ ♪ >> hey y'all, welcome back to our independence day special and country music artist chase matthew performing his beautiful rendition of my country tis of thee right here on fox square just moments ago. >> that's right, his new album come get your memory is already climbing the charts making him one of nashville's biggest new-comers despite a difficult childhood. >> chase matthew joins us now. chase we alluded to your story, could you tell us just a little bit about how you went from where you were to where you are now. >> everybody's on their own journey and i think it's one of them things where fighting and keeping your head up and just pushing through all the hard times man knowing you have a story on the other side of it that can motivate people to chase their dreams. god has a plan, man, i wouldn't be here without it. >> you say that you want to put morals back in country music.

what do you mean by that? >> i think there's a lot of things people are scared to talk about, you know, and god changed my life and i was raised in church. i know a lot of people weren't but i feel like a lot of people just need to take a chance, trust the lord and see where he can take you and when you do he puts you right where you're supposed to be. i'm walking proof right now and country music, we definitely need to bring back god in our songs and not run from the fact that the lord is what built us. >> that's beautiful. >> jimmy: be honest did fox send you out here to tell me i need jesus is that what this is about. >> we all need jesus. we all need him. >> god is so amazing in our lives and shows up at the perfect moments and takes us through ups and downs and go through all these different mazes and at the end kind of have that ah-ha moment like, okay, i gets it. what do you think god was teaching you or what did you learn from your experience now that you're sitting here with us celebrating fourth of july and you have this amazing career now. >> yeah. you know, like i said, about

that earlier, it's a big journey and i think i learned a lot about myself as well. and god was trying to tell me how strong i am as my own person, you know, and bring myself out of some times where i didn't think i'd make it through. we've all been there in our lives where we feel like we have to beat ourselves up to get somewhere. at one of the things where if you stare yourself in the mirror long enough you say i have a future ahead of me i need to keep my nose to the grind stone. that's what i know in my faith. >> do you know how great it is to know that in something like the country music business that can eat you alive. >> yeah, and i feel a lot of people are lost. dude, if you go every single day feeling like life is going to beat you up, if you go every day thinking, man, lord, i feel like i'm not doing something right, man, just live your life how you feel. ain't none of us perfect, we might drink a little bit, we might cuss a little bit it's fourth of july we're going to have a party.

>> on that topic it is fourth of july we're proud to be an american. >> absolutely. >> you're proud to be a christian that's part of your story. you're in nashville. how is that being perceived in an industry we sometimes worry is being diluted. >> there are always people that will shun you a little bit for being proud of where you came from and holding a standard for yourself, too. i feel like i'm not here to make anybody else happy. i'm here to live my dream. >> do you boo. >> this is your tv debut, before we let you go what's next? you already did the grand ole opry. >> grand ole opry. we just opened up the gates, we are absolutely going crazy on tour this year and definitely turning it up. just bought my first tour bus and going to run the wheels off of it. come see us. >> congratulations. >> we'll be there taking stage dots. >> wearing the boots. >> thanks for bringing your music to us, congratulations. >> congratulations. >> we have a lot more coming up next hour jimmy goes to st. louis, your e-mails and a

beautiful fireworks show in washington, dc. but, first, let's go to bradley beach, new jersey. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to the big independence day special celebration live from new york city. i'm aishah hasnie here with my friends tonight, johnny joey jones, carley shimkus and jimmy failla. >> jimmy: in the next hour we're going to take you to cities across america to finds out how you celebrate the fourth of july. >> carley: but first there are so many men and women who make all of us proud to be americans and at the top of our list is

the veterans. we truly live in the land of the free because of the brave. fox nation host abby hornacek spoke with world war ii veterans in provo utah to hear their incredible stories. >> i'm so proud of our flag. i'm sorry. i'm so proud, all the kids that died with me. it just, my country, and, again, the greatest pride is in thanking the young kids who fought, those that survived as well as those that died. just a tragedy. >> joey: those stories need to be told, they need to be documented. we're lucky, window area absolutely blessed to hear the

words from that man. i wrote a book, my book unbroken bonds of battle it's available now. and the reason i want you to read it it includes stories, inspiring stories of veterans that have been a coherent part of my own journey. i really have the privilege of calling them my friends, not just my brothers. one of those amazing vets is truly remarkable, his name is aaron hill. we went to eod, or bomb tech school together and after a successful career in the navy as a chef which kept him away from the fight he wanted to be closer to the front lines and joined the army to take bombs apart. he was severely injured in afghanistan by an ied but his injuries haven't slowed him down. as a matter of fact he sped up. he's about to run 135 mile race across death valley the hardest foot race almost in the world. he will be the first 100% blind and deaf person to ever complete lit. aaron told me all about the

upcoming race. >> 135 starts at death valley, and it goes 135 miles to the mount whitney portal. just the trail head to the tallest point in the contiguous 48. and it's 48 hours, more or less, of some hot temperatures and, you know, some altitude change as well. so it's going to be grueling but it's for a good cause and i like a challenge. >> joey: relying on an implant to communicate he still cooks. you can see more of my interview with aaron and other inspiring veterans on home of the brave airing next hour. carley, who makes you proud to be an american. >> carley: first of all that's an incredible story thank you for sharing with us. i want to highlight chad who hosts save our allies and rescued thousands of people from

afghanistan. the way that we withdrew from afghanistan was a catastrophic error and so much human suffering has happened because of it. but when our government fails us there are men and women who are willing to put their lives back on the line and go to the last place that they probably would ever want to go again to try and clean up the mess. the situation in afghanistan, we have to remember, it is still -- it is horrific and there are so many men who signed up to serve our government as interpreters who we made a promise to and we failed. now they're living in hideings. but it would be even more horrific than it is right now without people like chad. >> joey: chad's amazing. aishah? >> aishah: proud to be an american is evan gershkovich. we have to remember that he is still in a russian prison as of right now. his family here at home waiting anxiously for him to return home. and i am hoping and praying every single day that he returns home as quickly as possible. >> joey: yes. >> aishah: we all have to

remember that he not only represents all the journalists that are working here in the united states and abroad all over the world, but he represents freedom of press. this is one of the greatest freedoms that the united states affords us. it does not exist, it really does not exist in the rest of the world, many many countries all over the world. so i really want to remind everyone when we're going about our daily lives and celebrating with our families, just remember the freedoms we have and get to enjoy those and we lose those whether we get on a plane and go somewhere else all over the world and evan was just doing his job reporting and sending the truth to the rest of the world what was going on in ukraine and russia and now he is in prison. so we should all be collectively praying for his return. >> joey: absolutely iewe absolutely are. i have an uncle sam. his name is thaddeus, he's 96 years old. he's a world war ii veteran. he actually served in general macarthur's honor guard. it was a big deal to us growing

up because i lived in levittown which was the first suburb in a lot of ways built for post world war ii veterans built houses using the gi bill, drank beer swam in inground pools played whiffle ball but it was there i learned to love this country. there was something baked into the cake that there was a swag to be part of this thing that was bigger than you. life wasn't about the graham or your feed, there were moments that was about the whole thing and that's what i love about the fourth of july, today is the day to honor out of many one, but it's the whole thing that counts here in america and thank you uncle sam for teaching me that. >> a lot of people say they have to pay their taxes to uncle sam. >> no if my uncle sam had the money the pittsburgh pirates would have a much better team. he lives in pennsylvania. >> he is still alive. >> jimmy: he is demoralizing us, he goes jogging hangs out goes

to the bar. >> do you go jogging. >> jimmy: no. but ufrngsle sam if you're watching this bud's for you. >> we have some fourth of july photos we promised we would show them and here they are, this is from jennifer and her two grandkids. >> she writes, a hard grand dad served in the marine corps and taught us to be proud americans. >> i love it. >> and right there. >> joey: this is willow and from the family, happy fourth of july from willow adirondack pay tree on pooches. >> linda from new york homemade flag indicate. linda where's our piece. and if you look closely you might see flag shoes and, oh, yes, i do linda. i like those, i have flag earrings i should have worn those tonight. >> this is from joey in new jersey, he writes happy fourth fox amelia. >> thank you joey family.

>> and also here is chris and friends from long island, they are wishing all of us a happy fourth of july, happy fourth of july. >> that looks like a football team. >> amazing. >> keep sending them to us the. >> that's right. >> let's check in to see what some members of our fox family are up to this fourth of july. can't wait to see it. >> all right, that's emily compagno riding a track for of some sort as she does. >> i think those are joe concha's kids. >> you know how i know that they look exactly like joe. >> that looks like the hegseth's because there's 50 of them. >> the hegseth clan. >> doing the family olympics there. >> enough for a sports team. >> brian kilmeade's family right there. are there any more? did we run through? >> i saw this picture on the gram. that is such an awesome picture. >> that is the first picture of clay travis without a beer in my hand i've ever seen on the fourth of july. >> the monitor's kind of far away but i believe that he was

wearing a popsicle shirt there. >> it had the fire cracker popsicles on it. >> he had it on fox and friends. >> do you know how i knew that was brian kilmeade's family? they all had really white nice teeth. >> can i just say something? we have to commend everybody from long island who sent in a photo because they were very presentable. as someone who grew up on long island, like the minute i started to hear we were getting photos from long island on the fourth of july i was like this could end bad. usually someone's in a head lock or passed out. >> we filter those out. >>. >> jimmy: my people go hard. we call it the point fourth of july where i come from. >> we have fireworks going off in the nation's capitol right now. >> joey: here we go. >> so let's watch it live. ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> a beautiful display in bad to celebrate our nation's 247th birthday more than 700,000 people gathered on the national mall to watch those fireworks and when i interned, i interned at fox news in dc and i lived very close to the national mall got to see that in person and it's an experience i will never forget. >> i haven't experienced it yet i live there now, been there for two years. we should take the show on the road and be there next year how about that. >> if we're going to take on the road let's take it to georgia weaver a nice fair ground and our grand finale isn't that good but it's good. >> jimmy: where i live in new york they've been setting off fireworks for like a month and a half now. i don't know when this became a thing, like the fourth of june, they start sending it off. >> joey: that was spectacular. >> jimmy: up next i hit the ground in st. louis missouri to

ask fans of america's favorite past time if they really know america. >> can't wait for this. >> who wrote the declaration of independence was it thomas jefferson or george jefferson. is it america or' merica. >> whose barbecue would you rather go to first president george washington or the current president joe ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> jimmy: st. louis hosts one of the largest independence day celebrations in the country. ahead of their 140th parade, i paid a visit to check out how they prepare for the big day. >> this is the 140th year of america's birthday parade here

in st. louis. the theme this year is a better community for all. >> jimmy: i love that. >> it's about bringing the town together. having a great time. archie's our mascot. >> best fire work show in the country framed by the arch, it will be about 25 minutes and there will be thousands and thousands of people on the arch ground. >> jimmy: hey, hey, hey, i am outside of bush stadium in st. louis to find out how they celebrate the greatest country in the world. who wrote the declaration of independence thomas jefferson or george jefferson. >> oh, man, i got hit by a truck. i don't even know. >> thomas jefferson. >> yous girls are good man. >> george declared his independence from weezy said i'm out of here. >> moving on up ♪ >> jimmy: who's fourth of july barbecue would you rather go to the first president george washington, the current

president joe biden? >> oh, george washington. >> yep. >> you're saying george washington. >> yeah. >> you guys are saying that because he's on the dollar bill. >> george washington and george washington. >> george washington for sure. he knows how to smoke. >> joe biden's having like a halloween barbecue. he doesn't even know it's like july 4th. >> george washington. >> are you worried joe biden might wish you a merry christmas. >> who parties harder on the fourth of july st. louis or new york. >> st. louis. >> probably new york. >> there's a lot of crazy people here but new york has a lot. >> what the hell is wrong with you. >> are you going to play for the cardinals some day. >> yeah, i might get drafted somewhere else, i'm really good. >> i love that. >> i'm kind of a big deal. >> jimmy: is it america or is it 'murica? >> 'murica. >> it's america. >> in missouri you say 'murica. >> give me the dam mic, 'murica.

>> congratulations you won an all expense paid trip to chick-fil-a on the sunday of your choice. >> oh, wow. >> give me a happy birthday america on three. >> one, two, three. >> happy birthday america. >> happy birthday america. >> happy birthday america! >> jimmy: dude they were so rowdy in st. louis. >> lot of fox fans? >> jimmy: like fox news central. i was was yoiks and cardinals and they were heckling me. >> i love that kid was i want to go where the money goes. >> i didn't have time to show them all but i polled them on america or 'murica, about 99% 'murica. and the big question with who would you rather apologize on the fourth of july somebody who says america or somebody who says 'murica. >> yeah, apostrophe m-u-r-i-c-a.

>> jimmy: speaking of parties i'm supposed to be off it's fourth of july, i'm starving i'm leaving the set to get food. i just pulled a move. >> joey: i need a hotdog, a hamburger. if you have any ice cream. >> jimmy: i'm leaving. i've made an executive decision during the commercial break. at over. i'll be back. i'm gone. good-bye. >> that's incredible. >> i really want a hotdog. >> jimmy goes to get food, right now the macy's fourth of july fireworks spectacular is underway. alexis mcadams joins us from the empire stated building with an incredible view. hey a lexus. >> wow. >> you can check it out over my shoulder and see this unbelievable fireworks display here in new york city this is one of the biggest, is the biggest in the entire country and we are with a lot of people who really don't want us standing here blocking their view but you can see why people paid big money to be up here on the top of the empire state building to catch a glimpse of this unbelievable view, thousands of hours that went

into this make think special, a big salute to america here in new york city, it's been going on about five or six minutes, going to continue for about 20 more but millions of people come in just to get a picture of this just to kind of come up here and check it out and you can see why over my shoulder. i can't move off because we can't show the entire thing but it's pretty special. we'll send it back to you >> joey: that's awesome. >> that's better than the ball drop. >> joey: that's a good assignment for the fourth of july. >> that's cool. >> you have to work you might as well work there. >> thank you alexis. >> thank you alexis. >> up next, a key question this fourth of july, what is your favorite all-american movie? we're going to break down the top picks. >> plus talk about a buzz kill why los angeles is cancelling fireworks this year all in the name of climate change. ♪ >> family lawrence jones with special operation wounded

warriors and we want to wish you a happy fourth of july. but as you celebrate, don't forget the men and women that paid the ultimate sacrifice so you can be free. remember, freedom isn't free. >> america is a country that believes in truth, believes it is worth pursuing, believes individuals can strive together toward a more perfect union. america is quick to defend those who cannot defend themselves and the first to offer a hand to those in need. if you live in america, you have won the lottery of life. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

hi, i'm jill and i've lost 56 pounds on golo. hi, i'm barry and i've lost 42 pounds. jill and i are a team. if she tells me to do something, i usually jump on board. golo was doable, it's realistic, and it's something we can do the rest of our lives.

what makes me proud to be snern what do we believe in, god, faith, family, country, the american dream, the idea that you can start anywhere and become anybody, anything, and the only thing that will stop you is yourself. that's what freedom is about. that's what we celebrate. that's what makes every american lucky to be an american and we should all be proud to be an american. >> i'm proud to be an american today and every day because we had really, really wise people

set up our constitution, our declaration of independence, to ultimately remind us that we get our rights, our essential rights, from on high. the government doesn't give them to us and the government can't take them away. that was genius and revolutionary in its day and it's up to us to keep that promise of protecting them. so happy independence day, everyone. remember, it is america now and forever. ♪ >> jimmy: we got hot dogs. >> we got hot dogs! >> mvp have of this shoot right here jimmy failla. >> he went to three hotdog stands all across new york city to get us five hot dogs. >> i've been cut off at the two places closest to fox. >> i'm going to take both. >> you're done. >> thank you. >> if i'm sweating it's because i had to run four blocks. wardrobe told the guy up front not to serve me, i had to go to

50th street to get this. >> this is my favorite fourth of july food. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> america. >> we're going to chew and talk at the same time now. we're going to talk about our favorite all american movies so carley we'll start with you. >> carley: my favorite all american movie is the patriot, of course, because it's about the revolutionary war and it's the perfect movie to watch today. if you're staying up late after you watch this show and the next one, watch patriot >> jimmy: mine is rocky four and not just because i'm eating like pauly on the set because pauly's the fat uncle who eats hot dogs and spends rocky's money. i could make a great pauly. >> joey: mine is independence day, isn't it everybody, the aliens came we defeated them. didn't we? we should invite them over to the barbecue. >> joey: the best piece since every president was in reagan was in that movie. hard to believe it's not real.

mine throws back to an actual hero a general in the united states air force, his name you know him as jimmy or james stewart, mr. smith goes to washington, the whole movie is about pushing back on corruption, the number 2 is road house because any time you drive a monster truck through a car lot. >> i saw that when i was on ma turn tee leave. i think they were making a remake. >> joey: you can't remake road house. >> aishah: i'm surprised nobody picked top gun two. >> jimmy: was a great one. >> aishah: i didn't choose it because somebody else would. >> jimmy: do you want to know why it was popular? because the one movie that no one had to wear a mask. came out post pandemic and it was great. tom cruise is a super hunk. july 4th, leave it to california to ruin the fun. la cancelling at least five fireworks show because of

environmental concerns. apparently fireworks pollute the ocean, but they aren't concerned about the millions of cars stuck in la traffic. i say this all the time. like if la and gavin newsome specifically really wanted to help the environment make u-hauls electric because there are so many u-hauls fleeing california. >> oh, good. packing up and moving out. >> this is very california and to me it reminds me of the new york city stove, like the pizza oven thing. >> gas stove, yeah. >> is that really going to -- one day of fireworks is going to change things for the environment? there's a lot bigger problems. >> we have patriots in southern california and here in new york city watching tonight, we know you don't live in freedom and we love you anyway, we're celebrating, we hope you make it next year even if they don't let it do in the home town. we can take you to dalton georgia we'll take you to the fairgrounds we have fireworks going on. >> i want to go to dalton

georgia. >> we have more of your photos, this is jason a flight attendant he says he is happily working to get everyone home for the holiday even if the plane is empty. wow. >> that's why he's so happy he has nobody to put up with. >> this is con tessa's daughter brinley, happy as can be shopping for her favorite part about fourth of july, bomb pop. look how cute. jason got to take his family to gettysburg and he wants everyone to keep history alive today. >> the panorama is amazing there. >> here's eric in nebraska who had to work all day, he's hoping everyone else is able to beat the heat. >> hot one. >> would someone like to read matthew. >> this is matthew working in the va hospital in las vegas for our veterans wishing everyone a great fourth of july. thank you matthew we love you brother. >> jimmy: my girl josephine a is from long island, that's my hood

aishah. josephine, strong island, says this is her 92nd fourth of july. >> god bless you. >> i deserve that. this one's for long island. >> saving the best for last. >> johnny joey this is for you. >> joey: there were five hot dogs and four of us, i'm sitting here with the fifth one, elbows are up, you know. look at this incredible fireworks display like you've never seen before as our big independence day special celebration live here in new york city continues. stay tuned. be right back. ♪ ♪ >> wa do we love about america? i love frontiersmen and pioneers risk takers and pioneers, i love the american spirit. >> i love the american dream, don't believe it when they tell you it doesn't exist. it's still here, still alive and it's made so many people's lives greater. why people are still clamoring to come to this country in 2023. so happy independence day to everybody. >> happy fourth! ♪

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♪ >> welcome back to our big independence day celebration and back now to provo utah for the nation's biggest stadium fireworks show at the stadium of ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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sky in provo utah and big thank you to abby hornacek who showed us how great provo utah is i didn't know. >> how about the great crew helping us light up fox plaza tonight. >> dealing with the bugs and the heat. >> lot of bugs, lot of humidity. >> we avoided the rain. >> yeah, we did. i had my concerns when they told me who was going to be on set tonight. not going to lie. you guys exceeded my expectations. >> joey: he doesn't mean it. hope you all celebrateed this amazing country's birthday with your family. i got to celebrate it with my fox family almost as good i hope you love this country and today reminded you of it. >> so grateful to be with all of you here reflecting on all the many many positive things this country means to all of us and has provided for all of our lives. you hit the jackpot when you get to be born american. >> jimmy: you have american privilege. >> joey: or work hard to become one. >> yeah. >> we hope you enjoy the show and are spending quality time with your family and loved ones

and enjoying some time off. enjoy the rest of your night. >> joey: i had my 2.5 hot dogs. up next an inspiring interview with some of america's bravest heroes in a special we call home of the brave. so stay tuned and check it out. >> thank you so much for watching tonight. we are so happy you spent the fourth of july with us. happy independence day and happy birthday america. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i'm pete hegseth and tonight fox is celebrate aring independence day by honoring americans that make this country great. the men and women who put it all on the line patriots going all the way back to