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00:00What
00:29What a lovely bunch of individuals.
00:31The mayhem in Democrat-run cities shows no signs of slowing down, as another 15 rioters
00:37were arrested outside Chicago last night.
00:39Hello, everyone.
00:40I'm Tommy Lahren, along with Joey Jones, Molly Lyon, and Griff Jenkins.
00:44And the second hour of the big weekend show starts with a Fox News alert.
00:50Amid the rioting, anti-ice agitators also chased independent journalist Nick Shirley
00:55in the streets before he was saved by ice.
00:57Well, despite the violence and civil unrest, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker remains defiant
01:17against President Trump's offer of assistance.
01:21The fact that he's made a threat against me, I'm not afraid.
01:24Are you worried the Justice Department is going to come after you?
01:27Do I think that he could do it?
01:29He might.
01:30But as I've said before, come and get me.
01:34And in Portland, chaos continues to reign.
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01:56The riots are growing more dangerous, as Oregon Health and Science University says emergency
02:00helicopters did not land at the hospital's helipad last night after anti-ice agitators
02:06threatened to shine lasers at DHS aircraft. Well, joining us now is journalist Nick Shirley,
02:12who is in Portland tonight. Nick, I know you were in Chicago yesterday. I've been following along,
02:17as I always do, into what you're doing on the ground there. I've asked you this before on my
02:22Outkick show, but I want to ask you again, give our audience a sense of who these people are
02:27and why they're there. Have you had a chance to have any conversation with these agitators? And
02:33if you have, share with us everything that you've learned, because that's my biggest question. Who
02:37are these people? Yeah, for instance, yesterday in Chicago alone, it was just a bunch of people
02:43that were so mad at ICE for going about and doing their job as far as deportations go.
02:49And they actually impeded on a bunch of deportations that were supposed to take place. And as you see
02:53in that video right there, I was doing a ride along with ICE. And there's five illegals that
02:59they had targeted that they knew were illegal. And they all swarmed. And we had to hop back in
03:05the car because the whole entire group of protesters started coming after us.
03:09Wow. I want to ask you just one follow up, because as you know, I'm very invested in this. And I slid
03:14into your DMs this morning. And I said, we have to have you on the show because you're on the ground.
03:17You're very brave to do it. I've talked to you about your safety before. You've been attacked
03:21many times, not only by anti-ICE rioters, but you name it. I mean,
03:26the pro-Palestinians have come after you. Any group of folks that have been out there
03:30have gone after you in the streets of every major city. What are you doing to ensure your safety,
03:35especially as you're traveling around the country? You're in Portland today. You were in
03:38Chicago yesterday. You're in the belly of the beast, Nick.
03:42Yeah, I think just making it known to people that what I am doing, letting officers know,
03:46even let the protesters know, like, yes, I'm recording this video. And you have the opportunity
03:50right now to really showcase why you're out here and what you're here for. I'm not here to be in
03:55opposition towards anybody. More so, I'm just here to shed light on what's going on, whether it's
03:59right or wrong, or left speak, right speak. And that's my job as a journalist, is to talk to both
04:05sides. And right now, if you're portrayed as a journalist, you're far right for some reason.
04:10But that's not true. You're just trying to show people what's happening.
04:14Nick, who are these people? Are you seeing any consistencies among them? You know,
04:19there's a lot of speculation that some are paid to be there, and it's organized in that way.
04:24I understand that, I guess, they share some belief in anti-ice, but who are they?
04:30Yeah, a lot of these people, I mean, there has to be a few of these people that are paid because
04:34they're organizing everything. And there's, like, tents that are set up. Just in Chicago alone,
04:39you had people who had pizza, you had donuts, you had food. You could get whatever you wanted at
04:43this protest yesterday. And then there's just a bunch of other people that have
04:46fell into the idea that what's going on is the modern-day Gestapo and that Nazi, that everyone's
04:54Nazis for going throughout these deportations and everything like that. So you also have a lot
04:58of people that have just also just hopped on board thinking that what's going on right now is
05:02the worst thing since World War II.
05:05Wow.
05:06You know, Nick, it's Griff Jenkins here. Thank you for joining us.
05:09And, you know, I was on a ride-along like herself on Operation Midway Blitz, and a number
05:15of the individuals that were violent, criminal, illegal aliens that have been convicted of
05:21murder, of raping children, and a whole list of horrific crimes are illegal aliens from Mexico.
05:29And I noticed in your video that they literally tried to hit you with a giant Mexican flag as
05:36you were getting in that car. Do you find any irony in the fact that the illegal, violent,
05:42criminal aliens, that they're trying to take off the streets, many of them from Mexico,
05:45and yet you're being accosted by a Mexican flag?
05:50Yeah, it makes me, honestly, it makes me mad and upset that what they're doing as far as like,
05:54okay, you're representing your country. You love it so much. Why don't you do your best to make your
06:01country better or represent America in a light where you're happy to be here? Like,
06:06yes, we love everybody, but if you're American, support America first.
06:11Nick, Molly Line here. Because you traveled, clearly you're traveling right now from one city
06:15to the next and really kind of in the thick of things as this situation appears to be escalating
06:19outside of many ICE facilities, ICE-related detention facilities included. What are you seeing?
06:25What are the most unique or different things you have seen in recent weeks?
06:29I think it's just gotten worse these past few weeks. The violence and the aggression has gotten
06:36worse. I mean, people are literally impeding on law enforcement. They literally think they can
06:40put their hands on police officers. They think they can stop people from being deported,
06:45and law enforcement is having a harder time doing their job because people,
06:51because for instance, in Chicago, you're seeing there's no support from the governor,
06:54there's no support from the mayor, so at least you think they can go out and do anything.
06:57And these law enforcement agencies like ICE, for instance, yesterday, they were like,
07:01this is hard because we cannot do, we're not getting protected by the state. So they're all
07:08out there on their own trying to follow through with their job, deport people, and it's getting
07:12dangerous and hostile. Like, if we didn't get in that car, then who knows if they would have
07:16swung at me or the ICE agent.
07:18Wow. Nick, please be safe. I know that you're fearless, but it's a really dangerous time. And
07:24thank you for giving us so much great content. We'll continue to follow you.
07:29Thanks so much. All right. And Democrats are coming up with a new reason to oppose President Trump's
07:36deployment of the National Guard. They're saying it's not about safety. Instead, they're pushing a
07:41wild conspiracy theory. I believe that he's going to post people outside of ballot boxes and polling
07:49places. And if he needs to, in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot
07:55boxes and count the votes himself. The vice president apparently traveling to Indiana to try to rig the
08:01congressional map as part of their effort to steal the midterm elections again. There is crime in
08:06American cities. But the way to deal with it is get the funding that you need for police,
08:10get the training that you need and work with local officials. This is a pretext to stop the next
08:15election. Oh, the party can see the writing on the wall. Democrats don't have control of Congress
08:22and they still have to defend 10 of the 18 competitive house races next year. And two out of the three
08:28toss up Senate races, not looking so good. But Griff, they're going to the conspiracy theory.
08:34President Trump is going to put National Guard outside of the ballot boxes. But I don't know,
08:40I don't know where they're going with this. I thought that you weren't allowed to be an election
08:43denier. I thought that that was a no-no in the Democrat book. But as I've seen here,
08:46they're all taking a page out of maybe Hillary Clinton, Stacey Abrams' playbook here. And
08:51the original election deniers, it comes full circle. That's a good point. I mean, look,
08:55I think it boils down to this, Tommy, and that is that they're simply on the wrong side of issues
09:02that are these 80-20 issues. You don't have National Guard on streets of American cities
09:08unless you have crime, rioting, security issues. Yet time and time again, Democrats are doubling down
09:16on defending the crime itself, these criminals, these illegal aliens. And at some point, someone
09:24in the Democratic Party has got to get everybody together and say, hey, listen, we got to track
09:28a different direction because we're on the wrong side of the issue, not just with conservative
09:33voters you hope to lure to your side, but across all demographics, across all party lines.
09:40Joey, it's so stunning to me that we're not even a year out from the election of 2024. All right. And
09:49the Democrats still don't get it. I thought that there was going to be a moment there where they
09:53realized, wow, we really messed up on immigration. We didn't do great on the economy. Our messaging,
09:58our social issues, everything was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. We really need to look in
10:02where to make a change. Nope. They just said we need to go a little further left. That seems to be
10:08the message they got from last November. Yeah. I think part of the problem is if Trump comes in
10:13with these big ideas and he implements them and they start to work, what do you offer that he's
10:18not offering? I'm going to do what he did, but better. I mean, that's, that's the only other option.
10:22So they kind of have to try to make it look like what he's doing isn't working or doesn't help
10:27Americans. Uh, when you're, when you're painting someone like Kilmar Albrego, who at best has a
10:33very speckled past just in this country, take all of the Trendy Aragua stuff out or, or MS 13,
10:40whichever one of the gangs he was supposedly a part of. We know that he was doing something very fishy
10:46with people. You know, he's moving people with no clothes saying they're on a road trip. He was doing
10:50things and then, you know, domestic violence, just not a good person, but that becomes your hero
10:55because you're just latching on to anything you can trying to paint it to where Trump is bad. Trump
11:00is wrong. Trump is going to ruin the country. All I know is that for Democrats, you know,
11:04somehow 2016 was stolen and 2020 what six is going to be stolen, but there's no way 2020 was.
11:11That doesn't add up for me. Uh, math is not mathing there. Uh, go ahead, Molly.
11:16I think what I was going to say is it seems like tinfoil hat type of conspiracy stuff,
11:20but we're talking about words that are coming out of the mouths of governors, you know, J.B.
11:24Prisker and Newsom out in California talking about seeing a future that doesn't exist yet.
11:29When what does exist right now is president Trump and this huge cabinet that he's laid out in the
11:34future leaders, uh, for the MAGA movement and potentially what would be the real legendary
11:39accomplishment would be handing that off in 2028, not sending the military to collect ballot boxes as,
11:45you know, has been kind of implied here by, by some leadership on the other side. Uh, so we'll
11:51see what ultimately happens. But I think that the Democrats need to be concerned about building out
11:55their party and their message and who's going to run and what they're going to run on and what those
11:58issues are because it's still very much a mystery. Yeah, they don't have them though. And I think the
12:03best that I can figure in all of this is that Democrats know that they need to moderate themselves, but
12:09they're bored with that. And they're bored with the so-called moderates within their own party. They
12:13need to go far left. They need the OCs. They need the Bernies. They need the Jasmine Crockett's.
12:17They need that because that's where the excitement is. That's what makes them feel alive.
12:22The Alyssa Slotkins and those, like they bore people. We saw the, the response to the joint,
12:26the response to the joint session with Slotkin, people fell asleep. The moderates, they just,
12:31they're not pulling the views. No. And you know, to Molly's point, I mean, they, they still,
12:36their top issue is still Trump is bad. Trump is a fascist Trump. And that is an issue that was first
12:45birthed by the progressive left and the whole democratic party latched onto it. And when you
12:52look at, to tie a few things here, we're in day 12 of the government shutdown and they're calling it
12:58Schumer shutdown because Schumer fears the progressive left. That's how we got here. And so I think at the
13:05end of the day, they're going to have to find some issue like education or maybe a different approach
13:13to the economy. I mean, president Trump is taking pretty unconventional, uh, strides with tariffs,
13:19find a educated, logical way to combat that rather than just going straight to the fascism playbook,
13:27straight to Trump is bad, no matter what it is. And I'll take any hero, even if it's a
13:32MS 13 wife beating human trafficker, if it's opposite of Trump, I don't think they have the
13:38tools in the toolbox, Griff, but I know one thing you're going to be pretty excited about. All right.
13:42And I know Joey's equally excited. Liberals are scared that Taylor Swift is turning into a
13:48conservative trad wife. Plus Americans are suffering the consequences of the Schumer shutdown while
13:54Democrats are soaking up the sun at a luxury resort in Napa Valley.
14:11It is now day 12 of the Schumer shutdown and the pressure is mounting on Democrats to end it. Now,
14:17the press is fact checking them during live interviews. They're gone. They've been gone
14:23for four weeks now. They've only worked 14 days since July 25th, I think. Because they passed a
14:27bill to keep the, keep the government open. They should be here. What is happening in Chicago right
14:31now is an emergency. We have a responsibility in this upcoming budget to address the destruction of
14:37our democracy and the rule of law. That is what the vice president was arguing here,
14:41that it's like Democrats aren't even saying what it is they want to negotiate over. We don't view
14:45the current bill as anything other than a partisan Republican spending bill.
14:50It's at levels that you guys have already agreed to. A number of Democrats voted for this extension
14:54back in March. It's not adding or detracting anything. It's just continuing the levels of
14:58spending that currently exist. And Shannon is correct. Schumer supported
15:02GOP budgets in the past, including in March. In fact, he's voted for a clean CR 13 times before,
15:09just like this. But this time he's too scared to keep the government open after the media scorched
15:15him for his past support. I hear what you're saying. But what I'm hearing from people,
15:20and there's a lot of them, is right now a crisis is happening unlike anything the republic has faced
15:26maybe since even the civil war. There is nobody in the world, nobody,
15:30who wants to shut the government down more than Donald Trump.
15:33But that's the difference between Democrats and Republicans. One party is about inaction
15:36and one party is about all action. And it gives me no pleasure to say this to you because we are
15:41friends. But I think you caved. I think you and nine other Democrats caved.
15:47Ouch, Sonny. What do you make of that, Molly?
15:49Uh, when we look at what's happening with the race right now, I think Democrats have
15:54dove in on this health care issue. They've decided this is the one they're going to grab.
15:58This is the one they're going to hang on to. I don't know if this is the right way to do it.
16:02But when polling showed that Republicans are so far ahead on some of the other issues,
16:05particularly on crime by up like 20 percent points that the Democrats chose this issue.
16:11And now they've dug in. I think they'd like to find an exit door and get back to work,
16:16essentially to get the government back to work. But they haven't been able to find it yet.
16:20They need to look like they're coming out or feel like they can sell that they
16:23fought on health care, that they won on health care for the American public.
16:27But I think it's going to be tough for them to to pull that off.
16:30You know, Joey, there's a sense that Democrats are quietly hoping that the government stays
16:37shut down through next weekend because there's going to be this giant protester march called
16:41No King's Day in that, you know, they see that this benefits the Democrats and that it's actually
16:48sticking to Republicans. It's not clear that is the case at all, particularly when you look at
16:54how Schumer has voted for clean stars before and now all of a sudden he doesn't want to.
16:57And Schumer also has said to Punchbowl News that every day gets better for us.
17:06Do you see any way out of this?
17:08I wonder how many National Guard troops are going to be deployed to the No King's Day march.
17:11I'm just kidding. Is it is it an insurrection? No, I kid.
17:17Listen, thank God we have Shannon Bream because she's a really hard person to get mad at.
17:22She's pretty hard to lie to. And if you saw her interview with Hakeem Jeffries,
17:26I mean, she pressed him and he really didn't have an answer. And that is their problem.
17:31Even if you believe in the things they're fighting for, it's hard for them to justify
17:35fighting for them this way right now on this bill.
17:39They're going to go seven weeks, you know, like theoretically,
17:42they could have funded the government for seven weeks and brought this exact same
17:46argument to the American people during the appropriations process.
17:50You can't say you want government to function as it's designed and then pitch a fit because
17:53when it did, you didn't get what you wanted. And that's the problem here.
17:57We should have multiple appropriations bills for different parts of the government.
18:00They lost the election. Then they lost the legislative fight on the Big Beautiful Bill.
18:04They're trying to re-legislate the Big Beautiful Bill through this.
18:07And for me, as a more objective person who enjoys the parliamentary procedures of legislature,
18:14it shows you just how messy Congress is when they look for levers to pull that do a 50,
18:20you know, 51 percent rather than a 60 percent. It makes you think maybe the founding fathers
18:25are pretty smart. And then we have these people in Congress and they can't get there.
18:28I mean, we only need five Democrats to quit selling their soul and get a seven week
18:33Band-Aid pass that I'm not necessarily in favor of the spending in that.
18:37But you got to be able to do your job. And apparently that's what it's going to take for
18:40them to do it. And if they could get those five Democrats, Tommy, then 750,000 furloughed
18:47government employees are not going to miss a paycheck just days from now when the middle
18:51of the month hits. And I predict to you, Democrats are about to have a big problem
18:55come tomorrow because while everyday Americans are suffering, thanks to that Schumer shutdown,
19:01Democrats are heading off to Napa Valley, California tomorrow to enjoy a retreat and
19:05fundraiser organized by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. They'll enjoy two days of vacation complete
19:12with a wine tour and fancy meal at a vineyard. Gillibrand knows how bad this looks because
19:17she's ducking Fox's questions about the retreat. Watch. Senator, will you still be hosting your
19:23retreat this weekend? Talk to you later. I'd like for hearing. Thank you.
19:28It's unbelievable. And you know, if you look at the invitation, which we've printed out-
19:33Did they send you one, Greg?
19:34They didn't invite me. I actually just printed this off of the internet. But Senator Kirsten
19:40Gillibrand is, of course, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Chair. But also Senator Angela
19:47also Brooks, Senator from Maryland, is part of the inviting people. Now, I did a little homework.
19:53In Maryland, there are 140,000 plus civilian federal employees. An additional 50,000 are
19:59military personnel. It's the fifth largest state with federal employees. And yet their Senator is
20:06going to head off for wine and cheese in Napa Valley. And I checked in case you wanted to get a
20:11room there with them tomorrow. Room start, standard room, $799. Deluxe room, $874. And if you're going
20:19to splurge, a suite for $1,100. Well, I wonder if they'll be going to the French Laundry at all.
20:25Why not? Because, you know, Gavin Newsom, while everyone was locked in their homes away from,
20:30you know, their extended families for the holidays due to COVID tyrannical restrictions,
20:35we know that Gavin Newsom was yucking it up at the French Laundry. This feels like that.
20:39It also feels like when the Democrats were trying to strategize about how they win back young men
20:43and young, you know, young folks that have turned conservative, they also went to some fancy hotel
20:48or Ritz, I believe it was, in the San Francisco area to try to strategize how they were going to win
20:53back and speak to men again. So once again, completely out of touch, completely tone deaf.
20:58And I would say if they are looking for an off ramp, I'm not really in the business of giving advice
21:03to Democrats, nor would they want advice from me. But I think that's their off ramp. We don't want to do
21:07this, but we're going to do it because the federal workers. We're going to do it because we want them
21:12to go back to work. We don't want them to be furloughed. We don't want them to be laid off.
21:15We're going to do it for them. That is the off ramp they could take if they're smart enough to take it.
21:20Otherwise, would we just do this and watch them in Napa Valley?
21:23I don't think they're going to. What do you think, Joey? It's a bad look. These are bad optics.
21:27Yeah, I'll say this. They're going to Napa Valley. I get in trouble a lot because I talk about California as if it's a monolith and bad.
21:34It's not a monolith and it's not bad. That area of California, where are they going?
21:38They're going to pass by a lot of signs that say things like Trump Vance and not my governor.
21:42So maybe folks get out there and protest a little bit. Let them know what they're thinking.
21:45Yeah, I don't know if the crab cakes are on the menu or how expensive things are.
21:49But I think this drives the point to all the people at home that are out of work right now,
21:54that are losing their paychecks right now. You know, what is on that menu?
21:57And that may be what the people that are going to be dining at this dinner should be thinking about.
22:03I'll RSVP for you and you can report on it and get back to us.
22:08All right. Still ahead. Pro-Hamas protesters in America are vowing to create a new Middle East.
22:13Plus, the Washington Post is attacking America's heroes in a new hit piece claiming veterans are gaming the system at the VA.
22:21Gary Sinise is involved in the military community and he will join us live with reaction.
22:26Yeah, the Washington Post, God love them. They're accusing disabled veterans of gaming the system.
22:44The Post writes that while some ailments can be verified with scans or tests,
22:49many of the most common claims filed with the VA are difficult to confirm.
22:52The Post alleges that veterans frequently exaggerate their conditions and accuses them
22:57of trying to maximize their compensation. Now, one nonprofit is firing back at these accusations.
23:05Beyond this shameful slur on the integrity of our nation's veterans,
23:10our foremost concern is ensuring veterans get the benefits they've earned,
23:15which are challenging enough to access. Unfortunately, broad brush attacks on veterans,
23:22like this one by the Post, often discourage some veterans from seeking the care and benefits they've earned.
23:28Yeah. All right. Actor Gary Sinise is a friend of mine. He is heavily involved in the military
23:34community. His foundation serves our nation by honoring veterans, first responders and their families.
23:38And it's an honor to bring him on. Gary joins us now for tonight's big close-up.
23:43Gary, thank you for joining us. Obviously, you work with veterans all the time. The Gary Sinise Foundation,
23:49one of the things it does is helps adapt homes for veterans that are disabled and provide mortgage-free
23:56homes for veterans that are disabled. Full disclosure, long before this media career,
23:59you guys helped me put an elevator in my house that I needed, and I can't thank you enough for it.
24:04Tell us your take. The Washington Post article aside, tell us your take on the disabled veterans
24:09that you encounter and about their integrity and their love for life and the fact they move on and do amazing things.
24:19Well, thanks, Joey. And congratulations to you on the Tex McCrary Award that you received last
24:25last week. It was great to see you. Look, I've been involved. Actually, I've been involved with the
24:30DAV for going back over 30 years to when I played Lieutenant Dan and Forrest Gump. I've known hundreds,
24:37if not thousands, of our disabled veterans. I have the highest respect for them. The Washington Post
24:46article is, you know, I don't know what to say about that. I've met thousands and thousands of
24:50veterans over the years. You're being one of them, Joey, and of the highest integrity. I mean,
24:58I have some of my best friends are in the military, and I've met hundreds and thousands of people over
25:06the years. So, you know, while there may be a little gaming of the system here and there,
25:11where isn't there gaming of the system? I think it's an exaggeration. Well, I think it's an exaggeration
25:18that, you know, this is widespread. And what you know, Gary, and I know that other people don't
25:23know is for every one veteran that might try to bump that percentage up, there's two or three out
25:27there that just never go and never ask for the benefits they're earned. And so, I think it's still
25:32a net negative for the veterans and positive for the taxpayer anyway. Yeah, Gary, this is Molly here.
25:37Joey really touched on what I wanted to ask you about is all the people who don't ask for help. When
25:42you're so equipped and you do so much of this work, what's the latest with your foundation and how do you
25:47reach out and find more of our heroes to help? Yeah, thank you, Molly. Yeah, the Gary Sinise Foundation
25:56is one of thousands of nonprofits that are in the military and first responder support space.
26:03I think if we didn't have all these nonprofits, there'd be a catastrophe in the veteran space.
26:08The VA does quite a bit. And we, you know, my dad was, you know, got help from the VA and
26:14my grandfather. But, you know, I will say that, you know, people do fall through the cracks. And we
26:20know that. And so we're very proactive at the Gary Sinise Foundation and seeking out people that
26:26might not be, you know, near a veterans hospital or a VA center. We want them to know that these
26:34nonprofits exist out there, that they can always reach out to us. We're online. The Gary Sinise
26:38Foundation Foundation is helping thousands of veterans and first responders and active duty
26:44military families of our fallen heroes are wounded. We're just about to hand away our 100th home. Joey
26:52was mentioning the homes that we do. We're just about to hand away our 100th home. So I think these
26:58nonprofits are very, very important in this space. And certainly I encourage people to check out ours,
27:04but also don't sit back and wait for somebody to reach out. If you need help, there's ways to get
27:10it. You know, Gary, helping veterans is a very personal thing to you. And it's become a bit,
27:16or it became a bit of a, I guess you call it a family affair. You know, we also want to talk about
27:20your late son, Mac's Resurrection and Revival albums. Mac's albums are something that's incredibly
27:27important to you and a beautiful way to remember his life. The two albums, you know, they've been released,
27:32and you've found. And so the question to you is, how do these albums help veterans? Because there's
27:39a connection here that I don't think a lot of people know about. Oh, gosh, thanks. Thanks for
27:45asking, Joey. We lost our son in January of 2024. He had a very rare cancer. He was a great composer and
27:55musician. One of the last things he did was produce an album with a buddy of his, Oliver Schnee,
28:03all music that Mac had written. And he said, Dad, let's print some vinyls. And if we ever sell any,
28:10the proceeds can go to the Gary Sinise Foundation. He worked for the Gary Sinise Foundation.
28:14And after he died, we printed some albums. And then we got orders for thousands. And we printed
28:19many, many more. Wow. And all the proceeds from the vinyl records at the Gary Sinise Foundation
28:24go to help our veterans, just like Mac wanted. You can bet I'll be ordering some. That's amazing.
28:29And what a legacy. Gary, that's so beautiful. It's great. It's great music. I believe it.
28:35I've seen it. Is that Tommy? Yeah, that's Tommy. Hi, Gary. Yeah, it's beautiful. And I'm so glad we're
28:40able to share that as well. I also want to get your take on this. We have the Fox Nation Patriot Awards.
28:45They're almost here. Our very own Sean Hannity is hosting a night full of patriotism,
28:50talent, special guests, honoring everyday heroes. And here's a preview of the big night in November.
28:57These are people that we recognize who understand the concept of sacrifice.
29:01Their stories are amazing. I'm sitting in the audience and I'm crying like a baby.
29:05It is not about me. It is not about us. It is about everyday patriots in our great country.
29:12Are you ready to get the show started?
29:16And for our audience out there, you can join us on November 6th at 8 p.m. Eastern,
29:20right here in New York. Tickets are on sale now. You don't want to miss it. Gary, I want to ask you
29:26about awards like this, the Patriot Awards. You know, there are so many wonderful award ceremonies
29:31that honor America's heroes. But what does it mean to the men and women that have served,
29:35whether they be military or first responders, any type of law enforcement? What does it mean to them
29:40when folks in the media like us or folks on TV, when they recognize them,
29:45when they give a little spotlight to them? That's why we do it. And I'm wondering what that means to them.
29:50It's tremendous recognition. They don't ask for anything. I've found this. I started doing
29:59USO tours, gosh, years and decades ago. And they don't ask much. And they're always surprised when
30:08somebody reaches out and pats them on the back. And that little gesture can mean a lot. So going on
30:14television and receiving an award for something they did and being honored, being recognized for
30:20something that may have gone unnoticed is a very big deal. It's a wonderful awards. And I remember
30:27when Pete was hosting a while back, and I was very, very happy to receive one of those for the veterans
30:34work. And I admire what you're doing there with the Patriot Awards. Well, Gary, it's Griff here. And
30:42you got that. How are you, friend? You got that award because you deserved it. You're you're like,
30:48you have spent the majority of your life more than three decades serving our nation's heroes.
30:54We've just laid out the number of ways from your foundation to the homes to your son's late son's
31:00album. But take me back to why you do all this when you first got involved.
31:06You know, Griff, I have many veterans in my family. My grandfather served in World War One,
31:14my great uncle World War One. He had three sons, my dad and his two brothers. They all served in the
31:20military. My two uncles in World War Two. My dad was in during Korea. On my wife's side of the family,
31:26Vietnam veterans. Her sister served in the army. Their son, she married a Vietnam veteran. Her two
31:33brothers were Vietnam veterans. So I have a lot of veterans in my family. It all starts there.
31:38I got involved with the DAV back when I played Lieutenant Dan, like I said, 30 years ago.
31:44And then September 11th, turned everything into a full time mission. And I haven't stopped since.
31:50It's been a it's been a privilege to be able to support the men and women who serve our country.
31:54Brother, we know you do it honestly and genuinely. It's just it's an amazing thing to have someone with
31:59star power like yourself. Focus your time and effort on us, on veterans. And also, you know,
32:04thanks for the nickname long before I needed one. I've been called Lieutenant Dan for the last 15
32:09years and I consider it a badge of honor. I just wish I could grow my hair out like that and have
32:14fun like you did in the movie. Listen, Gary Sinise, thank you for joining us. Thank you for all you do.
32:19Well done, Gary.
32:22You bet. My pleasure to be with you. Thanks so much.
32:25Yes, sir. All right. Still ahead. President Trump is bringing back Columbus Day after the
32:30left spent years trying to kill the holiday. Plus, Bernie Sanders is mocking Democrats for their
32:35DEI obsession. Hold your horses.
32:49Bernie Sanders, the voice of reason for Democrats.
32:51Not quite. But he did criticize Democrats for their DEI obsession.
32:57All of us want to see parts of our society have good representation in Congress. Democrats have
33:06retreated from class issues, from economic issues, from a desire to take on big money to, oh, isn't it
33:13wonderful? We have a woman here and we have a gay person here and we have a black person here and a
33:18Latino person over there. Now, in doing so, he also mocked female Republican governors.
33:25Donald Trump has surrounding him a whole lot of women. There are right wing women governors
33:30all over this country, right? Are we all very proud? Oh, man. Thank God we got a woman in politics
33:36who does not believe in woman's right to control her own body, who, you know, is terrible to workers
33:41and so on. But we're proud that she's a woman. Tommy, what do you think here? He's got a style
33:49and he's got a little bit of a point there that perhaps it is time to think about the economy and
33:53these issues. Yeah. Well, he's really stuck on that, right? The millionaires and the billionaires.
33:58And I'm glad that he can somewhat recognize that the left's obsession with identity politics is not
34:02helpful and it's ludicrous. You just saw the DNC. They had to get rid of the David Hogg because they
34:08didn't have the right to make up for their equity and their inclusion and all of that. It was a real
34:13fiasco. It was embarrassing to watch. But his point there about Republican governors and how if
34:18a female Republican governor is not pro-abortion, then somehow she's not for women's rights.
34:24I would argue that a lot of Democrat male or female leaders, they can't recognize why women
34:29should have their own sports and spaces, which to me is far more egregious than being pro-abortion
34:34or anti-abortion for that matter. So he's still got a lot of learning to do, but I don't think
34:39we're going to change Bernie at this point. Right. Exactly. We have a very strong idea of
34:44Bernie and his economic philosophies. But there does seem to be a will within the Democratic Party,
34:49including their elder statesmen, that are trying to steer things away from these culturally divisive
34:54issues and back to the things, those kitchen table issues. How painful do you think it is for Bernie
34:59Sanders that he's following corporate America's lead in killing DEI? He now says we don't need it.
35:08And didn't we just have a couple of weeks ago a memo put out from some Democrat group that said,
35:16OK, here's all the DEI words. We can't say triggered. We can't say oligarchy. Oh, no,
35:22I'm on an oligarchy fighting tour. So, I mean, it's like, look, I see what he's trying to say. But,
35:27you know, the the the words are cheap actions speak louder. And so we'll see if Democrats really
35:34do get off the DEI kick. Joey, they won't. Yeah, listen, I agree with every word he said,
35:39just not for the same reasons. The women in Republican politics that are incredibly successful
35:44and incredibly powerful are there because they're following their conviction, not their identity.
35:49And that's what makes them so successful because they come across as authentic and genuine in their
35:54beliefs and their ideas. Unfortunately, a lot, not all of the women on the Democrat side, such as
35:59Kamala Harris, who have leaned so heavy into her identity rather than her convictions and and what
36:05she believes in most aren't successful. And so he's right in the sense that identity is not the path
36:11to success in politics. He's just wrong because he's taking objection to the wrong ones.
36:16Yeah. All right. The girl, whatever trend stick nation and men are going on more dates than women.
36:22I'm going to do the math on that. Don't go anywhere. The weekend buzz is next.
36:25I don't want to run. I don't belong to anyone alone.
36:40Welcome back. It's time now for the weekend buzz.
36:43First up, a new viral trend has people saying, girl, whatever. Girls are showing off the cool
36:55experiences they've had or places they've been. And they're saying whatever to their problems and
36:59instead living their best life. So naturally, I got to go to Griff on this. Griff, if you watched
37:05the show yesterday, is still trying to find the emoji egg from yesterday's weekend buzz segment.
37:11But I got to get your take on this. I, I don't know what's funny, but I'm sure you're going to tell
37:16us what. So you post a video of yourself hanging on to the wing of an airplane, drop off, presumably
37:24safely skydiving and just say, girl, whatever. Yeah. Like no big. How do you say it correctly?
37:31By the way, is it like girl, whatever now? Like girl, whatever. But how do you try it now? Girl,
37:38girl, whatever. As in what they're trying to say is they're doing amazing things. They're going to
37:42amazing places that it's like no big deal. I'm a guy that likes to have sharks just circling his
37:47ankles. Yeah. Was she with sharks? Not a problem for me. Girl, whatever. Girl, whatever. All right.
37:53Next, men are on a dating spree. Knock me over with a feather. According to a new study,
37:59they go on 48% more dates than women. This difference reveals how the sexes approach dating
38:05and could be a sign of fatigue among women. Oh, well, this is not the only sign of fatigue.
38:11Go on so many dates. It's better to meet a ton of different types of people
38:15and to go on a ton of dates than to just settle right away. There also is this narrative online that
38:20like you should be going on so many dates. It's like a numbers game. I don't really know if I
38:24agree with that. I'm not going to waste my time going on dates that don't feel like aligned from
38:28the beginning. Very interesting. Molly, got to go to you on this one. This is kind of a Gen Z
38:33problem, I think. Right. This is way after my time. I wasn't part of the swipe generation,
38:39but I feel like this is a discussion about that where you can just keep going and going. But honestly,
38:44I can understand the women's perspective in that video. That sounds like way too much energy.
38:48And I found I think everyone I've ever dated was a friend first, just someone I knew
38:53and liked first. And I feel like the way dating starts now is just so different.
38:58And I can see the frustration. Well, I'm going to go to an important one.
39:01Joey's been waiting for this one. Yeah. Finally, social media is sticking by a new trend.
39:06People are posting videos of the most unique pieces of wood they find,
39:10even submitting it to a stick review account as part of the quote stick nation community.
39:14Tuck, present to you our stick.
39:21This is my first summation for stick nation.
39:25I present to you.
39:26This is my stick. This is a passion fruit vine wrapped around an avocado branch.
39:30I just found this stick. It's got some magical shield properties to it for sure.
39:36You know, maybe this is the way to meet women.
39:38You know, I think people are confused as to what a stick is compared to a root or a limb or a tree.
39:44That aside, my buddy Luke takes sticks and carves them in the kitchen spoons.
39:49And he's been doing it for years. You can check him out. I'll post him on Instagram later.
39:53I might as well just turn this in a plug for him. Oh, Luke Vincent there.
39:57I think it's cool.
39:58I think it also shows like the abomination of a life we live that we're amazed by sticks.
40:03I mean, there are ancient tribes that use that take sticks and make tools out of them.
40:07And here we are posting videos of them on social media.
40:10Like it's cool. If you want to pick up a stick, come by my house,
40:13because that's a pick a bunch of them up before I mow the yard. I'd love it.
40:15Hey, my four year old runs with a bunch of people to pick up sticks and they love it.
40:19They fight over sticks.
40:20Joey, you could sell those sticks on Etsy. All right.
40:22You know what they say sticks and stones break my bones, but I don't have any legs.
40:26Coming up, Taylor Swift fans are freaking out over the conservative trad wife vibe she's giving off.
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