teammate and friends and family of the naval warfare as we wish our teammate and his family godspeed. in our holy name we pray, amen. ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seat until the president has departed. dana: what an amazing, moving ceremony today honoring retired navy seal britt slabinski. with the congressional medal of with the congressional medical of honor, the highest honor he could get. i m joined by michael meehan, and collin reid. we were going to have a debate about politics, but we re not going to do that. there s a special connection. not just the united states celebrating britt slabinski today, but massachusetts and both of you are from
nicely. join me in officially welcoming master chief britt slabinski to the white house. special man. truly brave person. today we pay tribute to britt s heroic service and we proudly present him with our nation s highest military honor. and i would go so far as to say our nation s highest honor. joining britt today is his son bryce. thank you very much. a rising senior at a wonderful school known to world as ohio state. great place. that is a great school. along with britt s sisters brenda, antika and brenda s husband tom. thank you for being here. here as well are britt s
massachusetts. i ll let you say a few words in the minute or so we have left. collin, i ll start with you. in a city that is too often filled with ranker and insults, it s nice to see that. it was just a nice moment. amazing, too, michael when you think you were headed into memorial day weekend where we remember the people that served our country and gave the ultimate sacrifice. it s appropriate to honor somebody like britt slabinski that tried to save their lives. your thoughts. born and raised in massachusetts like the navy seal, 250 years ago, massachusetts was the home of the original patriot. great to see him being honored in such a way. we ll have you back to talk politics. today, not time for that. a reminder, jennifer griffin s interview with britt slabinski airs on special report at 6:00 p.m. thanks for joining us.
rocket-propelled grenades and smalls arms fire from previously undetected enemy positions. the crippled helicoptered lurched violently and ejected one teammate on the mountain before the pilots were forced to crash land in the valley far below. senior chief slabinski boldly rallied his five remaining team members and marshaled supporting assets for an assault to rescue the stranded teammate. in the reinsertion the team came under fire from three directions. one teammate started moving uphill toward an enemy strong point. without regard for his own safety, senior chief slabinski charged directly toward enemy fire to join his teammate. together, they fearlessly assaulted and cleared the first bunker they encountered. the enemy then unleashed a hail of machine gun fire from a second hardened position only 20 meters away. senior chief slabinski repeatedly exposed himself to
the ceremony at the white house could close the chapter or open new wounds. we ll have our exclusive interview with britt slabinski, the latest medal of honor recipient tonight at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. dana: all right, jennifer. thank you. meantime reaction is pouring in after yesterday s announcement that the nfl will require players to stand during the national anthem. but allow them to stay in the locker room if they want to opt out. president trump who has been critical of players kneeling approving of the new policy in an interview this morning on fox. president trump: well, you shouldn t be playing. you shouldn t be there. maybe you shouldn t in the country. you have to stand proudly for the national anthem and the nfl owners did the right thing. i think the people pushed it forward. this was not me. i brought it out. i think the people pushed it forward. dana: many players are critical of the new policy including seattle seahawks wide receiver doug baldwin. the nfl cares a