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Honoring our heroes, rob jones given the most valuable patriot award at fox nations annual patriot award showing this morning he joins us live from st. petersburg, florida with his reaction to mvp of the night. congratulations for your award and lets us know what it meant to you to get that award last night. >> it is an incredible honor to be in the conversation for an award for most vulnerable patriot. a lot of people i wouldve given the award to but i appreciate the compliment. heather: you we...

And commemorate events all across the country and represent different brands. its an awesome country, we are veteran focused in a large part of the committee is veteran employed. ainsley: i can walk up to one of these stands on the street and get a mug and drink rocky mount and ruby are. >> all the sordid your heart desires. ainsley: how do you get a job with your company? >> specifically for veterans who we built the company with its careers .-dot wild bill soda.com. to get touch with us. ainsl...

A work family, really, including kelly chapman and stephanie vargas. >> i remember there was one time, i was in the -- i was at one of the bars and i saw her walk by. every single head turned on that bar watching her walk by. and i remember thinking, im like, "why dont i look like her?" because men, women, they -- they just loved her. >> reporter: but no one loved her quite the way he did. a handsome boy scout of a firefighter named george tiaffay. george was the genuine article. an all american...

Workers in the united states, but we also need to control the borders, which we dont do. which have got 12 million illegals in the u.s. right now probably, 300,000 were arrested at the border last year. we still dont really have control of our borders. by the way, 40% of these people who are here illegally came by air and over stayed their visa. so weve got it sit down and get some rational policy. >> what about the presidents call for the use of deadly force if needed along the border? your tho...

Who will be moving border protection agents and moving equipment to help with the fencing and the barriers and the temporary housing. theyre not building temporary housing for migrants, but for those tasked with keeping them out. >> id just like to say it is a big honor that the army has chosen us to come here and spear head this whole operation. im very excited. just another way to support my country and do what needs to be done. as a combat engineer, we are highly trained. >> reporter: dana, t...

This is his sister maria mcgrew. >> a valedictorian and on the football team. >> yeah. youd think hed be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jock, mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious ...

Football team. i -- >> yeah. youd think hed be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jock, mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. i wanna go out and do something with my life." >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious appointment...

Football team. i -- >> yeah. youd think hed be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jock, mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. i wanna go out and do something with my life." >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious appointment...

2012. david: unbelievable. now his mission to help other veterans. he is running dirty one marathons and 31 days in 31 cities to raise money for wounded veteran charities. its an unbelievable honor to have them here. marine corps veteran rod jones joins us now before his recent central park this morning. cannot thank you enough for being here. before we get into the specifics, please tell us your story. >> sure, i was a combat engineer in the marine corps. my job was to find ied is buried in the...

Marathons in 31 cities in 31 days in an effort to raise a million dollars for three veterans chair tis and hes doing -- charities and he is doing it all on two bionic legs. he served in the marines for 5 1/2 years doing tours in iraq and afghanistan and it was while fighting the taliban that his life changed. as a combat engineer his job was to detect ieds. on july 22, 2010, he missed one losing both legs. >> just because a veteran comes home and they are wounded in some way, you know, psycholog...