is open to the public. this is a day where we honor those who have served in our nation s military. skyfox over two veterans day parades happening in phoenix and mesa today, thousands of people lining the streets to celebrate our veterans, and one of the largest gatherings was here in phoenix. it started at bethany home and central and ended near the phoenix va hospital. fox 10 s andrew hasbun was there, and he spoke to three veterans from three different wars, and he joins us now live. iraqi freedom, vietnam, and world war ii. they came with families to watch one of the biggest parades in the state, cheering as floats passed by. it s a parade many veterans won t miss. we did two tours in iraqi freedom, two tours, two deployments. we brought his family, including young kid. missed a lot of holidays together, birthdays, and it s nice to be here and join everybody out here. the parade zigzagged down central avenue and camelback road and ended near the va. elected le
arizona primary are rolling in. with the u.s. senate on the republican side, john mccain. easy winner tonight over kelli ward. kelli ward earlier last week said that john mccain was too old to run again. mccain proving tonight that age is just a number. mccain will now face democrat ann kirkpatrick in the november election. she is running unopposed. currently the congressional district one and decided to give mccain what he himself has called the toughest reelection fight of his career. what about sheriff joe arpaio? legal troubles not affecting him at all. an easy win over dan saban. so he is officially the republican nominee tonight. arpaio will face former phoenix police sergeant paul penzone. he won his primary on the democratic side. he ran against arpaio four years ago. contested congressional districts. district one, heavily republican. now, paul babeu, the favorite going in leading wendy rogers. but that has not officially been called. he will face off against
thom: i think you have it all right. you look at this cardinal team and the way they played last year 13 wins. normally that is good enough for home field advantage throughout playoffs. panthers having lost one game. they had 22 different players that scored points for them. 19 of the 22 are back. they had 13 players score touchdowns last year. 12 of the 13 are back. they have a defense in most people think hasn t changed to be better this year than the top five from last year. so all the pieces are in place despite what happened in the season opening loss of putting together another great year. healthy was evan. great game. look at his left foot. see the extra wrap around it as he comes he had a sprained arch and missed part of the new england game. they were excited that he was going to play in this one because they needed him to help. guy that has been around we ll see you on friday. thom: get yourself ready and get in the training room. they returning almost all start
There s an irritating old saying, used by gardeners, that goes along these lines. The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The next-best time is today.
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