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Dont -- dont let it bother you. stay strong, i guess. >> his words have touched a lot of people. thousands are rallying behind keaton now, including celebrities like snoop dogg and "star wars" icon mark hamill. it also stuck a chord with delaney walker who invited the jones family to an upcoming game. and ultimate fighting championship dana white president also took notice. he wrote this. meet keaton jones, a very smart little boy being bullied at school this video is heartbreaking. i want to br...

>> anthony: mark evans, a polar and desert expedition leader knows firsthand how difficult the empty quarter can be. guided by amer and accompanied by colleague mohammed al zedjali he recently made the crossing, walking over 600 miles with camels in tow. >> mark: in the first 12 days of our journey crossing the empty quarter, we didnt touch our own food at all. and it became a competition to be more generous than the previous -- >> anthony: so you meet people out there all along the way? ♪

Know how to suffer. >> anthony: mark evans, a polar and desert expedition leader knows firsthand how difficult the empty quarter can be. guided by amer and accompanied by colleague mohammed al zedjali he recently made the crossing, walking over 600 miles with camels in tow. >> mark: in the first 12 days of our journey crossing the empty quarter, we didnt touch our own food at all. and it became a competition to be more generous than the previous -- >> anthony: so you meet people out there all al...

Over thousands of years have moved across the harsh, dry, seemingly endless landscape making it their home. he and his family continue the tradition. hes a hard core ambassador of the empty places of the desert, he spent more time there, much of it alone than just about anyone. its their area. and they dont have to leave and they dont have to suffer. >> mark evans knows firsthand how difficult the empty quarter can be. guided by the company and accompanied by muhammad, he

>> a nonprofit is making sure our troops overseas can joy the game. with pizza. an organization called the pizzas for patriots have been sending pies to troops deployed in the middle east. it was founded by someone who understands military life personally. mark evans is about her pizzas for patriots and a retired air force master sergeant. >> breakfast, lunch, and dinner, this is what the troops are getting. deep dish, i got started. >> we are in the military at the time, i think. the iraq war w...

♪ ♪ >> good morning once again. it is time for pizza for patriots. this is such an amazing thing that you do. master sergeant mark evans. you are here bringing pizza again to our troops. we also have michael taylor with dhl. how many years have you been doing this? >> eight years. a million and a half slices later, rick. >> and you send these pieces where? >> we send them to afghanistan. we did 5,000 this time 1,000 in kuwait. >> why do you this? >> because its a slice of home for our troops...

Will get a taste of home while theyre on duty. pizza for patriots will deliver thousands of pizzas to troops as a big show of appreciation this fourth of july. joining me is mark evans, a retired master sergeant and the founder of pizza for patriots. thank you for being here. its such a wonderful thing you do. how many pizzas are you going to deliver today? >> 5,000 in afghanistan and a thousand in kuwait. >> thats extraordinary. they go to these two places. they go from the operating bases? >> ...

Room. theyre all sitting around and they jumped up. theyre like oh, my god. we were just saying wouldnt it be nice to get a pizza on veterans day. they said why are you here, mark? i said im here because its your holiday, holiday, you know. were fortune. were calling it adopt a va. next one is veterans day. and just be a part of this. >> master sergeant -- mark evans, i thank you very much so much. pizzas for patriots. have a great fourth! well be back right after this going straight to the se...

Water. so they swam out, hooked anything they had to it to get it out. they dragged it out. they saved every pizza. there were 100 pizzas for 17 guys. they just could not believe. >> master sergeant, youre bringing a little bit of home to all those servicemen and women on this independence day. >> yes, sir. >> golly, i know they cant say it to you right now but ill do it for them. thank you so much for your service and for doing what youve done so many years. its so well appreciated. >> thank yo...

And we dont want anyone to lose their life out in that water. >> my friend, thank you for all of work, virginia beach mayor will sessoms, thank you for your time. >> thank you. what better way to spend independence day than with a slice of pizza? theres an organization called pizzas for patriots that makes sure that our servicemen and women overseas get to do just that, get a slice. im joined now from chicago by retired air force master sergeant mark evans, who evidently is hungry right now. >...