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When it started, i e-mailed general david petraeus. my wife, of course, told me i was nuts, my beautiful wife, and i said, no, we can do this. my son asked me on a friday night, we were eating pizza. he said could we send some pizzas, and i said yeah. so with that said, david answered in 12 hours and the highest generals love this project. so dhl came to the rescue and said well do this for you, mark. here we are, over 150,000 pizzas and a million slices later. >> so youve got the pizzas there i...

Sergeant, thank you so much. >> sir, we have some wonderful stories. i had a kid here in chicago. the helicopter came in and he -- it was mail call. they were going to get some supplies. and he goes up, they hand him the bags of mail and throw them on the ground and its a hot lz, landing zone, so the chopper comes in really fast and they hand him a stack of chicago pizzas and he completely froze. he said he couldnt move. and the chopper guy is like get out of here, weve got to go. he couldnt mov...

They deliver it by helicopter, truck and air drop it also out of airplanes to the furthest forward-operating bases down range to the combat troops that are out there, special operations and everything. >> master sergeant, do they then reheat them there, is that what they do, or they arrive warm? >> yes, sir. well, its 138 degrees there right now today. and the pizzas, theyre par baked. that means theyre three-quarters baked. they run through a machine at 1,000 degrees and microwaved at the same ...

Well, before we go, ive got our friend, master sergeant mark evans with me. hes the founder of pizza for patriots. they send hundreds of thousands of pizzas to our troops, serving around the world, to give our members who are in the military a little taste of home. mark, youve got something very special planned for the fourth of july and youve sent pizzas to folks in afghanistan. something different this year. whats up? >> yes, sir, mike. were so blessed, i want to thank you. we plan on doing pi...

No, you dont unless you do something. shut your pie hole. do something. its called pizzas 4 patriots. they delivered fresh dry iced frozen pizzas to iraq and afghanistan. not just for bases but for operating bases out in apache country. >> very cool. how do they find them? >> what do you mean? >> how did people find pizza 4 patriots? >> go to the -- >> why do i bite on this? >> pizzas 4 patriots.com. master sergeant mark evans. retired air force guy. hes awesome. >> thank you for walking me thro...

10 minutes. i guess id be sprinting, too. i would be like i cant believe how much food i have just eaten. americans arent just celebrating the 4th here with hot dogs. theyre honoring around the world. one nonprofit group is working overtime today to let u.s. troops stationed abroad know how much their service is being appreciated by providing them with a special pizza party. its no easy task. joining us now is the founder of pizzas for patriots, mark evans in blue. here is one of the soldiers ...

And get great pizza. pizza for patriots, mark evans, the founder for pizza for patriots. joining us is mike from d.h.l. as great an idea you have, you cant get it to the troops without this guy. >> thats right. d.h.l., best in international shipping. >>brian: mike, together you guys teamed up to set a world record last year. how important is that to you? >> that is an accomplishment, number one. one to mark efforts but two, our efforts because we do a fast delivery. i cant guarantee ill get it t...

Afghanistan for the fourth of july. heres mark evans. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> thank you for the goodies you bring me. i love the scarves and the hats. >> now you have your summer scarf. with the dalai lama in tibet. >> you have to do everything when youre a master. >> tell us about the record youre trying to break. how many pizzas? >> were shipping 36,000 pounds of pizza, 30,000 pizzas. its the biggest pizza party in the world. if you stack them on top of each other, it measures ...

drugs. mike green berg and mike golic, thanks for being with me. >> thank you. >> why do you think the jury did not convict him? why not? >> ultimately i think the only real witness that mattered in all of this was brian mcnamee and in and as far as unimpressive witnesses he may go to the top. this is something mike golic could have torn apart on the witness stand. >> it worked out well for roger clemens that way. >> his reputation is permanently damaged, dont you think? >> theres no d...

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