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>> martha: watch the raw emotion when gavin clam pet who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury, he's been recovering, learned that his hero, luke combs, decided he had a little surprise for gavin. tickets. watch this. >> i hope next friday you don't have any plans because we would love to send you to the luke combs concert. >> oh, gavin. a big country music fan. one of a do you sen children to receive tickets that combs gave to the hospital and gavin and his mom. crystal and kelsie join me now. are you so excited? overwhelming, right?
>> how are y'all doing? >> you are originally from the orlando region, what town? and you've done several videos new film that area going to your old stomping ground and things like that a sitting head of people that you love. >> it means a lot for me to be able to give back to my community that gave so much to me. so whenever i can go back and not only just give back to those people the port so much in demand made me believe in myself to chase this crazy dream. not only do i get to do that but i also get to help the local economy on what i feel this middle america. you know it some of the greatest people in the world. i'm always honored to be able to bring it back home. >> i'm a big country music fan. i know you grew up with country influenced by what you call a traditional country. i love outlook country. it was it? who serves as michael raise inspiration?
wife and i and my son and took us into the oval office. first he candidate my son, he said don't you need an excuse for being out of school and wrote him one. then he showed me a magazine, a country music magazine my picture was on and told me he was a big country music fan. judge jeanine: in deed he was. in 2002 in march the last live concert at the houston astrodome. you sang there before they closed it. and you again received an award from president bush. i have it on my album, i listen to it all the time. he talks about you being a great american. >> well, you know what? he was the great american. and it's such an honor for me for him to be there that night. you know, he came out and brought me on stage, and talked
wife and i and my son and took us into the oval office. first he candidate my son, he said don't you need an excuse for being out of school and wrote him one. then he showed me a magazine, a country music magazine my picture was on and told me he was a big country music fan. judge jeanine: in deed he was. in 2002 in march the last live concert at the houston astrodome. you sang there before they closed it. and you again received an award from president bush. i have it on my album, i listen to it all the time. he talks about you being a great american. >> well, you know what? he was the great american. and it's such an honor for me for him to be there that night. you know, he came out and brought me on stage, and talked
us, and he had somebody get my wife and i and my son and took us into the oval office. first he candidate my son, he said don't you need an excuse for being out of school and wrote him one. then he showed me a magazine, a country music magazine my picture was on and told me he was a big country music fan. judge jeanine: in deed he was. in 2002 in march the last live concert at the houston astrodome. you sang there before they closed it. and you again received an award from president bush. i have it on my album, i listen to it all the time. he talks about you being a great american. >> well, you know what? he was the great american. and it's such an honor for me for him to be there that night. you know, he came out and
the footprint that we all leave on social media in our computers, our laptops. they have not found anything concrete. if they had, they would have announced something. >> yeah. so look, jon, you live in las vegas. i heard you say that your son was trying to go to that concert. what's been going through your mind as you watched all this unfold this week? >> yeah. i didn't know about that, alex, until the day after it happened. my son called me and said that he and his girlfriend had tried to go to that concert. he's a big country music fan. the tickets were sold out. his girlfriend then called around to radio stations trying to win tickets in a contest. and then he gave me another detail of this just the other night. apparently she knew the answer to the question for one of them, was about to get on the air and her cell phone went dead. so there is -- i'm feeling that there was some divine intervention, but i'm sure there are plenty of stories like that, alex, and much more tragic ones
>> you're going to be all right, right? >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> dad's alive. you take care. thank you for coming on cnn. we're learning much more tonight about some of those who lost their lives in last night's massacre. jenny parks, kindergarten teacher from lancaster was one of them. her husband was injured in the shooting. jenny has two brothers in las vegas, and the couple was visiting them. susan smith an officer at vista school. she was a big country music fan who had gone to las vegas with friends. and then rhonda laroque of massachusetts was also one of the victims. her sister posted on facebook this doesn't seem real. all i can turn is to god's words for comfort just as she would
sons, her brother saying i was proud i was her brother. kari barnett a ten year employee of kisseny. -- disney. the ceo saying they mourn a wonderful member of the disney family. susan smith was a big country music fan and office manager with the sim mi valley unified school district. for 16 years. bailey schweizer was just 20 years old. a college student who also worked as a receptionist. her boss said this, that was only her official title. she was everything to us. jennifer irvine, was an attorney practicing criminal and family law. she enjoyed yoga, snowboarding and had a black belt in tae kwon do. lisa romero muniz was a secretary for the mckinley county schools in new mexico. 42 years old. rhonda lerocque, massachusetts,
hospital. bailey swietser was a 20-year-old girl just attended centennial high school, a big country music fan. family owns the bakersfield speedway. she was there with her mother and friends. she was one of the best friends to my district director's daughter and lives three doors down. jack beton, the father of two and he was celebrating his 23rd wedding anniversary with his wife when the shots rang out, he jumped in front of his wife and gave the ultimate sacrifice for the one he loved. victor link, 55 years old. inside the hospital, i have a bakersfield police officer off duty. officer aaron mundiky had hip surgery yesterday. he will make a recovery. another young lady in the icu.
santa for adele tickets you're probably going to wait for a long time. for her, that u.s. tour was sold out within an hour, leave manager fans unable to say "hello" to their favorite chanteuse. so someone like you as well as the presidential candidates may not see adele. but while i've been doing these sit downs with the contenders and the serious interviews on "meet the press," we've had fun for facebook. we've been asking them what their first concert was. wait until you see some of these answers. it is hilarious. >> boy, the first concert was probably a country concert although i'm not a big country music fan. >> i went to a pete seeger concert, a very long time ago. >> i mean, i like it, but i'm more of a lincoln park kind of guy. >> when i was in junior high i went to men at work in concert. >> first concert i remember going to was the beatles a long time ago and they were terrific. >> james brown, 1966. say it loud, i'm black and i'm proud. >> drop the mic.