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While they were eating breakfast. his daughter, cassidy, was only 4 years old at the time. >> he was a really nice person. he always did the right thing, and he was a really fun dad. >> reporter: now through the nonprofit program active valor, gold star kids like cassidy and tristan can be paired with individual veteran mentors like andrew. >> it almost is the reason why i joined the military in the first place. the sense of brotherhood and taking care of our own. i'm never going to be in a step-in for his dad, but i will be a brother of his. >> reporter: the program also gives peace of mind t...

And unfortunately, he passed in september. >> reporter: heath kelly spent years overseas on active duty, and then became a major in the national guard, so he could be closer to his wife, tracy and their children. but soon after, a gunman opened fire at a local restaurant, killing kelly and three others while they were eating breakfast. his daughter, cassidy, was only 4 years old at the time. >> he was a really nice person. he always did the right thing. and he was a really fun dad. >> reporter: now, through the nonprofit program active valor, gold star kids can be paired with individual vetera...

K k kensinger, a member of the foreign affairs committee. what was your first reaction when you heard this announcement from president trump? >> i didn't believe it, you know, we got indications, i was sitting eating breakfast, that this was going to happen. i thought, obviously, this was some untruth and then to see the president's tweet and to realize that, in fact, he had made a decision, i think against all his national security advisers, to leave syria immediately, i was blown away. i'll tell you, i'm still speechless today. i have a lot to say on it. i sit around and i'm kind of numb bec...

He talked a lot about. unclear why they didn't have more of a grander proclamation than that simple statement there on the south lawn of the white house. john, i'm also told the president wanted to get this off the checklist before he heads to mar-a-lago on friday, but so many questions, and lindsey graham said congress is still going to press the pentagon and others about how this withdrawal will happen and why this was announced today. >> even all that understates the strangeness of it all today. thanks very much. earlier today i spoke to adam kinzinger, a member of the foreign affairs commi...

Really profoundly affected. they felt a connection to anthony bourdain. and even now, these promos run and i even stop for a second. you almost feel tears coming into your eyes because he had such an impact on people. >> yeah. >> so for you to be able to take that journey with him, did it feel like you were with a friend? did it feel like you were with this sort of larger than life figure? what was it like? >> you know, he could have made it more like a tv show job than it was. he could have, like, really said, all right, kid. i know you're on the end of the show that follows me. we're going t...