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The 38-year-old lost an arm and leg in an ied attack in iraq in 2004. joining me now is the ceo and chairman of towers to tunnels. what made you think of this specific idea leading up to christmas and getting these homes out there. >> we're calling this the tunnels and season of hope. let's give back to the families that sacrificed so much for our country and our communities. we were able to take care of 24 mortgages, december 1st to the 24th. i think it's important that we don't forget the great heroes this time of the year. ed: some who served in the military, obviously, and also firefighter...

>> well, we shouldn't be. it absolutely is terrorism. you have a group of saudis that come to america to train, we've been training saudis for a long time, but they coordinated. they had a dinner party, they're watching videos of mass shootings. the fbi detained people the following day that were recording the attack. this is sort of the attacks that you see in afghanistan and iraq when there's an ied attack -- pete: you're right. there's always someone recording. >> this is a textbook attack on americans. it was coordinated, premeditated, and we should not equivocate. pete: we could be talkin...

Earned the purple heart in iraq in an ied attack. to question his patriotism is disgusting. >> what if they say just because host a patriot and a hero doesn't mean he wasn't a never trumper. >> it doesn't mean we need to take everything at face value, of course, but it means you don't start out by accusing the guy of disloyalty to his country because you don't like his testimony. he's given sworn testimony, hours of it. we know very clearly what lieutenant colonel vindman is going to say and so do they. they can't deal with the facts so they're lying about a war hero. let that marinate in your...

Key word, claim, not proof. they don't have any proof for any of the attacks they have announced on social media that they perpetrated, not the killing of a policeman near baghdad, not the killing of a french soldier in an ied attack in mal ya. not even this much more atrocious one where people have died also in mali. there are at least seven different jihadi groups. and that doesn't include the equally violent semi terrorist criminal gangs that also curse that part of the world. there is a lot of overlap between the motivations behind criminal groups and al qaeda, whether the one funds the ot...

Quote, he didn't wear his heritage on his shoulder he wore the american flag, like we all did. mr. khan, thank you. what did you think when you heard the president's attacks on colonel vindman, who still carries shrapnel in his body from an ied attack? >> thank you, anderson. i was heartbroken yet one more time. this decorated war hero, colonel alexander vindman, deserves our gratitude, our thanks. we stand with him in solidarity for his sacrifice, for his service to this nation. he served first when he joined the united states armed forces and then he serves one more time again, at his peril.