from home on the holidays. yes, sir. mr. leventhal. thoughts and prayers and kind words from home make it all worthwhile. we re out here basically making it happen for all you fine americans at home. thank you very much. reporter: staff sergeant felipe sanchez, thank you, a son of very proud father david asman and his proud family. we appreciate your service. we ll bring live updates from afghanistan next few days. jon: that is so great. david is very proud of phillipe. we talk about him a lot at fox news channel. i haven t seen him on air before. great that you bumped into him. reporter: how about that. jon: small world the marine corps. rick leventhal. thank you. jenna: thinking about all the soldiers out there, all the sons and daughters away from home this time of year. sunny california certainly not. days and days of record rain turning parts of the golden state into one big mud puddle. we re live from laguna beach with the crazy weather