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joe: another beautiful performance by the u.s. air force heritage of america band. they do this all morning, brightening our day with patriotic tunes and beautiful music. rachel: thanks for joining us. we begin with a fox news alert. protests continue in france for a fifth straight night after the shooting death of a teenager last week. joe: the team was laid to rest yesterday. will: 700 arrests were made according to officials, the violence reaching of the home of a french mayor who says they rammed a flaming car into his house injuring his wife and one of his small children. rachel: french president emmanuel macron pulling out of a visit to germany. joe: he was seen at an elton john concert when the violence had several locations in paris. will: there s a need to understand what is happening in france. there is a sense under the surface the reminds us of 2020 and we hope is not some type of foreshadowing into something that could happen in america. the reason, france has