The Great America Show - June 12, 2026


WOW! Tulsi Gabbard Just DROPPED THE HAMMER and RELEASED ALL THE FILES!


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In one of her final acts as Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard is declassifying evidence of U.S. government-funded bio-laboratories around the world. This is a bombshell that should have been declassified years ago.

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00:00:00.000 hello everybody and welcome to the great america show it's great to have you with us on yet another
00:00:06.780 beautiful day in america happy friday folks a delight to have you with us live for the great
00:00:11.200 america show as always well tulsi gabbard set to depart uh her dni post shortly and she promised
00:00:20.120 before her departure she was gonna put out some much needed information some from ufos some from
00:00:29.340 things a little bit more deeper. So what did Gabbard do today? Well, she announced today
00:00:34.860 she's declassifying evidence of U.S.-funded bio labs and gain-of-function research around the 0.74
00:00:41.540 world as one of her final acts as DNI. Let's take a listen in on the bombshell from Tulsi Gabbard
00:00:50.280 today. After months of searching through intelligence community holdings and files,
00:00:55.160 Today, I'm releasing new evidence of longstanding U.S. government funding of more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries.
00:01:04.440 Now, these biolabs include labs in places like Ukraine, which could be at risk of compromise due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
00:01:11.720 In fact, the intelligence community had previously warned that a U.S.-funded biolab in Ukraine likely housed dangerous pathogens and remained vulnerable to longstanding threats of Russian attack, seizure or damage.
00:01:25.800 Now, until now, evidence regarding the full existence and funding of these laboratories had been knowingly withheld from you, the American people.
00:01:35.180 Many of these U.S. government funded biolabs are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens.
00:01:45.280 And in some cases included dangerous gain of function research with very little visibility or oversight.
00:01:51.320 Now, President Trump clearly understands the serious threat dangerous gain-of-function research poses to the American people.
00:01:59.120 And this is why he took decisive action over a year ago.
00:02:02.760 On May 25th, 2025, he signed an executive order to end federal funding of gain-of-function research around the world.
00:02:10.540 Here at ODNI, I issued new guidance to the intelligence community directing increased collection on these laboratories and facilities overseas.
00:02:19.100 And we're already seeing the results of this increased collection.
00:02:23.960 We're learning new details, for example, on clinical trials that are underway at these facilities and that are raising significant ethical, financial and security concerns regarding the supposed public health initiatives and U.S. national security.
00:02:39.180 Now, despite the obvious potential for catastrophic global impact that research on dangerous pathogens in bio labs can have, politicians and so-called health professionals like Dr. Fauci, as well as entities within the Biden administration's national security team, lied repeatedly to the American people about the existence of U.S. funded and supported bio labs.
00:03:05.460 Not only did they lie, they threatened those who attempted to expose the truth.
00:03:11.100 So this release today breaks new ground as the information surrounding the existence, history, locations and funding of these U.S.-funded biolabs has been intentionally covered up by very powerful people who falsely claimed that these biolabs didn't exist.
00:03:28.120 Now, they accuse anyone who says otherwise to be foreign assets and traitors to America.
00:03:36.440 Now, Odie and I will continue working closely with partners across the U.S. government to identify exactly where these labs are and what pathogens they contain to end dangerous gain-of-function research that threatens the health and well-being of the American people and people around the world.
00:03:55.300 tulsi gabbard a great american and i think we're gonna surely uh miss her at her gig at uh the
00:04:04.340 dni's office i mean these this is things that should have been released years ago this is not
00:04:10.740 something that should have been sat on this is not something that uh should have been waited on
00:04:15.700 especially as dr anthony fauci a man who sure as hell knows about those labs including the one that
00:04:23.840 It was funded in Wuhan, China.
00:04:27.720 So why is it taking this long?
00:04:30.460 And why did Joe Biden cover it up?
00:04:33.160 Why is it only now Tulsi Gabbard?
00:04:38.860 Who's got the guts to come out and do this? 1.00
00:04:47.860 That's one of her last great American efforts.
00:04:53.840 I think it's pretty telling that it's gone this long and never been exposed.
00:05:05.360 So like I said, I think we're all going to miss Tulsi Gabbard and the job that she did.
00:05:09.740 I think Tulsi is a great American.
00:05:12.280 And I, for some reason, don't think that Tulsi's time in government is over just yet.
00:05:19.580 I think Tulsi's got a ways to go, and I think she's going to be A-OK.
00:05:30.360 So we wish her the best of luck.
00:05:32.700 Now, while Tulsi was releasing that today, the Pentagon decided it was a good day to release their third batch of USO files detailing mysterious orb sightings.
00:05:44.140 The Pentagon Friday released this new group of documents related to UFOs and UAPs.
00:05:49.240 This is the third release since the government began that new wave of disclosures last month.
00:05:54.300 The latest batch includes 53 documents, 10 images from the CIA, the FBI, NASA, the Department of Defense, and other unspecified agencies.
00:06:01.960 Of course, those three-letter agencies we're not supposed to know exist.
00:06:05.680 Along with six videos and three NASA audio recordings, the videos show orb-like objects in the sky.
00:06:12.920 All set of images and clips offer an artistic interpretation of the reported sightings.
00:06:18.320 As you can see here, if you guys are joining us on the video portion, one of the orbs, let's see if we can get it up here for you.
00:06:28.960 One of the orbs in the sky, like a total phenomenon of a situation.
00:06:37.740 And this is another thing that, you know, I ask, why has it taken this long to come out and be transparent with the American people?
00:06:47.300 to let us know if aliens are real or if it's just the cia if you can see it up there uh messing with
00:06:54.800 us doing testings i think we deserve the answer several of the documents detail encountered
00:07:02.080 reports of federal law enforcement officers in 2023 in which five agents reported seeing strange
00:07:07.640 orbs on the horizon one agent recounted in the sky asking are you seeing this a glowing orb
00:07:13.580 lit up and floating around the sky,
00:07:17.500 the Pentagon uploaded its files to its UFO website, which
00:07:20.800 each and every one of you guys can go to. It's war.gov.
00:07:25.640 I think we can actually get it up on the screen for you guys so you guys can
00:07:29.480 see it there. War.gov.
00:07:34.100 There it is. War.gov forward slash UFO
00:07:37.400 forward slash releases. And you can go on here and
00:07:41.180 You know, see documents and things that were released, things that weren't released, all the latest filings, all the latest documents, all the latest pictures.
00:07:52.360 As you can see there, the orb, this image is from Colorado Springs in 2022, artistic interpretation of a 2022 incident potentially involving an unidentified anomalous phenomenon.
00:08:04.520 I mean, potentially, it looks like an object to me near Colorado Springs.
00:08:12.160 The image is derived from a firsthand narrative description contained in a FBI UAP form.
00:08:19.700 So some real interesting, interesting things that are being released out of this administration that we've never seen before.
00:08:29.140 So unless it's the actual government doing these things, the actual government who is testing out these objects, I think it's incumbent upon the government to let us know, you know, is this stuff really from outer space?
00:08:51.440 What are we supposed to do if you come encounter with an alien from outer space?
00:08:56.500 That is, you know, during COVID, they told us, oh, we got to stay six feet away from each other.
00:09:02.880 Don't go each other. Go to each other's houses. You can't go out to restaurants.
00:09:06.420 You can't commingle with people. You can't be out in public settings.
00:09:09.760 Well, if aliens are real and the government knows, they got to tell us what to do when we come encounter with these folks.
00:09:17.240 so great on the trump administration and uh the pentagon uh for being the most transparent
00:09:26.980 administration on this issue i think it's important and i think americans have a right to
00:09:32.380 know like i said just in case you come in contact with one of these fellas from outer space
00:09:38.060 hunter biden has been making his rounds social media podcasts maybe we'll get him on here
00:09:44.600 he's actually got it seems to be a little bit of a sense of humor acknowledging the fact that he's
00:09:51.780 not a good man drawing the fact that he's uh he says a former drug addict but he's making his
00:09:59.080 rounds and he sat down with gavin newscom the other day and he might be looking to get into
00:10:05.440 politics i'm joined today by presidential candidate hunter biden 2028 come on 100
00:10:12.380 No, no, no, no, no.
00:10:14.400 You got more buzz out there than you got the president of the United States, Donald Trump, talking about your candidacy for president of the United States.
00:10:22.820 I had to give you a break for just one day at least.
00:10:27.580 Here's the deal. Here's the deal.
00:10:29.660 I'll run, but only as your as your VP, because the truth of the matter is that the vice president's residence is a lot cooler.
00:10:37.060 It's a lot easier job to.
00:10:38.580 So Hunter Biden looking to throw his hat in the ring
00:10:43.080 To do something
00:10:45.560 Could be interesting
00:10:48.000 So over the last few weeks
00:10:50.600 The Marxist Dems, as you know
00:10:52.100 America 250, big celebration of America
00:10:54.520 Multiple events happening across this country
00:10:59.020 Block parties and events in Washington, D.C.
00:11:04.560 One of the first ones happening this weekend
00:11:06.620 And is the UFC 250 event at the White House? 0.74
00:11:09.780 Now, of course, can't happen without any pushback from the Marxist Dems.
00:11:16.880 So last Saturday night, the Marxist Dems filed a lawsuit attempting to halt the June 14 UFC Freedom 250 card on the South Lawn of the White House.
00:11:24.940 The suit was filed by the Public Integrity Project in the District of Columbia's federal court,
00:11:29.960 pledging that the Department of Interior and National Park Services violated federal law
00:11:33.640 by organizing a private sporting event on public property,
00:11:37.220 willing to obtain congressional approval for the event's multiple construction sites.
00:11:41.980 Emergency application for a preliminary injunction to stop the event
00:11:44.700 was filed on Sunday morning in the same court.
00:11:48.240 That was about a week ago.
00:11:50.100 So, folks are probably all wondering, what's the verdict?
00:11:54.580 Like, is he allowed to have it? Is he not? Well, this afternoon, an Obama-appointed federal judge denied the lawsuit against the Trump administration and their plans to hold that UFC event.
00:12:05.180 U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that D.C. residents who filed the suit against the National Park Service failed to demonstrate that stopping the event would be in the interest of the public and that their unreasonable delay in filing in the 11th hour lawsuit undercuts the claims of irreparable harm.
00:12:22.540 because they knew for the last six months to a year that this was going to happen.
00:12:29.200 The lawsuit argued that Trump's use of the White House lawn was illegal, like they have a say.
00:12:39.700 The Marxist Dems hate this country, folks.
00:12:41.660 Make no mistake about it.
00:12:44.620 They don't want to see us winning.
00:12:46.960 They'd rather see us in a penitentiary. 0.97
00:12:48.820 so they'll do everything they can to stop anything pro-american well guess what losers 0.96
00:12:55.700 you lost again and there's a great american ufc event happening uh at the white house this
00:13:01.480 weekend thank god it will not interfere with my new york knicks as they play saturday and keep
00:13:07.320 them in your prayers playing against a very dirty team we're going to take a quick break here live
00:13:12.540 tonight folks for the great america show on the other side of this quick break we're going to be
00:13:16.020 joined by a great american who's partaking in america 250 who's donating his time for america
00:13:22.500 250 and a man who's donated so much time to this country and making it great and making it great
00:13:27.640 again grammy award-winning recording artist and songwriter lee greenwood he joins us on the other
00:13:34.460 side of this quick break folks so please stay with us we're coming right back i promise
00:13:37.860 thanks everybody for staying with us here on the great america show now as promised
00:13:47.780 our guest today the great the inimitable grammy award-winning singer and songwriter the great
00:13:54.620 lee greenwood lee it's a delight to have you with us on this beautiful friday in america
00:13:58.740 yeah it is gorgeous friday not in nashville it rained this morning but uh but it's pretty when
00:14:04.700 it doesn't rain it just gets hot well up here in new york it's about 150 degrees with about
00:14:08.800 uh uh humidity content about 100 percent yikes it's rough let's let's get to what's going on
00:14:16.180 right now uh probably the most proud time of my lifetime uh at least my first i guess big
00:14:22.380 anniversary of america america 250 lee i'm trying to figure out something here as i watch uh you
00:14:29.180 know, President Trump push and push and push to celebrate 250 of America, UFC event happening
00:14:35.740 at the White House this weekend, Democrats suing to stop it.
00:14:38.780 They don't want it to happen.
00:14:40.200 My question to you, Lee, why do the Democrats hate America so much?
00:14:44.400 I've tried to figure that out, you know, particularly because a lot of them are so very prosperous.
00:14:49.240 I mean, there's the there's the word, isn't it?
00:14:51.620 I mean, you're doing very well.
00:14:53.100 You're in a free country.
00:14:54.100 Nobody's stopping you.
00:14:55.020 All I have to do is pay taxes and everybody pays taxes.
00:14:57.740 I don't care what country you're in.
00:14:58.980 So I don't know why they hate us. I do know that. I knew I do know why they hate Trump, because they want power.
00:15:06.640 That's the same reason that they wanted to keep Biden in office, even when he was incapable of staying there.
00:15:11.200 And so I don't know. I don't have an answer to that.
00:15:14.880 Yeah, it's quite sad because I say this every day on the show, Lee, to people I talk to, the Democrats I talk to.
00:15:21.720 What has Trump done that has made your life so bad? And it's it's never a straight answer.
00:15:26.200 It's always the deflection of he's a racist. He's a xenophobe. He's a misogynist. 0.99
00:15:30.380 And then when you go into it and you're like, well, what makes him any of those things?
00:15:33.680 They go on to the next adjective. And I'm like, it really boils down to, I think, a personal thing.
00:15:38.660 People can't handle the fact that he's an alpha male, whatever way you want to look at it.
00:15:42.880 He calls the shots. He does what he wants to do. And he doesn't listen to what anyone has to say.
00:15:47.340 And to be honest with you, it's the first time in my lifetime you've got about five years on me.
00:15:51.440 So you've lived a little bit longer than me. It's the first time in my lifetime I've seen a president put his foot down.
00:15:56.140 And as Lou Dobbs used to say, mean what you say and say what you mean.
00:16:01.240 Yeah. And he's the greatest president we've ever had since 1979.
00:16:05.620 Iran's wanted to kill Americans. He's the first president that had the I hate to say the word guts. 0.99
00:16:11.380 You know what I want to say to take on take on somebody like that.
00:16:14.980 We have the most powerful military in the world.
00:16:17.580 Why would we let somebody who wants to kill us exist and certainly for a nuclear power?
00:16:22.920 And so that I give him credit for all of that.
00:16:26.560 And by the way, happy birthday, Mr. President.
00:16:28.760 That's June 14th.
00:16:30.260 It's Flag Day, the 250 year anniversary of the of the United States Army.
00:16:36.260 Congratulations to you.
00:16:37.820 We had an army before we had a republic, so we always need an army.
00:16:41.660 And and we have the largest standing army and and most powerful military in the world.
00:16:46.980 I love the by by the helicopter went down and they and they rescued the two crew members
00:16:51.560 with a with a drone boat that's great man it's like i love it so uh so anyway here we are moving
00:16:59.400 250. um i i was here for the 200 by the way i wasn't going to tell anybody that lee i i mean
00:17:07.560 that's on you and i was here for the 175 by the way now you're doing it to yourself so i'm so
00:17:15.280 excited to be there i'll be singing uh june 24th with the united states marine band and at the
00:17:20.940 president's request, I will introduce the president to the public. So that's always an
00:17:25.320 exciting moment for me. Yeah. You know, President Trump doesn't like that many people. That's no
00:17:30.120 secret. He keeps his friend group closely. Anytime I see you around the president, I realize, you
00:17:35.820 know, he must really like this man. And I think he has an amassive amount of respect for you,
00:17:41.320 an amassive amount of regard for you. I, you know, I'll never forget seeing you at Madison
00:17:45.340 Square Garden coming out for the president. I was there. I watched it every time I see you get up
00:17:50.480 on stage. I got to be honest with you. There's not much that thrills me and there's not much
00:17:53.580 that gives me the chills. Anytime I see you get up there with a microphone and your cowboy boots on,
00:17:58.800 it gives me the chills. You know, I wear cowboy boots because my wife wants me to.
00:18:03.720 And by the way, her birthday is tomorrow, June 13th. Are we filming today or are we live? Are
00:18:08.080 we live? We're live. OK, so tomorrow is my wife's birthday. Kim and I've been married 34 years. I
00:18:12.860 always honor her for her birthday because it's a day before the president's birthday. So happy
00:18:17.500 birthday kim i love you and now happy birthday mr president on june 14th i will be with you
00:18:22.040 at the white house and the reception i hope it doesn't rain because if it rains i'm not going
00:18:25.480 to sit out there watching the fight i'm being i'm at the reception i'm going to stay inside the
00:18:28.840 white house have you ever seen a ufc fight in person i have not and i and i hope i'm not sitting
00:18:34.500 too close in case there's a lot of blood you know i don't like you know i go to probably four fights
00:18:41.140 a year i have a cousin who's a doctor at the ufc so i fortunately get to go to a lot of events
00:18:45.500 and i get to sit ringside lee the the the the kick of onto a man's face to a head is going to be a
00:18:53.180 sound that you're never going to forget in your life it's going to cause a little trauma to you
00:18:57.060 and a little ptsd but it is truly one of the most amazing sports to watch in person as someone who's
00:19:03.760 a huge sports fan myself i think you're going to have a blast well it's like two gladiators i mean
00:19:09.800 when we get in there when they get in the ring these guys are like there's no holes barred right
00:19:14.720 I mean, until the ref says you're going to kill that guy, you've got to stop.
00:19:18.500 And so it's two gladiators that are really impressive.
00:19:22.480 I mean, impressive strength.
00:19:24.740 And they use a number of their skills.
00:19:26.920 They have such an interesting skill set from wrestling to boxing to kickboxing and everything else.
00:19:34.780 So I'm looking forward to it.
00:19:36.600 I hope we get a chance to see it without any drizzling rain.
00:19:39.980 That would be great.
00:19:40.960 Yeah, I don't think there will be.
00:19:42.160 Let's start to what's happening.
00:19:43.580 So now over the course of the next few weeks, we're going to continue to celebrate 250.
00:19:47.200 You'll be with the president this weekend for his birthday.
00:19:49.900 There's a block party, I'm told.
00:19:51.880 There's a few, I guess, going across the country.
00:19:54.320 But there's one particular one you'll be attending.
00:19:56.680 Is that correct?
00:19:58.980 I'm not supposed to talk about the block party.
00:20:01.360 So I'm like, sorry.
00:20:04.400 Well, anyway, it's public information.
00:20:06.220 There's block parties going all across the country.
00:20:09.140 And the reason I ask you that is, Lee, because when it first came out,
00:20:12.860 there was a list of people who were set to be performing and slowly slowly it started coming
00:20:18.660 down chipping down people were canceling canceling well we didn't know what we were getting ourselves 0.97
00:20:22.900 into we didn't know president trump was involved and i'm like this is such a damn disgrace regardless 0.94
00:20:27.820 of who the president is uh it shouldn't matter for you to celebrate your your country and it 0.91
00:20:34.120 goes to the same thing of this usc event for the democrats suing to stop it i remember lee just
00:20:38.940 about two years ago we had a transgender uh parade at the white house where there was men 0.70
00:20:45.280 dressed as women walking around with no shirts on and i'm like this was a disgrace to our country 0.92
00:20:50.660 this is a disgrace to the white house these people don't want to see some great american 0.51
00:20:54.440 fighters showing up the white house and it's the same thing with these concerts what do you say to
00:20:58.680 these recording artists these what i call disgraced disgraces in this country uh who are pulling out
00:21:04.420 of this event because they simply hate america and they hate president trump well it's kind of
00:21:09.300 a double-edged sword for me because i admire their artistry i admire them as as musicians
00:21:15.060 and singers and artists you know i just have great respect for that side of it but i'm just
00:21:20.340 disappointed that they would make a celebration of our country political it is not political even
00:21:25.460 if our president happens to be on the right it's just the way i'm a conservative christian but i
00:21:31.300 don't use my podium for that i talk about america and i talk about our military and i love our
00:21:36.560 military so that there you go you know my favorite thing you brought up a good point you're a
00:21:46.480 conservative christian you know my favorite thing is you see these democrats who you know they'll
00:21:50.700 come out and they'll talk about their religion joe biden famously attended church multiple times as
00:21:55.640 he was president and i sit there and i say to myself how can you be a practicing christian
00:22:00.500 catholic whatever denomination but be a democrat when the number one i'd say probably the number
00:22:07.460 one issue in these religions is the the right to life and the the abortion issue and i sit there
00:22:13.380 and i'm like well how are you a practicing christian when you literally support abortion
00:22:18.100 am i crazy to think that well the new generation has given a little bit of leeway to what's right
00:22:26.580 and what's wrong and i have a 31 year old and a 27 year old and they're a little bit more lenient
00:22:32.740 about laws and about what the bible tells you um but i'm a student of the old testament and so
00:22:40.100 you know i'm sorry but i do have my own views about all that but i you know i don't i i don't
00:22:45.140 talk about it and i do go to church and i represent what i believe is a good christian
00:22:50.820 and and whenever i'm in the society i do the same thing when i talk to people i believe in god
00:22:56.260 Yeah, I think that's the way it would go about it.
00:22:57.980 So you had snitched yourself out that you were at America 175 and you were at America 200.
00:23:04.680 I tried to pass that you're only five years older than me.
00:23:07.380 It's on you now at this point.
00:23:09.180 Tell me, are you more excited, less excited, optimistic as you see, you know, the buildup?
00:23:15.460 I guess every year that goes by, as opposed to a human every year that goes by, it's worse.
00:23:21.080 But for a country every year that goes by, you know, it's greater that the country has survived.
00:23:24.940 that where's your level of optimism as you know you look back at 175 and 200 as you look forward
00:23:30.180 to i'm always an optimist because you know whenever you have a situation where you have a
00:23:35.560 world war you have something when when we're over that war there's a series of serious optimism
00:23:41.360 uh and uh and this country came together after 2001 where everybody believed it was cool to
00:23:47.840 wave a flag you know and for for a period of time for a year let's say and then we can settle back
00:23:53.420 into mediocrity where like okay well i kind of like the country but i'm after the money
00:23:57.440 i'm after this or i'm after that i want to produce this produce that and so
00:24:01.040 it's it's fine but if you'll just be productive productive americans be a u.s citizen and uh and
00:24:08.280 appreciate the country for what it stands for i think that's a fair assessment i say all the time
00:24:14.200 you know people ask me obviously i have heritage you know family members who came over from italy
00:24:18.580 and ireland and england and you know whatever hell messes over in europe uh you know back in
00:24:24.000 the day when when i had ancestors over there there was really no countries formed and people
00:24:28.400 ask me the last you know what are you what are you and i'm like i don't know i'm like a fifth 0.57
00:24:32.040 generation american i'm just a lost american and i'm like there you go i don't give a damn 0.64
00:24:36.720 where my ancestors came from they left there for a reason they left to come to america for a reason
00:24:41.780 so what am i i'm american and some people get offended by it and i'll tell them well if if
00:24:46.720 If this offends you so much and you don't respect America that much that you need to feel free to talk about where you came from, it's just as simple to go back to where you came from if that's what you want, if that's what you respect.
00:24:59.640 And I feel, Lee, that the level of patriotism in this country has just gone down the drain because people think they can just be disrespectful because, oh, it's America.
00:25:09.000 It's a country of no borders.
00:25:10.640 We can come in whenever the heck we want. 1.00
00:25:12.680 Well, I'm going to go to the other side.
00:25:13.920 I'm not going to be negative at all.
00:25:15.320 I'm glad to hear that.
00:25:15.760 I want to be an optimist and I want to say that anybody I meet is a friend until they prove they're not.
00:25:21.800 Anybody that's a citizen, I expect the best of patriotism from them until they tell me they're not going to do that. 0.99
00:25:28.900 And every new immigrant that comes to this country. 1.00
00:25:31.860 Now, granted, you know what happens, right? 0.99
00:25:34.160 You've been to immigration ceremony.
00:25:36.140 They play the national anthem.
00:25:37.660 The president speaks.
00:25:38.660 And every four years they film the president, whoever it is.
00:25:41.420 It's the same president.
00:25:42.760 In eight years, they film him again and he welcomes the new citizens.
00:25:45.760 they play god bless the usa by the way so it's like i kind of represent what america is with
00:25:51.140 that song and then they have to take the oath to the country like a military person i swear that
00:25:55.920 i will defend america against enemies from without and within that whole that whole process and then
00:26:01.280 they surrender the flag of the country and they and they get an american flag believe me they are
00:26:05.900 so patriotic oh my gosh a new it's kind of like a recovered smoker you know when you give a smoke
00:26:13.620 and then you'll be the first one in the room saying still don't smoke you know like uh but uh
00:26:19.380 but we we just love a new citizen that comes up to me and says i love this country so much you could
00:26:25.140 know you have no idea what i came from yeah i i mean i wish i saw more of that unfortunately being
00:26:31.300 up you've been to this this hellhole of new york i come down to nashville quite a bit and uh the
00:26:36.260 level i i see where you're coming from and i see where your point of view is coming from it's
00:26:39.860 Because we come from different walks of life, yours, I have to admit, is probably a little bit better than mine.
00:26:45.560 Being up in New York, the place is just, it's a little different.
00:26:48.540 Well, I like New York, and I just received the Ellis Island Award.
00:26:52.360 I just received the Ellis Island Award, which I think was fantastic.
00:26:56.880 Yeah, and I want to thank Andy Saban for nominating me for that.
00:27:01.300 It lives in Hamptons.
00:27:02.980 It was a great thrill and an honor to be there at Ellis Island and see where all our generations came from.
00:27:11.240 Great, great, great, great grandparents, you know, came through Ellis Island and they couldn't even spell their name.
00:27:16.520 And the people that didn't know how to pronounce it, they shortened their name.
00:27:20.520 So you go to Ellis Island and see all of the people who ever came there.
00:27:23.660 You can find your relatives there.
00:27:25.300 We did.
00:27:25.660 That's cool.
00:27:26.220 We did.
00:27:26.820 And they did.
00:27:28.660 Like I said, I didn't really care.
00:27:29.940 I don't care where they came from.
00:27:31.460 Yeah, it's cool they came.
00:27:32.160 I'm glad I'm more thankful that they came to then to care where they came from.
00:27:36.340 I'm kind of like you. I, I, I, you know, I like the past, but I, moving on.
00:27:41.660 I used to ask Lou, right. Cause, uh, I, I was always curious, you know,
00:27:46.160 I'd ask him, you know, where'd you come from? Like, where,
00:27:47.980 where's your ancestry from? And he'd be like, partner, I'm a damn American. 1.00
00:27:51.760 And I'm like, yeah, I get it. Like where, where is your family from though? 0.99
00:27:55.420 I'm American. I'm from Texas. There you go.
00:27:59.140 I'm like, I'm getting nowhere with this guy.
00:28:01.340 So after Lou had passed, you know, I hate to say that, but I'm from Los Angeles.
00:28:08.520 I'm from California.
00:28:10.100 Oh, no, you're not one of those guys.
00:28:12.320 It's the same.
00:28:13.220 Oh, what's going on in California right now?
00:28:14.860 It's a travesty.
00:28:15.500 We won't even get into that.
00:28:17.540 But it was funny, you know, after Lou passed, I talked to his wife and I said, you know,
00:28:21.580 I got to ask you something.
00:28:22.800 I've asked Lou this question a hundred times, you know, like, where's your family from?
00:28:25.920 And she died laughing.
00:28:27.000 She's like, that's Lou for you.
00:28:28.220 But it turned out he was some sort of Scots-Irish, but it was just so funny.
00:28:33.980 But that's the kind of American that I aspire to be.
00:28:37.060 That's the kind of American that I think every American should aspire to be.
00:28:40.760 We're all in this fight together, Lee.
00:28:42.480 We're all Americans together.
00:28:44.200 You get the last word here.
00:28:45.860 You're working on something new, and I want to give you a chance to tell the audience about it.
00:28:51.180 Let's talk about the flag.
00:28:52.960 Right after the attack on America, I sang the fourth game of the World Series,
00:28:56.260 and I wore a red, white, and blue.
00:28:57.660 leather jacket it's on youtube anybody can see it we have been preparing for this 250 celebration
00:29:04.420 for some time uh partnering with allied flag company who is a well-known flag company across
00:29:10.340 america and they've produced this for me it's america's 250 anniversary flag even the box
00:29:15.700 itself will be a a prize to have after the fourth of july these are available now right now on all
00:29:23.540 of bass pro shops because i like johnny morris an awful lot he's a wonderful guy entrepreneur
00:29:29.720 and a great patriot johnny morris has said i will carry these allied flags with lee's name on it so
00:29:35.480 go go now if you don't get them now they won't be available after july 15th or july 20th they'll be
00:29:41.580 gone so it's a beautiful but it comes out easily like that it's a nylon flag so it's weather
00:29:47.300 resistant and made in america go to bass pro and pick one of these up yeah that's i think
00:29:53.180 Probably the most important part about it is the fact that it's made in America.
00:29:57.560 I can't tell you how many times you pick up an American flag now and it's like made in China. 0.99
00:30:02.260 And it's like, what the heck are we doing here? 1.00
00:30:05.460 You said Bass Pro is where they can get it?
00:30:08.000 Bass Pro Shops Across America. 0.95
00:30:10.120 Allied Flag.
00:30:10.960 And you can go to alliedflag.com if you can't get to a Bass Pro.
00:30:14.300 But they're everywhere.
00:30:16.480 Lee Greenwood, Great American.
00:30:18.800 Did I forget to mention the Grammy Award winning part?
00:30:22.820 Great American Lee, always a delight to have you with us, my friend.
00:30:25.960 Thank you so much for all you do for this country.
00:30:28.280 Thank you so much for pushing forward the patriotic fibers of your body to this great country.
00:30:35.240 America 250. Let's go.
00:30:37.140 Thanks to Lee Greenwood, folks, and thank you all for being with us today here on The Great America Show.
00:30:40.960 I hope you all have a great weekend, a blessed weekend with your friends, your families, your loved ones.
00:30:46.620 Enjoy it. Have yourself a nice cold, refreshing beer or a cold, refreshing seltzer.
00:30:51.900 something to keep cool out there because boy it is hot here on the east coast we'll see you back
00:30:56.500 here monday folks for the great america show until then may god bless you may god bless america
00:31:00.640 and may god bless the great blue dobs we'll see you monday folks have a great one