I'M IN NORFOLK, AND YOU ARE
WATCHING "THE HAMPTON ROADS
SHOW."
♪
CHRIS: WELCOME BACK.
WE ARE SALUTING OUR VETERANS AND
WE WANT TO THANK -- FOR
SPONSORING OUR SALUTE TO
VETERANS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK IN OUR
MILITARY MINUTE, YOU SAW THE
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE
VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST IN
VIRGINIA BEACH, AND WE ARE NOW
GOING ONE STEP FURTHER.
KERRI: WITH A WONDERFUL PROGRAM
OF APPRECIATION FOR VETERANS.
KIDS ARE INVITED TO BRING THEIR
PARENTS WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE
SERVING.
BEFORE A MAN SPOKE OF HIS
SERVICE, A STUDENT WAS TASKED
WITH A SPEAKING ABOUT HIS
EXPERIENCE AS A MILITARY CHILD.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH CONNOR TO SEE
HOW HE WAS FEELING ABOUT THE
TASK AT HAND.
HERE IS THIS WEEK'S "SHOW AND
TELL."
♪
KERRI: TODAY, THIS IS NEAR AND
DEAR TO MY HEART, A VETERAN.
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING
ON.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
CONNOR.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I AM DOING WELL.
KERRI: YOU HAVE A BIG JOB THIS
MORNING BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN
CHOSEN TO SPEAK AT YOUR VETERANS
DAY BREAKFAST.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT PUBLIC
SPEAKING?
I HAVE A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES
TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF LARGE
CROWDS, SO I AM COMFORTABLE, BUT
A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS WITH THE
AMOUNT OF PRESTIGIOUS GUESTS
HERE TODAY THAT I WILL SPEAK IN
FRONT OF.
KERRI: I AM SURE YOU WILL CRUSH
IT.
YOU ARE CHOSEN BECAUSE YOU ARE A
MILITARY KID, SO WHAT DO YOU
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT
AND WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO SAY?
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT IT
IS DIFFICULT GROWING UP AND
MOVING AROUND, ACCLIMATING TO
THE NEW SCHOOLS, MEETING NEW
FRIENDS, BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
I FEEL LIKE I WAS LUCKY TO BE
RAISED A MILITARY CHILD.
IT HAS HELPED ME DEVELOP INTO
THE PERSON I AM.
AND IT REALLY HELPED ME SET
MY GOALS.
TODAY, I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
THE HISTORY, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT HOW I GREW UP AND MY
EXPERIENCE.
KERRI: WHO MADE YOU A MILITARY
KID?
MY FATHER WAS A NAVAL FLIGHT
OFFICER, GRADUATED FROM THE
ACADEMY IN 1990.
KERRI: WHAT DID HE THINK ABOUT
BEING INVITED TO THIS GO FOR A
SPECIAL PROGRAM, SO THAT THE
KIDS CAN HONOR THE VETERANS
TODAY?
I THINK IT IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM AND OTHER
VETERANS, AND ACTIVE DUTY,
RESERVE, THEY HAVE ALL SERVED
OUR COUNTRY AND IT IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THEM AND TO
SHOW OUR SCHOOL SUPPORT FOR
THEM.
AND HELP THE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY GO THROUGH EACH DAY,
THE SACRIFICE.
KERRI: WHEN SOMEBODY SERVES, THE
WHOLE FAMILY SERVES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU.
I HOPE TO MAKE THEM PROUD TODAY.
KERRI: THAT WHOLE IMAGINE
EVERYBODY IN THEIR UNDERPANTS
THING DOES NOT WORK.
I GUESS I WILL JUST GO UP AND
TALK.
KERRI: FALL BAK ON THE
TRAINING.
KNOCK THEM DEAD.
TODAY, I THINK OUR SERVICE
MEMBERS THEIR UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT, THEIR DAILY
SACRIFICES, AND FOR HAVING THE
COOLEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
IN THE END, VETERANS DAY IS FOR
ALL AMERICANS, A DAY TO SHOW OUR
GRATITUDE TO ALL VETERANS, ALL
OF THEM HAVE SACRIFICED
SOMETHING AND SOME HAVE
SACRIFICED EVERYTHING.
IT IS A DAY FOR US TO REMEMBER
THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR SERVICE
AND WHY WE AS THE NEXT
GENERATION MUST BE PREPARED AND
WILLING TO PAY FORWARD WHAT WAS
DONE FOR US.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
KERRI: HE DID A GREAT JOB.
CHRIS: THAT IS SO UNIQUE.
THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME.
HE NOT ONLY HAD TO SPEAK IN
FRONT OF THE CROWD, BUT ON
CRIMINAL BEFOREHAND. -- ON
CAMERA BEFOREHAND.
KERRI: THAT WAS THE EASY PART.
HE IS VERY COMPOSED
.YOU HEARD
HIM SAY THAT THE NEXT GENERATION
NEEDS TO BE PREPARED.
RIGHT AFTER, IT WAS ANNOUNCED HE
HAS JUST BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE
NAVAL ACADEMY.
HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF PREPARED
AND WILLING TO SERVE AND CARRY
ON THE TRADITION.
CONNOR IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
CAPE HENRY HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER
TEAM THAT JUST WON THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP LAST WEEK, AND THE
FIELD HOCKEY TEAM, THE GIRLS,
THEY ALSO WON THEIR
CHAMPIONSHIP.
CHRIS: CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM
AND HIS FATHER.
THE WHOLE FAMILY.
WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY HAVE DONE
WITH HIM.
JUST THAT LITTLE PART OF THE