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(audience applauds)

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- Elmo, why are you 
wearing an astronaut suit?

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- Oh this?

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Well, they sent it to 
Elmo for the big surprise!

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- Cool, cool!

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Did they send me one?

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- Oh, wait, Elmo will check.

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Um...

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You know...

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they only sent one.

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But, uh, you know this--

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this fits Elmo pretty well.

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- Yeah, yeah, of course. It--

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I mean, yeah, it looks good.

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I'm not--I'm not 
disappointed at all.

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- Hm?

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(audience laughs)

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You know what? Um...

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Maybe--maybe Elmo 
should tell everybody

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about the big surprise now.

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- Yeah, yeah, of course. 
Yeah, yeah.

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I bet it has something to do

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with the uniform 
thst you're wearing.

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- Actually, it does!

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See, Elmo is dressed up like, 
uh, some American heroes

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who are out of this world!

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- Get it?! 
(Elmo laughs)

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And they sent us 
a special message.

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("This Is My Country" plays)

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- Hi, I'm NASA 
astronaut Frank Rubio,

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aboard the International 
Space Station,

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flying 260 miles above the 
Earth with my NASA crew mates,

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Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg.

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Steve?

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("This Is My Country" 
continues playing)

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- Although we may be 
too far away to see

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your amazing fireworks, please 
know that we're celebrating

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America's Independence 
Day up here,

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just as you are everywhere 
across the U.S.A.

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Woody?

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("This Is My Country" 
continues playing)

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- NASA is America's 
space program.

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We thank the thousands 
across the country who work

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so hard every day to 
support our missions.

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We are profoundly grateful 
for the opportunity

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to live in this great country.

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("This Is My Country" 
continues playing)

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- So, to all at the Capitol, 
and all of you watching

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the national Independence 
Day celebration on PBS ...

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("This Is My Country" 
continues playing)

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- [All] Happy Independence Day!

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(crowd cheering and applauding)

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(Elmo laughs)

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("This Is My Country" 
continues playing)

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- Thank you, NASA astronauts!

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That's be cool if 
I could just send the mic...

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- But it-- 
Yeah, it'll fall.

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(upbeat music)