[applause] plaws [applause] as we were downstairs getting ready to start, captain yellin was asking me, do i stand for the army . Or do i stand for the air force . Because he was in the Army Air Forces. I said, sir, youre 93 years old, you can stand for anybody you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an Army Air Forces veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday, just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating from the air field as a Fighter Pilot in august of 1943, at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder of the war flying p40, p47, and p51 combat missions in the pacific with the 78th fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over japan on 7 april, 1945, and has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of world war ii on 14 august, 1945, the day combat ended. On that mission, his wing man was the last man killed in a combat mission in world war ii.
[the Army Goes Rolling along plays] [anchors aweigh plays] [the u. S. Air force plays] [marines hymn plays] [applause] as you were downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, captain yellen was asking if i stand for the army or if i stand for the air force, because he was in both appeared and i said sir, you are 93 years old. You can stand for anybody that you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an Army Air Forces veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 in 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday, just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating as a Fighter Pilot in august of at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder of the war flying combat missions in the pacific with the 78 fighter squadron. 78th fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over japan on april 7, 1945. Has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of world war ii on august 14, 1945, the date combat ended. On that mission,
Edward lawrence live in d. C. And edward, we start with you. Reporter a hiccup in the implementation of usmca threatened to cause tensions between the two countries over the agreement. It caused mexicos top trade negotiator to come here to washington, d. C. To meet with u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer to work this all out. Because of concerns and that meeting, the u. S. Trade representative, allayed fears. Basically mexico was concerned that the u. S. Could force them into accepting up to five inspectors into their mexican factories and u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer in a letter today saying those were not actually inspectors. Theyre attaches, attached to the u. S. Embassy here in the United States. So those attaches would offer technical guidance and expertise to the mexicans, not inspections. Adding that any compliance verification would be done by an independent panel with help from representatives from mexico and the u. S. The undersecretary says his fear
The santa ana winds have kicked in, theres a frost advisory also in Mendocino County with temperatures in the 30s, we have our fair share as well, humidity, santa rosa 70 , 5 , 70 for Mountain View and much better there at the offshore direction still in place, not strong but it is there, the south when fairfield north at nine and also davis a northerly breeze not as strong as yesterday, at blackhawk in the Oakland Hills the northeast breeze and the humidity just about 20 . Still a tough breeze, not that strong but it is there. 30s and 50s, and incredible spread on temperatures, 40s 50s, low 40s for some, upper 30s, 37 yesterday at lafayette, 50s this morning for our observat what about now were also looking at some of the other bridges happy friday to. Looks pretty good here, deliberate slowing nothing of the ordinary getting onto san rafael a 22 minute drive from the macarthur bridge better than what the bay bridge a 10 15 way. Nothing out of the ordinary clearing a crash on the san
Festival of books. Here in downtown nashville. Today we are at the National Public library and i like to thank them for hosting this if it and monday other sessions. Theyve been a great partner to this if it for several years and we just want to say thank you. Southern festival of books is an annual if it produced each year by humanities tennessee, i would like to take those moment to thank humanities tennessee and all who contribute to the organization for their continued support of the written word and the writers, the young writers, Community History and civil discourse in all things humidity here in tennessee. And humanities in tennessee like to say, our story and our state and i like to think humanities for helping us tell and preserver stories. So a pit of housekeeping before we began, in a moment ill introduce our other and share some stories, and some insight from the book, no surrender. The conclusion of his presentation, we will open the floor up to questions and if you have