Combat it is given only to the bravest of the brave the Service Members you are about to meet are real life heroes tonight we welcome Master Sergeant matthew williams, United States army, who served in afghanistan Staff Sergeant david bellavia, United States army, who served in iraq. And Corporal Hershel Woody Williams United States marine corps, who served in world war ii these brave servicemen have all been awarded the medal of honor for outstanding acts of valor in service to their country. I am beyond humbled to stand beside you, and thank you for your sacrifice tonight our entire audience is made up of veterans and their families and friends the tonight show [ cheers and applause salutes you all. Now lets start the show [ cheers and applause steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests Michael Shannon, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, musical guest pete yorn, and fe
Thank you for your service past and present to the country and to fellow veterans. We are honored to work alongside you. That is exactly what we will do over the next few days. We will be working together. Not in a typical way and not our daytoday work. You will have an opportunity to pause and take a step back from the day to day grind and challenges. All of those things we struggle with every day and think about what we are doing and why. Are going to think about what we know and what we dont know. Those of you know me know that formal remarks are not my specialty. I want to show hands, how many of you that when we set it will be data, where like all. A show hands. It is okay. I am a selfprofessed data geek. I had that feeling to. I want to talk to you about why data is important. Sometimes it feels abstract and disconnected from reality. Sometimes it is dry and boring. Not really connected to the veterans we serve every day. We are here to serve veterans but data can help you we can
Thank you all for your service past and present to this country into your fellow veterans. We are honored to work alongside you. Thats exactly what we are going to be doing over the next few days. Were going to be working together. Not in a typical way that we work, not our daytoday work. Nothing normal sense. But over the next three days, you are going to have the opportunity to pause and take a step back from the daytoday grind, the daytoday challenges, all of the things that we struggle with. Every single day. Really think about what we are doing and why are we are doing it. Were going to think about what we know, and what we dont know. Im going to pause for a second. Those of you who know me, you know that formal remarks are really not my specialty. I want to see a show of hands when you heard us when we said, its going to be data, you had a big hug, its okay. I am a self professed data geek. I want to talk to you a little bit about data being important. I know sometimes data can f
The city keeps going down. 66, 64, 62. So not above average this week. Remember last week . A roaring wind cranked up. Bringing a cooler pattern. 50s and 60s to the north. 53, napa. A lot of 50s. Marin county, to the russian river. And calistoga, 51. A low cloud deck marches up the coast. As it does, making a good push inland. It will burn off later today. Helped along by a system coming into the Pacific Northwest. This will give you a good cooldown. 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. 7 01 a. M. Looking at the monitor. I would say that i would avoid 101 driving to San Francisco airport. Northbound 101 from places like san mateo. And driving up from belmont because of the crush on northbound 101 near peninsula. If you are driving up the peninsula and you dont need to be on 101, take 280. You will save yourself aggravation. San mateo bridge affected by this. All the sensors are red. That is why because of this big mess. You may not want to do that. Northbound 101, clearing an accident at ellis. That
Support for Military Spouses and families. Thousands of Companies Big and small have had Great Success at hiring veterans in the past decade. As most of you know before i came to congress i ran a familyowned trucking business and had the pleasure of knowing, we hired people from world war ii that worked hard most of their lives, korean war, vietnam war, and continued the tradition. When veterans applied for the positions, i always made sure to give them the opportunities to thrive, as did my grandfather and father. As a veteran myself, i knew that the service ingrained in the veterans does not just go away when they take off the uniform. They possess exceptional teambuilding skills and are highly trusted by colleagues in the workplace. We have seen this firsthand the way a veteran higher can benefit any business over 3 million americans are employed and together these companies contribute to the economy. An incredible investment over 74 of businesses are founded by a veteran rather tha