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
Admire and he is here this morning to talk about his new book and a new biography of mohammed ali. I understand this is his only third stop. For he speaks ive been asked to mention a few things. First, the book possible,a of course, is pretty but if you would like to contribute to the cause you can do that at the headquarters for the book possible outside ort online and also i reminded after his remarks he will be heading over to the signing tent which is next to the tent out on the main plaza so you can have him sign your bookrn over there. Jonathans regard is one of the top writers of narrative nonfiction which is my favorite style. Its a fantastic author and bestselling book including two that i have read on lou gehrig and Jackie Robinson. Jonathan is written for the New York Times, theac new yorker, esquire in the Washington Post today he is a contributing writer for the wall street journal. His biography of commonality is the most anticipated book of the fall is you have checked o
Will talk about inside the cold war from marx to reagan, an unprecedented guide to the history, strategies and key documents of the cold war. This should be a really interesting historical discussion. On that similar note, on october 23, we will have a historian that will talk about his book, reshaping the postwar atlantic world. On september 11, we will have, at 11 00 a. M. We will have our annual september 11 commemoration, and please look on our website at nixon foundation. Org, and on november 7 we will have the daughters of president george w. Bush and laura bush, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush and they will talk about their book sisters first, stories from our wild and wonderful life. Now im on to our speaker today. Douglas is the most, one of the most influential campaign consultants. He is the Founding Partner and principal strategist. His clients include new york city mayor bloomberg, corporate clients including time warner, Procter Gamble and at t. Hes also a commen
Some of these authors have a will be appearing on booktv. You can watch them on our website, booktv. Org. Often i think of the beautiful town that is seated by the sea and often in fossil upanddown the pleasant streets of that town and my youth comes back to me. Welcome to portland, maine, on booktv. Located on a peninsula, it was the original capital of maine and started as a fishing and trading village. Today its the largest city in the state with a population of about 66,000. It still has strong ties to its maritime history with lobstering and tourism in its largest economic drivers. With help of our spectrum Cable Partners for the next 90 minutes will feature the areas history and literary community. Whitney kent are special feature on portland with a history of lobstering industry. We begin our special feature. Over here is my gps and radar. So and thought it helps us figure out where we are. I dont mark my traps with the gps. I i kind of do it by feel. Look at that bad boy. Its a
And the woman accused of murdering kim jonguns halfbrother. George cleanny and matt damon speaking out about Harvey Weinstein. Hes got to face justice. And thats what friends are for. One runners heartwarming sacrifice to help his injured teammate cross the finish line. Today, tuesday, october 24th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a tuesday morning. Were glad to have you with us. Its a busy morning in washington. Thats where were going to start. The investigation into that deadly ambush on american soldiers in niger, is revealing more about what went wrong. And today, the president makes a rare trip to capitol hill to meet with Senate Republicans. Well talk with those that will be there, bob corker, who is retiring and has been a harsh critic of the president recently. But first, Peter Alexander is at the white house for us. Reporter good morning to you. Ne