testifying derek chauvin used deadly force on george floyd. and the courtroom debate over body cam video. what can floyd be heard saying on it president biden unveiling a plan to raise taxes on corporations to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure plan. and new reporting. how he plans to go it alone on gun control the unintended fallout from the mlb moving the all-star game out of atlanta on local businesses and why beloved animal expert jack hanna is stepping away from the spotlight announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the curious case of the crash that nearly took the life of golf great tiger woods back in february is closed tonight with a simple explanation. he was driving too fast close to 90 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone according to los angeles county sheriff s investigators. today s matter-of-fact report didn t shine light on any other possible contributing factors, and woods himself still on the mend from serious inju
64 communities at this point, in , have said we need to remember and pay tribute and whored to the families sacrificed a loved one in the armed forces. regardless of how that may have grief and the loss is the same. we have got five state to go. we re going to do it. it is going to happen. one of the things that grieves that in our nations where i am told there is something like 1100 kinds of , there isor honors mention oneg one tribute to theng families who sacrificed a loved one. if there is any place in the that there should be honor and ship it to those families, it is our nations capital. with that, i will ask a question. to see a show of hands, if you would be so kind. all of those in the audience who, at some time in our history, going all the way back, up to the current date, that had a relative, regardless of the that sacrificed and lost their life in the armed combat, training accident, plane going down, illness, whatever
woody is a farmboy from quiet dale, west virginia. kind of a juxtaposition of what he went into the muck coming what he went into, coming from a place named quietville. he was a young man when he received the medal of honor. i am sure he will share his story with you. i don t need to tell you what he will tell you. without further ado, woody williams. [applause] woody: thank you. [applause] woody: thank you. thank you. thank you for that nice welcome. wow. thank all of you for coming today. i don t know that i have ever spoken to a larger group than we have here today. so thank you. today is a day important in my life. i don t know that it is anymore important than the 70th or 73rd when we had an opportunity to go back to iwo jima for a visit. it naturally brought back a lot of memories, some good and some bad. but i am very humbled to stand before you today. i am grateful for the opportunity of sharing with you some of my thoughts. 75 years ago, at this moment in time, tho
medal of honor recipient. he is here to talk about that battle 75 years ago today. farmboy from quiet dale, west virginia. juxtaposition of what he went into the muck coming from a place named quiet ville. he was a young man when he received the medal of honor. share hishe will story with you. i don t need to tell you what he will tell you. without further ado, woody williams. [applause] thank you. [applause] you.: thank thank you. welcome. for that nice ow. thank all of you for coming today. i don t know that i have ever spoken to a larger group than we have here today. so thank you. today is a day important in my life. that it is anymore important than the 70th or 73rd when we had an opportunity to go visit. iwo jima for a it naturally brought back a lot of memories, some good and some bad. humbled to stand before you today. i am grateful for the opportunity of sharing with you some of my thoughts. 75 years ago, at this moment in and, thousands of marines were lying their
medal of honor recipient. he is here to talk about that battle 75 years ago today. woody is a farmboy from quiet dale, west virginia. kind of a juxtaposition of what he went into the muck coming from a place named quietville. he was born in 1923. he received the medal of honor. he was a young man when he received the medal of honor. i am sure he will share his story with you. i don t need to tell you what he will tell you. without further ado, woody williams. [applause] mr. williams: thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you for that nice welcome. wow. thank all of you for coming today. i don t know that i have ever spoken to a larger group than we have here today. so thank you. today is a day important in my life. i don t know that it is anymore important than the 70th or 73rd when we had an opportunity to go back to iwo jima for a visit. it naturally brought back a lot of memories, some good and some bad. but i am very humbled to stand before you today. i am gra