Ceremony in washington, d. C. Speakers included the designer of the wall, maya lynn, and former defense secretary and vietnam veteran, chuck hagel. Good afternoon,ve ladies an gentlemen. Im president and ceoi yo of tht veet nuclear progr Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the mall. Before we begin the program, i would like to recognize all the gold star family members we havp with us here today, the mothers, fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephew, and the sons and daughters in touch, all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. Id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the Yellow Jackets and the yellow ho hat, and the staff of
Was a veterans day ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial in washington, d. C. Speakers included former defense secretary and vietnam veteran chuck hagel interior secretary ryan zinke and the designer of the memorial, maya lin. From the national mall, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Ill be your master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. The others, fathers wives siblings spouses nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. Id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. Those are the fo
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [cap good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im jim knotts, the president and c. E. O. Of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and ill be our master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the to welcome you to the ceremony atans day the wall. Before we begin, i would like to recognize all of the gold star have with uss we here today. Wives,hers, fathers, siblings, spouses, nieces, andews, and the sons daughters. All those who have experienced knowoss of a loved one and all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still theirg for the return of loved ones, who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment the wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the jackets. And the staff of the vietnam for all Memorial Fund they do year around to honor veterans and preserve the memorial. They truly pu
About technology at the time and he said by coming together, we can go to the moon, bring a man there and bring him back safely by the end of the decade. John kennedy didnt live to see it we did do that. Keep in mind, that first capsule that went up had less power than your viewers iphones or smartphones do today. So we can with big ideas come together and solve big problems but only going to work if we all put our effort into it. Host final question how is the library, the foundation reflect og this day on the john f. Kennedy centennial . Guest weve had a multi day celebration. Where saturday we honesored peace corp and president kennedys legacy, yesterday nasa with an astronaut and space suit engineer. Today were doing navy flyover, new exhibit and 3 p. M. , again, navy flag within a cape for a thousand people fyour viewers are in boston, we encourage you to come by today or any time in the next year to see the new exhibit. Host steven rothstein, on this what would have been the 100t
Traveling from spain to germany. In nokesville kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Leon thank you, kevin. We have breaking news this hour coming in. U. S. Military officials have Just Announced that Bowe Bergdahl will be discharged with desertion and mistreatment with the enemy. He was returned to the u. S. As part of a Prisoner Exchange last may. Alison for the first time today, we heard from the wife of a man found murdered in a d. C. Hotel last month. And new details about the person of interest that police want to talk to. Brianne carter is live in northwest with the new information today. Brianne . Brianne alison new tonight, police are confirming the person seen here in this flyer described as a person of interest is in fact, a woman. One captured on this video here in this hotel behind us on 14th street northwest. Now, this also comes as were hearing as you mentioned for the first time from the wife of the man that was found dead inside this hotel room. Today, speaking through tears, kim v