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
Unique perspectives from nasa high above the earth. We begin with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists. The president rolls out his plan for afghanistan. Afghanistan has been beating the tar out of invaders for thousands of years. The only answer is to step away and take our people out. President trump has the smarts to listen to his generals and take their advice rather than going the political way. Later today the president will hold a rally in phoenix. Its a very volatile situation and the timing could not be worse. Dozens of people are hurt after a train crash outside philadelphia. A septa highsp speed train hit parked train. The navy is ordering a broad investigation after two major ship collisions in two months. Ten sailors are still missing. We need to get to the bottom of this. The man suspected of driving his van into a crowd of people in barcelona killing 13 people is now dead. A strong earthquake struck off
High above the earth. But a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists. The president rolls out his plan for afghanistan. Afghanistan has been beating the tar out of invaders for thousands of years. The only answer is to step away and take our people out. President trump has the smarts to listen to his generals and take their advice rather than going the political way. Later today the president will hold a rally in phoenix. The timing could not be worse. Dozens of people are hurt after a train crash outside philadelphia. The navy is ordering a broad investigation after two major ship collisions in two months. Ten sailors are still missing. We need to get to the the man suspected of driving his van into a crowd of people in barcelona killing 13 people is now dead. A strong storm off the coast of italy. Crews continue to rescue survivors. Anger erupts at the First City Council meeting following the deadly violence. A s
Eric it looks like matthew may get stronger as it approaches. That is a kwrn here. This is the latest that is a concern here. This is the latest picture. It was battling off that land interaction today with haiti and cuba. Seeing that eye trying to pop out again. The satellite presentation is bert. That is concerning for the better. That is concerning for the bahamas and jamaica. Its moving to the north ws at at ten Miles Per Hour. Its set to hit the entire east coast of florida. Theres a Tropical Storm warning farther inland. Heres a look at the track into the overnight and tomorrow morning. The eye is expected to go over nassau in the bahamas towards tomorrow morning. A serious situation there. Then as we head towards the afternoon and evening the eye is offshore of miami. Coast all the way up of florida. So that is nearly a worst Case Scenario to the course of late thursday and friday. For us a close call but looks like a miss. What impact it may have on the weekend coming up. Peopl
Come. She had a little bad news today. Inspector generals report not good. More email trouble for Hillary Clinton. Its the same story, and its not an issue that is going to affect either the campaign or more presidency. President obama said donald trump displays ignorance and cavalier attitude. They are paying very close attention to this election. They are surprised by the republican nominee. They are rattled by him and for good reason. More than 35 tornadoes reported in the plains. Time to go. Its time to go. Violent storms packed full of rain, wind, hail, taking aim at 5 million americans. Its gone. Everything is gone. Im kind of in shock. States are pushing back against Obama Administrations transgender bathroom rules. President obama has excluded the voice of the people. Head of tsa told members of congress the long lines at Airport Security checkpoints wont be ending any time soon. We are at a lower staffing level than we need to be. Four people shot inside a manhattan concert ha