robert sanchez spent 30 years as a member of the military, serving in world war ii, korea, and vietnamck. and for him, this dame means honoring the memory of his friends. >> having special days like this one, of course, i have friends that i lost. most of my crew is gone. i am the only member of the crew that is left. i think about them often, and i think about those that you know, it is not something that you could forget easily. i think that heroes are not people like myself, but the heroes are these people that are not with us. >> molly: it's remarkable to still be able to hear voices like robert sanchez, and it makes me think of the stories that my grandfather told me about his time in the service. i think, clearly, this is a good time to go to you, joey, and your thoughts about this memorial day. >> joey: i appreciate that. a gentleman like that, following that up, that is just the core of america their view that as a man who has seen and done so many things in this country, when it comes to memorial day, the thing that i love for people to understand is that do not let the "those

joining us exclusively with a look at the real world impact, rider system chairman and ceo, robert sanchezgiven the fact that we're focussed on a tight labor market despite the fact that people are out of work. trucking services, it's a smaller business for rider, but it is a business for you what are you seeing in terms of the ability to get drivers in terms of the labor market? >> sure. well, ryder is a large employer of truck drivers they operate trucks for customers in our dedicated business and supply chains solutions business the more difficult it becomes to -- it gets to hire truck drivers is good for ryder. we outsource so others look to us to outsource when things good tougher. we have an extensive driver recruiting network we're able to find drivers where others have a tough time doing so so it is tougher the driver shortage has been a longer-term issue. with the reopening and the increase in the economy, it's gotten a little bit more intense now. but we're out there. we're hiring drivers we have about 1,000 driver openings right now and we're offering signing bonuses. we're able