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Pence. We all know he struggled for about 24 hours during the First Campaign after the access Hollywood Tape came out. Decided to stand by President Trump, has never wavered in the more than four years since then. He has been under tremendous pressure from the president to try to do something that would not be constitutional, to overturn the elections results. He made it clear that he could not and would not do that yesterday. Tonight those clear comments of condemnation from Vice President penc...

England with live, thats what it meant to him, right? britain would live the commonwealth of nations and the empire would live. hitlers fate was sealed. mussolinis fate was sealed. as for the japanese, they would be ground two powder. i went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful. this was the moment right? eight where its sort of the beginning two of the establishment of the world order that the us has enjoyed now for decades, yeah. >> when you look at those speeches yesterday, bi...

Today, the ukrainians certainly view themselves as fighting for their lives and for the existence of their country. and when you speak to eastern europeans, in particular they see the war in ukraine as defining that if russia is allowed to win, there than it doesnt end there again, a test like the world saw in 1939 and 1941 and 1944, that hitler at the time when he started moving east, he didnt stop. he can kept going and the fear in eastern europe is that putin will do the same and that he will...

There of that de to tell their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren about why they did it there was a deep divide in america in 1941 over what to do about dictators. and about half the country said, its not our problem. and there was an organization called america first after the japanese attacked pearl harbor. america first on its own, disbanded and from december 1941 until recently america first was understood to mean american needed to take care of itself through its alliances t...

Or not at all, dissimilar to what churchill was doing some 80 years ago trying to rally support look, thats absolutely right at that time, america had no real reason to be entering the war until 1941 off pearl harbor, of course. >> and it was attacked on the homeland but in the meantime, you know, even before that the british who had been fighting off the nazis for as long as they possibly could. and that was the blitz. and there was the bombing of the uk and obviously europe was occupied. they ...

And his majesty and her majesty have arrived, of course he arrives as king, and commander—in—chief, and he is also the son and grandson of those who served. prince philip was mentioned in dispatches for his actions abroad hms valiant, in 1941. his majesty parr�*s �*s ambassador to the french republic. her late majesty queen elizabeth served as a mechanic in uniform. she famously slipped with her sister margaret to mingle with the crowds outside buckingham palace on ve day in 1945.

>> neil: finally, on this very special day, i want you to look at the faces of these men who were part of it, part of d-day itself there for the average age of those attending this normandy occasion, 100. thats right, the average age, 100. the story their weathered faces tells, many in wheelchairs, many in enormous pain, as the ravages of time take a toll on bodies that have grown frail, but memories that remain strong. think of what they went through. what their friends went through. what this ...

Gemstones and my late lloyds armful was on the uss arizona on that fateful day december 7th 1941. so this is something i very those 2. 1 thing i respect so much about normandy is eisenhower. and makes me understand why my debt was such a fan of dwight eisenhower. he says whatever happens here i am to blame. that person i would. not a person said ive never made a mistake i have nothing to ask forgiveness for. never done that he achieved not to ask forgiveness. >> neil: act not heard joe biden say...

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Beach the second night. or certain combat. its too dark for me the next mortar found 43 boys wounded and dead has alcohol shock came it took weeks for the allied powers to win the battle of normandy 73,000 allied service members were killed the sizes scale of d-day is enormous this a great quote that they fought together as brothers arms and they died together and now they sleep side-by-side. and to them, we have a solemn obligation to every one of us into those that have sacrifice we have a sol...