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You for all you have done. [applause] you deserve that and a lot more, john. just 18 years old he deployed to this cliff to replace the surviving rangers on that d-day invasion. he would go on the fight across france and germany and in early december of 1944, during one of those battles, shrapnel pierced his skull. by christmas he was back fighting with his unit. here is what he said about the notes he kept at that time. he said knowing that my buddies and i always looked out for one another, th...

Today. >> were just now getting a look, at least a glimpse at what he may say and how hell lay out that message specifically. our peter alexander standing by there at pointe du hoc as we await the presidents arrival. peter, what are we learning in these excerpts that were just released? >> reporter: well, ana, first, lets just take you to this venue. it is really one of the most stunning, breathtaking backdrops where a president could ever deliver remarks, certainly given the backdrop of the con...

Great call for the sacrifice of such mann country must be great to cough the sacrifice of such man an america is like john doe in new jersey. john is here, john. we love you, man. thank you for all youve done deserve that and a lot more john just 18-years-old, he deployed to this clip to replace his surviving rangers on that d-day invasion. he would go on to fight across france and germany in early december 1944 during one of those battles, shrapnel pierces skull by christmas. he was faq friday ...

On the nazis before going into berlin and finally ending this war. and finding adolph hitler a victim of suicide in his own bunker. this is the moment, joe biden in france. >> president biden: alas the hour had come, dawn, 6th of june, 1944. the wind was pounding as it is today, always has against these cliffs. 225 american rangers arrive by ship, jumped into the waves and stormed the beach. they could see -- all they could see was the outline of the shore and enormity of these cliffs. i know i ...

They fulfilled their mission. and they did their duty. theyre a part of something greater than themselves. they were americans. i stand here today as the first president to come to pointe du hoc when none of those 225 brave men who scaled this cliff on d-day are still alive. none. but im here to tell you that with them gone, the wind coming off this ocean will not fade. it will grow louder as we gather here today. it is not just to honor those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day, june...

>> i mean, first of all, lets be real joe biden is almost certainly the last american president who will have been alive on june 6, 1944. he was just a young child at that time, born in the midst of the war. and this is a commemoration thats made, i think extra poignant by the fact that there was something like 180 veterans of the normandy operation who were still able to come five years for now, there will be very few if any, who are able to make it this is one of those historic things that is ...

Cnn spread plank of the standing by frehse and berlin. the first thats going to cnns kayla tausche. shes in paris. failure. the president spoke get point to hook the cliffs scaled by american troops. very brave pave american troops on d-day exactly 80 years ago. what was his message well, if it was a forceful message made even more powerful by the imagery that surrounded the president today. >> bright blue skies, turquoise waters in the english channel. he was flanked by utah and omaha beaches w...

Live from outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware. stay with us urine, the cnn newsroom at any moment, president biden was stand on hallowed ground and plant the flag for democracy. president biden is at 0.2 in france, its where us army rangers scale the steep cliffs on d-day to take out german machine guns. the allied invasion of normandy was certainly attorney point against not see germany. this hour of the president will use that backdrop to confront rising global threats to us leaders...

John. just 18 years old, he deployed to this cliff to replace the surviving rangers on that d-day invasion. he would go on to fight across france and germany and early december 1944 during one of those battles, shrapnel pierced his skull. but by christmas he was back fighting with his unit, and heres what he said about the notes he kept at that time. he said knowing that my buddies and i always looked out for one another, thats why he came back. thats why he fought so hard to get back. he always...

Cafe gondree was the first french home to be liberated on d—day. its so good to meet you. thank you very much. its still run by the same family. and im meeting arlette, who was just four years old in 1944. but what a cafe! i mean, look around. there seems to be so many bits of memorabilia. it seems like everybody wants to share things with you. thats absolutely right. they want to come in because its a house, a little house from the surface, that has lived history. we were woken up, or half as...