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Civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. >> 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of americas greatest generation led to the downfall of hitlers nazi germany. when president biden speaks this morning, hell honore, those heroes a speech focused on democracy plan for tomorrow on the french coast, leade...

Back to see how this was being written about from a leadership perspective. at the time and back in 1944, just a month or so after this invasion in foreign affairs, they wrote about the differences between among the european and american leaders at the time. and they say that it has repeatedly been pointed out, france was far less fortunate than great britain or the united states in her polls political leadership, the men who were patriots first and politicians second were rare, almost nonexiste...

His name robert perchetti. he was one of those guys who loved to tell the story of what happened during world war ii? >> martha: i heard he was doing well before the trip. i would only say this. there is also a flight that brought four hospice patients who are world war ii veterans. they came n the morning and went back out last evening because they wanted so much to be on the ground here where they left behind so many of their brothers, i dont know the gentleman his family might end up saying h...

>> lawrence: "fox & friends" starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. so today marks the 80th anniversary of d-day. right now president biden is in normandy, france along with world war ii veterans and other words leaders. >> steve: thats right. is he reaching each and every american that has made the trip. they are gathering to common rated the historic invasion that led to the defeat of the nazis in europe 80 years ago today. >> ainsley: and today the world will pause ...

Thoughts clearly the juxtaposition between 44 and 24, quite significant look its a war of conquest that we saw in 1944 that had to be stopped. >> you had on this autocratic nation that was expansive wanted to expand its capabilities, wanted to expand its way of life. its cruel intent and what we see today is not to similar in ukraine the challenges between those two periods are quite different, right 19 in the 1930s, 1940s, look america and the world was very hard scrabble place there on the hee...

♪ >> steve: the 80th anniversary of d-day. 1:00 in the afternoon in france. we are awaiting remarks from president biden who is in normandy along with world war ii veterans and other world leaders as well. >> lawrence: so they are gathering to commemorate the historic invasion that led to the defeat of the nazis in europe. >> brian: all right. today the world will pause. will pause to honor the u.s. and allied forces. look at this video. who stormed the beaches of normandy in this day in 1944 ...

Am here to give inadequate as that word maybe 80 years later we think. the young americans who took the beaches who helped liberate france and who helped free this continent from nazi tyranny we thank every allied warrior who fought for freedom on june 6, 1944. and we think the american and allied veterans who have rallied once more on the shores of enormity victors of d-day we are humbled by your presence young americans who fought through the clamor and the chaos on d-day have grown old or lef...

President who will be, have been born before d-day june 6, 1944, 50 is the first us president born before d-day since george h w bush, who served obviously with distinction in the pacific in world war ii. want to go to our jim sciutto, or chief national security analyst, who is watching this again this day is to commemorate the past gym, but all around europe, all around the world, the concerns are very much about the now and the future in the threats seen in capitals around the world. what are ...

Trying to address in the coming months, years, even. >> again, you are watching this ceremony marking the 80th commemoration of the allied landing and the beaches of normandy, d-day, june 6, 6, 1944 christiania poor listening to all of you discuss this and getting the preview of whats about to be discussed here. yes. >> the importance of d de a successful allied invasion, a successful alliance is paramount in everyones mind, but the warning is less about 19:44 and it seems to me more about 19:38...

Today was bought by an american from denver, timothy davis, and he uses it to house veterans who come back here to normandy. he takes care of them. he brought an american facilities for them. he has healthcare for them on site so they can be here. because these men want to come back. they feel that they left brothers behind here. and they want to bond with them. they want to walk the cemetery and they want to come back here he makes dream comes through after that extraordinary arrangement. >> br...