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225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. >> john: we should point out that ronald reagan was 73 at the time. he looks more like 60. he was eight years younger than joe biden. compare the two. >> i would say, watching the speech today, joe biden had a very well written speech. he delivered it pretty well. i know theres concerns about mispronouncing words and so forth, but the words and stuff are fine. the reason we remember reagans speech -- i was living in europe...

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...

Name. he didnt have to. >> but it gave a sense that he is in some way framing the choice, not between his character and donald trumps character. >> but two between donald trumps character and the character of america at its best. and that character is personified are was personified by those 225 rangers who scaled pointe-du-hoc 80 years ago. so that shows you two things. one, the difference in the campaigns 40 years apart, but also the difference in the challenge the country faces. and the us my...

Reagans iconic address at the same location 40 years ago when he famously honored the boys, the american solders who gave it all for democracy, in one of the most d-day operations, 225 u.s. army rangers scaled normandys 100-foot perpendicular cliffs under heavy fire to destroy nazi guns threatening ships. they radios, mission accomplished. they ensured victory and helped end the war. we begin with kelly odonnell joining us from paris, retired general mccaffrey and garrett graph, author of "the s...

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That young men receive today in america, too. and that does make a difference. and i pray that we educate kids to understand how special this nation is. >> brian: story today in stanford where they found the anti-american screed all over the place. they found the person responsible. princeton professor who has this course about great americans. and they used to have 25 people and now there is 225. and now there is all these kids lining up to take these courses in schools that werent existing. so...

Waiting for the service that is about to begin. commemoratives events and he is talking to the canadian prime minister there. he has really been at the heart of these events, prince william, he was in arromanches a little earlier and he got a great greeting their id there were hundreds of people in the square in arromanches to see prince william. some were even hanging out of windows to catch a glimpse of him, the prince of wales. there were also veterans in the town there to greet the crowds. m...

His, not a suit and tie like the other leaders, but his usual dress, the ukrainian president. just a word about the veterans, in terms of the british veterans, just to say that five years ago, 225 british veterans travel to normandy. this number that number has dwindled to 23. many historians and commentators saying it is very, very important that as those numbers of veterans do dwindle, we keep having these commemorative events, we keep on remembering the sacrifice that was made 80 years ago an...

The top of these cliffs they began to seize back the continent of europe. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heroes who helped end a war. >> bill: if youve been to the beaches of normandy or if you havent gone yet, just know when they came over the allied forces came on shore the germans were dug in that part of france and bel belgium. it was the top of...