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Says, today we remember all the americans who laid down their lives on d-day to end tyranny and ensure flame of liberty would burn bright around the world. 73,000 of those who landed in france were young american soldiers, they faced 50,000 germans. the battle began with paratroopers jumping out of a thousand planes before landing and each man carried up to 80 pounds of weapons and ammunition, 6000 vessels, the larmgest assault from sea in history. the germans were convinced this was not the mai...

To go to a foreign land. in many instances, their first combat and to have that happen and still win is remarkable and testament to this generation. >> lucas: the decision by eisenhower to go forward with this invasion, if it had failed would have setback the war. incredible decision to go forward with the invasion. just the size, over 150 allied troops, 73,000 american soldiers, had never been attempted before by the u.s. military. it was critical to establish this second front. there was press...

June 5th. the record was so bad eisenhower pushed it back a day and its june 6th now. >> steve: eisenhower the man from my hometown kid from kansas grew up in the shadow of a green elevator. went on to lead d-day. what is interesting, and we are still waiting for things to start. just a couple of the numbers to put it into perspective. nearly 160,000 allied troops landed 80 years ago today. it is 6:38 in the east in the morning. the invasion started at 6:30 in the morning local time, 80 years ag...

See. yet need to be hidden. >> ainsley: two components operation neptune naval assault and operation overlord the broader invasion strategy. 160,000 allied troops landed on five different beaches. soared, juneau gold, we hear a lot about omaha and a lot about utah. british and american airborne forces landed inland at the time. its hard to believe there were 160,000 allied soldiers, 73,000 died. almost half died. >> lawrence: you cant talk about this day without talking about patten and the fact...

>> 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 ...

♪ >> 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 ...

11,000 allied aircraft there were 7,000 ships and boats and thousands of other vehicles it was a logistical miracle that it happened. >> air, land and see waited to see whether it was possible. a giant faint, meaning a fake of inflatable army that created to make the germans think we were going in one direction and not another. then, dwight eisenhower wrote two letters that morning. i love that about the legacy of american generals. one if it was successful and one if it had failed bee modern st...

From the united states presidents remarks today and tomorrow. >> ainsley: all the allied troops buried there, 73,000. i know there were 73,000 that died. some of them i assume were buried back here in america. tell us where you are. >> peter: we are standing just on the sidelines of the american cemetery. its extraordinary. this is my first time here the cemetery is between us and the cliff and so when you read about d-day and you see the old news reels, basically that these armed forces fightin...

Addiction to crack. donald trump returning to the campaign trail in arizona, almost a week after he gets critical pre-trial rulings, both florida classified documents and the georgia election interference cases. ♪♪ good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. today, the world remembers the brave sacrifice and valor of the veterans of d-day 80 years ago as war rages in europe. eight decades ago, american troops stormed the beaches of normandy side by side with our british and can...

On my freedom. you can take your im alex marc board in washington, and this is cnn any moment now, president biden and the first lady in normandy, meeting with the remaining world war ii veterans on this 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion. >> very few of those veterans remain with us. there were 73,000 americans who stormed the beaches that day. and we are getting a live look there at king charles, cnns max foster is with us now from london in addition to being are international anchor, he i...