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Heres more on whats ahead. [ bugel ] World Leaders and veterans gathering in france to mark the 70th anniversary of the normandy invasion. These men waged war so we might know peace, they sacrificed so we might be free. An unexpected meeting from president obama and Vladimir Putin. They discussed the crisis in ukraine. Today on this momentous occasion. Maureen dowd got really hide. Legalization of pot, she tried a pot candy bar. It did not go very well. Could the anniversary of a turning point i...

Activist investor Nelson Phelps is taking his to the next helpful. Out now with news this morning that the founder has sent a letter to the company, to calling for or dupont, rather, dow chemical, dupont, calling for a breakup of the country. If this story sounds familiar, hes been working since back in july of last year that we first reported that he bought a big stake in the company. He says that this is an excessive Holding Company cost. He estimates 2 billion to 4 billion of excess corporate...

That america has had. Hes a great friend, hes been working his tail off on behalf of the campaign. I couldnt be prouder hes working with us, james taylor. Give him a big round of applause. I love you back. Ten days, New Hampshire. Ten days. Ten days and youll be stepping into a voting booth and making a defining choice about the future of our country. Not just a choice between two candidates or two political parties. Its a choice between two fundamentally different visions for america. We believ...

Common sense solutions for a stronger america. No cursing, chewing gum or walking out. And im happy to sign my book at the end, in case i ever amount to anything, you can sell it on ebay for twice the price. Testing, testing. Good. We ask that you use the microphone located to your right at the front of the auditorium. If you want to watch this program again, our coverage will air at 11 00 central time on saturday and sunday, tonight and tomorrow. Keep the spirit of what fest going all year with...

It had been postponed for more than a year. Thehopes of so many, futures of so many, depended on what happened that day. We just saw video of the landing. Talk about the significance. Especially the take you put on it. This is called operation neptune. Talk about it from a naval point of view. Of us, perhaps because of the famous photographs taken that day most recently, steven spielberg, saving private ryan. We look at that story as if it begins the moment the bow ramp drops on those landing bo...

They are all over the place. I wondered if you could answer them for me. Thank you. Sure thing. Those are called barrage balloons. They are tethered to the ships themselves. The idea is to create enter trafing for potential s by german aircraft. The allies gained overwhelming command of the air, which may dday possible. An of the reasons invasion would have been very difficult we had not gained complete command of the air. By 1944, we had. Nevertheless, there were still some german aircrafts. Mo...

I would like to say the man i am about to introduce needs no introduction. It is so cool to be introduced that way. We all know that within the Civil War Community there are rock stars. Historians, women we have all heard of. We have read their books. Everyone knows who they are. We talk about them in hushed tones. Andas been my privilege to be friends with one of those rock stars. Is known byerg every civil war student across the country. Hiss not only known for expertise in the Union Calvary o...

As we had a man there any right to suspect. He had to deal with americans who were quite assertive and was she. Pushy. Think if there is a particular tale that illustrates this. Like eisenhower, you are as much a political leader is a military leader. You have to keep his quiet between the various elements. There were difficulties between the royal navy, the united channel, andnd the terms of who have responsibility where. The commander in chief commanded the harbor and every ship in it. If ther...

Each company, and one Commanding Officer from the regiment. So we got there and we had to get to barracks ready, when we got into that area we found out that the land is the auxiliary land service t same as our wacks. British ats they called them. They were in those barracks, they were going to stay there. And help clean up the barracks and stuff the mattress, the mattress cover with new hay and all that kind of stuff. So the first night there, i told my corporal, i said look, now make sure you ...

More vigorously and with greater force and depth than had been anticipated. What do you think patton would have done in that circumstance . Landing an army on the beach with no opposition . Would he do you think he might have dug in . You know, thats a counter factual and historians always love counter factuals because i cant be wrong. I can say, yeah, he would have dug in just like lucas did. Or no, he would have raced to rome and the story of the anzio landings would have been considerably dif...