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The 9,388 headstones, white crosses and stars of david that mark the people who lost their lives there. when you talk about world war ii, it is a staggering number of casualties. the hundreds of thousands of people who lost their lives and today, watching those veterans on stage, they seemed just so -- i dont know. who knows what was going on? but when you see their faces, it seemed to me that they were aware of the loss and the gratitude. that this ceremony represented today. >> president trump...

Witness. politics was just put aside, washed aside as we remember the bravery and currently of the men today. >> jim bitterman, we are watching the leaders and their wives ready to walk to the omaha beach overlook. there will be a 21-gun salute and a flyover which well pause for. we talked about how the relationship has frayed over the past year or so. but today they seem certainly to have genuine affection for each other as well as the for the veterans we have watched them greeting, hugging, ki...

Messages of his presidency. we have one more flyover. this was a really on-message moment of the presidency. he put aside partisan politics, grievances with other foreign leaders around the world. he put aside his differences with emmanuel macron. there was no talk about domestic politics or how he views things on the world stage. this was purely a tribute to the veterans, soldiers and the fallen from d-day 75 years ago. john was talking about the moment where private picket. that was just a mom...

He moved people. he did so by understanding exactly what he was supposed to do and not messing with it. >> david gregory, we are watching the leaders depart. theyll head to a town not far away. it was a key point in the progression of allied forces after d-day. there president trump will meet with emmanuel macron to conduct the business of government here. it gets much more complicated starting now, david. >> it does. the divisions about the future of europe. as we watch the ceremony, one of the...

>> there are so many stirring moments, but certainly the flyover is one of them. then just of course hearing the stories of the heroism of the veterans there today. here they come now. again, this is the french aircraft coming from the water. theyll go directly over the leaders and the stage. you can see them in the distance now. >> the american craft will be coming next. just to give you a sense of

Salute here. lets listen. again, we also expect a short flyover here. the images are so powerful. overlooking omaha beach where so many americans lost their lives. jim acosta, christiane amanpour in the cemetery there where many of the sons, brothers and husbands have been laid to rest. its a site many americans go to visit. you can see the leaders now walking down to the edge. i think theyll overlook it shortly. well see the flyover. in a short time there will be a bilateral meeting, the busine...

>> president macron assured them that france has not forgotten their bravery and the ceremony concluded with a flyover of both french and u.s. military aircra aircraft. the same colors as the united states. >> joining us now, jim acosta, cnn chief, white house correspondent on the ground with the president. he was there in normandy and in fact hes still there as we can see. we have david gregory and dana bash. jim acosta, youre there on the ground. tell us about this remarkable morning that we w...

To and overlook overlooking utah beach where the superintendent of the american cemetery will walk them through the history of the landing here. there was a magnificent flyover. everybody is able to walk through the crosses and try to find a familiar name. familiar names like the roosevelt junior, the son of teddy roosevelt buried at the ceremony. he took part of the d-day operation and the beautiful day we have today as well with the sun shining down, temperatures fairly cold but a remarkable p...

>> our whole site here was shaking when these plans just orbit over where we are and as u and it gives you a sense of what it sounded like for these villagers and friends nearby when these american planes started soaring over through the skies and a lot of the people i talk to you talk about loud war is. that was a chilling moment this morning as the flyover was one of the incredible moments of our coverage. it all began three days ago with the actors from the hit show band of brothers, so many ...

California home to this restored see 47 dakota, to be part of an international flyover in france. >> one of those things you have to do. >> reporter: the inside of the plane looks like it did 75 years ago. they added a few modifications to make the trip overseas more comfortable but for the most part they have been able to preserve history. the 7 planes are part of the d-day squadron, fleet of restored world war ii planes and the americans who fly them. joining them is liberty jump team, group o...