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With Brian Williams. Reporting tonight from normandy. Good evening. When they were young on a terrible day 70 years ago today, they dropped into the woods in parachutes, flew overhead in war planes and wave after wave on the beach with machine gun and artillery fire raining down on them from above. It was an enormous gamble. They paid under 10,000 souls rest in eternal peace behind us, some of them, right where they died. Yet their efforts turned the tide in the war and helped to save the world....

The phrase as the world prepares to remember dday, and American Veterans make one more trip to the east shores. Nightly news begins now. This is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams reporting tonight from normandy. And good evening from the u. S. Military cemetery here on the bluffs above omaha beach on the coastline of france. Sacred ground, the resting place of 10,000 souls, 70 years ago tonight, u. S. Paratroopers were beginning the mission to drop into the french countryside, followed of cou...

Cnns Barbara Starr reporting that bergdahl suffered physical abuse during his five years with the taliban and was at one point confined to a cage. The punishment for managing to escape for a short period of time. Were going to have more on a live report from a pentagon in just a moment. But first, president barack obama speaking just moments ago to nbc news, finds himself again defending his decision to trade bergdahl for five taliban leaders. And i make no apologies for it. It was a unanimous d...

And dday, 70 years later. Were there for the moment today. And tonight here, your stories. So many of you sent photos of your loved ones, and tonight here, we salute their bravery. Good evening. Diane is on assignment this friday night. As the nation and the world salutes the american heroes who stormed the beach in normandy 70 years ago today. Their bravery, their sacrifice turning the course of history. In a moment, we take you to france, the president , so many of our veterans on hand. He too...

Celebration. We asked how do we decide who gets rescued. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy. A military touchstone and now a cloud of questions. We dont leave americans behind. Thats unequivocal. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Breaking news to tell you about at the top of the show. Were just learning this morning a second u. S. Military jet has crashed. This time an atef super hornet plu...

Todd out there. Can you hear me now . I can hear you now. Where im standing right now is kind of the emergency access lane. This is going to be open but just behind me on the other side of this barricade is where thousands of people are expected to gather after they march, right by the site of Eric Gardners death. So theyll line all the way up and hear a series of speakers and other cause to action so to speak. Im told that former members of the new York Police Department will also address the m...

History at the time ensued. Eventually the u. S. Government offered their best explanation for what happened. To this day though, many still question if they got it right. This is a cnn special report, witnessed the crash of twa flight 800. We saw two fire balls go to the water. Twa 800 exploded right in front of me. I knew right away there were no survivors and it was kind of a sickening feeling. I saw a bright light and then white smoke plume behind it. And an explosion. I do believe i saw a m...

Chains, i am free. Hands up, dont shoot. Again tonight, we deployed no smoke devices, no tear gas and no mace. Hey hey and again tonight, no Police Officer fired a single shot. I feel inspired at the fact that the community is showing love toward the family and the respect that they deserve. Today we have a good day, today we have a good night, so lets enjoy today and know that were headed toward a sense of peace for our community. A Third Straight night of calm here in ferguson, missouri. Good ...

Home early. Police arrested 47 people overnight. Most for failing to leave the area like what happened in this clip. If you are in the middle of the street you are unlawfully assembled. You need to disperse immediately. You need to immediately stop lowing objects and disperse immediately. Unlike the previous night there were no molotov cocktails thrown, no shoots, no tear gas, and police didnt fire a single shot. As ferguson heads into another critical day on the ground. The National Weather ser...

Progress. A few more miles each day. Now, just take a look up at that ridge line right now. [ cheers and applause ] what you are seeing is tracer fire moving in to that ridge line that is currently occupied by isis forces. And around me, the kurdish crowd is cheering. Take a listen. That was our phil black narrating the fire fight as it happened. Just a short time ago. And he joins me live now. Phil, these pictures that we are watching right now, they were taken at dusk really there along the sy...