welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper on june 6 and 44, american canadian, british, and other allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. nearly 160,000 troops landed along five beaches in normandy, france. on what became known as d-day. it was a turning point in the war in europe, world war ii was fought against fascist regimes and germany and italy and imperial japan and the victory of democratic principles was hard. one, but 80 years have passed since d-day. and we thought it a good time to take a look at the state of our democracy today. over the next hour, cnn s jake tapper looks back at d-day sacrifices. so many young men made on those beaches in normandy that day. and what it means to us now what were we fighting for? we were locked in a battle with fascism. we re fighting for our freedom, for the freedom to think as we wish talked with they gave their life to preserve and protect that institutional. they died for our democracy. tha
hard to imagine the power of mother nature even if you re in a shelter, even if you re exactly where you re supposed to be during a tornado for those 123 minutes. when everything is falling apart around, you it s chaos my god back out and you re just at the mercy of mother nature get really. as a terrifying experience to go through right back welcome to. violent earth. i m liev schreiber 2023 set an all-time record weather and climate related disasters in the us. 28 events with losses over $1 billion wildfires hurricanes, and floods are more frequent than ever. the earth is changing tonight we delve into one of the most powerful natural hazards in the world. tornadoes terrifying vortexes on leave from thunderstorms in cause unimaginable destruction few examples of their power are more definitive than the 2011 twister that hit joplin, missouri categorized as an ef5, the highest level possible maximum winds over 200 miles per hour the tornado cut right through the cente
experiment, democracy of buy-in for the people is an experiment it has not in proven francis scott key star spangled banner is a question. oh say, can in you see by the dawn s early light, our flag have we seen proof through the night that our flag was still there o say, does that star? our spangled banner yet way over the land of the free and the home of the brain does it how about around the world we owe the d-day generation so much? are we rising to the challenge that will take all of us collectively to lean forward, put our shoulder to the wheel to make sure that we don t have a great power war never let it happen again it s