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Their mission, the bearers of the flames of freedom that they kept burning bright. that, that is the truest testimonial to their lives. our actions every day to ensure that our democracy endures and the soul of our nation endures. to come here, simply to remember the ghosts of pointe du hoc isnt enough. we need to hear them. we have to listen to them. we need to listen to what they had. we need to make a solemn vow to never let them down. god bless the fallen. god bless the brave men who scaled ...

World, 80 years ago, and potentially pivotal moment for this president, president biden, as he now ends that part of his overseas trip, back with us is nbcs peter alexander, pointe du hoc, france. nbc news military analyst colonel jack jacobs and presidential historian mark updegrove. we see the president on scene there, speaking with members of his cabinet, and shaking the hands, taking a moment to address one of the veterans who showed up for this speech today. somebody who he brought up in th...

Cliffs. >> and i like to i know i get in trouble. the secret service, if i go to the edge and look over, but taking those cliffs is my hostess showed me that is were standing on top of i could hear all there was a crack of bullets hitting ships sand rocks, hitting everything. all they knew was time was of the essence and only 30 minutes. 30 minutes to eliminate the nazi guns, high this cliff guns that could halt the allied invasion before it even began but these are american rangers. there were ...

Because they are summoning us. they are asking us, what will we do. theyre not asking us to scale these cliffs. theyre asking us to stay true to what america stands for a rotting dignitaries and veterans who are there at pointe-du-hoc getting ready to listen to the president of the united states we will have his remarks live for our viewers in the united states and indeed around the world. thats all coming up very, very shortly. in the meantime, im going to get to some other news thats breaking ...

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Were going to see the president only a short time from now. i want to show you what we witnessed only a matter of moments ago, the president upon his arrival doing a flyover above these sheer cliffs nearly 100 feet in total, an opportunity to see from the sky what those brave army rangers faced as they had to scale those cliffs to overtake these artillery positions controlled by the nazis during d-day. it is really a stunning place here, the president seeing it from there, hell be able to speak ...

These are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. >> colonel, i know your father served in world war ii. what are you hoping to hear from the current president at this time where we are in a perilous moment in the world, at a time where here in the u.s. leaders are divided on americas role at this time. >> well, we need to hear a reaffirmation that americans commitment to its own defense and the defense of our interests and our allies overseas, we have a...

These cliffs. theyre asking us to stay true to what america stands for. president biden today really trying to capture some of that rhetorical magic that president reagan was able to create during those remarks 40 years ago. on that day there were more than 60 army rangers in attendance. today just one, one of the last surviving rangers from what was one of the most daring and dangerous missions of world war ii, john wardell, then a 19-year-old private first class from new jersey, today a 99-yea...

Summoning us. theyre asking us what we will do. theyre not asking us to scale these cliffs. theyre asking us to stay true to what america stands for. just a few minutes ago, president biden in marine one flew by these cliffs that arent let me rangers scale to 80 years ago to take out those german artillery positions essentially enabling the allied forces who landed here on d-day to succeed. and president biden is going to talk about that efforts specifically through the lens of one of those army...

Remembered the brave rangers who charged into oncoming fire and scaled the cliffs of pointe du hoc. listen. >> they ran toward the cliffs and mines planted -- [stammers] exploded around them. but still they kept coming. gunfire rang above them, but still they kept coming. nazi grenades thrown from a blood exploded against the cliffs, but still they kept coming. >> john: joining us now is bill mcgurn. hes trying to recreate that famous moment that ronald reagan had 40 years ago to the day, in whi...