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>> peter: and president biden said to one of the d-day veterans here today "you saved the world." and another one of the veterans joked to president biden "don't get old." so, even though this is a very solemn occasion on hallowed ground, it has been a series of very jovial conversations with these d-day veterans and survivors and president biden who is running a few minutes behind schedule right now. we know that the veterans and the president were meeting inside of a glass gazebo right on the cliffs above omaha beach that americans very bravely scaled 80 years ago right this minute under steady bombardment from heavily fortified german positions as part of what is still the largest amphibious assault ever. we know that at some point on this trip to france, president biden does plan to draw parallels to the dictator moving through europe in the 40s and the dictator trying to move through europe in the 2020s, vladimir putin and, you get a sense of that in his new d-day proclamation that says in part today we remember all the americans who laid down their lives on d-day to help end the tyranny of fascism across europe, liberate oppressed peoples, and ensure the flame of liberty would burn bright around the world. 80 years ago, d-day feels like a long time ago except to the american heroes who survived and are here today. >> you can never repeat those kids who lost their lives here. >> for a 19-year-old, which i was then, was extremely important. i wasn't afraid. i was brought up by the events happening. >> peter: the world war ii veterans who are here today all fought on d-day in their late teens or early 20's. but they are all about 100 years old now. so this is likely the last trip for a milestone anniversary to normandy for many of them. in fact, one of these veterans of world war ii, a 102-year-old man from rochester, new york named bob prix shetty fell ill and died in germany on his way to this event. >> steve: going to talk a little bit about what they face 80 years ago today that dictator adolf hitler and naziism and fast-forward to today and talk about another dictator, certainly, vladimir putin, and we can't let that happen again, right? >> peter: it is going to be between today's remarks and tomorrow when he goes to pointe du hoc that the americans had to scale part of the early days of d-day and d-day plus 1 and plus 2 to try to liberate france. tomorrow when he goes pointe du hoc, according to a lot of the aides that are starting to preview the speech in the press, they want him to echo ronald reagan who spoke in that same spot about the cold war that's going to be a challenge for president biden. there are a lot of people here from the united states president's remarks today and tomorrow. >> ainsley: all the allied troops buried there, 73,000. i know there were 73,000 that died. some of them i assume were buried back here in america. tell us where you are. >> peter: we are standing just on the sidelines of the american cemetery. it's extraordinary. this is my first time here the cemetery is between us and the cliff and so when you read about d-day and you see the old news reels, basically that these armed forces fighting all day to take 300 yards of beach and climb up a very, very steep cliff and i was standing germans here in fortified positions had a very, very big advantage that first day that is why it was such a sacrifice for americans even when their plans completely fell apart to keep going something fight on display when you look at the names and read people are buried. 45 sets of brothers here. 33 of them are next to each other. there is a father and son buried here in this cemetery next to each other. 80 years later, it is extraordinary to think about something like that. especially because we are at a time in our history where the american military is trying to figure out ways to do things remotely, to do things over the horizon. 80 years ago today, they sent waves and waves of young americans with rifles to cross a beach and climb a cliff and the sacrifice is breathtaking when you stand here and reimagine it happening right where we are standing. >> brian: bring in another peter, pete hegseth. a veteran. you wrote your book about this. but you talk about courage. the war starts today -- the invasion starts today by augers 25th, 2024 same year, couple months later paris is liberated. how many people had to sacrifice just to go into the line of fire to push the germans out? >> pete: it's staggering. as peter was talking about and i was looking at those crosses it got me thinking of when we would get intention in iraq about a neighborhood, area we were going to where they would say, you know, here is the ied attacks. here's the sophisticated attacks that have happened. here is the network of insurgents that control that area. i don't care who you are, get spidey sense what are we going into here? what is tomorrow going to look like. i don't care how are. when you get a sense that the enemy is primed, there could be an attack. there could be an ambush where you are going, you are next level. imagine what the boys of june 6th thought. you're about to open a second front against the best war machine the world has ever seen in nazi germany. impossible odds. >> brian: they are waiting. >> peter: place you have never been to. >> brian: and they are waiting. >> pete: and they are waiting. fortified. boys nowhere near as trained as our modern military is. >> lawrence: they are kids. >> pete: they are kids. good luck. >> steve: with a rifle. >> pete: with a rifle. they had they believed in their nation. they loved their country. they loved what was behind them and they were willing to defend it. and they were ordinary men who did extraordinary things and that's why -- they deserve everything we are doing this 80 years later. and may we do it 80 years from now. because our boys better understand what they did because what they did is why we sit here right now on "fox & friends" at the 7:00 a.m. hour in new york city because if we hadn't, the world would look very different. >> steve: that is why, pete, there are so many people at the very end of their lives. over 100 years old. i see some reporting this morning that there are apparently 150 of the survivors who were there from america on that day 80 years ago. but they would do anything they could to relive how they saved the world that started 80 years ago today. >> lawrence: so, pete, what does the president need to say today? put yourself as a young boy that is joining the military we know recruitment is down: we are highlighting history here. there is a moment here. what does he need to say? >> pete: he needs to please not get political at all. you know, he wants to model himself after the boys of pointe du hoc, ronald reagan, on the courage of what was done there the spirit of what was done there. >> brian: looks like they are standing up. i imagine the president is going to be coming out. >> ainsley: or the national anthem, maybe? >> pete: he hasn't been able to avoid that in other settings. hopefully he has advisers and speech writers hey, in this moment at this time, with these boys with these men behind me, who have done so much, keep it focused. >> ainsley: i know you have interviewed some different veterans. i'm sure you sat down with many world war ii veterans. what did they tell you? what sticks out in your mind? >> pete: it's amazing how at peace they are with what the undertaking they had to undertake, which had to have seen impossible at the beginning. >> pete: must have seemed like a suicide mission. >> brian: look at this. >> pete: fight until you win back ramp dropping on that? you will fight until the war is over. that's what is very different world war ii. i was in iraq for a year. afghanistan for a year. new rotation, new troops. in this case, the war is over when you either win or you die. >> brian: yeah. >> pete: as a result, i mean, you had guys that did three years, two and a half years, four years, on the fronts lines pushing forward. it is a remark -- and then they came back and rebuilt our nation. >> brian: some of the stories are when they get up, they try to get as close as possible. i think like these duck boats, they would open up the back and some of them died right away because their packs, they went backwards. they were drowned because their packs were so tight. this is all they had was on their backpack. >> ainsley: apparently it presented unexpected dense hedros. the german forces were using those tactics and overcome obstacles in advance. >> brian: i understand there is going to be a flyover and french national anthem, u.s. national anthem, the invocation and then the secretary charles k. da joy and then emmanuel macron and then lloyd austin. >> lawrence: just looking at the honor guard putting the flags as they prepare to say all of those anthems. >> normandy is an area. it wasn't just omaha beach. five beaches. >> normandy i did. there were 11,000 allied aircraft there were 7,000 ships and boats and thousands of other vehicles it was a logistical miracle that it happened. >> air, land and see waited to see whether it was possible. a giant faint, meaning a fake of inflatable army that created to make the germans think we were going in one direction and not another. then, dwight eisenhower wrote two letters that morning. i love that about the legacy of american generals. one if it was successful and one if it had failed bee modern standards we lost incredible you probably have the numbers in front of you 73,000 allied taking a foot hold. some might say in modern terms, that was a failure. of course we look back now and realize it was miraculous success that saved the world and all of those crosses there for a reason. without that wave of american boys in an opportunity preponderance up. i would love to hear it. he talked about what this operation would mean to the world at the time before it happens. happened. >> steve: interesting thing as you look live at normandy france today where it's a little after 1:00 in the afternoon, the weather is beautiful. and operation overlord, ainsley pointed this out a little while ago was not supposed to happen on this day originally. but they had a different day but it was bad weather. and eisenhower and everybody else were relying on forecasters who were not particularly accurate back then. >> pete: no fox weather back then. >> steve: no fox weather they staked, essentially the survival of civilization on that weather forecast. >> ainsley: pete, it was supposed to be on june 5th and eisenhower decided june 6th, which happens to be your birthday. you wouldn't possibly be born if it weren't for our soldiers. >> pete: exactly a free country like we are today. if you have ever heard live machine gunfire just one machine gun. >> steve: not aiming at me. >> pete: aiming at anybody. can you imagine the echoing of multiple in pillbox and grenades and artillery and to have the fortitude and courage of that generation to charge -- to charge an open beach, which is fully covered? and then a cliff. it's unbelievable. >> lawrence: looks like the president of the united states is making his way to the stage. president macron is also there. pete, real quickly as we prepare for the president to make his speech here, these veterans -- some of them over 100 years old. some in wheelchairs, but i'm looking at some of them standing. and they had their hands saluting to the flag, what does that mean to you right now as we witness this as the president and french president make their way to the stage. >> pete: ask yourself do we deserve these men? are we living worthy of what they did? it's unclear right now. but they remind us of the best of us. and we salute them today. god bless them. we are not here without them. [bell tolls] >> brian: emmanuel macron speaking first. followed by the president. video presentation and then our president will speak. and then we are going to hear taps. 21-gun salute and flyover. >> steve: meantime because this is such a solemn affair. let's just listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> distinguished guests, the president of the united states of america and dr. biden, accompanied by the president of the french republic and mrs. macron. [speaking french] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> distinguished guests, please remain standing for the national anthem of the french republic followed by the national anthem of the united states of america. [speaking french] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [applause] >> distinguished guests, please remain standing for the invocation delivered by chaplain karen meeker. [speaking french] >> let us bow our heads in humble refe reverence and solemn remembrance let us pray. god, when you needed someone to defend freedom, you made a soldier. when you needed someone to fight tyranny, you created a marine. when you needed someone to protect the skies, you made an airman. when you needed someone to guard the seas, you made the sailor'. and to patrol the shores, the coast guard. when you needed to send someone brave and true, it has always been and always will be the men and women of the armed forces. when the world needed heroes, you called the greatest generation to courage and their answer still oak co-s in the soul of the nation. shine your eternal light upon those whose grave stones encircle us as silent sentinels reminding us of the price of liberty. comfort with your abiding presence those who mourn empty tables and empty chairs of those who gave their best hopes for our brighter tomorrows. be our witness, o god, as we stand on this hallowed ground, consecrated in blood that we will be devoted to the preservation of peace with the same determination as these here who fought four score years ago. as storm clouds gather on the horizon once again, rise up, o god, the next greatest generation to meet every challenge with an unbreakable resolve to do what is right and good in your sight. not counting the cost but weighing the unfinished work of freedom, a vision where all people can pursue the life to which you have created them, may it be so, i pray in your holy name, amen and amen. >> distinguished guests, please take your seats. [speaking french] >> please welcome the secretary of the american battle monument commissions charles kay dejoy. [speaking french] [applause] >> thank you. presidents and first lady biden president and madam macron, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the american battle monuments commission normandy american cemetery. [speaking french] d-day is the hinge of history. it is here we reflect the very best of america's values. when america sends its young, its brave, its finest. we do not send them to fight for a king or a crown. we do not fight for a sect or denomination. we do not fight for a mother land or a father land. no. and we never ever fight for conquest or plunder or enslavement of another people. when america is at its best, america sends its young, its brave, its finest to fight for simple, humble values. the values of freedom, liberty, and democracy. and when the job is done, when the mission is accomplished, when the tyrant is taken down and democracy is stood up, america does something unique in the history of mankind. we go home. all that america asks for in return for the sacrifice of our young, our brave, and our finest are a few small plots of land to bury our dead. all of you are seated here in one of those small plots of land. that is why this date, june 6th, this place, normandy, and this ceremony here is so important. it is a reminder to all of us of the true cost of war and the real price of freedom. it is a price that we paid on d-day 80 years ago. it is a price that we remind all authoritarian dictators today that if necessary we will pay that price again to ensure the success of freedom. and that is ultimately why france knows the united states knows. and we know. [speaking french] that the world's most powerful weapons system is not a t-72 manned by mercenaries. it's the not the few january aircraft carrier patrolling artificial island, it's not a suicide terrorists killing and slaughtering innocence. no. the world's most powerful weapons system was,s is and shall forever be a free people willing to fight for freedom ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming here. thank you for remembering here freedom. [speaking french] may god bless each and every one of you france and the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> the president of the french republic emmanuel macron. [speaking french] [applause] [speaking french] [speaking french] [speaking french] steve all right, as we watch emmanuel macron, the president of france make a few comments before the thousands gathered there today in normandy for the 80th anniversary of d-day, which happened 80 years ago today, a great invocation by that member of the armed services and then we just heard from. >> brian: secretary djou. >> steve: secretary of battle monuments commission and certainly no battle monument bigger than normandy. >> ainsley: pete joins us now, pete hegseth who has fought for our country valiantly along with all of these men that we're seeing sitting in the audience. pete, hard to believe this is 80 years ago, many of men were 18, 19, 20 years old. >> pete: emmanuel macron comes on. thought we were going to take the speech speaking in french. remind that all those boys that stormed the beaches of europe, we think of the commonality of the united states and europe, but it was a far place. those men right there had never met, didn't speak the same language of. had no natural reason to say hey, we are going to go save you and your family. i'm going to go my life in the process. it was the beginning of true american leadership. world war i was where it was on display. but world war ii, when these boys did what they did in normandy across france and across europe, they set the stage for now going on 80 years of american leadership that we take for granted now. >> lawrence: right. >> pete: we take for granted that the u.n. is here. we take for granted that we are the world's dominant currency. take for granted shipping lanes that are free. what happened on that day and years before before. that day pearl harbor and everything else so the french people and i