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with lester holt. good evening and welcome. and to the heros of d-day who we celebrate today, thank you. it s where we start tonight, 80 years after the daring american-led assault on the beaches of normandy, france that turned back the tide of nazi tyranny. allied leaders gathered today to pay tribute to d-day veterans who risked it all in the name of freedom. survivors of that harrowing day who fought their way off the beach as fresh-faced boys and young men returning to normandy today as old men, but still in the eyes of so many, standing ten feet tall. speaking from the american cemetery near the graves of nearly 9400 u.s. military dead, president biden offering his salute to the gathered veterans, saying the allied forces of d-day did their duty. in a moment, part of my interview with secretary of defense lloyd austin from normandy. but first, here is peter alexander. reporter: