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memorial day. i'm julie banderas. glad to be with you today. griff? >> i'm griff jenkins. great to be with you. such a special honor to anchor on this day, memorial day, the day that we say never forget the sacrifice and valor of the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the name of freedom standing in the breach between tyranny and the cherished freedoms we have at home. arlington national cemetery a live look in the more than 400,000 tombstones in that hallowed ground of the sacrifice those heroes made. an important day as we reflect, honor and remember today, julie. but...

A live look from normandy, france. president obama speaking at a ceremony commemorating the 70th day of d-day. >> it would have deafened the world. captains tap the deck, pilots tap their gauges, commanders poured over maps only aware that for all of the months of meticulous planning everything could go wrong. the winds, the tied, the element of surprise, and above all the audacious bets that what waited on the other side would compel men not to shrink away but to charge ahead.

Transcended everything and it was the most unscripted day of his presidency. it really formed a bond with the american people that enabled him to recalibrate and redefine his presidency. he had the lowest approval rating of any president of the 60th day in office. this was the 70th day of his first term. >> ever after, especially when a month later he was addressing a joint session of congress, and capturing the imagination of the american people as well as the rest of the world. jerry, you did everything right. there is no question, you saved the president's life. but you had a chance to look...

Values he was given as he grew up and you can appear in a movie with president reagan during his hollywood days. >> george, we often talk about you, you would like for our two boys to grow up and be just like you someday. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> you go into his campaign for the 1980 election, and this exhibit is all about his first 70 days as president. all the major actions he took as president during the timeframe, and, why would you stop in the 70th day and, normally is the first 100 days and the reason is the 71st day... this occurred. the suit the president ...

The 70th day of d-day. >> ed is there this morning. >> this trip all the president's news conferences on the european tour has been dominated by the firestorm back home. the president about to make remarks behind me at the normandy cemetery. nonpartisan remembrance. there are over 9,000 americans buried in this cemetery right behind me over looking omaha beach where there was the heaviest casualties on d-day 70 years ago today. his remarks will try to connect the greatest generation to the 9-11 generation. 4400 american deaths in iraq, over 2,000 american deaths in afghanistan. on june 6th, 19...