morning. the washington post s eugene robinson, thank you, my friend. and thanks to all of you for getting up with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. before me are the men who put them there. these are the boys. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heros who helped end a war. that was ronald reagan in 1984, iconic d-day speech, about the brave young men who climbed the cliffs of pointe du hoc, to reach a suspected german gun in placement 100 feet up. that is where we begin this morning. normandy, france, for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, the invasion that propelled the end to world war ii. right now, president biden is meeting with global leaders and the veterans who sacrificed their li
rangers coming up the point du hoc, the 100 sheer cliff thinking to themselves they re coming up after us they re coming up this after us. he said they were probably more frightened than we were. and with good reason and a lot of them were conscripts alex. yes, they were. gentlemen, we re so glad to have you there. we ll take a very short break. everyone, do stay with us. we ll have more coverage of the 70th anniversary of d-day. portion of president franklin delano roosevelt s d-day prayer he delivered on the radio almighty god, our sons pray upon this day of set upon a mighty endeavor a struggle to preserve our republic our reridgere religion and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. give strength to their arms