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via the winds this is cnn, the world's news welcome to the whole story. i'm anderson cooper on june 6, 1944, american, canadian, british, and other allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. nearly 160,000 troops landed along five beaches in normandy, france. and what became known as d-day it was a turning point in the war in europe world war ii was fought against fascist regimes and germany and italy and imperial japan the victory of democratic principles was hard. one but 80 years have passed since d-day. and we thought it a good time to take a look at the state of our democracy today over the next hour, cnn's jake tapper looks back at d-day sacrifices. so many young men made on those beaches in normandy that day. and what it means to us now
to sit. down every style every home counter invasion was they faced a prolonged and bloody campaign in which this beachhead was only the first thrust there was a little after ten days that we had to beach solidified that we called ours the allied forces had won the de but for then 19-year-old army corporal george states, the grind of war had just begun. i was fed 30 bucks overseas. that was unfortunately different countries though some of the other bad tags i saw, i'd like to talk about the battle of normandy raged on for nearly three months and more carnage was just around the corner i december 1944 surprised german
forces is another world war possible? >> in our lifetime? >> do you see any scenarios where the us and nato could be involved in another great powers war sure. i mean, if someone attacked a native country, we have a commitment to concept article five and attack on one is an attack on all it's only been activated once. and that was when we were attacked on 911 if someone was to attack a natal country, the baltics finland, and even native country we are committed to helping them them. >> what if nieto's article five fails to deter russian president putin was, i hope he never think thanks that because of messages he's reading out of washington weather from the last president. the current preska isn't going forward, whoever wins, i hope he's not misinterpreting america's commitment to nato because if he does do something unimaginable and attacks the nato country i that would not
simpler the idea of a unified government, the idea, even if a dictator becomes appealing and so 80 years after d-day, a day when we honor allied forces who fought and died for democracy we wanted to hear from those who survived that day george washington library and others who have borne the battle and were willing to make that sacrifice. >> retired four-star marine general john kelly. he earned it, retired four-star marine general, jim matus, a former secretary of defense how does it feel to even be having these conversations about the future of democracy? after all the sacrifice that you have personally witnessed well, i considered it a privilege now was a us marine and that just source of pride for those of us who are there. >> but at the same time, i think it's healthy that we have the discussions that we not ignore race yes or two was
criticism from within the state or inside the society. so that model is attractive to people who are looking for a way to stay in power permanently, not to lose any elections since 2010, or bond has crushed descent. he's taken control of the judiciary and major media and limited rights, especially for gay people this is the leader held up by cpac as a conservative hero in a war against the left meanwhile, on the political left in the united states, the cause of promoting the rights of palestinians it's in the midst of israel's war against hamas in gaza has in some cases, been heavily influenced by those supporting the terrorist anti-democracy forces of hezbollah hamas, and the repressive government of iran according to politico, moments after iran launched an attack on israel, around 400 pro-palestinian protesters and
about the democratic ideal of the united states and to appeal to the united states for aid. >> this was before russian president putin's full-scale invasion. you are retired general when the intel started coming in that putin was going to send russian forces into invade and attack ukraine. what were you thinking when you started hearing it? >> well, my sense was we didn't stop him in the caucuses. they kinda did what he wanted and so the next step for a guy like him is attack someone else it sounds a lot like hitler in terms of their never being satisfied with acquiring land. he's not necessarily trying to re-establish. >> you'll soviet union, but certainly the old russian empire pray, pray, pray that you never crosses that line, but never know with a guy like putin if he thinks he can get away with it. just like the dictator of north korea, if those kind of people think they can get away with it, they'll go which is why these generals argue that another component of nato article five is so critical article five states that when someone attacks a
people turned out for the annual israel day parade here in new york city. marchers chanted for the release of the hostages held by hamas and gaza. there was increased security for the parade, coming nearly eight months after the surprise attack on israel with war raging in gaza. we turn now to imtiaz tyab reporting tonight from tel aviv. imtiaz. >> reporter: good evening. well, hamas is under increasing pressure tonight to accept the israeli truce agreement outlined by president biden in his white house address last week. with qatari, egyptian, and american mediators now calling on both israel and hamas to finalize the agreement. this is as israeli forces pound rafah and southern gaza, killing at least 60 palestinians over the last 24 hours across the strip, according to gaza health officials. and in a statement, prime minister netanyahu insisted the war would continue until hamas' military and governing capabilities were destroyed and that gaza no longer, quote,
we know that the hope of the palestinian people to have their own state is completely interlinked with legitimate security guarantees. so only by promoting two state solution will we get piece for both the israelis and the palestinians and the whole middle east. and it is time we stopped talking about a two state solution and start to put it in place. that's why we have to have the recognition. and they cannot be condemned to be refugee people forever. and human dignity where we see 1200 palestinian killed in a day. 35,000 and we don't know how many more tomorrow. it is high time that we unite forces.
countries. the allies added a military component establishing nato democratic allies, banding yeah, there as a force to deter soviet aggression rule one was that great powers or any power should not cross international borders with their military unless it's an active defense the united states has fought for that principle over and over. when korea cross the border in the summer 1950, president truman immediately deployed forces, marine reinforcements are rushed to the scene since the red sneak attack on southern korea. >> when saddam hussein across the border to attack kuwait president bush immediately deploy the 82nd airborne division and now. vladimir putin's decidedly undemocratic. russia has been waging a war against the democratic nation of ukraine for more than two years mark milley was the top military adviser to president biden when president putin invaded ukraine
forty thousand u.s. and nato troops gather across europe, right on the u.s.s.r.'s border. [ken] able archer was a normal military exercise by nato command... to prepare nato forces in europe... for an attack from the soviet union. but the way it was done was not normal at all. the nuclear component of the exercise was hyped up. [indistinct radio chatter] the idea of it was, make this as realistic as you could possibly make it. [narrator] the western powers show an almost naive ignorance of how this huge training exercise will be received in the u.s.s.r. for andropov, it looks like his operation ryan prophecy is coming true.