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president biden joining other world leaders at this hour to mark this milestone anniversary of d-day the allied invasion of continental europe during world war ii hello, two meters, zelenskyy, the wartime president of ukraine, had this heartwarming moment and a hug with one of the americans who fought at normandy. president biden also met with a handful of the last surviving us veterans who stormed those beaches are parachuted behind enemy leinz as very young men. today, they are all around 100 100-years-old making this anniversary, especially poignant and moving as the world s pays tribute to the greatest generation the man who fought here became heroes not because they re the strongest and toughest herb or fiercest although they were but because they re given an audacious mission knowing everyone in the new, the probability of dying was real but they did it anyway they knew and beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting. and dying for hi, joining us n ....
that he offered on that de and we re going to leave you with that. this morning. mighty god prior to ban this day upset upon a mighty endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our siblings and set free a suffering humanity this morning, we are observing a moment in history at the same time is witnessing and effort to define the future. we are standing by to hear from president biden on the 80th anniversary of d-day, the allied landing of the beaches of normandy, june 6, 1944 but on june 6, 2024, the president will also speak of the alliance fighting russian aggression in ukraine and the threats to democracy around the world. and you can bet for the domestic audience, the president will implicitly overtly described what he feels are the threats to freedom. if donald trump is elected, again, there is a lot of news on the election in front. this morning. a list of potential running mate s for donald trump. they are all given homework assignmen ....
Veterans get together and this 80th anniversary is the one where everybody knows we may not see this number of survivors anymore because they are in the region of 100-years-old hold i m sure that s the average age i spoke to one jake las and who stormed onto omaha beach 80 years ago, an amazing person who talked about just the sheer fear. but then having just battled through it and got on with it and managed to get across that beach. we know that it was the greatest amphibious invasion vision in history. it s never been matched. neither before or since. it was a secret. they deceived the nazis. they landed at these five beaches down where we are in normandy than nazis thought by misinformation and disinformation that it was going to be at a different point. nonetheless, there were encampments positions above on these cliffs. that simply mowed down so many of those brave soldiers who came from america, from canada, from the uk, and ....
Was real but they did it anyway they knew and beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting. and dying for hi, joining us now from the american cemetery in normandy, cnn s chief international anchor, christiane amanpour, also with the historian douglas brinkley, retired brigadier general mark kim. it is with us as well. christiane, you and i have covered these milestone anniversaries since 1994. i remember when we were both there sure how much do the current global tensions underscore the poignancy of today s ceremonies honestly, wolfe, i think that s what it s all about, as well as celebrating the heroes that have fallen and who are laid to rest and also those who have survived. and you ve come back again. i spoke to the 101-year-old jake las and we ll have a little little clip in a moment, but really everything today was framed, whether it was an ....
That gave their life so that i could be here jake las and thank you well, thank you. christiana well we ll firstly at 101, nearly 102, he is as sharp as attack and remembers everything and knows why he was there, knows why he s here today but, i think most moving about what he said is not a question of survivors guilt in terms of the heroes of those who ve already given their lives. but what he already said in those words was what they all did for all of us, so that we could have the normal lives did he was describing and the freedoms that many of our generation take for granted. i think what he said was just so remarkable and just so on-point it s so amazing christiane, because what 80 years ago these ....