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Face because he was on the verge of weeping. until the end of his life he knew how important d-day was and it was probably perhaps the most important day of the 20th century. it maybe meant the survival of freedom, but at the same time he never lost the feeling that he was responsible for the loss of many lives that had been lost because of his decisions. i think that is much more in the american character and it goes very much back to george washington who i think would have felt the same way. >> michael besh, general barry mccaffrey and jane hartley, my thanks to each of you for your insight...

Preserve the peace ever since. the interesting thing today was that before president trump spoke, people were wondering whether he would do the latter. they knew he would talk about the vets and he sure did. with great respect this morning. but what he really did not do very much is talk about what the purpose was of world war ii. there were about four sentences, he talked about the alliance being unbreakable and our cherished allies but without the four sentences, not much. >> ambassador hardly, to michael's point, "the washington post" notes in its own coverage, trump campaigned in 2016 on a...

Star general barry mccaffrey and military analyst and presidential historian michael besh and jane hartley former u.s. ambassador to france under former president obama. and michael, i want to start for you with the big picture view. we hear talk about global effort, we hear words and phrases like unity and sacrifice for the common good. has the world lost that sense of coming together for a -- for a common good, do you think? >> well, it certainly is very different from 1944. but it is even different from the times when earlier presidents came to celebrate d-day. jimmy carter did. ronald reag...

Michael besh lots says the situation is unprecedented. the secretary of defense, the attorney general and the epa administrator will be acting, not confirmed by congress. whoever replaces ryan zinke will be acting as well. even the incoming chief of staff, mick mulvaney will be an acting chief of staff. mulvaney himself asked for the acting title so he had a safe exit from the role if needed. and then there are the positions that are just not being filled at all. there's no white house political director, no u.s. ambassador to numerous country krunts, no deputy at dhs, hud or the small busines...

Good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. it is day six of the trump shutdown and the senator dick durbin noted today there is no end in sight. the house and senate did technically gavel into session today, but they didn't do much. both chambers adjourned after less than five minutes. and with more than 800,000 federal workers either furloughed or working without pay, basically nothing is expected to change before the new year when democrats take control of the house. but here's the thing. even if the democrats do manage to reopen the government, and that will be an interesting fight, it wi...