leaders gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. good morning, everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us president biden and first lady jill biden enormity at this hour to meet with the precious few remaining veterans who took part in the largest amphibious military operation in history. the president is going to speak later on next hour. that's coming up very soon. june 6, 1944 was perhaps the most consequential de, of the second world war, beginning around midnight, the d-day invasion code named operation overlord, saw more than 150,000 troops when the us, the uk, canada, and other allied countries arrive on five stretches of the coastline of normandy, france d-day and the months that followed helped the allies secure stronghold on the french coast and eventually lead to the end of hitler's reign over europe. but it did come at a very high cost. us forces