stormed the beaches of nazi occupied france during world war ii. and they're successful landing that day marked a major turning point that ultimately led to germany's defeat the following year. now, at years later, biden met with some of the last remaining u.s. veterans who fought on d-day. all of them are around 100-years-old now, in his remarks, the president stressed the importance of defending democracy and he warned about the threats that it's facing around the world cnn's arlette saenz is joining us now, live from the white house are lead but also the presidency and his comments law briana, president biden really sought to draw a direct connection between the brave and heroic acts of those allied forces on the beaches of normandy, just 80 years ago today, with the ongoing fight and allied support for ukraine in its war against russia. >> a 180 american world war ii, veterans were on hand today, made the journey to normandy