capable i m ready to show the world how good i am. i trained all over the globe. and that s what you re going to see an awl whole different beast c w wednesday night dynamite he d on tbs hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington in for jim acosta. we re following breaking news. any moment now, president biden would deliver a major speech on the power of democracy. there ll be speaking from the site of a turning point for allied forces during world war ii. and former president donald while trump is back out there on the campaign trail and once again, leaving the door open to prosecuting his political opponents. if he s elected to a second term also happening right now, the prosecution is wrapping up its case in hunter biden s gun trial we are live reporting live from outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware. stay with us urine, the cnn newsroom at any moment, president biden was stand on hallowed ground and plant the flag for democracy. president biden is at 0.2 in franc
poised to give a consequential speech on the world stage, returning to the beaches of normandy again this morning to deliver remarks on the threats against democracy and freedom at home and overseas. now, this speech coming just hours after president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in paris announcing $225 million in new aid and apologizing for the political gridlock in washington that delayed that package. nbc s kelly o donnell is traveling with the president in france. also with us, david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the washington post, nbc news military analyst, retired colonel jack jacobs and presidential historian mark updegrove. it s great to have all of you with us. kelly, set the stage for us as we await the president. reporter: well, it is a spectacular setting. when you see how the white house has set up the president s lectern on the cliff. this is a cliff that 80 years ago american army rangers scaled that cliff using knives and pieces
and right here at point too hot ranges from farms and cities in every part of america from homes that didn t know wealth and power they came to a shore line. none of them would have picked out on a map they came to a country. many of them had never seen. four people. they had never met but they came they did their job they ve refilled our mission and they did their duty they re part of something greater than ourselves. they were americans i stand here today as the first president to come to point to hoc, when none of those 225 brave men who scale this cliff on d-day are still alive. none well, i m here to tell you with them gone when we hear coming off this ocean will not
they fulfilled their mission. and they did their duty. they re a part of something greater than themselves. they were americans. i stand here today as the first president to come to pointe du hoc when none of those 225 brave men who scaled this cliff on d-day are still alive. none. but i m here to tell you that with them gone, the wind coming off this ocean will not fade. it will grow louder as we gather here today. it is not just to honor those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day, june 6th, 1944, it is to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them, because they are summoning us and summoning us now. they ask us what will we do? they re not asking us to scale these cliffs.
news organizations research, there is a big backlash happening, even on the question on the side of government. people don t see this as a debate over government. they see this as a debate a forced debate over obama care, a forced debate that ted cruz led the republican party off the cliff on. very quickly. we re out of time. i think the election next year will depending more on the economy, the deficit and the fact that bureaucracy doesn t work very well for local people. it does work fairly well for 6 on million americans who work on social security. they send them a check. that seems to work. all they do is send them a check. medicare, people like medicare, they like sold security. that s right. when you get beyond that, you ll find people overwhelmingly in the polls let s hope if it s an successful as medicare and social security, that would be great. let s see how successful it is.