reports, democracy is never guaranteed. a powerful message from president biden this morning marking 80 years since allied forces stormed the beaches of normandy and warning of the threat against the west today. plus, breaking news here at home this morning, with decisions expected in just minutes from the supreme court as justices near the end of a very busy term. also ahead, a dramatic new twist today in the gilgo beach serial killer case, the new charges the suspect now faces. and later, extreme weather, a rare tornado outbreak in maryland leaving a 50-mile trail of destruction. good morning, it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin this morning with president biden gathering with world leaders in france marking 80 years since d-day when allied forces stormed the beaches of normandy, the turning point of world war ii. the president delivering a powerful message acknowledging that moment in history and warning of threats to freedom
zelenskyy. relations with the u.s. and ukraine are at a delicate point. president biden dealing with divisions among the western alliance, particularly over the war in gaza. talk to us about the significance of today from a diplomacy standpoint. yeah, that s right, and by the way, this underscores that for a president who is headed into a re-election, the degree to which foreign policy has come to dominate his presidency. you know, when he came into office, he had a set of huge domestic issues obviously starting with getting america to recover from the coronavirus and getting the american economy back on track, and now you see how much of his time is consumed with these foreign policy crises. i guess they ve been going on for so long now we can t even call them crises. the diplomacy will be very important to shore up allies for ukraine. of course there s a lot of uncertainty because of that election as to what the fate of ukraine might be, the fate of western support because of the p
that it was 20 or 30 years ago. we are still acting like saudi arabia is the saudi arabia of 20 or 30 years ago when it comes to oil. that is change. in part because the president has allowed us to use more of her natural resources, our oil resources that is helpful from a diplomacy standpoint. i would like to see us realign our diplomacy with saudi arabia based on that real economic reality. harris: because we are also using our resources differently in the country. we have more that we can generate at home, but our usage is also different too. and that relationship come i think it goes back to what melissa was saying. it really has to do with what we accomplish on the region on the ground. and the humanitarian crisis that we are watching unfold in the yemen is unlike any that we are seeing across the world, probably in the last 25 years. it is very troubling. people are starving to death. so any pressure that you can apply in that situation, plus
where your diplomacy, if you will. we now have north korea warning that we, we are the ones that are pushing them to the brink of nuclear war. what do you think that reaction from north korea and what s our cap relation here? i don t make too much of the reaction from north korea. they make those types of statements every time we hold joint reactions. what i m focused on now from a diplomacy standpoint as china. we put a lot of weight on what china can or can t do with the north korean regime. we ve given up a lot, we backed way off in terms of our demands for currency, equalization, and declaring them a currency manipulator. we backed way off in terms of calling china out for militarizing the south china sea. if you look at language and the upcoming shangri-la dialogue which is an annual meeting of asian defense ministers, that
let s begin with the words general that the secretary of state chose to use. not only saying no options off the table but also the era of strategic patience has ended. how big is that? not just from a diplomacy standpoint but militarily. it s a big deal and it s going to come as sy surprise to many of our allies and if you re talking about north korea you re concerning yourself not only with their nuclear weapons but potential for conventional weapons. if a strike occurs in north korea or if they launch a missile and we return fire with a nuclear tip they have about well quite a few tubes of artillery along the border of seoul, a city of 10 million people is about 30 miles from the north korean border so a lot of people would be engaged with