welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper on june 6 and 44, american canadian, british, and other allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. nearly 160,000 troops landed along five beaches in normandy, france. on what became known as d-day. it was a turning point in the war in europe, world war ii was fought against fascist regimes and germany and italy and imperial japan and the victory of democratic principles was hard. one, but 80 years have passed since d-day. and we thought it a good time to take a look at the state of our democracy today. over the next hour, cnn s jake tapper looks back at d-day sacrifices. so many young men made on those beaches in normandy that day. and what it means to us now what were we fighting for? we were locked in a battle with fascism. we re fighting for our freedom, for the freedom to think as we wish talked with they gave their life to preserve and protect that institutional. they died for our democracy. tha
via the winds this is cnn, the world s news welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper on june 6, 1944, american, canadian, british, and other allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. nearly 160,000 troops landed along five beaches in normandy, france. and what became known as d-day it was a turning point in the war in europe world war ii was fought against fascist regimes and germany and italy and imperial japan the victory of democratic principles was hard. one but 80 years have passed since d-day. and we thought it a good time to take a look at the state of our democracy today over the next hour, cnn s jake tapper looks back at d-day sacrifices. so many young men made on those beaches in normandy that day. and what it means to us now what were we fighting for? we were locked a battle with fascism. we re fighting for our freedom, for the freedom to think as we wish kopan with they gave their life to preserve and protect that constitution the
authoritarian governments. the increase in the world s population living in autocracies is staggering. in 2003, it was 50% two decades later 71% of people worldwide live under autocratic regimes according to independent think tank v dam, which monitors global governments annually man my executes for pro-democracy activists the un secretary general says the move signals further deterioration of nor ready dire human rights environment in myanmar. there s a lot of people who don t think that democratic republic is a successful form of how to govern yourselves. i think it would be fair to say that it s constantly under stress and of course that authoritarian rise goes hand in hand with a steep decline in democracy less than 8% of the world lives in a full democracy
authoritarian governments. the increase in the world s population living in autocracies is staggering. in 2003, it was 50% two decades later 71% of people worldwide live under autocratic regimes. according to independent think tank v dam, which monitors global governments annually man my executes for pro-democracy activists. the un secretary general says the move signals further deterioration of nor ready done hi, i m human rights environment in myanmar there s a lot of people who don t think that democratic republic is a successful form of how to govern yourselves. i think it would be fair to say hey, that it s constantly under stress and of course that authoritarian rise goes hand in hand with a steep decline in, in democracy, less than 8% of the world lives in a full democracy according to the e iu, democracy indexes latest
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