now that s a great idea, nailed it good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom, america hill in for jim acosta 80 years ago today, the course of world war and democracy changed forever president biden joining other world leaders at this hour as they mark this milestone anniversary of d-day, the allied invasion of normandy. you see there of course, the french president emmanuel macron, as well as ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy. this morning, mr. biden meeting with a handful of the last remaining us veterans stormed those beaches, are parachuted behind enemy lines. as the men today, they re all around 100-years-old, making this anniversary, especially poignant as a world pays tribute to this greatest generation the man who, fought here became heroes. not because they re the strongest and toughest job or fiercest although they were. but because they re given an audacious mission knowing everyone on the new the probability of dying was real. but they did it anyw
essence, the same thing and make sure that tyranny doesn t really grab a foothold. aware, it shouldn t grab a foothold and that s really anywhere on earth we re talking so much about what this means today in the broader context, right? the diplomacy that we re seeing it play the very important speeches, but there is also such a personal element to this. and it s very moving. these ceremonies are so moving not just because of what they represent, right? what could have been where this not successful, but also because of these gentlemen who we you see gather their average age of 100. this is likely one of the last milestone anniversaries, which will have veterans who were there on that day at those ceremonies. and i know there s a personal connection and your family as well, just let s talk about that moment. if we could, because i think this is what really hits a lot of americans in the gut and really inspires that gratitude for veterans across this country to see these gentlemen who, a