d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i ve set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of america s greatest generation led to the downfall of hitler s naz
morning. the washington post s eugene robinson, thank you, my friend. and thanks to all of you for getting up with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. before me are the men who put them there. these are the boys. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heros who helped end a war. that was ronald reagan in 1984, iconic d-day speech, about the brave young men who climbed the cliffs of pointe du hoc, to reach a suspected german gun in placement 100 feet up. that is where we begin this morning. normandy, france, for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, the invasion that propelled the end to world war ii. right now, president biden is meeting with global leaders and the veterans who sacrificed their li
a.m. eastern. right now president biden and the first lady are visiting omaha beach in france. today s gathering especially poignant as it could be the last major milestone for the last remaining veterans who stormed the beaches back. he invoked the ballotslines of eastern ukraine and linked it to the ultimate sacrifices 80 years ago. their hour of trial, the allied forces of d-day did their duty. now, the questions for us, in our hour of trial, will we do ours? we re living in a time where democracy is more at risk across the world that at any point since the end of world world ii, since these beaching were stormed in 1944. will we tapped against tyranny, against evil, against brew taught of the iron fist? when we stand for freedom, when we defend democracy. my answer is yes, and only can be yes. joining us now from normandy france is peter alexander, also with us is commander peter, just kind of take us take us there today. you re in one of the most sacred, extraordin
that he offered on that de and we re going to leave you with that. this morning. mighty god prior to ban this day upset upon a mighty endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our siblings and set free a suffering humanity this morning, we are observing a moment in history at the same time is witnessing and effort to define the future. we are standing by to hear from president biden on the 80th anniversary of d-day, the allied landing of the beaches of normandy, june 6, 1944 but on june 6, 2024, the president will also speak of the alliance fighting russian aggression in ukraine and the threats to democracy around the world. and you can bet for the domestic audience, the president will implicitly overtly described what he feels are the threats to freedom. if donald trump is elected, again, there is a lot of news on the election in front. this morning. a list of potential running mate s for donald trump. they are all given homework assignments, ne
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