that was created by d-day and what followed. joe, you re so right. dwight eisenhower said in 1945 that the test of whether the war in europe succeed would not be just, you know, victory in may of 1945, he said it would be 50 years later and the question would be, is there a peaceful democratic germany? and if he were to come back today and see the record of angela merkel, and what has happened in germany since 1945, he would be absolutely cheered. i hope we feel that way 20 years from now. we ve talked about it off camera. talk about some of the remarkable moments of early morning june 6th, 1944 when there was so much chaos and yet as michael said no only the
before a group of about 60 surviving d-day veterans, president trump and other world leaders remembered their service and their sacrifice of the 160,000 allied troops who took part on the invasion on june 6th, 1944. there were the british whose nobody ilt and fortitude saw them through the worst of dunkirk and the london blitz. there were the canadians and the pieting polls, the tough norwegians and the intrepid ozzys. there were the galant french commandos, finally there were the americans. before the war many had never ventured beyond their own community. now they had come to offer their lives, half a world from home. let s bring in retired four
their objective. the allies were in europe, the war on its way to ending. it took those actions going up to escarpment leaving behind the comrade that died. that s what this place is about. it s hard for us to imagine 18, 19, 20-year-old boys running into that type of gunfire, knowing that their death could be imminent. but you look at those individual acts that those heroes made on the morning of june 6th, 1944, about 6:00 a.m. fought until 11:00. in fact, general bradley even talked about the possibility of retreating, they were getting cut down so badly omaha. david ignatius is right, by the end of the longest day, these young heroes, and many of those that we honor behind us, they
it. politics and those sorts of thing vs to s have to go by the wayside. this was about honor and braver ri a bravery and young men answering the call. thank you so much. lester will be reporting live to normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d-day. thanks. june 6th, 1944 was a day that united the country and the world. this morning i spoke with nancy pelosi who is here leading large bipartisan senate and republican house delegation.
pending tariffs sent to head to mexico if the government doesn t step up to stem the flow of illegal migration often through mexico and up and to pass to the southern border. mexico you know wants to make a deal. they have their entire delegation right now going over to probably the white house location to negotiate with our people and setting up by mike pompeo and mike pence is involved. i think they will stop and i think they want to do something. i think they want to make a deal. they sent their top people. we will see what happens. earlier it was a chance to mark the heroism of those who fought on d-day june 6th 1944, the launch of that operation changing not only the war but as was said so eloquently today, the course of human history. also for the president a chance to mark the occasion with queen elizabeth and other dignitaries of course as you and i have talked about for the last