commemoration in portsmouth to mark the 75th anniversary of d-day. the president and first daddy touched down about 20 minutes ago? rob: commemorating june 6th, 1944. 75 years ago at an all-important day that a lot of people would say saved the world from the nazis. and the veterans are starting to arrive. we are told about 300 veterans who actually took part in d-day 75 years ago. now older than 90 will be on hand to retrace their steps across the english channel. rob: beautiful shot there of a ship sailing across. veterans there to mark the occasion. what an important day. other news now. the co-creator of empire. writers from r. prepping for jussie smollett s final. this is not factual. jussie will not be. he was written off the fox show after staging a hate crime against himself. all charges were eventually
ago, at this time, at this moment, on the normandy coastline, all is quiet. but as we know from reading our history books, just a few hours later all hell broke loose on the land and the sea end up in the area. there was a bit of action this morning, just a short distance from where we are. u.s. army special forces units reenacted the scaling of the cliffs aimed at knocking out the german artillery there. but as you noted, the first ones in on june 6th, 1944, those u.s. paratroopers trying to catch the enemy unaware. instead, their planes ran into a massive barrage of gunfire. one of those getting ready to jump into this living hell. then-19-year-old eugene. take a listen to how he felt. we probably had about ten more minutes of light, maybe 12. so antiaircraft fire all around? yeah. and machine gun fire.
steve: fox news alert. we are taking you back to portsmouth in england, south and west of london. as you can see right there some of the veterans who were there on those docks 75 years ago commemorate how the world was changed with operation overlord. right now we are listening to some entertainment. they have been having some music from that period back in the 1940s. bring back a lot of memories for the men who are there. katie: as we are awaiting president trump s remarks he will read from a speech let our hearts out. a prayer from franklin d. roosevelt he read over the radio the night of d-day on june 6th, 1944. when british and canadian troops were fighting on those beaches that is something he is going to be reminding the country of in
today s xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i ll pass. steve: this is a fox news alert. for the last hour, we have been watching the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of d-day which is tomorrow. it was 75 years ago today in portsmouth, u.k. where many of those ships that took part in operation overlord took off. we should hear from the queen of edge demand within about five minutes. katie: president trump spoke earlier reading a prayer that franklin roosevelt read over the radio on june 6th, 1944. as letting americans know that there were fighters, american, british and
capitol today, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said there isn t much support among his members. other senators said they feared the impact on the economy and on their states. hours earlier, right here in london, the president said republicans would be, quote, foolish to try to stop him. after our broadcast here tonight, we will be traveling to normandy, to mark the 75th anniversary of d-day. and for weeks now, we have been traveling across the u.s. to meet world war ii veterans who were there that day. they were young sons who would change the course of history, and tonight, right here, you will see the moment many of them meet for the first time, to make that journey back together. it is a journey they never thought they would make. 75 years later, they are returning to normandy. harold mcmurran, new market, alabama, and his uniform. i wore part of it during the war. reporter: and the entry in his diary that fateful morning. june 6th, 1944. invasion started 7:15 a.m.