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
prayers of liberty loving people everywhere, march with you in company with our brave allies and brothers in arms on other fronts. you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine the elimination of nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of europe and security for ourselves in a free world all right, our panel is here this morning. let s bring in cnn politics, white house reporter stephen collinson, retired air force colonel sienna and military analysts cedric laden or gatera, is a senior contributor, axios and cnn senior reporter isaac dovere is here with us as well. he covers the president biden very closely. let s please make sure that we continue to watch what president biden is doing right now, as we discuss here and steven, let me start with you something that you wrote about this day and your new cnn piece you write at no point since june 6, 1944 has the unshakeable while us leadership of the west and support for international, it s value has been so in question
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