via the winds this is cnn, the world s news welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper on june 6, 1944, american, canadian, british, and other allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. nearly 160,000 troops landed along five beaches in normandy, france. and what became known as d-day it was a turning point in the war in europe world war ii was fought against fascist regimes and germany and italy and imperial japan the victory of democratic principles was hard. one but 80 years have passed since d-day. and we thought it a good time to take a look at the state of our democracy today over the next hour, cnn s jake tapper looks back at d-day sacrifices. so many young men made on those beaches in normandy that day. and what it means to us now what were we fighting for? we were locked a battle with fascism. we re fighting for our freedom, for the freedom to think as we wish kopan with they gave their life to preserve and protect that constitution the
forces is another world war possible? in our lifetime? do you see any scenarios where the us and nato could be involved in another great powers war sure. i mean, if someone attacked a native country, we have a commitment to concept article five and attack on one is an attack on all it s only been activated once. and that was when we were attacked on 911 if someone was to attack a natal country, the baltics finland, and even native country we are committed to helping them them. what if nieto s article five fails to deter russian president putin was, i hope he never think thanks that because of messages he s reading out of washington weather from the last president. the current preska isn t going forward, whoever wins, i hope he s not misinterpreting america s commitment to nato because if he does do something unimaginable and attacks the nato country i that would not