thank you for watching, while we were just talking about this summer s o olympics it is also worth noting that just minutes from now we will officially be two years out from the fifa world cup which will take place here in the u.s. after 30 years and you re in luck. get your count down clock started now. and on that note i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks at nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. thank you for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here. we have an interesting show for you tonight. i m particularly glad you re here for us. we re going to start a ways back as we sometimes do. when allied soldiers came ashore on the coast of france on the beaches of normandy for the d day invasion. they opened up new western front against the nazis in europe. and that of course was a shock to the germans right. this, the operation overlore, the d day invasion it relied on the element
hello and welcome to the programme. world leaders and some of the last surviving veterans have taken part in ceremonies in france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d day. onjune 6th, 191m along sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches tens of thousands of troops took part in the largest ever seaborne invasion. it helped drive nazi forces from france, ahead of germany s eventual defeat the following year. today, president macron hosted a centrepiece event close to omaha beach; us president, joe biden, warned that democracy in europe was once again under threat, in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. unlike 10 years ago at the 70th commemorations, russian president vladimir putin was not invited. our europe editor, katya adler,
hello and welcome to the programme. world leaders and some of the last surviving veterans have taken part in ceremonies in france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d day. onjune 6th, 191m along sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches tens of thousands of troops took part in the largest ever seaborne invasion. it helped drive nazi forces from france, ahead of germany s eventual defeat the following year. today, president macron hosted a centrepiece event close to omaha beach; us president, joe biden, warned that democracy in europe was once again under threat, in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. unlike 10 years ago at the 70th commemorations, russian president vladimir putin was not invited. our europe editor, katya adler,
anniversary of d-day and right now president biden is in normandy, france with veterans and world leaders to commemorate the turning point in the war. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. today the world will pause to honor u.s. and allied forces who stormed the beaches of normandy in 1944, leading to defeat of nazi forces and liberation of western europe. lucas tomlinson will walk us through today s ceremony. lucas: president biden and first lady just arrived on the beaches of normandy, 80 years ago, troops landed to begin to defeat berlin and nazi germany. here is president biden, he will be meeting some of the last surviving members and biden
has gone missing while on holiday on the greek island of symi. and it s lift off as spacex launches its latest rocket, the biggest in the world. hello and a warm welcome. you are watching bbc news with me, frankie mccamley. world leaders and some of the last surviving veterans havejoined in france, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d day. on 6june 1944, along sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches, tens of thousands of troops took part in the largest ever seaborne invasion. it helped drive nazi forces from france ahead of germany s eventual defeat the following year.