and he seems to be more into you know isolationism isolating america in the world you know max appointing out that the families are still on in contact is important emotional element there there s going to be memorials and commemorations taking place in many locations in normandy today these kind of family events included they ll be in churches and cemeteries what are some of the other highlights that will be going on where you are. we have a couple of big events going on because you always have to remember of course it wasn t only the americans that had the d.-day and operation overlord as it was called no the british had a huge part of it and actually they had the general oversight of it so the day is kicked off by theresa may the u.k. prime minister and my new and i call the french president. to lay the foundation for a british memorial in the area actually there is none so far which is quite astounding
so they will start that after that will be here at the normandy american cemetery and memorial so what you see behind me are mainly u.s. soldiers that fell during the normandy conflict here the normandy part of the intervention of the american intervention with donald trump and a man whom i call later you have what they call an international ceremony with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau and even later on there is a french part of the ceremony so the whole events are spread out farther than in the u.k. and like i said earlier the important part though is of course those families getting together all over the area will have much more from max often there normandy as these commemorations move forward max for now thanks very much. this is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show our special coverage of the 75th anniversary of d.-day continues in about 20 minutes from now
ceremonies. even watching it on tv, you felt the flood of emotions. reporter: that was certainly the case here. good evening from the normandy american cemetery and memorial. this was a day that included a parade of kings and queens and prime ministers and presidents. it was the parade of those veterans themselves, d-day veterans returning to the site. some of them for the first time. many acknowledging it may be the last time that made this so unforgettable for so many individuals here. there were more salutes in the flyover that echoed with the sounds of the struggle 70 years ago. there was some symbolism to this gathering as well as the allied nations, the u.s., canada, and russia remembered a time when they were on the same side trying to liberate a continent with tyranny as the u.s. and