three of those women are profiled in the new book d-day girls. the spies who arm the resistance sabotaged the nazis and helped win world war ii. joining us now, the book s author sara rose. i want to ask you first of all to name them, who were these women, and then i want to hear why you decided to focus on their stories in particular. thanks for having me. so the women are odett samson and lisa bezak and andrea baril. each of them in their way helped contribute to the allied success in normandy in world war ii. odette was the mother of three little girls and she left them behind to help the allies went. andre baril was 22 when she parachuted into france. and bezak was in command of troops in normandy on june 5th,
let me finish tonight with bob michael, the long-time republican leader of the house of representatives. mr. michael, as i called him, was the gop leader for 14 years. he led his party under presidents jimmy carter, ronald reagan, the senior george bush and bill clinton. he did it cleanly, honestly, responsibly and with a clear voice. there wasn t a speck of taint on the man. not a speck. when it came to integrity in public duty, it was pure gold. mr. michael died at the age of 93. he landed at normandy in world war ii and fought his way across france to belgium in the battle of the bulge. wounded in action, he was credited with capturing a german machine gun unit. he won two bronze stars, a purple heart and four battle star, and that s before his sterling career in public service back home for the people of illinois and the country. i owe some of these words to his loyal staff guy mike johnson, my
in honor of veterans day really have been looking forward to sharing this story with you of a veterans group helping other retired service members find a sense of purpose thousands of feet in the air. here is cnn s chris moody. we re in the belly of a very special plane known as whiskey 7. it flew over normandy in world war ii. we re going to go sky diving out of it with the all veteran parachute team. the all veteran parachute team is a team of retired military. we still have some active duty guys that have a passion for