that was called out in this report that i think is also really important, is that a lot? out of the countries that are doing better have home visiting nurses. so we now know that 65% of the deaths that are happening that are related to pregnancy and childbirth are happening postpartum within the first year after baby is born. so the emphasis has been on prenatal care, which we can still do better at i m delivery and then mom is like, move on, babies here. mom, you ve got through this and then she s left on her own with little access to services, mental health then the paid leave piece is what comes into play there? women are just unsupported. it s a gender equity issue, i think at the very root cause and there s more attention to it, but it s not happening fast enough. and women are still dying your organization has now what fib we re almost 15, almost. and this is showing like the crisis is then the crisis is now silver lining though. are there are people like you who are pu
potential interest rate cut to help lower costs for consumers. a very good day to all of you. i m alex witt in new york in for andrea mitchell who is on assignment. in his second speech in as many days marking the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion. president biden drew parallels between the threats faced by democracies during world war ii to those being faced by american interests and ideals today. believe in something bigger than ourselves. that s what every soldier and marine decided. they stood against hitler s aggression. does anyone doubt that they would want america to stand up against putin s aggression here in europe today? the president s speech echoed reagan s iconic address at the same location 40 years ago when he famously honored the boys, the american solders who gave it all for democracy, in one of the most d-day operations, 225 u.s. army rangers scaled normandy s 100-foot perpendicular cliffs under heavy fire to destroy nazi guns threatening ship
so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer, so she says she s brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now i ve forgotten it all. but as we witnessed at a school here in northern france last month, christian is being far too modest about her linguistic skills. she speaks french. i feel wonderful. thrilled by it all. yesterday she was flown from portsmouth with pat owtram, also a recipient of the medal. i like yours very much. yes. i ve always been ratherjealous of it. ..wishing her bon voyage. have a good trip. thank you very much. very exciting. with the distinctive red ribbon and white cross, the people of fra
the 80th anniversary of d-day landings at omaha beach. on this day in 1944 more than 160,000 troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of french shoreline. they took the fight to germany s nazi forces. to this day it remains the largest seaborne invasion in history widely regarded as the moment allied forces began turning the tide in world war ii. many heads of state and world leaders are now attending this ceremony. that s what is playing out on the left side of your screen. today, including president biden, you will see others who you recognize and, of course, the president of the republic of france is there along with his wife, the macrons, we ll take you there when the ceremony begins. there is a lot to get to today and with this in the forefront, so much history, so much forged in the name of freedom and our fighters at the forefront, too. we honor them, we thank them, we keep them in our minds this hour and we will cover this the moment it begins. there is a reenactment of