brian: all right. here we go. it s #:00 a.m. on the east coast. it is thursday, june 6th. this is fox & friends. today marks the 80th anniversary of d-day when american troops, joined by others, stormed the beaches of germany to defeat germany ultimately setting the stage for victory in world war ii. for a 19-year-old, which i was then was extremely important. i wasn t afraid. people a hell of a lot tougher than you guys. brian: president biden is in normandy right now so is martha mccallum covering the moments and events of the day. she will join us. steve: meanwhile back here at home president trump s short list getting shorter. vetting is ramping up those are the folks on the list so far. ainsley: all right. they got some information. the destruction, the destructive tornadoes hitting maryland downing a lot of trees and trapping some of the residents. janice dean is trackenning all of that. lawrence: fox & friends starts right now and, remember, morning
ainsley: she has been covering this the past few days. what an emotional event to go to. steve: no kidding. very shortly the official party entrance will occur and you will see the leaders come in. there will be a c-130 flyover. and then the national anthem of france and united statessened invocation. we are going to hear from president macron, our secretary of defense lloyd austin and then the president. our president is beginning a four-day visit to france. there is going to be the speech this morning. and then back tomorrow at pointe du hoc army rangers skilled the cliffs against germans. brian, when you brought up that speech that ronald reagan gave 40 years ago, it is regarded as one of the greatest speeches by an american president on foreign soil, ever. you know, it was written by peag peggy noonan who works for the wall street journal and was a speech writer for the president then. what is interesting and you were