today. dana: thank you. bill: a good buckeye, there, cleveland, ohio xavier university. that s right. thank you. dana: fox news alert and we have continuing coverage of today s ceremonies in normandy, france, as leaders and veterans of the western allied nations mark the 80th anniversary of d-days. the beginning of the ceremony getting underway, you see may kron and zelenskyy. bill: our coverage continues. an emphasis on this international ceremony about what is happening right now in europe and specifically the war with russia and ukraine. so as we get ready for that, we want to remind you that a small scale reenactment of the normandy invasion featuring period landing craft and a flyover by a squadron of planes are still flying as we see president zelenskyy right now in the camera. dana: fox team coverage. honored to have pete hegseth and author of the new book war on warriors and tim hole berg and joining us in normandy is martha maccallum and white house corre
with allied and germans. made it the mission the rest of his life to educate and remember the price and cost of freedom and really take that to heart. in his 80s he was creating documentaries of the war taking veterans back. one vet as of a year ago that shaped i knew would be there and speaking on this day it was george. sadly, he got sick last fall and passed away few months ago. so that price of freedom graves registration dealing with the fallen and caring for them reminds us for 75,000 people the cost of what it all meant. bill: tremendous and strong story. thanks for sharing that. it reminds you that every one of these men and women have a story, tim. every single one of them. and you have gotten to know them. absolutely. down the line we ve known veterans from the real band of brothers to major league baseball players that fought in world war ii.
yogi bera was a d-day veteran in the navy to all of these legends and so precious, those moments with them and how much they inspire all of us. you see how hungry people are for these great stories. you see the feeling today. you see just our youtube channel alone people watching these stories directly from these heroes. you just again brings us a feeling and moment that brings us all together still 80 years later. dana: if someone is watching today and have a loved one, grandfather or grandmother who was a participant in the war or served in the war and they wanted to be a part of what you are doing so they can make sure these stories are heard and told and preserved for history, how would they do that? visit american veterans center.org. we re really, as i say truly an obsession in capturing the last great stories from world war ii. we would love to hear from them. dana: tim, thank you so much. what an incredible work you do and how rewarding, too.
tim holl berg is president of the american veterans center as we watch president biden shaking the hands of all the world leaders. macron, trudeau. bill: the seriousness of putin s commence. if you don t believe in coincidences this is what it is. and we could be entering a new era of that war and potentially new era of chaos on the continent of europe. we ll see how that develops. dana: we should also mention, of course, a fight for freedom and safety for the israelis right now after the terrorist attacks of october 7th. bill: tim is with us now, president of the american veterans center in washington, d.c. tim, thank you for your time and we may have to interrupt you pending events there as president biden gets situated. how do you feel today when you think about you started this program 21 years ago and 4 million of the 16 million world