mccallum and this is the story. president donald trump calling it a big win for democracy. the supreme court ruling he has immunity from prosecution for official acts as commander in chief but not for unofficial actions leaving it up to the lower court to decide what that means, specifically on a case-by-case basis and in this situation, in the federal election interference case. that means that the trial will very likely not happen before the november election, if it happens at all. the six conservative justices backing this ruling, the three liberals dissenting. chief justice john roberts writing this for the majority, quote, the president is not above the law but congress may not criminalize the president s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the executive branch under the constitution. now, justice sonia sotomayor writing, the criminal law that the must of us must abide by will not provide a backstop with fear for democracy, i dissent, she writes. one of t
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
the normandy american cemetery in normandy unlike any the world had seen. it required courage and leadership and on the beaches and in the skies that would come to be known as the greatest generation. 9387 of those heroes lie beneath the white crosses and stars of david you see behind me. they brought freedom to friends after four brutal years of nazi occupation and then they peeled back hitler s grip on europe step-by-step. later this our you will hear from the first of several or several veterans who will speak with the suite who will remarkable man who is now 104 years old. and as we moved on the morning of 16th we had casualties immediately. when you talk about the day after i talked tell people the infantry had sometimes n15 delays in wonder. mack it it all depends on how fast you will. martha: was talking about an action on the 16th several days after d-day. will have more on that interview later. is really incredible. he is quite a man and you ll see some
let s listen what was in your heart what do you remember. infantry only 12 weeks training. they knew we were going into this battle we got 17 weeks training. martha: once you made it up the beach and you lost a lot of people you knew on the ship, right? yes. martha: what was that like for you. i will just say this, on the 1st day the 29 division and the first division had casualties 5720. i will say that again. 5720 casualties out on the first day. ainsley: hard to believe he is 104 years old he is so lucid. martha: he is remarkable. came over on the queen mary, ainsley. and a group of them came over on the queen mary, which obviously was one of the big transport ships bringing americans over to fight here. and they were dancing every night. steve is really into dancing and
training because but because the new we were going to this battle, we got 17 weeks training. but then after the 17th week, we came over to england and i trained five additional months in st. ives before we went and. so this whole group of men, we knew after a little bit that we were going over here. martha: once you made up the beach and i m sure you lost a lot of people that you knew probably on the ship, right. yes. martha: what was that like for you? all say this, on first day the 29th division in the first division had caused , casualties, 5720. outside that to begin. 5720 casualties on the first day. martha: told me win and where you were wounded? yeah. i was wounded on june 17th.