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morning. the washington post s eugene robinson, thank you, my friend. and thanks to all of you for getting up with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. before me are the men who put them there. these are the boys. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heros who helped end a war. that was ronald reagan in 1984, iconic d-day speech, about the brave young men who climbed the cliffs of pointe du hoc, to reach a suspected german gun in placement 100 feet up. that is where we begin this morning. normandy, france, for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, the invasion that propelled the end to world war ii. right now, president biden is meeting with global leaders and the veterans who sacrificed th ....
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, m ....
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 ....
It. always tell kids he said, quote, if you never have a drink, you will never have a problem. i thought that was great advice for us to tell our kids when you have children one day. steve: absolutely. if you look at the two people running for president right now, joe biden and donald trump both say they have never had a drink. brian: that would be bad news. ainsley: biden hasn t either? steve: part of the story. brian: that would be bad news for my family and legacy we have 100 years of bar owners. no offense. a different thing. you know where abuse is and you maybe can do it casually. steve: it can be very troublesome and it can destroy lives. all right. 25 minutes before 1 chock in the afternoon. let s go back live right now to normandy, france. can you see the stage set up for the 80th anniversary of the d-day ceremony. ceremony about to begin. c-130 flyover. can you hear the orchestra is playing. in attendance some of the men who were there 80 years ago ....