for our next defending democracy, president biden, making that a cornerstone of his campaign as he takes on trump, whose doubling down on his calls for revenge plus exactly i d like vacations, a private jet, supreme court justice clarence thomas finally admitting that the lavish trips that were paid for by a republican megadonor the reporter who first exposed the trips is my guest. and an out front exclusive for the first time, we take you inside the unprecedented security operation. now underway to protect one of the biggest political events. let s go out front good evening. i m briana keeler in for erin burnett outfront tonight. biden takes on trump, the president defending democracy today on the world stage, while the former president was on social media attacking the american justice system, president from biden in france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. but sending a very clear message to voters at home biden didn t use trump s name, but he made it abu
facts are not in dispute and the annals of history what happened on d-day and what happened in world war ii is not subject to interpretation. so that s what the present didn t was really trying to get at to target the heartstrings of voters and tried to make this, this speech that changes their minds. it evoked a lot of ronald reagan who made that very strikingly similar speech 40 years ago. and his speech writer, peggy noonan, wrote in her memoir that what she was trying to do was to dry to get teenagers to look up from their rice crispy and think about the tough kids who were in world war ii, who are now their grandparents. but most importantly, it she was trying to prove to them that history is real. and i think it s safe to say briana that that was president biden s goal today, not only to prove that history is real, but that in his belief, it s repeating itself briana kayla, thank you for that report from paris and out front. now, quentin fulks, the principal deputy campaign manag