as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. honoring
germany, and those people that crossed the channel didn t know what to expect but their actions had such an amazing effect. an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with you an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with you a an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with you a little - will be back with you a little later. those events taking place on both sides of the channel, today in portsmouth and went much of this moves to normandy across the channel in the coming days. we will have full coverage for you here on bbc news. the conservatives have defended a key accusation about labour s tax plans which rishi sunak used repeatedly against sir keir starmer in last night s first it comes after a letter from the most senior treasury civil servant said the claim that labour policies would amount to a £2,000 tax rise on households should not be presented as havi
going on here? who do we believe out of these two suspect people? tucker: was at the racist conspiracy from the chicago police department? that s a little far even for a lot of people on cable news. those people say that yes, perhaps jussie smollett s claims weren t entirely factually true but so what? they could have been. actual trump supporters may not have assaulted them on the street in chicago but they would have it if they could have. if it is true, didn t he in fact attempt to paint maga supporters as these racist and homophobic people? i have to disagree, i think maga supporters have painted themselves as that. we have to be bold enough to call that out. tucker: this is the new official story, the one you are going to be hearing for a long time, the one your kids will be learning about in school and it s this. a specific hate crime may not
count of this at all. he categorically denied it as we just saw. i think it s unfortunate the way he s making headlines in the police named his name. the story is about the trafficking if that s what s going on. walking into a day spa for a massage is not a story, i roughly guess 70-80% males do, i have been in a massage parlor, i don t think it s a crime the way they re talking about it. they are dragging his name through, you are the only place i ve ever heard where he s clearly not affiliated with any sexual trafficking, he definitely didn t know that. for all we know, he s an elderly gentleman, he had a back issue, he went in, he got a massage, and suddenly he s the headlight news, it s irresponsible. tucker: your point earlier today, i agree with you completely, why are they hassling bob kraft? we don t have enough goblins in this country?
i ve ever heard where he s clearly not affiliated with any sexual trafficking, he definitely didn t know that. he saw a spa sign. for all we know, he s an elderly gentleman, he had a back issue,n he went in, he got a massage, and suddenly he s the headline news, it s irresponsible. tucker: your point earlier today i agree with you completely why are they hassling bob kraft? we don t have enough problems in thisco country? i couldn t agree more. but bob kraft has also been at odds with some pretty powerful figures in american life. was the commander sure of the nfl you may be onto things, can t beat them on the field, he has had six championships in a row. and a misdemeanor comes up in an eight month investigation? i wouldn t put it past roger gooddell to say i can t beat him fair and square, i believe they have a word for it called entrapment. we are going to lure him into the spa and next thing you know, he s getting dragged the police, they say they have