and here in new york city 80 years later. here we have the president and first lady walking through the american cemetery and laying the wreath and honoring the heroes who made history on d-day. we ll take you through the next couple of hours together on this. welcome to america s newsroom, i m bill hemmer, dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. a pleasure and honor to spend this time with you, viewers and you these historical moments are important. 80 years since that day. so we have the first lady and the president in normandy. the president and first lady in france. we have a lot of the ceremony to come and you are going to have a chance to hear from macron as well. bill: we have a lot of great guests to get to relive the moments from 80 years ago with you. thank you for being here as we begin our broadcast. dana: we had just witnessed an extraordinary ceremony and a military band playing taps in honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. [tap
Memorializing and remembering to one that is shifting to educating. i ve been on the commission now for six months and my goal is for the cemetery that you see behind me, 100 years from now when my children s children children come here this place looks exactly the same, we re still know their names and still remember them and that s the real purpose of the agency. bill: general pershing said time will not glim the glory of their deeds. that rings true for you, doesn t it? it does. it does. we re at a very interesting point. there is an american battle monument foundation that has been established and that foundation is going to help us in the way that other 5013cs