welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper on june 6 and 44, american canadian, british, and other allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in history. nearly 160,000 troops landed along five beaches in normandy, france. on what became known as d-day. it was a turning point in the war in europe, world war ii was fought against fascist regimes and germany and italy and imperial japan and the victory of democratic principles was hard. one, but 80 years have passed since d-day. and we thought it a good time to take a look at the state of our democracy today. over the next hour, cnn s jake tapper looks back at d-day sacrifices. so many young men made on those beaches in normandy that day. and what it means to us now what were we fighting for? we were locked in a battle with fascism. we re fighting for our freedom, for the freedom to think as we wish talked with they gave their life to preserve and protect that institutional. they died for our democracy. tha
would be assassin arrested near the home homework supreme court justice brett kavanaugh in 2022 and the break-in at the home of now former house speaker nancy pelosi, where her husband was violently attacked all the while to many. in the media and political environment are incentivized to attack or the short-lived sugar rush of clicks and fundraising dollars and not find common ground best thing we can do for democracy world-wide it proved that a government of the people, by the people for them people get really govern, can handle the fundamental issues, can find common ground. it can hold together nowadays, democracies rarely collapse they don t fall apart and dramatic street scenes are quds, but they do declined slowly and they do decline because autocratic political parties their leaders, seek to capture the state to take over state institutions and