over looking the beaches at normally somewhat 9,000 americans, 9,000 laid to rest a very poignant morning, the commemoration, the memorization of the 80th anniversary of the allied landing on the beaches of normandy president biden gave a speech filled with memories of the past, would very much, looking toward the future speaking about the need to fight against aggression around the world, very specific references to vladimir putin and the invasion of ukraine, saying that dark forces never fete. plus listened to a little bit about the president said the struggle between a dictatorship and freedom is an nd here in europe we see one stark example ukraine has been invaded by tyrant. then on domination the united states and nato and a coalition of more than 50 countries standard strong with ukraine we will not walk away because if we do ukraine will be subjugated and a lot and they re ukraine s neighbors, will be threatened all of europe will be threatened and make no mistake.
some people maybe have switched based on the verdict? well, it reflects confidence in our jury system, but also how this jury conducted themselves. it wasn t all public, but the sense is that they took it seriously. they tried to do the right thing and it was not a 93 hung jury. it was 12 zip and, so i think that buhle build confidence over time, but it s also important how the jurors handling cells they re not going out and holding news conferences. they re really did it as a citizen. and i think that draws respect there was one poll that said majority has confidence that the jury verdict, even though a plural rally, it believes that the whole case was politically motivated, and that s the buffer that we have our jury system. and i think the public is starting to see that so governor are isaac dovere has got a really interesting article out about outreach from the biden
domination the united states and nato and a coalition of more than 50 countries standard strong with ukraine we will not walk away because if we do ukraine will be subjugated and a lot and they re ukraine s neighbors, will be threatened all of europe will be threatened and make no mistake. the autocrats of the world are watching closely again, that was the president just moments ago in an address to veterans, some veterans of de d-day have to be 100, 100, 102-years-old gathered behind him. cnn s kayla tausche or senior white house correspondent he is in normandy this morning. this was a moment the white house looking forward to is really the kickoff of several days. kayla it wasn t
a lot to digest here and a lot both for the loftier messaging that the white house had been crafting for recent weeks, but also really tangible messaging for both allies and adversaries around the world of what s present now, biden stands for and what the world leaders standing shoulder to shoulder with him stand for as well. john kayla tausche again in enormity, where the president moments ago laying a wreath along with the first lady jill biden, kill. thank you very much. joining us right now for more on this on this de is retired army general david petraeus. of course, a former cia director and former commander of us central command general. thank you so much for being here. i want to lean on your experience and also, you re also a student of history. you re the, we ve talked about, your recent book that was have alleged conflict and how you studied military conflicts from 45 to basically 1945 to ukraine, as we re talking now, how do you reflect on the parallels that we heard
from joe biden in his speech and just on marking 80 years since d-day well first of all, there s a long tradition of presidents observing just what president biden did today. i recall president ronald reagan s phenomenal speech of the 40th anniversary. the boys at quanta hawk where he explained how the rangers had climbed the cliffs of ponta haka had begun the process of liberating europe, taking out these big guns he extolled rightly there virtues, their courage, their sacrifice, their initiative and so forth. but then transitioned as president biden did to reaffirming the importance of alliance, the importance of values, of freedom, of democracy, of our very way of life. i actually jumped into normandy in the 50th anniversary. that was when president clinton was the commander in chief. he gave us similarly stirring speech at