peril. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine which has just cleared the first hurdle on the path to join the european union. eu and ukrainian flags flew side by side in kyiv on friday after the european commission recommended that ukraine should be given candidate status. the move doesn t guarantee membership, which could be years away, but president zelenskyy says it still brings ukraine a step closer to winning the war. the commission s leader says ukraine deserves to be in. we all know that ukrainians are ready to die for the european perspective. we want them to live with us, the european dream. now, the british prime minister boris johnson made a surprise visit to kyiv on friday, his second since the war began. he offered ukraine a major military training program that he said would, quote, fundamentally change the equation of the war. new videos meanwhile appear to show two u.s. military volunteers wh
dozen treated for heat exhaustion. the deadly air strike on a gaza school. dozens killed, including children. israel tonight calling it a precise strike. the dramatic testimony from hunter biden s former romantic partner and widow of his brother beau. the new video of her throwing away hunter s gun at the center of the case. the suspected gilgo beach serial killer charged with two more murders. and the disturbing blueprint allegedly found on his computer. and the 21-gun salute honoring more than 4,000 allied troops killed 80 years ago. the numbers that tell the story of d-day. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. and to the heroes of d-day who we celebrate today, thank you. it s where we start tonight, 80 years after the daring american-led assault on the beaches of normandy, france, that turned back the tide of nazi tyranny. allied leaders gathered today to pay tribute to d-day veterans who risked it all in the name of
keep talking they re not a hero. i just did my job the real heroes laying here on a cemetery deja heroes she d never forgive them 46 president in the united states of america, joseph r. biden jr. here biden, junior nearly calm monday june 5 5, 1944 the evil fairly third reich was devastated the world nazi germany had subjugated and wants three nations of europe through brute, force lives and twisted ideology of racial superiority millions of jews murdered in the holocaust millions of others killed by bombs molars bloody warfare. hitler and those with them thought democracies were week at the future, belonged to dictators here the coast of normandy. the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning, the testing was at hand president macron mrs. macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guest most of all our honored veterans who met that test, the ages a test of ages to that moment. 80 years ago 80 years ago today we have
ukraine, the rising toll in gaza, and what he told me about his health after his secret hospitalization earlier this year. the deadly tornado outbreak across multiple states, while in the west dangerous heat. at a trump rally in phoenix, nearly a dozen treated for heat exhaustion. the deadly air strike on a gaza school. dozens killed, including children. israel tonight calling it a precise strike. the dramatic testimony from hunter biden s former romantic partner and widow of his brother beau. the new video of her throwing away hunter s gun at the center of the case. the suspected gilgo beach serial killer charged with two more murders. and the disturbing blueprint allegedly found on his computer. and the 21-gun salute, honoring more than 4,000 allied troops killed 80 years ago. the numbers that tell the story of d-day. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. and to the heros of d-day who we celebrate today, thank you. i
bret: thanks, judge. a appreciate you too. breaking tonight. following two major stories. brand new fox polling on the presidential race showing some key states flipping sides. we will bring you that but, first bret: this is the 80th anniversary of one of the most military campaigns in world history it. changed the world. the allied invasion of normandy, france set the stage for the defeat of the axis powers in world war ii. president biden one of several global leaders at a special commemoration today in france. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has highlights tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening, bret. 25 heads of state gathered to commemorate d-day but the stars were the world war ii veterans, many more than 100 years old who the president credited with saving the world. drawing parallels between u.s. efforts to stop the infamous nazi dictator of the 1940s with the fight against russian aggression today. you wan