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
numbers derbin, lee low especially to many who fought for the right to democracy. well, i ll tell you a lot fastest government for about show many years and find out what its flag democratic freedom has been particularly hard hit in parts of asia and eastern europe hungary got total overwhelming parliamentary support for extraordinary powers and for the prime minister orban to rule by decree or ban has been explicitly named and explicitly seen by a part of the republican party as a model why? because he took power. he undermined the independence of the judiciary. he took over universities. he undermined or capital matured quite a lot of the media through manipulation, through financing and by doing