i am not a hero, i just did my job. the real heroes are laying here on the cemeteries. these are our heroes and we should never forget them. [applause] distinguished guests, the 46th president of the united states of america, joseph r biden jr. [speaking french] [applause] president biden: the hour had nearly come, monday, june 5th, 1944. the evil, which devastated the world. nazi germany subgi gaited europe through brute force, lies and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions of jews murdered in the holocaust. millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him, thought democracies were weak, that the future belonged to dictators. here the coast of normandy, battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning the testing was at hand. president macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guests, most of all our honored veterans who met the test of ages to that moment 80 years ago. 80 y
largest force ever of its kind, men, guns, planes, naval craft of every description waited. the world, captive and free, waited. finally, eisenhower s forecasters said there is a window in the weather. it would open briefly on tuesday the 6th of june. the general weighed the options and gave the order. at dawn, the allies would strike. the great crusade to free europe from tyranny would begin. that night, generalizen hour drove to the english town of new newbury to visit pair troopers, men from all over america, it was estimated that 80% of them
courage of the ukrainian political people that you have been interview, zelenskyy in particular. the ukrainian army is fighting and if they recaptured the kyiv airport from air troopers from russia, that s an astonishing look at military effectiveness. the bulk of the military facing east will be from the separatist area. how will they deal with mobile warfare? the other question that bothers me, katy, if you want to defend kyiv or kharkiv, but kyiv is a city of 3 million people, you can t possibly defend its parameter, so the notion of sucking in russian armored forces in the city and fighting them with molotov cocktails and
a former army sergeant and air troopers, i asked him, by does vladimir putin military offensive in his country? ukrainians killed a lot of russians this past week and i m surprised how they want to throw other troops behind enemy lines. we visited the trains jampacked with people here in lviv and families arriving and thousands of others by train with the nuclear power plant. it s mostly women and children coming here from of military age males. around the city, poland before world war ii, statues here are covid up. if the city with airstrikes and missile attacks and others say it s coming. mayor says russian aerosol sorted in the early days of the invasion, they think they could
coming. you are in a fight here. informational fight. a political fight by your presence how worried should would he be and are we prepared. general of all active forces in afghanistan. author of a brand new book called direct fire. he joins us now. thanks for being here this morning. i appreciate it, pete. pete: commodore of the marine corps makes comments like this. we may be at war soon. how far should military members take that and how should the general public take that? readiness matters. these marines deployed over the holidays, he is making sure that they understand they are part of a flexible deterrent option in europe to prevent russian hegemony in the region. speaking broader secretary mattis was down at fort bragg talking to the pair troopers down there. there are storm clouds brewing over the korean peninsula. your readiness will help us