poised to give a consequential speech on the world stage, returning to the beaches of normandy again this morning to deliver remarks on the threats against democracy and freedom at home and overseas. now, this speech coming just hours after president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in paris announcing $225 million in new aid and apologizing for the political gridlock in washington that delayed that package. nbc s kelly o donnell is traveling with the president in france. also with us, david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the washington post, nbc news military analyst, retired colonel jack jacobs and presidential historian mark updegrove. it s great to have all of you with us. kelly, set the stage for us as we await the president. reporter: well, it is a spectacular setting. when you see how the white house has set up the president s lectern on the cliff. this is a cliff that 80 years ago american army rangers scaled that cliff using knives and pieces
You say it as if its a bad thing, hallie jack sson. Msnbc headquarters here in new york. A day after the midterms, still a number of races to decide, enough results for both parties to take a victory lap. President trump will take his this hour, the president scheduled to appear in the eastern room of the white house for a News Conference roughly 30 minutes from now. Today hes already touted himself as the magic man for last nights senate wins. Never mind losing the house, though. President trump also had a message for the Incoming Democratic majority in the house. Investigate me . We investigate you. We also heard from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell just a few moments ago. The Democrats In The House will have to decide just how much president ial harassment they think is good strategy. Today is more than about democrats and republicans, its about restoring the constitutions checks and balances to the trump
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that those were that those were artillery weapons preparing to fire on them to try to disguise the fact that some of them had departed at that time. you can see the media riser there in the foreground. that is an entrance to a separate bunker right on this lookout here that the president the s about to approach. what s stunning as you look around here is that there are just truly dozens of these giant holes, these pits in the ground where they were pounded by american and allied war planes to try to soften the nazi defenses in advance of their arrival here. stunningly, 40 years ago when president reagan delivered what was perhaps one of the most iconic d-day focused speeches in american presidential history, there were 62 army rangers in attendance. today just one will be here as the president prepares to pass by us. and peter, we can hear some of the audio from other reporters who i know are really, really close to you as you re
today. we re just now getting a look, at least a glimpse at what he may say and how he ll lay out that message specifically. our peter alexander standing by there at pointe du hoc as we await the president s arrival. peter, what are we learning in these excerpts that were just released? reporter: well, ana, first, let s just take you to this venue. it is really one of the most stunning, breathtaking backdrops where a president could ever deliver remarks, certainly given the backdrop of the conflicts that we re witnessing today, most notably russia s aggression toward ukraine. as you note, we did just from the white house receive some excerpts of what president biden s expected to say in the next few minutes. he will say as we gather here today, it s not just to honor those who showed such remarkable bravery that day, june 6th, 1944. it s to listen to the echo of their voices, to hear them because they are summoning us, president biden will say. they re asking us what we will do. th