anniversary of d-day and right now president biden is in normandy, france with veterans and world leaders to commemorate the turning point in the war. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. today the world will pause to honor u.s. and allied forces who stormed the beaches of normandy in 1944, leading to defeat of nazi forces and liberation of western europe. lucas tomlinson will walk us through today s ceremony. lucas: president biden and first lady just arrived on the beaches of normandy, 80 years ago, troops landed to begin to defeat berlin and nazi germany. here is president biden, he will be meeting some of the last surviving members and biden says, today we remember all the americans who laid down their lives on d-day to end tyranny and ensure flame of liberty would burn bright around the world. 73,000 of those who landed in france were young american soldiers, they faced 50,000 germans. the battle began with paratroopers j
three sisters and a single mom, we had outhouse and pump water. but my mom had the opportunity to take us out of that because we live in this country and this country was built by men like this. and george washington and the founding fathers were the same way, had the same outlook and dedication to defeating tyranny and to serving freedom. that is why i was able to do the things i did in my life because i had a mom who cared and because individuals like this that gave us the opportunity to be free. todd: and that is america. jonathan gilliam, thank you for your story and thank you for sharing that personal account and for honoring these men we see on our screen and all the men who stormed the beaches of normandy 80 years ago today.
fr france, we are grateful for the sacrifice of the soldiers. carley: a lot of reflection on the bravery of the men who faced almost certain death and went willing to fight for freedom today in france. let s bring in grace curly. grace, those soldiers landed on normandy certain they would die, hoping they would not and bravely fought for freedom. how are you reflecting on this today? oh, carley, what you said about it being 80th anniversary and a final goodbye, it is true. i encourage people to listen to fdr s pray er and his appeal to american people to pray not just on d-day, telling them magnitude of this and sacrifice those men were making temperature is
i m behind them as long as they leave politics out of it. conservatives need to realize their service means everything to this country and one day their children may be a general or commander-in-chief and it is their turn to set things right and back to way it should be, military built on individuals qualified for the job because they show they have the grit and determination to make it through training because they are the best of the best and that is something we need to get back to. none of these individuals, showed up because of politics, they showed up because of service, a calling and because other individuals in this world were not free and they were called to serve their freedom, as well. todd, let me say one thing, i grew up extremely poor. one point, my family, i have
ensure freedom, not only for the united states issue but for allies around the world. when i think about what they did, what this nation was made of, men and women who worked in factories, their sole life was to make a tank or airplane or widget that troops could use and troops at young ages going out and fighting true facist and tyranny. it fills me with inspiration. to know that legacy is in me. but same time, it s a very disheartening thing because of what the united states and allies have become. so politicized and divicive, dod that is scared of starting anything against an enemy they could easily conquer. we ve become a weak, divided