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
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