the, the, this is the w news live from the land at this hour, joe biden delivers a key note speech on democracy. us president will use the backdrop of normandy on the 80th anniversary of d day landings during world war 2. and we will be bringing use his speech live in just a few minutes. the menus, it's very warm. welcome to the program. the us president joe biden is about to make a speech in france as he continues his visits to mock. the ac is anniversary of the

da landings biden will give his address at point to hook up the twist health in norman d, that american soldiers scaled ac is ago in an or dishes operation on reagan was the 1st us president to visit on to hook it was followed by president bill clinton and donald trump. we seeing live pictures now of what joe biden is about to address the crowd of dignitaries. gather that his remarks at the sights of that pivots, whole world war to baffle are expected to focus on the themes of freedom and democracy. the w report of building blue cross is here to talk more about this and more about what we're about to hear william is we wait for president biden to make his speech and normandy talked to me a little bit about the tone that he is likely to strike today,

i imagine we're going to have a very joe biden esc speech today. this is, this fits in a historical moment like this. and an historical event like this fits perfectly with his big theme of democracy versus autocracy. with his daughter laying down the gauntlet, especially as the shapes whose face donald trump in the 2024 election about the importance of freedom, the point of liberal democracy. not some of the more in liberal ideas that someone like donald trump brings into the picture. and sort of the d date every, all the trappings of the day really highlight these kinds of issues that he wants to talk about. and he's been talking about this for his entire to ministration. has given many such big key note addresses both in the united states from the white house and also in various key allies in the capitals. i think you did one in warsaw and several months ago for example. so this fits in with a much larger picture and it fits in with really the american political narrative of being a beacon of freedom of being, you know,

as the leader of the democratic free world, which again the day and world war to fit into that narrative really tell that story very well and it comes at a time where there's a lot of questions about that leadership, a lot of justifiable questions. i'm not only from within the traditional euro atlantic alliance, but also outside of that alliance. so they're looking to the united states, places in africa, places in asia, and are seeing what they see is a lot of double standards in these kinds of liberal values that the united states has purporting from their point of view. for some people like ukraine, maybe not for others such as what's going on a gaza. so these are all coming to ahead at historical one like that. and these are the kinds of issues we can expect that your job i'm talking about. it's a really key moment, and j biden's being in fonts for a couple of days he made to speech already yesterday in normandy and made some, some very clear points in that speech. just remind us of what he was talking about . then they actually almost gave us a preview of what we could probably hear soon, which he, because he talked a lot about freedom, the important allies,

the importance of fighting together and not, not, not separately, don't go it alone. he talked about really a reference to nato, right. nato didn't exist in world war 2, but nato came out of world war 2, the allies as fight and world war 2, basically became the core of what nato is today. the united states, the british differential that they are partly occupied the canadians and, and, and then of course, within the context of ukraine, as you and i have been talking about today. and yesterday, there is no talking about history without talking about the present. we view the present through that for some of history to tell the story one to tell today. we decide now in the present how we view history based on what we want to talk about, what we don't want to talk about. and so you crane really states and quite nicely form for jo biden's interest and for the western alliance of interest with this story of the day of, of hundreds of thousands of brave men storming the beaches to break the back of tyranny that had, you know, come over overshadowed europe,

and we're seeing that again with russia and ukraine. it's, it's a parallel. there are certainly, uh, reasons to have this panels, but it's too easy of a parent. i'll just say it's a one for one, of course is not a one for one. but a moment like this has an excellent opportunity for joe biden to tell a very simple story to an audience. and of course politics likes, simple stories. absolutely. yeah, no, i mean go button as well as the fonts as president and money on my call, and they've really mocked these commemorations, how they, with a sort of a rallying cry for support for you. craig, really linking the pos with the president and joe biden has been very, very clear about telling emanuel, excuse me, to tell you a telling the ukrainian president we stand by you. i promise that we're not going anywhere. i mean there's, there's, there's no doubts about his message. there is or isn't the problem with democracy as though when you have elections and people come in and out of power, you can't really stand by those promises no matter how much joe biden might need it . right. one thing that a country like russia or

a country like china has going for them. and this one of the cases they made against democracy is that we're here. so the decisions that flat him or put and makes you can be pretty well sure, are going to be the actions in the policy points going forward and same thing, which is a pain in china and other countries. i don't have real free and fair elections with changing people in power, jo bite and can say all he wants that the us is sticking by ukraine. but if he loses in november, it could be a very different picture and he'll have nothing he can do or say about that. yeah, i mean, that's the thing, us selections and just a few months time. you know his remarks, i'm presuming all aimed at american versus right now and, you know, one, what effect will they have all people in america listening and does any of it, even mata is by them lose as an event, right. and you bets an excellent point. i'm glad you asked that because she is, of course, speaking in the election year, he is speaking of this is basically a political event. it's a domestic political event,

even though it's taking place in france. he's hoping american voters, both of those who already might vote for him. those who might be on the fence are listening. the question is, how effective can it be? traditionally foreign policy security policy, these really big picture, almost philosophical issues are not the reason people go to the voting, but what they're thinking about can i feed my kids? do i have health insurance? you know, can i get to work? do i have a good job? these kinds of things that are closer to home, joe biden is going to have to make as he's been challenged to make, to make that connection between how the big picture questions of freedom and democracy and the liberal world of order actually affect people in their everyday lives day and day out, which is really hard to see every single day, especially when, when we don't know. fortunately, executive because of what happened in world war 2. we don't know most of us what not freedom is like, right, we've been living in this. and that's one of the arguments that joe biden and his predecessors and many other counterparts have made that freedom doesn't come free. right. and we shouldn't take advantage of it. we take the strand,

take it for granted that something we're also going to be hearing from joe by today, hopefully for, for his sake. he hopes that resonates with people listening. of course, i mean, joe biden was born during the 2nd was a boy. that's right. you know, and he's probably will, he will be the last american present to have been born at the time. this is obviously something that you know is very real for him. but i mean, you know, looking, let's say at the younger generation, how easy is it for any of these world leaders to communicate with younger people about the importance of this and to say, you know, this really matches what with what with remembering 80 years ago is relevant today, how does that, what it is especially challenging for joe biden, because every us president makes the speeches. every us president goes to normandy, every us president talks about with world war 2. world war 2 is the foundation of american political rhetoric through the ages since the war. but you'll buy that because he's fighting this, this age question is also

a problem for him because it just wants to get highlights how old he is. he was born in 1942, 2 years before d day. i remember i have some very scant memories and i was 2 years old. maybe she remembers the day i'm something who knows, but it's possible. so at the same time is trying to fight the age questionnaires and, and make the case of these not too old for another term. so for him, especially different than the other us presidents, we've done the exact same thing. he has a fine or line to walk, especially as he's trying to appeal to younger voters who are important for him to win reelection. every group is important for him to win because us elections come down to just a few 1000 votes in certain key counties and certain key us state swing states that any losing any one tiny sub group of people could cost m l. so donald trump the inverse of the election. so trying to connect to young people important voting block. while a lot of young people are angry with joe biting, given his policy, standing by his role with what they see going on and gaza. and what they see is a double standard with ukraine. we seem to campus protests in united states. this

is a big challenge for joe biden, especially when, for example, his us is a defense secretary yesterday at the day, sir, when he talked about freedom for everyone. everyone in the world deserves freedom, and a lot of people are looking at the world right now. i'm saying, well, everyone isn't getting freedom and everyone isn't getting to enjoy these liberal values that people are standing on this stage and talking about. all right, let's just talk a little bit about the issue of ne, so because of course, you know, out of world war 2 came and they, so came this focus on alliances and working together. vide, and using the last couple of days to say that, you know, we, we stand by, we stand by ukraine, we stand by ne. so of course, again, talking about the election. we have a potential president, trump, who has made very clear his distain sinay. so, and who has made very clear that europe was necessarily be able to rely on the us in the way that it can now talk to us

a little bit about bass and how you know this, this feeling this, this focus on the alliance is potentially changing right, we, we all know, i don't think we need to repeat it that, that donald trump has not have the friendliest of words to say about nato and about, you know, picking up the pieces of other countries that are in pulling their weight. germany, especially um and when it, when we talk about donald trump, the find them is though she's a moving target. she might think one day one thing and think another thing another day. because as, as we've seen in his, in his previous term as president for the thing he's looking at most for is really himself and really how he can kind of make a good business deal. and so in that regard, what makes the 202410 pane so different is that it's not really about policies. we don't, i couldn't clearly tell you what donald trump stands for. i'm not sure anyone can really tell you what donald trump stands for. if there's any real red lines for donald trump, maybe tomorrow come out if someone could find it to, to, to frame in his interest that nato was good. he'll come out and say, no,

it's great. remember donald trump also supported ukraine. originally, brock obama rejected sending weapons back in 2014, when rock obama's for the rejected sending weapons to ukraine. donald trump reversed that, especially on the javelin missiles he was actually originally something of a supporter of ukrainian defense. and then of course went back and then there's the whole impeachment thing we're trying to, you know, leverage power over the bindings and we don't need to go into the whole impeachment thing. the 1st impeachment of to but the, the, the, the problem the thing is for, for, for transplant assist. it's not whether donald trump is for or against something. it's just hold on certain it is and that uncertainty can leave a power vacuum and make the transatlantic alliance look or actually in effect, the week. and when you're facing russia, when you're facing china and facing other threats, that can be from a, from a trans atlantic point of view, a problem. how many, how do you think that the president person that moscow will be, i mean, bell, no doubt, be watching. what's going on here in enrollment z?

what's being said, the points being made by the west and leaders. the fact that frances president, emmanuel, my call, has now said, you know, that there may be french soldiers on the ground in ukraine, which is most goes, reaction is going to be to one of this. i mean, i think we can expect the usual sort of responses this at the saber rattling um, i would imagine they're probably looking to joe biden and counting the days to, to november and seeing if they'll get a friendlier donald trump, the white house. but again, as i just said, donald trump can be just as much one day against boot and as he would be for food. and so it's, it's just, it's the unpredictability. that's so difficult to, to contend with where someone like joe biden, a more so called a traditional politician, shall we just leave it at that kind of vague term. and you sort of know where they stand on any given policy. although politicians are known for flip flopping, so i think again, virus one is not after. so then no russian has been invited to the normandy events,

which has been a decade since. i'm glad in recruiting at the 2014 of a 60 of anniversary, flattened recruitment there that was just after the annexation of premier and the separation of back in the separate tests and eastern ukraine. what would many people to sort of the 1st are the opening volley of the ukraine of the war? we're seeing him out in ukraine and but, but putting this, but if we've read his previous statements, he's all someone that tries to tries to cleverly, not make things so dramatic heels. he'll say, i don't need to be invited, it's fine. this is not a problem for me. so i think we can expect the usual saber rattling the usual defense of russia. but also trying to at least play a cool that he doesn't really care what the americans and the french and the british are doing. they can have their thing and he has his own, his own military parades. she doesn't need to come to france. right? well, we are wasting full president biden, to uh, to speech a in, in normandy. so the speech is taking place at the points to hawk, which uh,

what we was saying earlier, isn't the important place in a positive the day to memory sions, 80 years ago. and as we've been saying, the day i'm the landing of allied forces on the beaches of normandy mocked a turning point in the 2nd world war. and on this ac is kind of a 3 representatives of oil allies except russia. as we've just heard honoring those who force and died secrets, freedom. 80 years after d day, u. s. soldiers fly over this historic site, the beaches of normandy. this is where the allied troops landed in 1944. the end of the 2nd world war and the liberation of europe began here of the day was the 6 of 21944 allied

forces from the u. k. the united states, canada, and other countries, landed on normandy beaches on a stretch of around 100 kilometers between shareable and it was the largest landing operation in the war, supported by 6004 ships and abilene troops. the allies eventually advanced into french mainland and further to germany. via preparations around the day have been he is in the making soviet lead a startling, wanted this western allies to open a new front in western europe to pose nazi germany found. at the time germany occupied funds and had heavily fortified the coast prior to the day, the allies launched deception operations to trick denazi's as to where the invasion would begin. it was difficult to find a suitable place for the planned invasion, but in the end, the beaches of normandy served as the entry point. thousands of allied soldiers

eventually followed and drove back denazi's sight. and he is still out of goodness . in 1944, the allies had getting back big parts of northern europe. not even a year later, in may 1945 nazi germany capitulated. but the day took heavy to estimates say more than 4000 allied soldiers died that day. and up to $9000.00 german sold, which is the of all the french president your money. and my call says france will provide you crane with narrow slice a jets, which he hopes will arrive by the end of the front says it will also start training ukrainian pilots. as part of the plans, the kremlin says my clones,

latest statements, a highly provocative and show his desire to direct french involvement in the war and ukraine. they've already been working together in neighboring poland. these images show ukrainian recruits being trained by french and other nato instructors in april. ukraine has long wanted such training in the side ukraine now for some 150000 fresh recruits brigade by brigade. they can then be deployed to front lines within hours if needed, rather than days or weeks. but nato boots on the ground, even those of instructors dramatically raised the stakes. potentially drawing the united states and europe more directly into the war. russia was quick to respond to the idea 1st leak to french media news, much of this william less regardless of whether i say a member. so for french on false, of authentic most in their research. they were present and absolutely judging the target for our on choices. so in the national photos on the see

it's not the 1st time rush it has talk, talk about ever more threatening western military aid to ukraine. and it's not the 1st time the west has changed its mind about such 8, especially in the last year and more so after moscow started cleaning more victories in recent months. the western allies cross their own previous red lines with, for example, u. s. high mars mo bile rocket launchers, germany, the u. k. and the you, wes agreed to send heavy duty tanks. the u. s. gave the green light to country is wanting to send us made fighter jets, and then quietly joe biden turned $180.00 degrees and told ukraine it can hit targets inside russia with us made missile. the calls we nato's chief was already on board. the time has come to consider whether it will be right to lift some of those restrictions which have been imposed lifting restrictions like putting nato

military personnel, including military instructors in harm's way, inside ukraine. okay, while we wait for president joe biden to make his speech in norman de wouldn't take a look at other news making headlines around the world and an explosion at a hardware store and the remaining town of bush, a son is injured, at least the same people for them seriously, the victims reportedly suffered various chromosome buttons. local authorities said the incident may have been close by malfunction at the gas station inside the store . at least 8 people have died off for a bridge. bridge collapsed in bolivia, and other 6 were injured. local authorities are investigating what caused the collapse. they say they would know known cracks with damage and the structure the bridge was built. so i seen years ago to nasa astronaut something. welcome to both

the international space station of the boeing style line account. sol successfully dumped on a 2nd attempt at overcame some technical hiccups during the 1st try of this month. some major milestone for style line is 1st piloted test flight or is it competes with space x or up to 3 astronauts to and from the space station be stationed? the 3rd visit for both options and a loan most stylish it make. a real kit has completed its 1st full test flight after the previous 3 attempts ended in explosions. stone 5th is the world's largest and most powerful rocket. and this month, the major milestone for the prototype system, the aims one day to send humans to most vehicles picture down ridge. now the united nations has condemned and is really a tack on a un run school and central gaza. it says the strike killed at least $35.00 people and wounded and many more is ready military set. it carried out a strike target seeing how much seitz's who were involved in the october. the 7th terror attacks calls on our growing for an investigation into the incident

around 6000 palestinians from illinois at garza, with sheltering in this former school and rough facility in new the rot. when it was targeted by and is really strikes this why. what have we done for them to bomb us? we fled from place to place. no unrest, school of safe with no 10 to safety and there is no safe place. when have you seen the 3 lift up to the sounds of broken remains? of people was scattered a v there a gas can inspect student children, died screaming in the street was a blog bought. my nephew was killed in the bodies of the victims killed in the attack. i lined up outside the l. x. the hospital family members say the final good byes, the food,

the funeral. pres, a said of israel is defending its decision to strike the school. they say they would target team members of hamas and islamic jihad, who inside we assess that 20 to 30 terrace. what in the compound, at the time of the strike, we targeted with precision strikes on the specific classrooms on the specific classrooms. what we know, of course, we know that the terrorists were what they were doing, and inside of you and school they were hiding. the compound was useful staging attacks and as a full what operating base the united nations has condemned. the attack on that shelter and gaza and acute israel of breaking international humanitarian law.

dw correspondent rebecca riches is in jerusalem. and we also want israel's reaction has been to the un criticism. this is the latest in a growing number of attacks carried out by israel in ga, so that has been condemned by the international community. now, as you heard in that report is rel, maintains that it carried out this attack. we've with intelligence evidence to suggest that somewhere between $20.30 him as the operatives. we using the school as a command center where they were planning further attacks on idea of targets and that they and attack was imminent. the idea of said, daniel, who gary, the spokesman, so the idea said last night that they were working to verify. so the information before they made it public, but there so no offered no into um, no evidence of their uh there was no evidence of their evidence in relation to this attack, but they did a name last night, 9 operatives that they say were killed in this attack, we know they're around 40 people were hearing, were killed in this attack,

including some women and children at, in other attacks that has been condemned. so widely. there has, on a number of occasions being a coal full as youth who did not report a call for an independent investigation. but at this stage, israel, he hasn't said that it's going to carry out an independent investigation. it says that it has the evidence and it will be providing further details in the future. rebecca roacha is reporting that now staying and israel and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is approaching a deadline to lay out suppose will plan to gaza. it was imposed by his political arrival, many guns who threatened to quit the government. now that would likely mean new elections in his row guns is pushing a 6 point plan, which includes the establishment of multi latrell civilian rule and gaza when the war is over. let's take a look at what a 2 state solution could look like. this is gaza in ruins after 8 months of war, but their plans to rebuild it the so called day after when the war ends. israel's

biggest ally the u. s. once he's released, palestinians and regional governments to take steps towards establishing an independent palestinian state side by side with israel. the 2 state solution is as old as the state of israel itself. in 1947, the united nations drew up a plan for israeli and palestinian nations. the territory marked here in red would be palestinian. that in grey would be. israel boone was, but those plans were dashed in 1948 british occupying forces pulled out. and israel was founded amidst the war with its error of neighbours. hundreds of thousands of palestinians were expelled from their homes. the war and its aftermath pushed the founding of any palestinian state into the future. in 1967, another war with its neighbors left a victorious israel and control of all the land between the river jordan and the mediterranean, the beginning of its occupation of palestinian lands. starting in the

1990s, there was a diplomatic push for a long term peace deal, where israel would allow a palestinian state in exchange for security guarantees. the proposed state was already much smaller than in 1947. it would include the west bank east jerusalem and gaza but there are many obstacles to establishing even this diminished palestinian state. right now. israel's war time government led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in charge of a nation still in shock after him. off as tara tax of october, 7th, netanyahu has repeatedly said that an independent palestine would result in more terror attacks and has vowed to block it. and then there's the issue of israeli settlements in the west bank. these communities and outposts are illegal under international law, but receive government protection. they take up much of the land that would be part

of a palestinian state. all their disagreements are also not easy to solve both sides dispute who should control water supplies. many palestinians want to write to return to homes. their families lost in 1948 in israel itself. and both sides claimed jerusalem as their capital. but the city is cut off from the rest of the west bank by a wall of all these obstacles, the biggest may be the mood and israel. netanyahu may be unpopular, but public opinion polls show over whelming opposition to a palestinian state. in the meantime, one idea is an international coalition that would administer guys temporarily on route to becoming part of a palestinian state along with the west bank. now the us president joe biden is about to make a speech in fronts. we are waiting for him to start speaking. he's been in france

for a couple of days now. continuing his visit to mock the 80th anniversary of the day landings invited and is going to be giving his address at any moment at point to halt cuts a cliff tough in normandy, that american soldiers scaled ac is a go in. and they show us operation. ronald reagan was the 1st us president to visit frontier hawk. and he was followed by president bill clinton and donald trump . now the w report, william blue croft is here in the studio with me to talk a little bit about what is happening today in normandy and william. that stuff's about let's start with point to hock where today's speech is taking place. tell us a little bit more about the significance of the location. this image is actually a really good one that we have if we can switch cameras. great, exactly. and again, my big head out of the way. um, cuz you can see print to hook sticks out into the english channel and it's on a cliff. and so i have these perfect observation and firing lines onto both utah

beach and omaha beach on each side of, of the coastline there. and so the germans had put big guns, big artillery pieces on the top. you see where the memorial is now. that's where those guns were and they could have easily fired down upon both beaches. utah in omaha which were 2 of the most difficult of the 5 the day beaches where the americans landed. and were some of the heaviest casualties were. and so commanders ally commanders who they had to neutralize that site. and although they've been pounding this site for weeks from the air and preparation for the invasion, they couldn't be for sure that those guns were really gone. and they needed basically boots literally on the ground to confirm that that would not be a threat to landing troops on utah and omaha. so they sent, i think a couple of 100 army rangers the rangers are basically a special forces and elite group of the us army. and this is really where the rangers got their reputation to this day about why there's such an advanced and elite group because they based.