on the look out for. plenty of people can work with the internet eight hours a day and not have this happen. same thing with substance abuse. a similar comparison. people can have a glass of wine and not end up with alcoholism. other people are prone to it. we are moving in the direction, especially with artificial intelligence to prove who is most at risk. >> gillian: if you are a parent of a teen or pre-teen are there signs to look for that maybe they're heading in a bad direction with this or cross your fingers and hope it turns out okay? >> another great question. i look for irritability. changes in behavior. people that get isolated. most of all i tell parents the same thing as with social media. what are you providing as an alternative? do you have dinner conversation

and say check i-phone. gaming yourselves with family and friends and how many friends your kids have. >> gillian: thanks for joining us today. have a great weekend. >> have a great weekend. >> bill: we start a new hour right now and start it live from the beaches of normandy, france. president biden arriving at pointe du hoc on the cliffs of normandy giving a speech. we'll share that with you. look at the stunning weather they have on france's northwest shore just really beautiful, beautiful time. welcome. brand-new hour begins here live in new york city. dana has the day off today. i'm bill hemmer and our friend gillian is back with us today. >> gillian: will you keep me for the second hour? that's official. here we are. i'm gillian turner. national security advisor says the president will make the case

for democracy drawing a line that starts at world war ii and the cold war, nato and russia's current war with ukraine. >> bill: taking a page from ronald reagan in 1984 in the same spot delivering what has become a famous address on the 40th anniversary of d-day. now we're at number 80. inspirational speech that day that helped reagan go on to win a dominating second term. >> they knew beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting and dying for. freedom is worth it, democracy is worth it. >> you all knew some things are worth dying for, one's country is worth dying for. and democracy is worth dying for because it is the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. >> gillian: peter doocy drew the

short straw and live in pointe du hoc covering the president. >> we can tell you that president biden is trying to back up his big talk that he thinks the threat to democracy here in europe right now are similar to the threats to democracy in the 1940s ahead of d-day announcing a $225 million package of a munitions for ukraine and told zelenskyy while the cameras were in the meeting they would have had this $225 million sooner if it wasn't for congressional republicans. >> president biden: i apologize for the weeks of not knowing what is going to happen in terms of funding because we had trouble getting the bill that we had to pass, had the money in it through some of our very conservative members who were holding it up. but we got it done finally. >> president biden is going to do something unthinkable for a

democrat in an election year. expected to use language similar to a famous republican president and we got a hint of that in his d-day remarks. >> we in america have learned bitter lessons from two world wars. we've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent. >> president biden: isolation was not the answer 80 years ago and not the answer today. >> president biden will be standing in almost the same exact spot as president reagan then and we just had some excerpts from the speech. president biden is expected to say when we talk about democracy, american democracy, we often talk big ideas like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. what we don't talk enough about is how hard it is. so stay tuned for that, gillian. >> gillian: thanks for the

preview, peter doocy live in pointe du hoc, france this morning. >> bill: from wilmington, delaware, new updates in the hunter biden trial. prosecution now questioning what is believed to be their last witness, a dea agent on the stand and then we will probably see two or three witnesses on behalf of the defense that may come today or next week. a lot of speculation whether or not any of the biden family will be called to the stand. lucas tomlinson has the beat to bring us up to speed. hello to you. >> that's right, bill. the prosecution is wrapping up its arguments this morning but not before some breaking news. there is a dea agent but also an f.b.i. forensic chemist who said he discovered traces of cocaine on that pouch that contained the handgun that hallie biden threw in the trash. of course, whether or not hunter biden was on drugs when he purchased that handgun in

october of 2018 is the crux of the prosecution's argument here in wilmington. the prosecution is saying this is proof that hunter biden was on drugs as you can see here when he purchased this 38 caliber colt cobra revolver. hunter maintained and defense maintained he was not on drugs at the time. lowell saying he was on alcohol. drinking alcohol, not on drugs at the time. 11 days after the purchase of this handgun hallie biden found it in the car, got nervous and tossed it. here earlier this morning you see hunter biden arriving at the courthouse as well as the first lady jill biden is taking the big round-trip back from normandy. yesterday he was honored the d-day veterans marking the occasion in normandy and now flown overnight to be with hunter and then get back on a plane presumably at government expense. not sure from the biden family will be reimbursing the air

force. she will be flying back to join her husband tonight for a state dinner back in europe. that's where things stand right now, bill. >> bill: thank you. we'll be watching it and maybe get more progress this afternoon. analysis now, gillian. >> gillian: let's bring in shannon bream, "fox news sunday" anchor. shannon, last hour we had andrew cherkasky on saying the sum total of yesterday's witness testimony from hallie biden was sort of put the nail in the coffin for hunter for lack of a better word. what was your takeaway? >> it all comes down to the jury. last week we were waiting to hear from the jury in president trump's new york city trial, same thing here. this is delaware, though, for the hunter biden family, this is much more friendly territory and all you need is one person on the jury to decide the prosecution has not made the case or not connected the dots enough for me and enough to shut the whole thing down. they are the only audience that matters. interesting to see how they are

digesting all of this different testimony. it was moving to hear from hallie biden yesterday and just about the terrible place that hunter was in and how worried she was literally for his life. we'll see now who else takes the stand as you said the prosecution or lucas is telling us they're wrapping up. whether the defense decides to put on a case or sometimes the defense will say it has been so convincing we don't want to muddy the waters and the case is over. >> bill: we could be on verdict watch by monday. the irony of this laptop, wow. here we are four years removed that may have helped joe biden win the white house and now this laptop is entered into evidence on behalf of the federal government in a trial against the president's son. it is remarkal. 51 former intel officers who signed the letter. we write to say the arrival of emails belonging to son hunter

has the classic earmarks of a russian disinformation operation. shannon, how far that has turned. >> it has. stunningly the government is the d.o.j. put in its motion pre-trial as to evidence it would offer they mentioned, as you said, this laptop by name and said it is real, corroborated by other things, by hunter's book and other testimony and the thing is there are people who have come forward to say the f.b.i. knew at some point that part of that information was not disinformation at the same time that those former intel officials were saying it is russian disinformation, we're signing this letter. that's the end of the story. many social media outlets and others would not allow the story to be shared or promoted. at the same time testimony from whistleblowers and others that the f.b.i. knew at that time that at least in part some of the information on that laptop was legit. >> gillian: the white house has said on multiple occasions the president would not pardon

hunter biden if he was, in fact, fact. we have heard that. >> as we sit here in normandy your son, hunter, is on trial. and i know you cannot speak about an ongoing federal prosecution. but let me ask you will you accept the jury's outcome, their verdict no matter what it is? >> yes. >> have you ruled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. >> gillian: he could face up to 25 years. the words from the president appear binding. >> for a lot of people out there as a parent they'll say listen, if he doesn't hold to this. if hunter was convicted and president biden loses in the fall, i think there are a lot of parents who would understand if he said i will pardon my son. so he has made clear that he does not plan to do that. he has another trial, remember, in september. hunter biden's team had pushed so they wouldn't have two trials so close together. that means it is even closer to

when people start casting ballots. will he be convicted for not in the first trial? they'll have a second criminal trial to deal with in september, much closer to when there will be headlines about voting and people getting out there and making their decisions. see if the president holds to that. a lot of parents across this country who if he changed his mind would not hold it against him. >> bill: a lot of trial is on taxes. "fox news sunday." tom cotton is on your show and ritchie torres. give us the 30 second pitch. >> is senator cotton on the vp short list? we think so. democrat congressman ritchie torres, the influx from the border and how it overwhelmed new york and whether he thinks president biden's actions will help. >> bill: we'll be watching sunday. thank you. awaiting president biden's speech on defending democracy and freedom. from normandy, france. we'll take you there any moment

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>> the men of normandy had fagged what they were doing was right. that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest. >> here we prove the forces of liberty are stronger than the forces of conquest. here we proved that the ideas of our democracy are stronger than any army or combination of armies in the entire world. >> bill: president biden hoping for some of that reagan magic as he runs for a second term using the dramatic back drop of pointe du hoc along the coast of normandy. a ledger dear spot where rangers scaled the cliffs during the d-day invasion. a former u.s. navy seal officer running for the u.s. senate on

the republican senate in the state of montana running against the democrat john tester. senator tester and his team, the invitation is open for you to join us as well. welcome to our coverage here. what is the best message for president biden at a time when europe is at war and war in the middle east. >> peace through strength. we have the show the world we're strong and decisive. our disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan what got me into this race. my wife was a -- when we had a disastrous shameful withdrawal from afghanistan, bodies falling from planes and 13 u.s. service members killed, that sent a message to the world that has begun the snowballing effect of foreign policy disasters and we have to show the world we're decisive, strong, because right now we face an array of threats

we haven't seen in over a century as americans. >> gillian: president biden is not a wartime president in the traditional sense. he is overseeing u.s. troops deploying to foreign wars. but he is grappling with the gaza war and the war in ukraine, both outcomes likely to be hugely consequential from americans. the latest fox news polling. it asked voters who would do a better job on the israel/hamas war in gaza, arizona had trump up by 11 points, florida had trump up by 12, nevada had trump up by 13. virginia had trump up by ten points. that surprise you? >> absolutely not. you look at president trump's administration. we had the most stable foreign policy landscape we've ever had. he was a huge big, a mad man -- he will get us into a world war. in those four years the fact was the first time we hadn't started

a new war in a half century and didn't open up a new front of military action in several add min ashen trayss because it was clear to the world that america was not going to get pushed around and put america first. when you put america first the rest of the world benefits, too. the reality is the modern world depends on a strong america and strength is the most important characteristic we have to have as our front footing whenever we deal with international foreign policy decisions and as we've seen the last three years we have not projected strength and the impacts are clear from ukraine to taiwan to israel to disaster. we need to get ourselves back on a footing of strength and show the world we're decisively put our interests first every step of the way. >> bill: vladimir putin is talking this week and said a lot meeting with reporters. talked about the use of nuclear weapons and german military tanks in ukraine, how offensive it was to him and the russian

people. play this sound bite from putin suggesting other countries could be in his crosshairs if they give weapons to the ukrainian military used against russia. >> if we see these countries are being drawn into a war against us and this is the direction involvement of the war against the russian federation, we reserve the right to act the same way. in general, this is a path to very serious problems. >> bill: policy question, might be a military strategic question as well. earlier today we pledged an additional $225 million in military aid to ukraine on top of the $61 billion package from two weeks ago. in the $225 million assigned today including the high launch rocket systems that can hit deep into russia. what do you think about what putin is saying about that possibility now? >> i think we have to take it very seriously. it goes back to what i said before. peace through strength. this wouldn't have happened if

we had been clear. putin has been crossing red lines all through the obama administration, red line after red line from georgia forchechnya and syria and crimea and we've enabled this behavior but we have to be careful what we do next and have to rack and stack our foreign policy priorities clearly. europe has benefited from 80 years of american protection. spending sometimes half of a percent of gdp on the military industrial complex while they retire at age 52 and go golfing. america has been providing the military security for the last century and had a long time to reorient themselves and be prepared to defend their own territory and europe is having to reboot their defense industrial complex. they should be able to defend themselves and invest in their own security. but europe has to put this problem first. they have to make those decisions about whether they are going to invest in their security buffer.

america as we can see is overstretched. we're broke and on a way to deficit. we have to prioritize our foreign policy engagements right now. >> bill: thank you. he wants to be a senator in montana and to john tester, the invitation is out there so thank you for your time, sir. >> gillian: thank you, tim. all eyes on the federal reserve after today's jobs report. will they lower interest rates as families struggle to keep up with inflation? we don't know. there is also this. >> let's play what you said play what he said. play what he said. >> i never said that. >> byron donalds firing back at critics after taking heat for remarks made about black americans during jim crow. we got the congressman on tap to join us next. ke a moment to address my fellow veterans, because i know so

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>> bill: earlier today the american president, joe biden, publicly apologized to ukrainian president zelenskyy for a months' long hold-up in military assistance. he will make a speech on freedom and democracy in minutes. antony blinken and lloyd austin and the american president in a moment. 10:30 in new york. >> is there a specific period between 1867 and 1968 thought was a golden era that was a time good for black families? >> i never said that. this is what gas lighting what i'm saying. the marriage rates -- joy, i was talking about the marriage rates of black families. i said it was the golden era. i never said that. you are saying that. you said it was better back then. i never said that. >> bill: byron donalds sparring

with democrats about jim crow and african-americans. a lot of liberals getting worked over with the comment. >> one of the things starting in the culture and starting to see in the politics is the reinvigoration of black families with younger black men and black women. during jim crow the black family was together. during jim crow, more black people were not just conservative minded, but more black people voted conservatively. >> bill: trump v.p. contender is with me now. good morning to you. quite a dust up. i know you disagree with what joy reed was saying on msnbc. what were you trying to say there? >> first of all, what we're talking about in philadelphia a couple days ago was the importance of black families and a united black families, growing black families in the united

states. that's very important. lyndon johnson's policies, the great society and other issues led to a massive decline in the marriage rate in black america. that is an empirical fact. the problem the democrats want to create. creation on their part. because i said jim crow they think i'm talking about some golden era. what is important here in this entire phony controversy is that joe biden, his campaign, democrat leadership and terrible press want to make an issue. they want to gas light black people in the country and make black people think in america republicans look at jim crow like it was a great time in american history. that's not true. they are gas lighting and lying and so bill, to be blunt with you i won't be intimidated and do an apology tour. i will stand up to them and the foolishness they are trying to concoct. what they want to see happen is black people quote, unquote, stay voting for democrats and

they will use race, gas light, lie, twist words for that to be accomplished. i won't let them twist my words. i will stand up for them. >> bill: kareem jeffries called it outlandish and outrageous. check yourself before you wreck yourself is what he said. back to the interview. >> you are an interracial marriage. your wife is white conservative activist. could your family have existed at all during jim crow? >> no, it could not, joy, we know that. that's why i'm blessed to live in america today a as opposed to america during that time. we cannot ignore the realities of not having fathers in homes. that is important to our black people today and all people today as we move forward for a better america. >> bill: a significant point that seems to draft off what you were pushing toward during the event you mentioned there a moment ago about president johnson's policies that were signed into law.

you believe fundamentally that it was those policies in the mid 1960s that led african-americans down a worse road. >> bill, let's be clear. it is not about belief, it is the empirical fact. the marriage rate in black america declined rapidly after the passage of a lot of great society policies. it was destructive. let's talk about hakeem jeffries. he saw a headline from the biden administration and went to the house floor and he was wrong. i'm not going to stand and listen to him lecture me when the truth of the matter is if you want to talk about jim crow, jim crow was democrat party policies that led to the disenfranchisement, the terror against black people in america. that's one of the reasons why black people during that time period were voting much more conservatively and have always been conservative minded. that's the overall point. if we be technical about the history.

they don't want to be technical. they want to gas light, twist and lie. i will stand up to it and stand firm on what i said because if you are going to talk about families, family structure and dads being in homes with their wives raising kids is good for black america and it is good for all america. >> bill: we'll see weather or not donald trump can a track more african-americans. it was at this point in 2020 where he was favorable, but a lot went home and voted for joe biden. the short list we think is out there now, you are on it, bottom row, second from the left. sean asked donald trump about this just yesterday. roll it. >> i think i will announce who that person will be during the convention. i think that's pretty normal during the convention, it will be an interesting period of time. >> bill: who is the best pick for donald trump? >> i will leave that to donald

trump. a lot of good people on that list. at this point we just want him to win and get back into the white house. everybody is committed to that. no matter who he decides to go with. at the end of the day, we have to get our country together back on track. our economy is a mess, border is insecure, foreign policy is abject disaster, donald trump will do a significantly better job. >> bill: thank you for your time. republican out of florida. today we find him in nashville, tennessee. thank you, sir. >> gillian: take a look at this. may jobs report coming in hotter than expected this month. u.s. added 272,000 jobs. unemployment ticked up to 4%. who better to break it all down for us that edward lawrence at 1600 pennsylvania avenue this morning. hi. >> yeah, the president has weighed in on this saying the great american comeback is continuing. this jobs report is hotter than the federal reserve would like to say for inflation.

272,000 jobs created with the top of the top estimates that came out related to this. when you look under the hood you do see inflation pressures here. year-over-year average hourly wages up 4.1% pushing inflation in itself there. not consistent with the 2% target from federal reserve. i asked the labor secretary about that an hour ago. >> it doesn't matter what you call it. it is an economy that is doing well. we have defied all expectations in terms of the job growth. we haven't talked about the unemployment rate. again still at or below 4% for 30 months running now. the longest stretch since the 1960s. >> this is where the jobs were in may. manufacturing, leisure and healthcare, construction. look at government. government spending created 43,000 jobs there and government

spending if you average out the past three months, the government has created 43,000 jobs per month over the past three months. that is for some not sustainable. listen to this. >> so many hand-outs over the last few years where government has been propping things up in the economy with massive amount of government spending and increases in the deficit, debt and interest payments soaring, inflation is also continue to stay up higher. >> so the last time the unemployment rate was 4% was in january of 2022. this report shows something interesting. 408,000 fewer people were employed in this report and that's the reason the unemployment rate went up. you have fewer people than are holding jobs in the month of may. >> gillian:ed lawrence breaking it down from the white house. thank you, ed. any minute now president biden set to make remarks at pointe du

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biden now being escorted to that moment, that place on the hill pointe du hoc where so many brave u.s. army rangers decided they had one decision, gillian, they could stay on the beach and allow the nazi army to fire on them from above, or they could scale that hill and try to find a way, scale the cliff and take on the nazi garrisons that were well dug in up and down that coast of france. we lost a lot of men that day. americans and britts alike but they turned the tide of the war and germany surrendered less than the year later. >> gillian: a lot of men died from the landing zone to the hill. living and monuments to the war

efforts under general eisenhower. >> bill: yesterday we had a good opportunity to take in the events over there. martha maccallum did such a brillian job of bringing the commentary of those who are 100 years old. a teenager or 20 or 21-year-old young men running into fire. now here we are 80 years later and fewer than 100,000 out of millions who fought in that war. >> gillian: one of the last years. >> bill: we have a day that is absolutely beautiful on the normandy coast and as the president gets ready to take the podium. we'll see how he fits his comments to democracy today and what freedom means and what it meant back then when the brits, americans, french and others were able to lead their bay into the battle of the bulge and take

on the nazis before going into berlin and finally ending this war. and finding adolph hitler a victim of suicide in his own bunker. this is the moment, joe biden in france. >> president biden: alas the hour had come, dawn, 6th of june, 1944. the wind was pounding as it is today, always has against these cliffs. 225 american rangers arrive by ship, jumped into the waves and stormed the beach. they could see -- all they could see was the outline of the shore and enormity of these cliffs. i know i will get in trouble with the secret service and look over the cliffs. that's what we are standing on

top of. all they could hear was the crack of bullets hitting ships, sand, rocks, hitting everything. all they knew was time was of the essence. in only 30 minutes, 30 minutes to eliminate the nazi guns high on this cliff. guns that could halt the allied invasion before it even began. these were american rangers. they were ready. they ran toward the cliffs and mines planted underneath by field marshal rommel exploded around them. but they kept coming. gunfire rained above them but still they kept coming. nazi grenades thrown from above exploded against the cliffs but still they kept coming. within minutes they reached the base of this cliff and launched

ladders, ropes, grappling hooks and began to climb. when the nazis cut their ladders, the rangers used the ropes. when the nazis cut the ropes the rangers used their hands. and inch by inch, foot by foot, yard by yard the rangers clawed their way up this mighty precipice until at last they reached the top. they breached the wall and turned in that one effort the tide of the war that began to save the world. ladies and gentlemen, yesterday i paid my respects at the american cemetery a few miles from here where many of those rangers who died taking this cliff are buried. i spoke about what they had done to defend freedom. today as i look out at this battlefield and all the bunkers

and bomb craters that surround it one thought comes to mind, my god, my god, how did they do it? how were these americans willing to risk everything, dare everything, and give everything? they were americans like sergeant leonard lomo of new jersey. one of the first rangers to jump off the ship and run toward the cliff. he almost was shot right above the hip initially and wasn't sure, but he was. he kept going. at one point he was scaling the cliff another ranger yelled i'm not sure i can make it. and he yelled back with every ounce of strength he had in him you have to hold on. and he did and they did. americans like a sergeant from massachusetts, german shell hit his boat as he was approaching

the shore. everything exploded. a sergeant was knocked into the freezing water and as he told it, he began to utter a prayer dear god, don't let me drown. i want to get in and do what i'm here and supposed to do. americans like colonel james rutter of texas, military asked for a battalion for this mission he raised his hand and said my rangers can do the job. he knew their capacity, he knew the strength of their character. a few days after they scaled this cliff he wrote a condolence letter to a mother of one of the rangers who gave his life here and the letter said a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. americans like john from new jersey. he is here. john, we love you, man, thank

you for all you have done. [applause] you deserve that and a lot more, john. just 18 years old he deployed to this cliff to replace the surviving rangers on that d-day invasion. he would go on the fight across france and germany and in early december of 1944, during one of those battles, shrapnel pierced his skull. by christmas he was back fighting with his unit. here is what he said about the notes he kept at that time. he said knowing that my buddies and i always looked out for one another, that's why he came back. that's why he fought so hard to come back. you always look out and his buddies looked out for one another. we talk about democracy. american democracy. we often talk about the ideals of life, liberty, pursuit of

happiness. what we don't talk about is how hard it is. how many ways we're asked to walk away. how many instincts there are to walk away. the most natural instinct is to walk away, to be selfish, force our will on others, seize power and never give up. american democracy asks the hardest of things, to believe. it requires something bigger than ourselves. so democracy begins with each of us, it begins when one person decides there is something more important than themselves. when they decide the person they are serving alongside of is someone to look after. when they decide the mission matters more than their life. when they decide their country matters more than they do. that's what the rangers at pointe du hoc did. that's what they decided. that's what every soldier, every

marine who stormed these beaches decided. a dictator had conquered a continent and had finally met his match because of them, the war turned. they stood against hitler's aggression. does anyone doubt -- does anyone doubt that they would want america to stand up against putin's aggression in europe today? they stormed the beaches alongside their allies. does anyone believe these rangers would want america to go it alone today? they fought to vanquish a hateful ideology in the 30s and 40s. does anyone doubt they wouldn't move heaven and earth to vanquish hateful ideologies of today? they put country about themselves. does anyone believe they would exact anything less from every

american today? these rangers remembered with reverence those who gave their lives in battle. could they or anyone ever imagine that america wouldn't do the same? they believed america was the beacon of the world. i'm certain they believed that it with be that way forever. you know, we stand today where we stand -- that's what became june 6th. the rangers who scaled this cliff didn't know they would change the world but they did. i've long said that history has shown that ordinary americans can do extraordinary things when challenged. there is no better example of that in the entire world than right here at pointe du hoc. rangers from farms and cities and every part of america, from homes that didn't know wealth and power.

they came to a shoreline and none of them would have picked out on a map. they came to a country many of them had never seen. for a people they had never met. but they came. they did their job. they fulfilled their mission and they did their duty. it requires something greater than themselves. they were americans. i stand here today as the first president to come to pointe du hoc that none of these men are still alive, none, who scaled these cliffs. but i'm here to tell you with them gone and the wind come off this ocean will not fade but grow louder as we gather here today. it is not just to honor those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day, june 6th, 1944, it is to listen to the

echoes of their voices, to hear them because they are summoning us now. they ask us what will we do? they are not asking us to scale these cliffs but they are asking us to stay true to what america stands for. they are not asking us to give or risk our lives but they are asking us to care for others in our country more than ourselves. they are not asking us to do their job, they are asking us to do our job to protect freedom in our time. to defend democracy, to stand up to aggression abroad and at home, to be part of something bigger than ourselves. my fellow americans, i refuse to believe -- i simply refuse to believe that america's greatness is a thing of the past. i still believe there is nothing beyond that capacity in america

when we act together. we are the fortunate heirs of the legacy of these heroes, those who scaled the cliffs in pointe du hoc. we must also be the keepers of their mission. it bears the flame of freedom that they kept burning bright. that is the truest testimonial to their lives. our actions every day to insure our democracy endures and the soul of our nation endures, to come here simply to remember the ghosts of pointe du hoc isn't enough. we need to hear them and listen to them. we need to listen to what they had. we need to make a solemn vow to never let them down. god bless the fallen, god bless the brave men who scaled these cliffs. may god protect our troops. god bless america.

[applause] [band playing] >> bill: the speech that lasted around nine minutes. president biden with a brilliant back drop, by the way. he said the rangers who scaled this cliff didn't know they changed the world but they did. he said on june 5th this wasn't sacred ground but on june 6th it was. talked about democracy and america's place in the world and

talked about freedom and that it is worth defending. interesting to harken back to the voices and visions of the people who were there doing it in 1944 and suggesting that they are speaking to us this day to continue what they -- that they not just started but made sure lasted. >> gillian: the president, too, alluding to the major wars ongoing today. the war between israel and hamas in gaza, the war putin's war on ukraine, the president saying what we were asking of the western world today of our citizens is not so much to scale a cliff as we did back then 80 years ago but asking them to do everything we can and they can these country's governments to support the men and women in uniform doing that overseas. en cap sue lateing the biden

doctrine. not sending troops but everything else up to the line. >> bill: remarkable to watch the coverage and get the stories and think how great these american people are. at age 100 plus. i shared the story yesterday. stranded in an airport last weekend and that was awful but first world problem. but i met a 104 year american veteran in a wheelchair with two hearing aids being escorted from cincinnati to atlanta and atlanta to france and so many of them made that trip. you think about this, gillian, you are age 100 and able to make that trip. you had the strength of so many men when you were young and a teenager and showing that yet again to get there. the gentleman the president pointed out is one of the many we honor yet again today for good reason. >> gillian: this who week has been poignant. the age of surviving veterans now from d-day ranges from late

90s to mid 100s. this could be one of the last years when the president does this, when the world performs this ceremony of remembrance for the world and we actually have surviving veterans with us. in a year or two or five, that may all come to -- >> bill: president biden has had his moment on the 80th anniversary of the invasion. this was the moment that ronald wilson reagan had 40 years ago. >> you were young the day you took these cliffs. some of you were hardly more than boys with a deepest joys of life before you. yet you risked everything here. what im pelt you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? what inspired all the men of the armies that met here?

we look at you and somehow we know the answer. it was faith and belief. it was loyalty and love. >> bill: wow, that was quite something, too. the president will make his way home. during this speech ironically the prosecution rested in his son's trial. before we go why don't we end on a positive note. a lot of folks heading for the beach. we're heading for the jersey shore, a lot of us. put a plug in for a new book called "i don't want to go home" the history of the stone pony on the jersey shore. all of america, you know your favorite spot on the beach, right? the stone pony is for so many people. >> gillian: i will pick it up for my train ride back to d.c. >> bill: a lot of american stories. great to be with you. >> gillian: thanks for having me. >> bill: we have to roll. here is "focus" right now from new york