think abouts that when you get a free one. have a great weekend, and if you feel like it, have a donut. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. face to face. the brief encounter between two presidents and the talk about ukraine. tributes, norman did normandy,s later. guns and taxes, why some people are nervous. >> the brazil experience, people living if a place where they don't want to you see. >> and yemen, happy. the video and life in one of the

poorest countries in the middle east. we begin tonight with an unexpected meeting. it happened during the 70th anniversary of d day in normandy, france. two presidents, vladimir putin and barack obama met face to face for the first time since the ukraine crisis. the meeting was short. mike viqueria has the story. >> president obama down played the meeting with vladimir putin. speaking 15 minutes with the russian leader after all. a behind the scenes discussion caught on video. ukraine was among the topics. putin also spoke with petro poroshenko, the man due to be

sworn in as ukraine's president, on saturday, a meeting brokered by angela merkel. ceasinceasing efforts to involve ukraine. a day of solemn ceremony and commemoration. mr. obama began the day withen frooblewith francois hollande. paid tribute to those who gave their all. >> whenever the world makes you

cynical, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness is possible, stop and think of these men. >> u.s. officials regard both meetings, the obama, putin meeting and the putin-poroshenko meeting as hopeful, but they want to see more. mike viqueria, al jazeera america. >> jonathan betz joins us, jonathan. >> a lot of people counting on him he hasn't officially started yet but petro poroshenko was invited to d day ceremonies and got straight to work. it's hard to see and it was brief but remarkable nonetheless. the leaders of the russia and ukraine meeting for the first time since the conflict erupted. after months of fighting.

>> russia needs to recognize that petro poroshenko is the legitimately elected leader of ukraine. >> says he's ready to talk with moscow. >> the battle of supporting terrorists. >> he's promising to quickly end fighting to the east while comparing the rebels to somali pirates. >> want to concern the illegal thing had. >> called the chocolate king, the 48-year-old made a fortune. >> we want to build up the powerful european country. influence of player in the region. >> he was overwhelmingly swept into office even though nearly half the country didn't vote. and he's been in politics for 16

years, was a government minister before the revolution and owns television stations. ukrainians have heard empty promises before but many hope this leader is different. some already encouraged by his first steps. each said the other side has to take the first step. although poroshenko said it's impossible to secure his country without russia's cooperation. >> all right, jonathan, thank you. the fighting in eastern ukraine is as bad as it has been since the government launched its first offensive a month ago. now closed part of the eastern border. the genome is to stop the flow of armed men from russia. kim vanel reports. >> most people here are in hiding. both ukrainian military surrounding the town and the

separatists trying to gain control. for a few days few have ventured outside. >> i feel fear, fear for myself and for my children. >> reporter: these women told us they never imagined this would end up on their doorstep. heavy machine gun rownsdz rang out. rounds rang out. kyiv says 15 separatists were killed. we went to a hospital where some of the wounded pro-russians are being treated. we are told the fight is far from over. the four armed men wearing balaclavas forced us out. the town feels far from the front line but people are still anxious. many people we spoke to at any time want to appear on camera, fearing by doing so would make

them a target. dwighted over who they support in this conflict. >> translator: i think our people's republic is doing everything right. it is all be fine i hope. but how it will play out weefl >> translator: we'llsee. >> translator: who knows why they're here and what for? i just can't understand. i want peace and a united ukraine. >> reporter: a united ukraine is just what kyiv is battling for. but the this doesn't make the sight of tanks any more welcome here. kim vanel, al jazeera, metanivka. a bomb attack on the candidates convoy killed six people including three of his body guards. the candidate, abdalla abdalla was not hurt. paul brennan has that story.

>> reporter: a busy schedule of campaign events was always going opresent ample opportunities to strike. and in friday in kabul that risk became a reality. there were two bomb blasts although the exact circumstances remain unclear. the police say the circumstances were two suicide bombers. second, a road side device. either ways, the result was deadly. >> translator: we suddenly heard a huge sound of an explosion when we were coming downstairs. the blast shattered the windows and stirred the dust. we couldn't even see each other, let alone figure out the situation at that time. i fell on dr. abdalla and his bodyguard on me. there was another attack when we got up. >> reporter: the intended target of the bombers, abdalla abdalla said he himself had not been harmed but his security guards had been among the

victims. >> translator: the enemies of afghanistan failed in their plot today but unfortunately we have lost a number of my countrymen. 30 of our companions, three were martyred in today's attack. i express my sincere condolence and may god let they rest in peace. >> having one 45% of the first round ballots, the first round was praised as an unexpected success. after the taliban failed ocause trouble. ahead of the second round runoff. paul brennan, al jazeera. north korea has identified an american tourist being detained in that country. jeffrey edward fow. japanese media suggest he may have left a bible in his room.

faul was detained, and kenneth bae was detained in november. there's still controversy. a taliban official said sergeant bowe bergdahl was treated very well during his five years of captivity and was even allowed to play soccer with his captors. california senator dianne feinstein says she has no credible evidence of threats on his life. as was mentioned earlier today was a so man somber day for tri. 70 years since the allied invasion of the nazi occupied france. took place on one of the beaches where the force he landed, june 1944. dana lewis reports. >> reporter: american f-15s

rattled the quiet of omaha beach today, but the sound was only a whisper compared to the roar of the bloody battle of d day. the largest amphibious invasion in history to crush the nazi invasion of urine. more would die in the weeks and months to come. normandy, 9,387 u.s. soldiers are buried here. normandy is beam head of democracy in europe. >> america's claim our commitment to little bit. our claim to equality, to freedom and the inherent dignity of every human being. that claim is written on the blood of these beaches and it will endure for eternity. >> reporter: 6:30 a.m., the exact time 70 years ago americans came to shore under heavy fire. today on omaha beach veterans

marked the moment in silence. one of the veterans president obama mentioned in his speech was bill colwell. >> it was a very, very nasty thing. i had no idea what it was going to be like. i don't think any of us did because we were all in the same boat. and just a bunch of young kids. >> reporter: across normandy this week, the french have dressed in uniforms celebrating d day as a great moment of liberation from nazi occupation. in sharp contrast there were no cheers for the arrival of russian president vladimir putin. french president francois hollande tried to use politics

aside. >> translator: if we, today, can live in peace, if we can live in safety, if we can live in sovereignty protected by the laws that we have chosen, he said, it is thanks to these men who gave their lives. i declare it here on this beach that france is eternally grateful. this 70th anniversary of d day is especially poignant because many of these veterans are in their 90s. last reunion, last chance to remember lost comrades and sacrifices. dana lewis, al jazeera, sword beach, normandy. >> we'll take you to the celebration of allied troops, in our next half hour. >> we should have the option to conceal or openly carry. >> some gun owners don't agree. plus the fastest internet

service in the country is not in silicon valley. we'll tell you where it is.

>> you might be surprised to learn where to find the fastest

internet speeds in the country. in one city in tennessee, residents can now download a movie in just seconds and that technology is luring businesses from all over the country. jonathan martin reports. >> with an appalachian mountain backdrop, scenic rail system, and now an ultrahigh speed internet service. >> it's about 100 times faster than the national average. >> reporter: is driving growth in this small tennessee city. >> it's so much easier than anywhere else to do anything. >> one gigabyte per second, that's 40 times faster than cities like new york and on par with hong kong which has the fastest in the world. >> we have brand he our community as the gig-city, the first city to have a gig. >> chattanooga, tennessee was the first to have one gig.

>> not only improve the power grid but with over $330 million in bonds and federal stimulus grants, engineers created a citywide typie fiberoptic netwo. about 4,000 residential customers are signed up. chattanooga's chamber of commerce reports in the last 30 years, more than 30 companies have moved here because of the gig, creating about 1,000 jobs. jack luter runs lamp post, an incubator for startups. >> you realize how much time and money you're saving on every little transaction, that really starts to add up. wow, i got an hour of my life back or four hours. >> easier to see with video files. we uploaded, what would take

hours on a dial up connection. >> google fiber? >> and google recently added privately owned fiber networks in three cities with plans for more. >> if you look at the united states versus the rest of the world when it comes to internet connect ifort we'rively we're w. in five years a lot more cities will have it. if not. >> beyond the basics using creatives and engineers to take new ways to take advantage of this new pace of networking. jonathan martin, al jazeera, chattanooga, tennessee. >> katherine kreiser, professor at benjamin franklin school of law. welcome. >> great to be here. >> why is it chattanooga has

these speeds and the rest of the country didn't? >> chattanooga was poised to do it, they wanted to take a big step ahead of knoxville, and other cities around them. they're seeing terrific results. >> because the country, the united states doesn't have that sort of speed does it leave many parts of the country behind when it comes to business? >> absolutely. new york city where we are right now we're really in the tank when it comes to high speed internet access. and if you are a publishing business, you need to download not just upload. we're paying six times what paris and hong kong and speeds are 40 times slower. >> why haven't these cities followed suit? >> well, they've got incumbents with enormous political power. comcast, verizon, at&t, will make sure these cities don't take these steps. >> if chattanooga can do it why

can't a city like new york? it's expensive right? >> in a sense it's too much of a risk not to do it right? new york city will have to have fiber to carry all the work the city is producing. but we're stag that th stagnantt moving forward. >> so this is effective? >> it getz video fees from the incumbents here and look at its long term future and that's hard for cities to do. >> how long can these cable companies kind of keep people in the dark or dark ages? >> well, this is really campg on as a national issue. 400 cities in america have fiber networks or are planning them. and when the big guys start doing it like seattle, san francisco, new york, boston, the rest of the country -- >> you would say the rest of the country would say, we need this.

>> we should be leading every other place in the world. >> what would be the best plan? >> the best would give air cover. and to roll back the state laws that outlaw this in 18 states. >> how many big cities could have this sort of service and how long would it take? >> all of them could have it. a couple of years to do the planning. this is not difficult mechanically, but politically. >> is chattanooga a model city? >> it's a model in terms of political will so absolutely. >> susan crawford, good to see you. thank you. >> glad to be here. >> the world's second largest phone company said several spy agencies recorded phone communications on its network. vodafone says there are laws in certain countries that allow access to a users network.

filed the most requests for information, in some cases governments inserted their own equipment into vodafone's network. texas is holding its state republican convention this week and gun rights advocates are putting lethal weapons on display. they are pushing for a change in texas law. mike schneider reports from fort worth. >> their automatic rifles and shotguns have been banned from chipotle's and chilis. but these long guns are legal to carry openly and about 30 people brought them outside the texas republican convention in fort worth. chris miller is a mechanic who's edged ga. he says he's a regular guy who really doesn't want to carry his ar 15 for protection. he's doing it to make a point. >> i believe as free citizens we should have an often to conceal

or openly carry. when you can openly carry an ar-15 or a shotgun, a modern handgun you can get arrested for open carrying, that's a little odd to say the least. that's something we would like to change. >> reporter: texas is only one of five states where you cannot carry a handgun in the open. >> we are supposed to be the gun capitol of the world essentially. >> we found no such discomfort as members of open carry taran county approached folks around the gop state convention. chris miller says his group's not out to scare or intimidate but do the opposite. >> you see in the media all the time, it's always the bad guy with the gun, bad guy this bad guy that. we want to show people, responsible people own guns also, mechanics, attorneys, anybody. >> tara, a call center rep with

three kids, she says it's not practical carrying around an ar-15 for protection. she wants to carry a handgun, without concealing it. >> it takes time to pull it out of where it's concealed. that's wrong. if i had it up at my side, pull it up, and pull the trigger. >> one person who really wants to see open carry handguns casts is a great grandmother. >> beverly wants to carry a handgun as a deterrent. she says she doesn't want to use it. >> i don't want to be a radical or a weirdie. i just want my second amendment rights. >> reporter: some state leaders say they support open carry but fear these groups bringing long guns out and into businesses is hurting the cause. the demonstrators disagree and

don't intend to stop. al jazeera, fort worth. >> be sure to tune in to the system, on al jazeera america, airs at 9:00 eastern 6:00 pacific. wisconsin's ban on same sex yoinls strucunions struck down . in north dakota, seven couples have filed a challenge, north dakota is the last state in the country to have same sex marriage challenged in federal court. 27 states now allow same sex couples to marry. syria's war has turned thousands into widows. up next, a refugee camp offering hope for fatherless families. and emotional d day ceremonies, aboard the u.s.s. texas.

>> this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. much more coming up this half hour.

world cup tourists paying to live in the slums of brazil. plus: ♪ happy >> in yemen, the video that's raising the middle east country's morale. and california chrome could be one day away from becoming the first triple crown winner in three decades. take a look at a live picture of air force 1, landing at joint base andrews. president obama coming back from his trip in normandy. stopped in poland for a while and had a meeting with vladimir putin. we'll have a list of things he's doing this weekend as well.

the population of syria is shrinking. more than 40% of the population has been displaced by fighting. in lebanon taking in most of the refugees, more than 2.8 million yrnz havsyrians have fled to neg countries. chased from their home in their own country. 80% of those who die in syria are men. women and children struggle to go on with their lives. some are finding support from lebanon where mothers try to keep what's left of their life together. nick schifrin reports. >> reporter: every day all day, amed keeps vigil. they fled here from syria and their rations were cut off. in protest, helpless and

humiliated, she set herself on fire. >> translator: i can only think of her dpeght better. i have nothing else. >> reporter: the wars ripped families apart and that's left the mothers of syria the most vulnerable. more than three quarters of syrian refugees are women and children. osma's been in this home for widows for five months. he's from homs. the -- she's from homs. once known as the cradle of revolution. this is barely the cradle of life. she scenes her husband alive by wearing her wedding ring. she's scared to reveal her face. whether they fled, she and her daughter didn't even have time

to put on their shoes. when they fled, her son didn't make it. she spends her days teaching english. she contemplated suicide. her children kept her going. >> they sort of give me the goal or the aim for the future. >> reporter: in this house the children of widows can play and live. and the women learn skills like hair dressing. the idea is to give them the ability to support themselves. they have to because of all they've lost. um abda arrived here just two weeks ago with her sister and her nephew. they fled when they could no longer hide from the war. she is also from homs. she said last month, the government bombed her house. >> translator: the sounds were very loud. my little one would sleep under the bed. my children would see with their

own eyes. they would see the massacres with their own eyes. >> reporter: and then a massacre took her own family. this card shows how one son was jaimed for life. another son disappeared. her husband is missing. then last month her brother and her son were both killed fighting. >> translator: nobody in my family is left. five young men died. all my family is gone. >> reporter: each of these families have a message to the united states: what would you want the people to america to know about your situation? >> translator: situation of the syrian people is very bad. there are millions like me. >> reporter: millions of lives. five days after we interviewed him, five days after we filmed his wife, 43-year-old miriam, she died from her burns. she died without the shelter or the dignity that these widows

today are clinging to. so they can try and rebuild their families. nick schifrin, al jazeera, tripoli, lebanon. >> one of 2 dozen countries holding drills not far from syria. including 8,000 u.s. troops are taking part in the largest annual joint military drill in the region. exercise include taking back a seized border, delivering humanitarian aid, and delivers aid across the border. richelle carey is here tonight with the headlines. richelle. >> thank you john. wrapping up a four day trip in europe, president obama is just arriving. air force 1 landed on the ground at andrews. surprising encounter between president obama and russian

president vladimir putin. putin also spoke with ukraine's president elect, u.s. officials regard those as a positive sign. candidate in afghanistan election abdalla abdalla sceafd after an attack, at least 22 others were injured. texas republican convention, people are bringing rifles to the convention. texas is one state where owners cannot carry handguns out in the open but perfectly legal to carry long guns. the images of the guns in the open could actually hurt the cause. >> all right richelle thank you. today the world paused to remember d day, commemorating the battle that changed the

direction of world war ii. president obama and more than a dozen other world leaders gathered in france to pay tribute to those who fought and died that day. it was 70 years ago when allied forces fought in normandy. d day events held in this country as well many. near houston the french government awarded the legion of honor to 36 veterans. taking place on a battle ship that provided crucial support. heidi zhou-castro has the story. >> in the hills above utah and omaha beach, giving cover to thousands of allied trooption on the sands -- troops on the below. 70 years later, the ship remains

tranquil. the memory of fireman first class howard mills. >> this was my home for over two years. >> mills turned 19 years old on d day. he had no idea his birthday present would be the battle of his lifetime. >> i was in turret 5, fifth division. we took care of turret 5, i was a shell handler, a 14-inch shell handler. >> in the very room mills worked, his job was to hoist these 1200 pound shells, using this pulley system. during the normandy invasion, he was here for 14 days straight working without rest. >> these were people on the beach. and my heart goes out to them. from the standpoint: i had the ship here. i didn't have to suffer like they did. >> reporter: more than 9,000 allied troops were killed or

wounded on d day. [applause] >> aboard battle ship texas friday, awarded the legion of honor to 36 american veterans who made it home and are still living. >> they didn't only fight for their country, the united states of america. but it also fought for my country, france, as if it were their own country. for that, france will never forget. >> we prayed together and we fought together. it's part of the lord, i guess. the biggest thing that ever happened to me, really, it was. >> reporter: on this d day anniversary, mills is turning 89 years old. ♪ happy birthday to you >> a shining medal is his birthday present this time around, presented aboard the ship that carried him to the

shores of normandy 70 years ago. heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera, la port, texas. >> and veterans radio host bob gould joins us to talk about what d day means to him. welcome. >> welcome john and to everyone else on veterans radio. >> you've marked many d days in your life. what does this one mean to you? >> i think it means to all of us on this day forward we evolved from the arsenal of democracy to the beacon of democracy for the entire world. what came with that were all the freedoms that we enjoy, protection. we have safe borders. we have the freedoms to be able to pursue the value within our communities of life, liberty and happiness. and most of all we have the essence of valor that is throughout our society today. >> what do you think is important for young people to understand about this day?

>> well, i go back to the sacrifice that was made by everyone involved. here was a country that was a sleeping giant that all of a sudden became the freedom of the world, became a super-power. and that has carried over today. and all the protections and all the things that we take and we look at today, militarily, scientifically, within the service industry, they're all -- you can trace them all back to going back to the whole effort of operation overlord which was, of course, d-day, the invasion of the beaches of france. >> so what have you been hearing from some of your listeners on veterans radio about what they think of d-day? >> well, what we have been, is people feel a real sense of honor. and i think they feel a real sense of privilege to be able to, after 70 years to be able to have that opportunity to say something to all our veterans. we're essentially giving a voice

to the veterans today. of that era. there's only 65,000 of them left out of millions. so honor that vet. and i know that that's present thinking. >> how does this day compare to other important days in the his of the united statehistory of td the world? >> it was a defining moment of our country and our society where we became the protectors of the world. very important that those sacrifices were made so we can enjoy the things that we have today in our great land. >> now we talk about men and the sacrifices they made, a great deal when it comes to world war ii. but talk a little bit about d day, the war and the impact on the lives of women. >> i love that subject, john. i absolutely love it. because my mother worked in the plants! my mother worked in the factories. she was a rosie the riveter.

we put them from the homes into the board rooms, became pilots, ceos and neurosurgeons. the clothing that went along everything changed john and we can all look back to that. it was very pivotal. >> bob, what do you think d day means to younger vets from afghanistan and iraq? >> it means the carryover of the tradition. bravery, valor, i make a distinction of the two. bravery is more anecdotal, more incidental but valor, with your neighbor, how many times has a neighbor gone in and saved somebody, did something that was very, very uncharacteristic,

anywhere else in the world, it is an essence of our society. >> bob gould is the host of veterans radio. it is a pleasure to have you on the program tonight, bob, thanks very much. >> my pleasure, thank you for having me. >> let's go to washington, d.c, joie chen standing by to tell us what's coming up on "america tonight" at the top of the hour. joie. >> tonight on the program we talk about a novel offense, stopping voyages on the streets of richmond, california. top 10 list of most violent in america. fierce rifl arrival rivalries, d has taken a unique approach. cash: laying down a dollar, will it pay off? >> positive relationships, these

young men are dying as a result of despair and a lack of hope. and what these relationships do, what this agency is all about is dealing and delivery, large doses of hope. >> correspondent michael okwu spent times on the streets of richmond. an in-depth look. on "america tonight," we'll see you then. >> thank you joie. not everyone attending the world cup brazil games will be staying in hotels. but in slums. they are called favelas. >> we've had interests all along, and it's overwhelming at times. even today. making last-minute bookings for people who are planning to show up, in five or six days, and be

here for the whole world cup. they're really coming from all over the world. i'd say that they're definitely concentrated in the u.s. and western europe. we have a good number of other latin american countries. and even a few asian countries represented. inside the favela, they're extremely vibrant, welcoming places and have as a matter of fact, contributed greatly to brazilian national culture. thins like -- things like sam about a and carnival, have their roots in favelas. soccer is, in the favelas, huge. so many people's existences, in re oh ario as a whole.

flamingo will play, and every sunday evening the favela will be alight with fireworks and cheers. a couple of years ago i remember flamingo won a national championship. i'm from los angeles and i'm used to earthquake. it felt like there was an earthquake in my building. >> a little more than a week until the start of the world cup. the curtain raiser next thursday. the horse california chrome could make triple crown history at belmont park. the chestnut colt gall opened easily today. the last leg is no easy feat and in the last 36 years 11 horses have won the first two crowns

then lost at belmont. coming up next, the music video lifting the spirits of a battered cub. >> i think yemeni people also needed to smile. >> plus the passion surrounding the 70th invasion of normandy. normandy.

>> good evening i'm meteorologist kevin corriveau. all week long we have been seeing severe weather across the southern parts of the united states. tonight is no exception. first of all anywhere from parts of arkansas, mississippi, alabama, georgia, mostly clouds in this area but we do have warnings out for severe thunderstorms. we'll be watching very closely. atlanta you're out of the rain but the forecast, we do expect to see more of the thunderstorms popping up over the weekend as well. here across the high plains we're seeing a lot of worst

weather. over a dozen tornadoes. those line of thunderstorms all the way from nebraska into the pan handled opanhandle of texas. the warnings are still in effect. take a look at the warnings right now. those bright reds those are the tornado warnings. four states with tornado warnings in effect. those are very dangerous, those will continue for the next several hours. tomorrow unfortunately i don't have much better news. we are looking at severe weather across northern texas, parts of missouri as well and very heavy rain is associated with that. if you want better weather come here tot northeast. beautiful conditions there, new york at 76°, going to be a beautiful weekend. that is a look at your national weather, your news is coming up right after this.

>> in our friday arts segment it is a video gone viral, from yemen and viewed by a half million people. a happy change in their country without violence. courtney keely reports. ♪ it might seem crazy

>> yemeni people also needed to smile. >> co-directed the video. >> i like most of the parts but my favorite part is the candle scene. >> the directors make fun of the capitol's constantly power cuts with this scene. like the rest of sana he was in the dark. he still managed a smile. >> i'm using my phone flash being creative so you can see me. >> he wanted to show a different side of yemen saying the world only hears bad news in his country. >> in yemen, we have a bad situation, lately it's been very bad. crisis after crisis, fuel crisis, no electricity and all the news, all the news that's going around, going around is just, we have to be -- somehow we have to maintain this spirit. we have to, you know, to

survive. >> the old city of sonna is also a key location. >> ideas where he has a friend who looks like pharrel williams. that was the idea. >> helped produce the video organize locations and find the characters. they focused on women in particular. like the popular yemeni radio pernlsbepersonality, which meane with milk. >> when she feels comfortable she doesn't wear it. then you also see women in traditional yemeni clothing. before the '70s yemeni

actually didn't wear the abaya and the hajab. they wore beautiful clothing and scarves around their bodies. >> she showed up in her own red high tops. after they heard about the casting call. the situation is very unstable. >> it's been very tense lately, especially since the military offensive that's been happening in the south but it's no longer just in the south now. >> but even with hard shirp hard trouble, she wants to show that there's a group of yemenis who manage to be happy and healthy. courtney keely, al jazeera. forget apple's ipad, google says it has its own tablet. sensing the world in 3d. plus, she's up for ooh another

tony. my conversation with susan strone land. all coming up 11 eastern 8 pacific time. today was a day to honor the biggest amphibious invasion in the world. take a look at what happened today on the beaches of normandy. >> i am honored to pay tribute to men and women who defied every danger, planes and paratroopers slipped through, screws turned on an an armada. upon this tiny sliver of sand

which hung more than just the fate of a war but rather the course of human history. what witness we can to what happened when the boys from america reached omaha beach. it was here on these shores that the tide was turned in that common struggle for freedom. but in the annals of history, the world had never seen anything like i.t. but america's claim, our commitment to littl liberty, oum to equality, our claim to freedom to the inherent dignity of every human being, that claim is written on the blood of this beaches and it will endure for eternity. none of that would have happened without the men who were willing to lay down their lives for people they had never met and ideals they couldn't live without. here we don't just commemorate victory as proud of that victory as we are.

we don't just honor sacrifice. as grateful as the world is. we come to remember why america, and our allies, gave so much for the survival of littl liberty ae moment of maximum peril. [ bagpipes ] >> we have to honor those who carry forward that legacy. recognizing that people cannot live in freedom unless free people are prepared to die for it. >> on the 70th anniversary of d-day one of the many tributes here at stateside, tonight's freeze frame comes from liberty island. showering a million rose petals on the statute of liberty. the french will never forget. today's headlines with richelle are coming up right after this.

>> talk to aljazeera only on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are tonight's top stories. a potential step forward in the ukraine crisis today. president obama and russian president vladimir putin bumped into one another in france during d-day celebrations marking the 70th anniversary. the two spoke about ukraine and the possibility of a cease fir

fire.♪ ♪ >> and more than a dozen other world leaders joined president obama in france today to commemorate the d-day invasion. it was 70 years ago allied forces invaded normandy. altering the course of world war ii. thousands gathered to celebrate. >> abdalla abdalla was bombed in afghanistan. jeffrey edward faw, third american detained since november. high powered rifles, texas is one of the states that people

cannot carry concealed weches buweaponsbut long guns are are . residents want that changed. up next is "america tonight." check us out at aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight": the child abuse scandal that's rocked britain. a beloved celebrity. the scandal almost incredibly widens. >> that's probably the tip of an iceberg. something like 1500 individual over a number of decades. >> also tonight, stopping the shooting in california's meanest city, the street c