the allies began a massive invasion to drive the nazis out of france and it changed the course of world war ii in

europe. >> take a look at this. this was that you back then, incredible footage showing the 150,000 allied troops storming the beaches by air and by sea. thousands were killed that day that the exact death toll remains unclear. >> ceremonies are taking place across the region many on the beaches where the allied forces landed. here is a look at the beaches with the code names for each. you c

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moves there on the beach, just one of the many interesting things there. thank you very much. for the moment, we turn to other stories we're following here on cnn. the hunt for a canadian man accused of fatally shooting three police officers has come to an end. he was arrested in new brunswick early today. he spent more than 20 hours on the run from police after he opened fire in a residential neighborhood wednesday. residents had been told to stay in their homes and lock their doors as s.w.a.t. teams searched the neighborhood. i spoke to a man who was hunkered down in his basement with his wife and twins. that manhunt has now ended. natalie? >> one person is dead, three others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a college campus in seattle, washington. the suspect is not a student at seattle pacific university, and

they haven't given a possible motive. he's been arrested and faces murder charges. cnn's anderson cooper spoke with an eyewitness. >> where were you when the shooting began i should ask? >> a couple classes down. >> what did you hear? >> i heard two loud but muffled shots, what i believed were helium balloons were popping. this is a science building, so i ran out to join a classroom, because i thought it was another professor giving a demonstration. i walked into the hallway and saw a classmate of mine running frantically saying someone had been shot. so i had to go back inside the classroom and tell the students to conduct this as it were a test. >> one individual entered the school with a shotgun, proceeded

to fire several rounds. a student monitor who works inside of that facility observed the suspect reloading the shotgun and was able to stop the individual at that point. pepper sprayed that person, then got them to the ground where other people inside of the facility were able to subdue him. >> and that saved lives right there what the officer said. one student sprayed pepper spray. then the others jumped on him and it was over. so good for them. it had to be very courageous on their part. police are withholding the suspect's name until he's charged. north korea has detained another american tourist. the u.s. tourist entered north korea on april 29 and carried out inappropriate acts that violated the country's laws.

japan is reporting that he was detained in mid may after allegedly leaving a bible at his hotel. the g-7 says russia is in for more sanctions if it doesn't stop meddling in ukraine. russia's annexation of crimea got it barred in brussels and that's made for a lot of diplomatic tensions and awkward moments. >> reporter: the g-8 for now is the g-7, since vladamir putin was essentially kicked out of the club. but his actions in ukraine again managed to steal the show. it was the topic of discussion in brussels. he had sexist comments about hillary clinton. in an interview with french tv,

he said, it's better not to argue with women. ms. clinton has never been too graceful with her statements. wh but maybe weakness is not the worst quality for a woman. but now come paris, putin will appear in the flesh, making for some uncomfortable greetings among the leaders. he will meet with england, france and japan. president obama will meet with england and france, but not putin. >> he and i have always had a business-like relationship. >> reporter: making for plenty of fodder for awkward photo-opes and late-night tv jokes. >> hello, vlade, it's barack. i've been trying to call you all day. where you ban? >> i've been playing games.

>> reporter: the french president scheduled two delicious french dinners, just to keep the two apart. >> first one for president obama, followed by one for vladamir putin. yep, hollande was worried about keeping them secret. then his girlfriend and mistress were like, you'll figure it out. >> should we have the opportunity to talk, i will be repeating the same message i've been delivering to him throughout this crisis, that russian armed forces annexing pieces of a neighbor is illegal and violates international law. >> and vladamir putin and barack obama will both be at d-day observances today. one of the brave men who parachuted into france in 1944

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when the time came for the pair troops to bail out, only a small percentage of the troop carriers had been lost. in little more than 12 hours, the allied beachhead was 13 miles wide and 10 miles in de s depth. >> hundreds of world war ii veterans have returned to france for today's remembrance. >> that includes a man named jim "peewee" martin. as a young soldier, he was among those who parachuted into enemy occupied france and now, at age 93, he's done it again. >> yes, he has. jim bittermann has this story. >> reporter: paratroopers are known for their checklists. and at the top of former paratrooper peewee martin's list was taking the opportunity to make one more jump over

normandy. and so with young servicemen and women a third of his age, he suited up and prepared to board a c-47 not much different than the one he boarded almost exactly 70 years ago to the hour. >> just the helmet from don francis. >> like his old comrade, martin first parachuted into normandy a dark night with the enemy shooting at him. >> everybody was scared all the time. anybody that tells you isn't is full of crap. but you do what you to have to. that's one of my original jackets right here. >> reporter: but if he wanted to come back one more time to the spot where he was part of history, it was not to see the relics of his past or wallow in glory.

>> people think you come back and you're all emotional about it. i'm not that way about it. i enjoy the people. but i am kind of humbled and embarrassed with the adulations because i don't think we did anything we weren't supposed to do. >> reporter: no, it wasn't for glory. it was because of a historical time that permanently bonded together all those who shared in it. a chance to honor those who will not be coming back. ♪ and a chance for those still alive to saver the fact that they are. a moment all members of the 101st from back then would love to share. because if martin was going to be the last of his generation to

parachute into normandy, well, this is one for the team. >> are you good? >> yep. >> all right. >> what made me do it today? a little bit of ego, because i'm 93 and i can still do it. and also i just wanted to show all the people that you don't have to sit and die just because you get old. >> reporter: jim bittermann, cnn, normandy. >> i love that. he admits a little bit of ego. he says the truth is, at any age, just get out there and do what you want and sky dive. today is june 6. these are d-day observances in northern france. >> normandy is the 70th anniversary of the great allied

invasion, with fireworks, parades and ceremonies. we've been watching a re-enactment of the massive sea cross landings that took place on that day, when the allies turned the tables on hitler and nazi germany. >> this was a global event or an event that had global implicati implications. if you have any photos of the second world war, we would love for you to share them with us. like this picture. just look at that. go to ireport.com and submit your stories and see others, as well. >> cnn will continue to have live coverage of the commemoration ceremonies for the 70th anniversary throughout the day. our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour, jim bittermann and max foster will be among our correspondents looking back. our special coverage begins at

9:00 a.m. london time. still ahead on cnn newsroom, comparing music to the economy. >> europe central bank plans to usen conventional -- whoa! we'll tell you how the cast of the musical "stomp" may provided a vice to them. and why these demonstrators stormed a subway station.

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welcome back. more business news for you. general motors says some of its employees are to blame for the decade late recall of cars with faulty ignition switches. >> it was announced on thursday that 15 had been sacked and 5 disciplined in the wake of the investigation. some were dismissed due to incompetence and others just didn't do enough. listen to this. >> for those of us who have dedicated our lives to this company, it is enormously painful to see our shortcomings laid out so vividly. as i read the report, i was deeply saddened and disturbed. what was found in this situation

was a pattern of incompetence and neglect. repeatedly, individuals failed to disclose critical pieces of information that could have fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. >> gm will compensate those injured or killed by the defective kills but did not say how much. i don't think they know yet. >> gm does say it's prepared to raise the death toll, and that's interesting, because so far they have held firm that it's 13. so the fact that they will raise it based on this independent expert criteria is quite significant, as well. the european central bank appears determined to pick up the eurozone economy. thursday, it cut benchmark interest rate to record lows and they are prepared to take

further action. richard quest spoke with some experts on that. >> reporter: the more unconventional the instrument, the more skill you need to use it. and no one knows it better than the cast of "stomp." >> you have a completely different skill set that you have to develop for each instrument. so as you're developing it, you're discovering what you can do. >> reporter: like these performers, the ecb must be precise, sure footed, calculated. >> we're balancing the stuff that we have to hit specific marks, but also being willing to just like throw caution to the wind and try something out. any given moment where that's no too big of a risk. >> reporter: the european central bank already knows about handling high stakes. take the ltro. two rounds of long-term loans to

banks. in late 2011 and early 2012. it helped trample down bond yields. then came the outright monetary transactions. in august 2012, while the stock market jumps -- >> are we satisfied with that? to say the least, the jury is still out. >> reporter: the drumbeat of possible deflation or low-flation. the shaky rhythm of growth, just 0.5%. and the alarming sounds of nearly 12% unemployment. >> you can see that moment when the audience realizes what we've done.

when they realize that that is how this is going to end. >> reporter: even as they bring in each new instrument, the central bank must also plot its exit. the trick is timing. >> timing is probably the single most important thing in our show. >> it will be about timing. it will be about execution. it will be about communication. >> reporter: for now, the ecb show must go on. richard quest, cnn, reporting. and speaking of the economy, a week before the start of the world cup, striking metro workers paralyzed parts of brazil's biggest city. >> many subway gates were closed thursday, delaying millions of people. unclear how long this will last. watch as some angry commuters managed to jump onto the track.

the station where this happened is right by the stadium where the opening match will be held, as well. with the metro out of commission, more people hopped into their cars, creating this huge backup in a stay alreadyç nope for its bad traffic. with an estimated population of 20 million, making this is mega city, the third largest city on the planet. we're trying to get a sense of what the forecast will look like for the opening of the world cup. >> they're having some problems in brazil. they don't need the weather to pile on, young man. >> thank you for the "young." let's take a look at what's happening. look at this fancy graphic here, oh, yeah, looking good. brazil 2014, talking about june 12, so we'll have to go to a medium range of a forecast. so talking the predictability

here is not going to be as good. this is for saturday, just in case you're there already enjoying temperatures in the upper 20s. now, this -- we have to go to the back room here and show you one of the charts that we look at here. this is again medium range. june 12, this is the gss model fores sao paullo, looks brett. we have a low here, things could change, of course, in a few days here, so we'll keep you posted. that looks to be changing, but right now it looks good for the opening. i'm sure there will be a few matches. 100, 200 millimeters of water, that's impressive. but we've been talking about this coming daily. these are now daily totals we've been tealing with in china. this is the scene on the ground. streets that were flooded have

now taken over other streets. this is just unbelievable, the yellow you see there, that is the flood water that has now gone to folks' residences, businesses, we've had water rescues. there you get the perspective of how deep that water is and just the contamination that comes after all that. there's going to be a mess in china. in japan as well, we've had their monthly average, we surpassed that in 30 hours. so that is very impressive here. 461 millimeters of water. that occurring in just a very short amount of time. all of the months worth of rain happening in 30 hours. 461, that's about 18 inches. so impressive. and we continue with more rain. if you're in hong kong, thunderstorms are going to continue developing over the next few days. looking wet and more flooding

likely on the way. if the weather would have been different, we would be having this d-day anniversary yesterday. we'll be talking about how weather changed history when i see you in the next half hour. >> thank you. >> look forward to that ivan, thanks. >> just ahead, we'll have more live coverage of the d-day anniversary event in france, including a live report on all of the world leaders gathering to mark the occasion. the battle for eastern ukraine levels a hospital and leaves the hospital in ruins. a live report, next. touch down... every morning... ten times! not just... now and then. once more on the rise... nuts to the flabby guys! go, you chicken fat, go away! go, you chicken fat, go! run, two, run (running) (like a tortoise)

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thanks for staying with us, everyone. this is cnn newsroom. >> we want to welcome back our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. here are our top stories this hour. >> police in seattle, washington say the man who opened fire on a college campus was not a student there. one person is there and three others wounded. several students were able to subdue the shooter while he was reloading his shotgun. canadian authorities have arrested this man here that they say shot and killed three police

officers. he's 24-year-old justin bourque. he allegedly killed the officers on wednesday. north korea says it's detained another american tourist. the state-run news agency says he's been investigated for acts "inappropriate for tourists." a japanese news agency reports the man left a bible in a hotel. ♪ again, live pictures from the beaches of normandy, where people are gathered to commemorate the 70th, 7-0 anniversary of the allied invasion to push the nazis out of france, which they did. we'll have world leaders arriving. we'll have about 1,000 vet rapv,

as well. those who are coming are getting along in age, but we'll talk with them, as well. as we continue to bring you these observances. 18 world leaders are taking part in the international ceremonies, commemorating the landings that took place so many years ago. among those leaders, russian president vladamir putin. his participation comes at an awkward time in the wake of russia's annexation of crimea. bill black joins us live from cnn moscow with more about that angle to this story. >> reporter: natalie, it is awkward in a sense but difficult to deny the russian leader's right to be there. it is, of course, more recent history that make his appearance there perhaps a little awkward. he's going to be surrounded by

other leaders, many of whom believe russia's annexation of crimea is a land grab. not the way modern countries and leaders are supposed to behave. some of those loaders are responsible for authorizing sanctions against some of vladamir putin's closest friends and allies back here in russia. but some of those leaders have still been meeting with vladamir putin. notably the leaders of the uk and france will meet today. u.s. president barack obama will not be meeting the russian president and this represents an ongoing divide between europe and the west in how to respond to russia. from the earliest days, that remains the case. barack obama has been pushing for the greatest possible isolation of russia, the toughest penalties. europe, on the other hand, less reluctant. that also stressing it is united with the u.s. in its

condemnation of russia's actions and demands for russia to pay a price and to change its behavior. now, amid all the reflection, the spectacle of this event, a lot of it is going to come down in an exercise of watching the body language of a handful of leaders. vladamir putin has said he's not going to be avoiding anyone. natalie? >> it will be interesting to see when we see them all together. did vladamir putin, has he had any reaction to president obama not meeting with him? >> well, vladamir putin says that he is willing to maintain dialogue with the united states and all world leaders going forward from her. he says he's always willing to

do that because he believes that's the only way to solve these disagreements. in a recent interview with french media, he mentioned he's aware that the u.s. is using its position of leadership in the west, applying pressure to other western countries to nudge them along and taking a tougher line with russia. putin believes that the relationship with the u.s. is not frozen, is not entering a new cold war, publicly he continues to say he's willing to work with the united states in solving differences on ukraine. >> phil black live for us in moscow. in ukraine, the crackdown on pro russian separatists continues in the east of the country. the military says it's taking back one city that's fallen into rebel hands, but the fight is far from over. in kiev, preparations are being

made for the new president to be sworn in on saturday. walk us through what's been happening in some of these separatist strong holds in the past 24 hours. >> reporter: since tuesday, the ukrainian armed forces have tried to recapture the territory around the separatist strong hold. the town itself and all these smaller towns around it, they have not made a substantial amount of progress, but there has been one victory. they recovered one town and there is a newly appointed man, a local man that comes under the auspices of the interior ministry. we were there yesterday. the town was taken pretty much without a fight. but a local hospital lies in ruins, and it appears to have

been hit either by mortars or artillery or perhaps a rocket. one thing we were fairly clear on, it was hit by strafing from the air. locals told us it was mortars from the ukraines. whoever did this, to target a hospital is an incredibly contentious act. the locals want answers, given the amount of damage that was caused. when we were driving down the area, trying to get closer, it was very, very difficult to get through this maze of checkpoints. there are separatists and ukrainian checkpoints everywhere you go.

they didn't cause us any trouble or allow us into the city, but you got the sense that both sides had dug in for the long haul and this battle is going to take some considerable time. >> one thing that could happen today that should that. the president elect may come face-to-base with vladamir putin during d-day ceremonies. the big question seems to be, will russia recognize him as the legitimate leader of ukraine? and if so, it would address much of what you just talked about. putin has said that he respects the wishes of the ukrainian people. it will be interesting to see what comes out of that. ukrainian president has said he's willing to talk to the russian president, but the question is how much these pro

russian separatists in the east are going to be washing that or listening to any outcome of those talks. i don't think we're going to hear of any great steps announced today. of course, mr. putin is -- denies pulling the springs in this part of ukraine. says this is really the decision of the ukrainian people. but there is no doubt any kind of negotiations that take place in the future will have influence over this part of the year. any kind of meeting and vladamir putin said he won't avoid the ukrainian president, i don't think we can expect that a meeting today will change the

situation on the ground. >> thanks, diana. and we're expecting world leaders to start arriving pretty soon for today's ceremony. we'll bringing you those pictures as we get them live from france. and someone else will be attending, queen elizabeth. she's france's guest of honor. coming up next, we'll take a look back at the war. or hotel and if you find it for less, we'll match it and give you 50 dollars off your next trip expedia, find yours

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some compelling d-day file footage there. you could hear the bullets whizzing by the camera. i want to show you a series of composite photos that show d-day scenes from 1944 over their present day locations. take a look at this. the first image is of village fountain in france. the overlaid image is from that day in 1944, shows soldiers standing in front of the same fountain. and this is an image from the graveyard in france. the overlaid image shows three soldiers placing flowers on civilian graves in june 1944. here present day same location in 1944. in the 1944 image, french troops receive a warm welcome as they pass through the town.

and this one is from england. the 1944 overlaid image shows u.s. troops on the walkway bound for omaha beach. and here is one last one, france's juneau beach area, 2014, and the 1944 version shows the british royal marine commandos making their way, step by step as part of the normandy landings. >> never tire of seeing those pictures. and now here is today. these are live pictures from the beaches of normandy where people are gathered around many of the vehicles that, as we said earlier, were brought here and left here, not needed anymore after the invasion. so they are beginning to kick off their official ceremonies there. and a little bit later on dutch parade will be taking place, a parade of 500 strong. among the notables will be king alexander of the netherlands, as well as his wife and the dutch

prime minister mark rutta. britain's queen elizabeth is one of the key figures visiting france. >> she doesn't travel very far anymore, but she is here todd. she arrived in france yesterday and laid a wreath to pay respect for the dead. max foster takes a look back at her time serving during world war ii. >> reporter: it's rare for the queen to travel overseas these days and the speculation this will be her last foreign tour. with a d-day commemorations are as important to her as she is to them. >> british equivalent of the american wacs. the heir presumptive repairs a motor and it works. >> reporter: the queen is the only head of state visiting france who actually served in the war. >> doing her bit in the war, the 19-year-old girl who one day is

to be queen. >> reporter: she's also the longest serving head of state that's been invited. so french officials say the queen is their guest of honor, and in an exceptional gesture of respect, will be accompanied throughout by the host, president hollande. elizabeth was a teenager during the war. it defined her. she saw the suffering and destruction in london firsthand. she offered what support she could do the troops, and that's a relationship that she honors to this day in her role as the head of the british armed forces. just this week, she joined the royal marines to mark their 350th anniversary. but d-day is an anniversary much closer to her heart. >> so the queen's presence i think in all senses means a tremendous amount to all the veterans. i think that she was determined to be there on this particular occasion, because from her own experience in the second world

war, the way that buckingham palace was bombed and the royal family was very much involved in the war effort. >> reporter: the guest list read like a who's who of heads of state and war veterans. but the french are describing the queen as being at the heart of these commemorations. max foster, cnn. >> history buffs will know that while we're commemorating d-day, june 6, it was originally planned for june 5, but weather played a massive role in delaying and moving things around. ivan cabrera will show us how the weather played a role in history. >> and were they called meteorologists 70 years ago? >> indeed, but my goodness, they had -- they didn't have the equipment obviously that we have. they didn't have the satellites up there. they didn't have the phones telling them what the weather was.

so they had to come together and plan this out, because two things. yes, the weather was going to be important, obviously. but a couple of things also had to come together. we had to have the right moon, and the right tide. we had to have a full moon, but not just a full moon, a late rising full moon, because the paratroopers needed to come in, in full darkness. then you needed a low tide. at first, they thought high tide less beach to get things through. but no, they leaded a low tide, but a rising low tide so they wouldn't get stuck and the minimal cloud cover and light winds, calm seas. that was going to be a problem. we had a storm system that was rolling through on the 5th, so they could not go on the way they wanted to go. but the weather folks were able to forecast this quick and brief clearing that occurred on the 6th. the parameters, those weather

conditions, the moon and the tide and all that, they only had a three-day window. so essentially if they couldn't go on the 6th or 7th, they would have had to have waited another two weeks and who knows what would have happened back then? the germans were assuming they were going to come in on high tide, which they did not. to element of surprise there, as well. so fascinating stuff. 150,000 troops on an eight kilometer beach. >> and it almost didn't work. if it had been a day later, a day earlier. i tweeted out a memo from dwight d. eisenhower, what was the general at the time. it was his thoughts at that time saying this is unpredictable european weather that we have to deal with. >> for today, it's very nice and i can use these fancy graphics here and computer models to show you that conditions are pretty good. but there's a storm coming, so there is that for the latter

part of the week. >> we have jim bittermann there and he said it feels great there. thanks, ivan. >> we'll have live coverage of the ceremonies for this 70th anniversary throughout the day. christiane amanpour will be with our jim bittermann and max foster among the cnn team looking back at history today. special coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. london time.

welcome back. rio is putting final touches on preparations for the world cup. it is hosting seven matches, including the big final july 13th. >> it is almost here. all this week, cnn go shows you the real rio. if you're into ink, we know erol is -- >> of course. >> we start it at a tattoo parlor. ♪

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the man hunt for a gunman terrorizing an entire town in canada is finally over. new developments on the arrest made a few hours ago. another shooting on another u.s. college campus. students use pepper spray and they take the gunman down. in ukraine preparations are underway for the swearing in on a new president while preparations continue in the east. if you're just joining us, today marks the 70th anniversary of d-day.