forsyth county, georgia. cumming, georgia, is the town outside of atlanta. reports of shots fired outside. an officer involved. we're tracking that down. more on that breaking news in matter of moments. i'm bill hemmer. thank you for by being with us today. you as well. >> thank you, have a good weekend. jon: fox news alert on three developing stories at this hour as we honor the service and sacrifice of so many fallen american heroes. the descendants of general eisenhower and president roosevelt mark 70 years since the d-day invasion at a wreath laying ceremony at the world war ii memorial in washington. a bipartisan deal reached for the v scandal. it allow veterans to access care outside of va system. documents depict a dark side to

bowe bergdahl's time in captivity. decklation of jihad and more. i'm jon scott. >> hi, everybody i'm jenna lee. fallout over the prisoner exchange is triggering new outrage on capitol hill leaving many lawmakers fuming because they weren't notify ahead of the controversial swap. mike mike emanuel is live in washington. we begin with james rosen live in the d.c. bureau. >> reporter: jenna and jon, good morning. these documents contain real time dispatches from a pent fon subcontractor called the eclipse group, a private intelligence firm whose detailed situation reports or sitreps, offer a detailed time of sergeant bergdahl's five years in captivity t was june 30, 2009, bergdahl was captured bit haqqani network. within 90 days his captors began exploring a prisoner swap. the following spring he was

spotted in south waziristan. by may 2010, negotiations for bergdahl's release were said to collapse. bergdahl was observed at a bizarre and not tightly controlled by his captors. indeed 12 days later, bergdahl escaped. five days after that he was recaptured, returned to shawal observed collapsing in ill health. that july bergdahl spent on compound of a businessman. that august the guards imprisoning bergdahl confined him to specially constructed metal cage. by early 2012 haqqanis began ransom demands. that august bergdahl converted to islam and declared mujahideen, warrior for islam and observed firing ak 4s with his captors. a top obama white house official said yesterday, they never heard that. >> the idea that we are trying sergeant bergdahl in the court of public opinion in absentia,

without giving him an opportunity to give his story and tell us what happened frankly i find repugnant. we don't know wt happened. we're determined to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: it was tony blinken's boss, national security advisor susan rice who rendered judgment telling abc news that bergdahl served with honor and distinction. how much the white house and senior pentagon officials knew about the eclipse situation reports is still unresolved. the firm's president tells fox news he forwarded sitreps in late 2010 to private email address of big deer john ashley, who was head of intelligence at centcom. the head of september come at the time, james mattis said he never received the sitreps ascribed but may have received intel in other form. general mattis said there was no evidence that bergdahl was a collaborator. when i read him details of the reports over the phone, however

he said many remain classified. john and jenna. jenna: interesting reporting as always, james, thank you. jon: to capitol hill where outrage is growing over the bergdahl prisoner exchange. the one member of the intelligence committee is blasting a report that says if the deal had been leaked the taliban threatened to kill bergdahl and that is why congressional leaders were not notified in advance. let's go to chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. he is live in washington for us. mike. >> reporter: joned good morning. top lawmakers on intelligence matters are rejecting the idea notifying them before this trade would have leaked. >> i don't know of anybody among the folks who historically given classify information that would leak anything. we all get classified information daily. you don't see leaks coming out of us. >> reporter: meanwhile new hampshire democrat senator jean is a even says the administration must do more to inform the american public and quote, i continue to have concerns about the

administration's failure to consult congress. the top democrat in the senate continues defending the white house and says the important iss safe. >> you know that his health is not good. that's obvious. but i mean that is not -- let's assume he was in vibrant health and faking all of this. that doesn't, he is an american soldier. has been in captivity for five years. the war's winding down. let's bring him home. we did. >> reporter: other than the lack of consultation, the taliban five given up in this swap is what is upsetting so many lawmakers. they say bringing home a soldier held in captivity for five years is fine but letting go five very dangerous senior members of taliban is crazy. one republican says the white house knew there would have been pushback from lawmakers. >> what i do think however, is that there would have been bipartisan opposition to the proposed swap and that that would have been communicated to

the white house. >> reporter: so collins and others on the hill say the white house didn't want to hear objections and went forward without congress. jon. jon: the outrage continues as you say. mike emanuel on the hill. mike, thank you. jenna: add to that senators announcing a bipartisan deal to help our veterans get the medical care they need. this plan would spend $500 million to fix what some are calling a broken va system while allowing veterans to go outside that system for treatment. it is just a framework at this time. douglas mckelway is live in washington a proposed solution all the same. doug? >> reporter: that's right, jenna. this deal worked out in the senate yesterday by senator john mccain and bernie sanders is very similar to a bill passed in the house in it would allow vets that experience inordinant wait time or vets that live 40 miles or more from a va facility to get a coast card that allows them to seek care from a physician from a private facility. the bill would also allow firing senior level va officials who

are incompetent or perform poorly. there is caveat to that. sanders wants fired employees to have expedited 2-day appeals process. listen up. >> when you have incompetent people in the va or worse, there's honest people in the va, they should be removed from their jobs immediately and that the secretary of the va should have the power to get rid of them. >> reporter: should be entitled to dew process he added. this follows the visit yesterday of acting va secretary sloan gibson to the va phoenix facility where this crisis all began. he said in a news conference, investigators found that more than 100,000 vets across the country were put on waiting lists to see doctors. still unknown how many were put on secret lists. he also told reporters that at least 18 arizona vets died while awaiting treatment. he promised va incompetence and malfeasance will not stand. >> if we're willing to hold these people accountable, i'm

going to resign. i will not be part of that. i came in monday morning first thing and i told the secretary what was in that report and i got exactly the reaction i expected. this will not be tolerated. we're going to deal with the issues. we're going to hold people accountable and from that moment on i have not relented and i will not relent. >> reporter: as heartfelt as that may be it has been said before and there is general consensus if changes are going to occur in this massive inefficient government bureaucracy it will take some time. jenna. jenna: we'll continue to watch this story. doug, thank you. jon: for more on the political fallout from the bergdahl prisoner exchange as well as the va scandal let's bring in susan ferecio, chief congressional correspondent for the "washington examiner." to bergdahl first, susan, no one is saying it is a bad thing that the u.s. soldier is free. it is the terms that got him his freedom, the circumstances

around it that have roiled so many people. and you say the white house explanations are not really helping the situation? >> well, they have evolved. they have started with, we don't leave soldiers behind. they evolved to where we are today where if we told congress it would have leaked. that of course is just stirred up a hornet's nest in congress because they have been told all kinds of classified information before including the planned takedown of usama bin laden. so that is not selling well at all. it looks like the white house is reaching, they're reaching for explanations because this thing has been a pr disaster for them. however, i think the biggest problem for the white house is the specter of these five bad actors, these taliban members, who have been released, some of them considered most dangerous within the taliban, for the next two years, during president obama's administration, becoming a threat. they will be a threat to our forces. they will be a threat to our allies overseas and be a threat to u.s. security. that is going to hang over the administration and i believe,

that is the overwhelming concern among lawmakers, both democrat and republican. jon: the white house, which seems stung by the blowback over the bergdahl release and circumstances that brought it about, they're saying let's not make this political. let's be bipartisan about this. if they wanted to be bipartisan why is it it the only person they notified in advance apparently was harry reid, the democratic majority leader in the senate? >> it just was a bungled rollout. the whole thing from start to finish, looks like nokia really thought this thing through. you're right, harry reid has, insisted that he was made aware of this the day before it happened. nobody in the house was. what we learned this past week, jon, there were many meetings to discuss this over the past two years with members about congress and they always expressed very significant concerns and opposition to trading these five taliban members or releasing them under any circumstances. what we saw was the white house essentially saying, okay, we

hear your concerns but we're going to do 24 anyway and we'll find various excuses why we can do it without your consultation. it has just blown up in congress. the reason it won't go away, has less to do with circumstances of soldiers disappearance than the threat of these five taliban members and risk upon the united states. jon: changing gears slightly. you're there on capitol hill where it is pretty rare to get bipartisan agreement on anything. do they have bipartisan agreement on this bill to reform the va? >> they have some bipartisan agreement it set as precedent by allowing va members to have the choice of some forms of private care through medicare, department of defense, indian health care centers and other federally approved facilities. that's brand new. really something republicans have sought. it also speeds up the process for getting rid of incompetent senior management. it is really a compromise between the right and the left. here is where we have the problem, jon, it is a little bit

in the weeds. i think it is important for viewers to hear it. in the senate a lot of popular legislation, popular with republicans and democrats have stalled because the democrats are not allowing republicans to amend and debate legislation fully on the house floor. that is one thing that may hold up this legislation if at all. otherwise i think the crisis situation, the emergency of it all, will have lawmakers really eager to get this over the finish line. jon: yeah. again a rare example of bipartisan cooperation these days. your san ferrecio from the "washington examiner." >> thank you. jenna: we have a fox news alert out of georgia today. what you're seeing is a live picture of the forsyth county courthouse in georgia, cumming, georgia. we're getting news of a shooting. that is the first image we're getting on the screen of an officer looking engaged, wondering what will happen next. what we do know is very light at this time. there was a shooting at

courthouse, or at least shots fired outside of the courthouse. at least one person was taken away in an ambulance. there is a crashed car. we might have that in this video, near the steps of the courthouse. but what transpired to start all of this we don't know. i believe there is a look at the courthouse and the crashed car. so, is the shooter still out there? we don't know. we're still trying to track down some information on this. but we do know there were shots fired outside of this courthouse. we'll keep you posted as we get more in. jon? jon: well as we follow this developing story, investigations are now underway into two deadly shooting spruce. a gun man opening fire on a college campus where some people wasted no time springing into action. what the guy they are calling a hero did to take the shooter down. also a massive manhunt, finally coming to an end with police nabbing the suspect, pictured here. the latest on a crime that left three officers dead. now for our question of the day,

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to the naval medical center portsmouth, on lockdown right now. all employees have been told to shelter in place because a service member was stabbed. the assailant has not been caught yet. navy officials say they are still collecting details about the incident. happened just this morning. a stabbing in front of the base. the victim was taken to the base at the hospital there. authorities say they are looking for a white male, 165 pounds, blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing tan cargo pants and a white shirt. the conditional of the person who was stabbed not known at this time. as we get more details we'll bring them to you "happening now.". jenna: well, meanwhile in seattle a community recovering there after one person is shot dead and three others injured. the suspected gunman is now in custody but police are thankful for a quick action of a few. dan springer live on the scene

at seattle pacific university with more. dan? >> reporter: jenna, the shooting started outside of the engineering building on the campus of seattle pacific university at 3:30 in the afternoon as classes were going an inside. the gunman walked in the main doors and continued firing. we know three students were shot. one, a 19-year-old man died. a 20-year-old female survived a five-hour surgery in critical but stable condition and a third victim is in satisfactory condition. as the suspect reloaded his shotgun, just inside of those front doors, a hall monitor likely saved lives. we have video of him walking away from the scene looking pretty dazed. other students jumped in and held them down until police arrived. a few minutes ago, the president praised 22-year-old john meesp a engineering student and whole lot more today. >> unbelievable act of courage, of bravery, of assessing the moment and acting.

>> reporter: that hall monitor tackled the gunman and shot him with pepper spray of the suspect is 26-year-old aaron ybarra, from a nearby seattle suburb. he was not a student and so far had no connection to the university or victims it. police have not release ad motive. cairo tv in seattle, that ybarra was obsessed with the columbine massacre and wanted to shoot up a school. classes are canceled. graduation ceremonies supposed to be next saturday. finals on tuesday. all of that in the wake of another shooting, something becoming all too familiar on college campus in the u.s. back to you, jenna. jenna: dan springer with the latest from seattle. thank you very much. a man arrested responsible for a deadly violence. 24-year-old justin bourque is in custody after shooting death of three royal canadian mounties.

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♪ jenna: welcome back to "happening now." we have a live look for you at the world war ii memorial in washington, d.c. on a day come medical rating a battle 70 years ago, that arguably changed the course of our country's history and the destiny of europe and beyond. thousands of brave u.s. soldiers stormed the beaches at normandy. their stories and others honored at the memorial in washington, d.c. and this memorial you see in normandy, france. former presidential candidate and world war ii veteran bob dole writes this reflection today. what i during my frequent visits to the national world war ii memorial i hear a refrain the most important lesson of the war. we can not become complacent. we must remain strong and vigilant. the timing of the d-day anniversary causes us all to reflect on the then and the now and to do that with us, retired major general bob scales, fox

news military analyst. phd as well in history which makes us even better to talk to today. general, of course your father served in world war ii. you say you were personally inspired by world war ii and what transpired on d-day, particularly. why so? >> well, you know, i was, i was born about the time of d-day and my dad was a colonel. came up through the ranks and he would sit around at the officers club for hour after hour talking to his buddies, talking to those who he went to war with and tell war stories. not war stories about bragging but about the soldiers they left behind. about how hard it was. and what is so interesting, jenna, as you probably know, the humor of war. you don't hear much about war being a funny thing but that tends to be what soldiers remember, is the path those that -- pathos, that goes along with the experience of near death. when i went to west point in

1962, my class was sort of the john f. kennedy class. when we went to woes point, vietnam was back page news. as we went through our cadetship, we knew by 1966 when i graduated that all of us were going to march off to war. jenna: we were looking at some of the video from that day, from d-day which is remarkable that we have such interesting and provocative public records bit, general scales. >> yeah. jenna: it is interesting also to note, next year will be the first year in congress there will not be a world war ii vet that is part of our congressional representatives. >> yeah. jenna: and also interesting to note that our president is the first president to not live through d-day and not be born shortly after d-day, to hear some of the stories that you are talking about. what do you think is the impact of that? what do you hope that people don't forget about that moment in our history? >> well, i think that the thing that bothers me is the small number of people serving in government and in congress who have never been to war.

you know, the first president to be elected after the civil war, who wasn't a civil war veteran was taft. and that was at the beginning of the 20th century. today, less than 17% of congress have served in the military. so, and also it is also important to realize, jenna, that less than one a half of 1% of our population are doing things like we see being done in places like afghanistan and so as the american people begin to separate from those who do the bleeding and dying and as congress gets more separated from those who serve in uniform i'm worried that, that we will be forgotten. as the war winds down the veterans come home. no longer see kids in uniform at airports, i want the american people to remember that those young men and women are still out there, just as they were at gets tisburg, just as they were at normandy and my generation in vietnam, my kids generations in

bosnia. the american people need to understand that there's a small part, less than 1%, who go out every day, willing to die to protect their freedom. jenna: quick final question on american leadership. "new york times," summed it up very apropos today, an article from peter baker, pointing to the irony of this time that we are reflecting on the 70th anniversary of d-day but the time we're living in is that harkens back to darker eras. they will go into description about what we're seeing in eastern europe, the comparisons made to nazi germany and the soviet union and what were mentioned, we're dealing with ourselves, general, a va scandal, the question about this prisoner release. >> right. jenna: how do you bring it all together? are we coming full circle if you will when we look at american leadership and what is happening in the world? >> that's a great question, jenna. and you know, because you're married to a seal. i know it as well. everybody asks me the same thing. whether it is cemetery ridge in

get tisburg or whether i -- gettysburg or give tours of normandy, they always ask the same thing, through the generations, through the centuries, they say, what makes men do? how can someone do that? how can you a charge a german machine gun? how can you walk up, walk up that hill in the face of artillery fire? the answer much as you saw in megyn's show last night. soldiers don't fight necessarily for god and country. they fight for each other. they fight the their buddies. that band of brothers effect. that buddy love that bond small units together and make them walk into the face of enemy fire. jenna: something that makes these men and these women particularly unique. do know that well. general calls -- scales, great to see you as always. >> thanks, jenna. thank you. jon: wall street is reaching record highs as a new jobs report shows employers hiring at a steady pace but there is a big

disconnect as millions more are still looking for work. what it means for the economy and your bottom line. plus the relows of bowe bergdahl causing major problems for the obama administration. how the media are handling this story.

♪ jenna: we're moving around the world quite a bit today as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of d-day. i'm sure y know what that is.

that is the new york city harbor. hopefully the helicopter will come back around or we'll have a better video shot what we're trying to show you. thank you, helicopter. there is live picture of liberty island. that is the base of the statue of liberty. a really poignant event is about to take place. that is interesting one. that is different than what we see in washington and normandy but a french group will unfurl if you will, a million rose petals from a hello copper, on to liberty island, as a way to remember today and also to give their thanks and their gratitude for the support of the united states. there is going to be 13 world war ii veterans on liberty island whether that happens. but an interesting way, jon, to see another country pay tribute to our country during such a poignant moment for all of us. jon: lady liberty, obviously a gift from the french. the french, who to this day remain so grateful what we did along with the other allies in helping free them from the grip

of the nazi occupation on d-day 70 years ago. jenna: we don't know where they got the rose petals, by the way, jon. they have been kept in a refrigerator and apparently like 1200 pounds of rose petals that they're dropping. jon: wow. jenna: that will be a great image. stay with us on fox news. when that happens, we'll show that to you. just one of many events happening around the world today on the 70th anniversary of d-day. jon: there are some brand new jobs numbers out today. american employers hiring at a healthy pace for the fourth straight month, adding 217,000 jobs in may. the positive numbers pushing the dow up. it is inching closer to that 16,000 mark. 16,899. i'm sorry, 17,000 mark. i'm watching and not listening to what i'm saying. almost 17,000. lauren simonetti on fox business network has details. lauren. >> you're willing to go there.

jon: why not? >> we all do. we can wear the big 17,000 hats. but i digress. we got some mixed message this is morning. the first mixed message was the jobs report. 217,000 jobs added last month, almost what we were expecting. unemployment rate, that also part of the jobs report, stayed at 6.3%. so did the labor force partial rate, 62.8%. that is still the lowest level in 36 years. now five years into this so-called recovery we're finally returning to the employment level of 2007. this is like "back to the future." no wonder people say it still feels like we're in recession. look at the stock market, way up. the dow, the s&p, setting records. the dow within 100 points of that 17,000 level. that is the highest level we've ever seen. it is a key psychological milestone for a lot of people. this is where it gets confusing. about significance in 10 voters say the stock market is rigged to favor some investors, the rich investors. that's a big shift from back in

2007, the last time fox asked that question. just three in 10 said it was rigged. twice in many voters thinking wall street is unfair. but i have to ask, are they laughing all the way to the bank? there was a report from the federal reserve yesterday showing americans wealth surging to a record, we're talking about just about 82 trillion with a t dollars. during the first three months of this year. the stock market is going up. the value of people's homes are going up. that is padding our personal balance sheet. where is the money we ask, right? it is in the stock market. the rich people have it. but everyone else is struggling a little bit as the jobs report showed. jon: the money is all charged to credit cards i think. >> we're still paying them off. jon: lauren simonetti. >> and college tuition, jon. jon: let me tell you about that. >> i know you know about that. jon: some other time. lauren, thank you. >> have a good one. jenna: the president marked 70 years since the d-day ad invasion in france.

his administration faces many challenges. fallout from the bowe berg dale exchange, va scandal. our chief white house correspondent is traveling with the president and ed henry reports live from normandy, france. ed? >> reporter: this trip has been dominated all week in europe by the bergdahl controversy back home. the president getting a couple questions at news conferences about that he was trying to turn away obviously from that today for this important commemoration of the 70th anniversary of d-day because it does tie back to what is happening back home on the national security front in some ways of the president was in europe also to reassure allies here. he started in poland to say, look, if russia attacks, the u.s. will be there for you. he is having to say that in part because some of the european allies are nervous about the next moves potentially by russian president vladmir putin. but they're also nervous about whether president obama will be there for him or not. that is why he is giving the

foreign policy speeches recently at west point and elsewhere to lay out his vision. he has been hearing this criticism around the world. what i think he was trying to do in this speech today was, shut out some of that criticism, focus on this important moment not just in american but world history and also connect a couple of generations. he spoke about the greatest generation that stormed these beaches behind me to save the world basically, connect that generation to the 9/11 generation. young people also stepping up now to fight terror around the world, threats like from russia and elsewhere. listen to the president. >> this generation, this nine le ven generation of servicemembers, they too felt something. they answered some call. they said, i will go. they too chose to serve a cause that's greater than self. many even after they knew they would be sent in harm's way.

>> reporter: sacrifice, gratitude, word we've heard over and over today, jenna. i heard you talking a moment ago about the french and celebration there in new york. gratitude for what americans did to liberate france, europe, as a whole and again save the world. what we're driving in very early this morning before we got to the cemetery which by the way has more than nine thousand americans buried behind me who died here around d-day. i saw this large crucifix, and it had just a simple attachment. it had a french flag and an and the french people here do that because they want to make clear that they fully understand that they would not be free, they wouldn't have their homes here, this beautiful french country side, wouldn't be what it is today, without that american flag that represents america stepping up. jenna? jenna: must be incredible to be there, ed. i love following you on twitter. you put these things out, little reporting, extra reporting for our viewers and pictures for us

all to see. thank you for that, ed. appreciate it very much. >> appreciate it. jon: very moving sight there in normandy. we'll be talking about the way the media are handling some of the aftereffects of the bowe bergdahl release. was it worth it to let it go for five taliban prisoners? that is coming up.

jenna: let's check out what is ahead on outnumbered. harris and kimberly standing by.

>> hi, guys. we follow the latest developments in the prisoner swap that freed sergeant boberg dahl, including delays on declaring jihad in captivity and briefly escaping the taliban. >> a lots of twist and turns in store. a high school principal under fire invoking god during a commencement speech and praying for a moment of silence. >> we're going to tell you about the new friend known as buddy mooning. >> how does that go, i like you but not that much. i have to bring my friends. our #oneluckyguy at top of the hour for "outnumbered." >> thanks guys. jon: it is a tumultuous week for the obama administration considering release of sergeant bowe bergdahl. a swap that let loose five taliban prisoners, to the firestorm of criticism coming from lawmakers on capitol hill. how is the media treating it

all? let's bring in judith miller. pulitzer-prize-winning investigative reporter and author. tammy bruce with us as well, radio talk show host. welcome to both you of. steal a line from "time" magazine. how the bergdahl story went from victory to controversy for obama, what began as an uplifting tale of a rescued hero has become a political headache for the president. how did that happen? >> well, i think what american people are seeing is, really the stark difference of what the options are that journalists have and that media has. on one hand you have the fact-based dynamic the apparently the white house didn't anticipate. the on the ground eyewitnesses that describe a desertion. the 2010 pentagon report that described this man walking away. e-mails sent to parents with a young man who was the alleged deserter who described his anger and disgust with america. on other hand you have opinions. you have opinion, that is now

being moved to some degree by the white house, about, the swift boating as they have said of bergdahl by his fellow soldiers. the attempts to make this be about emotions and feelings, versus, the truth of the matter when it comes to terrorists and soldiers and possible desserter. so i think that the media at first, in looking at the fact based trajectory of the story is not good at all for the administration. the administration began to move to reporters, ideas and issues that moved it more into opinion and emotions that perhaps would suit the administrations agenda a little bit better. jon: white house administrations of both parties, judy, want to manipulate the media. they want to get the best message out. it was less than a week ago that president obama steps out into the rose garden on a saturday afternoon. that doesn't happen very often and presents bowe bergdahl's parents. i can imagine rejoicing went on in the white house, it just so

happened they learned that the parents were in town. this was not at invitation of the white house at that point. they just happened to be on a trip to washington, d.c. when this whole prisoner exchange was engineered. so lickety-split they get invited to the white house. they make this appearance and it has pretty much gone downhill for the administration ever since? >> even gene robinson at "the washington post" who thinks the president was correct in trading five of the worst. >> hued days at -- jihadis at guantanamo, determined unfit for release three years ago, for a soldier who may or may not be a deserter. gene robinson said that is the president's call to make. americans are divided on that. the congress is not divide on two issues. lack of notification for them. the two, the risk these jihadis will return to the field. you don't have to return to the field by picking up an rpg and

going out and fighting. they serve as heroes, as motivatores, as inspirerrers. as living proof that you can beat the usa, the great satan and live to fight another day. jon: tammy, as some of the reporting on this gone opposite the way the white house clearly intended to the white house has fault back. tammy, have we lost you? looks like we have much the satellite link to tammy may have bonn down. judy i ask you the question very quickly. we have 30 seconds left. has, the white house has battled back against some reporting in a way that some have said is kind of unseemly. >> well as tammy pointed out in a terrific article in the "washington examiner," they by beating up on sergeant bergdahl's platoon mates, they have really done themselves no favor at all. you do not criticize soldiers who have the guts to stand up and say what they think of their fellow soldiers. jon: anybody who saw megyn kelly's interview with bowe bergdahl's platoon mates knows

these are some very impressive and quality young men. >> absolutely. jon: judy, thanks for being with us. tammy, sorry we lost your satellite signal. >> i am too. jon: thank you both. that liberty island rose petal drop, jenna. >> do you know any place

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>> i wasn't drafted. i volunteered and went in. of course when i went in only thing i was thinking about was the girl in every port. but i got a surprise. >> reporter: out at sea called lan der witnessed aftermath of early pearl harbor and battled on the beach on normandy. this american hero ran into a problem. born in canada to an american mother and scottish father, calder lacked proper documents to prove his citizenship for a u.s. as port. >> there was a law said you could only receive citizenship through your father. that was changed in 1994. it was retroactively. >> reporter: hearing of his plight, officials with u.s. citizenship and immigration services expedited paperwork declaring him an american since birth. >> hey, it's a honor standing next to both of you. >> thank you, sir. >> and, we need young people

like you to keep this country free. >> reporter: he to the his -- got his documents just in time and made his trip to normandy with his granddaughter. jenna, back you. jenna: jonathan, thank you. jon: as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the d day invasion. take a look. we believe this is a helicopter or fleet of helicopters i should say that is going to dump, dump is not a very ceremonial word. jenna: you're right. jon: they're going to what, display, release. jenna: there you go. jon: one million rose petals on the statue of liberty. the statue a gift from the french people, as are the rose petals. a sign of the french of undying and unending gratitude to save their country on the german occupation much the breaking of the back of germans began with the d-day invasion. and this, petal drop about to get underway. we'll be right back with more coverage on "happening now."

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jon: ceremonies underway on new york on the left of your screen, lady liberty under a cascade of rose petals, gifts from the french, and normandy ceremonies underway overseas. we'll see you back here in an hour. jenna: "outnumbered" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> this is "outnumbered." i'm sandra smith, and here today, harris faulkner, kimberly guilfoyle, jedediah bela, and today's hashtag one luck city guy, geraldo, he is outnumbered. >> definitely my favorite environment of any show i've ever been on. [laughter] >> it seems like a natural fit for you. >> this is a recurring dream that i have. >> well, get comfortable, because we're going to challenge you on a few things. >> oh, i like that.