they are on tape buying the things used in that incident. remember, we'll never be the rage, hate, destroy trump media mob. we'll always be fair and balanced. thank you for being with us. let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham is next. >> laura: welcome to the "the ingraham angle" broadcasting from the american cemetery on the normandy coast. 75 years ago at this hour paratroopers had already landed behind enemy lines to secure bridges and roads in preparation for the land invasion. six allied divisions and other small units would take these beaches by midday. today parachutists recreated the landing. among them was 97-year-old tom rice. one of the original paratroopers who dropped into normandy on this day in 1944.

>> it was morning here, dark there. and that was hard going, the d-day jump. i landed standing up for the most part and went down to my knees and bounced a couple of times because i had so much equipment. i had a difficult time getting out of that equipment. >> laura: amazing. and also today the 75th ranger regiment reenacted the scaling of the cliffs here at normandy in a tribute to those who had come before them. now some of the boys, now in their 90s, came back to witness the tribute. it was emotional and sometimes very painful for them. >> it brings back a few bad memories because the boys that got killed, you know. they came up here and they knew they had a chance of being killed and some of them got killed. >> it's the last hurrah. i would be over 100 if we had

an 80th. i'm definitely not going to come here after my 80th. so -- no. that's it. this is the last. >> laura: for the young people who took part in the commemorative reenactments it is a moment they will never forget. >> it's amazing. it is hard to describe how the last chance we'll have to jump with the veterans from the last mile marker, 25, 50, 75. we're the last ones seeing they are in their 90s now and i got to be a part of it. getting up there today. perfect flight, soft landing. can't ask for much more. >> laura: what is so striking in our age of social media, brad, is the enduring humility of these warriors of the greatest generation. now they will often say the

real heroes are the men who didn't come home. now buried in the cemetery behind me are 9,387 american heroes. most of them gave their lives to secure these beaches on d-day. now, among them are a father and son, and brothers buried side-by-side from 33 families. in a few hours world leaders, including president trump whom i will exclusively interview tomorrow, will come here to pay respects and salute the men who turned the war around 75 years ago today. now, earlier queen elizabeth who herself served in the war effort sal udayed the 300 d-day events who atended a ceremony in portsmouth today. >> i'm delighted to be with you today.

>> laura: what an incredible moment. we'll have much more on the meaning of d-day and we hopeless yons for a new generation coming up. biographer and historian craig shirley will be here with important historical insights. and the american innovator i bet none of you know this, who made the d-day invasion possible. first, though, we begin with an update of what president trump and others call an invasion of our southern border. now tonight the border patrol is reporting a 32% spike in illegal apprehensions at the southern border. now more than 140,000 illegal immigrants taken into custody in just the last month alone is what's being reported. the alarming spike coming as the president vows to impose new tariffs on the country of mexico to curb this immigration crisis. now, acting ice director mark morgan is standing by with a

message to democrats. but first we begin with chief national correspondent ed henry to break it all down. ed. >> good to see you. this stands in stark contrast that it was a manufactured crisis by the democrats when president trump claimed a national emergency. we've seen a former number of obama administration officials come out and say to the democrats they need to come up with a solution. biggest monthly total of apprehensions in 13 years in may. the third consecutive month that border detentions topped 100,000 in a month. over the last seven years, we've seen apprehensions of about 300 to 400,000 for the entire fiscal year. now it's over 100,000 a month. you can get an idea of why that's alarming. the president's team as the customs and border patrol held a conference call saying their holding cells are bursting at

the seems as a former border patrol chief to president obama tried to send a wake-up call to democrats. >> we are in a full blown emergency and i cannot say this stronger. the system is broken. this ongoing crisis has placed a tremendous strain on our limited resources. to address these unprecedented numbers of family units and unaccompanied children. up to 60% of our agents are being pulled away from law enforcement operations. >> certainly the numbers reflect a crisis, not only humanitarian but a logistical crisis also and to not admit that is a mistake because it has to be dealt with. >> democratic congressman was on fox recently declaring it is not a national security crisis as the president has said. the democrat added it is a humanitarian crisis but he said it was caused by the president's policies which is not exactly supported by the

facts. certainly the white house pushing back on that, laura. >> laura: unbelievable. ed, thank you so much tonight. joining me now exclusively is acting ice director mark morgan. mark, cbt is saying we're in a full blown emergency. seems like we've been hearing this for a long time. six weeks ago when we were down there in the southern border in texas, that sector, which usually is pretty small in terms of border crossings was bursting at the seams. now it's exponentially worse. what more needs to happen for congress to get this and do something to secure the border? >> so laura, that's the question. we've been sounding the alarm for a very long time that this is absolutely humanitarian and national security crisis. congress has failed to do their job. laura, it is unbelievable to me that we're still asking across the board what can congress do? when we've been telling

congress, the experts living this every single day from ice to the border patrol, cbp. they need to pass meaningful legislation the flores agreement and they do find. fund bed space and this crisis ends tomorrow. they know what they need to development we've been telling them. they refuse to do what they need to do. >> laura: now, mark, we're learning even more about what yours and other agencies are doing for these migrants. now, hhs had been offering english language courses, legal services, bilingual services, various forms of entertainment for those who were apprehended especially the young people. now cbp is now trying to buy -- purchase 2.2 million diapers for these migrant kids. i saw it being at the border. these are desperately needed because agents themselves are

acting as caretakers. they're not caretakers but having to act as caretakers. so what do you say tonight to democrats like alexandria ocasio-cortez who wants to abolish ice because she thinks, well, ice are the bad guys, ice needs to go because that is not humanitarian, not humanitarian effort. >> politicians like that, laura, that are misinformed and the rhetoric. if you talk about abolishing ice, it is absolutely irresponsible. let's talk about a homeland security side, investigation side of ice. last year alone 34,000 criminal arrests, 5,000 gang members arrested. thousands of cases of child smuggling exploitation, human trafficking. they seized $1.2 billion in u.s. currency from illicit activity. i would like to talk to that young congresswoman and have her tell me what is going to happen if ice is aboll ishd on

that. enforcement and removal operation, 66,000 individuals have been removed from this country, laura. 90% of those individuals removed either were convicted of additional crime or charges pending. what i would say to politicians like that, you need to get informed and stop the rhetoric out there because it's not doing anybody any good. >> laura: mark, it is purposeful denial. it is obvious to anyone with these staggering numbers, 32% increase, 140,000 people crossed the border just in the month of may as we just heard from ed. democratic candidate joe biden says the following at the crisis at the border. >> this is about -- and the idea we're trying to scare the living devil out of the american public, my god, hoards are coming. it is simply -- this is a

crisis created by trump, a crisis created by the administration and that's why they keep coming. >> laura: the crisis is created by trump, mark. >> laura, that is absolutely -- look, i'm trying to choose my words carefully here but that is absolutely absurd. the crisis is being created by our broken asylum laws that tells people you grab a kid and that's a u.s. passport into this country and once you get here, you are going to stay. laura, right now we have people that are renting kids. they are renting kids, coming across. then the facilitators on the american side are sending the kids back to be recycled to be rented again to form fake families so they can come into the united states. >> laura: mark, we have been talking about this for months and months and months. no matter how bad the facts get, no matter how much video we show, it is like it doesn't

matter. so all they care about is demonizing trump. look at these children are being kept in vans instead of reunited with their parents when the actual truth is children have no beds because congress will not allocate the money to even build temporary facilities to keep these kids. what is ice supposed to do, just release them into society or hhs, release them into society to be trafficked? i'm getting a little sick of this. it is filled with lies and distortions only to demonize trump when we have runaway judges that caused a lot of these problems and a congress who doesn't do its job. it's beyond comprehension. >> i agree 100%. right now we've asked congress. they won't pass the laws they need to to fix it. we're asking for supplemental. the conditions of border patrol. 19,000, 4,000 capacity of 19,000. 2500 kids in the facilities.

it is unsafe. they shouldn't be there. asking for supplemental to help hhs, cdp and ice to get additional bed space to alleviate the humanitarian side of this and congress still sitting on their hands. >> laura: until this issue gets involved the administration should talk about this every day. it is the truth, not fear mongering. thank you for joining us. here in normandy france in just a few hours right behind me an emotional ceremony is going to take place to mark the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasion. now, the success of that day would not have happened without one man and his boat. next raymond arroyo unearthed a rarely told story of an unsung hero named higgins.

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>> laura: we're back in normandy at the american cemetery on the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasion. an invasion that almost didn't happen except for the -- for a new orleans lumber man.

>> the vick re was due to the commanding of the planners and herroism of the men who marched into the beach behind us. there was also an american builder, andrew jackson higgins, who played a huge and largely forgotten role in the d-day invasion. >> 75 years ago this week, operation overlord which later became known as d-day was the largest amphibious attack ever attempted. the daring plan was to take allied troops into nazi-occupied france over the english channel. it would require up to 5,000 ships moving vehicles, tanks, and more than 150,000 men onto normandy's beaches. >> the allies had a challenge how to deliver large numbers of troops and equipments to beaches that were very shallow. they turned to andrew jackson higgins, a boat manufacturer in

new orleans, originally a timber magnet who had an idea and design for shallow draft boats used to navigate the swamps and bayous of louisiana. he was certain his swamp boats could play a critical role in the war. the navy don't know a thing about small boats he insisted. the military resisted higgins' overtures. in a sign of his confidence higgins purchased an entire crop of philippines mahogany. it was an inspired purchase particularly once the marines finally relented and higgins put his landing craft into production for military use. he would eventually open seven plants in new orleans, employ tens of thousands of people and build 20,000 landing crafts. >> what made the higgins boat

so unique was the bow, this ramp that could deposit men quickly onto the beach. unload tanks and be retracted and refilled at the ship. this is the tip of the sphere. >> it is really the hull that makes the higgins boat unique. it enables the vessel to run in almost 10 inches of water with a full load. 36 combat troops. they added the bow later to increase efficiency of getting men off. >> it was a risky operation. the men going ashore had spent 48 hours on the ships. most of them were sea sick and the invasion was delayed due to bad weather. but with time running out, general dwight d. eisenhower made the call that june 6, 1944

would be d-day. providence was kind. the normandy whether was so bad the germans canceled their patrol of the english channel and called off a practice drill. allies deception campaign including inflatable tanks and fake plans made the germans think the invasion would happen at callay. they were wrong. the last thing the men heard as they boarded the higgins boats was generalize -- general ice en haur. you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine. the elimination of nazi tyranny over the oppressed people of yours and security or ourselves in a free world. >> they allowed 36 infantry men. it was the allies bridge to the beach. without higgins and his boat

there would have been no detail. the landing crafts were used in -- and there was a higgins boat onto philippine shores. >> it had to be terrifying coming onto the beach. >> laura: oh, yes, you don't know what to expect when it goes down. but i was lucky. >> the ramps ended up being -- >> obviously. if you say you weren't scared, bull. >> d-day marked a turning point in the war and allowed to retaking of europe. of andrew higgins, is hower said he was the man who won the wore. ambrose established d-day and world war ii museum in new

orleans as a monument you to higgins' ingenuity and the town where each higgins boat was created. >> laura: back now is raymond arroyo and also joining us is craig shirley, presidential historian, biographer. i love that story. i have the chills watching it. i get teared up watching it. >> the ingenuity of the american worker and american entrepreneur here on the ground at home. the unity of purpose, they were fighting the war at home on the streets of new orleans. everyone was working around the clock to build these landing crafts and as churchill said two empires are tied up in some thing called landing crafts and they were. >> laura: craig shirley, great to have you on tonight. you've been here many times to

normandy. i want to read something that was written in the "new york times" magazine that struck me on my way over here from paris tonight. most men in the first wave never stood a chance. allied troops kept landing wave after waefrnlt it wasn't bombs, artillery or tanks, it was men. many of them boys slogging up the beaches and crawling over the corpses of their friends that won the allies a toe hold at the western edge of europe. i feel like i'll start crying during this show. every grave we behind us represents a life cut short and given for our freedom and craig, you've written so much about this over the years. tell us what's going through your mind tonight. >> i'm thinking listening tonight, laura and watching the last day or so is that the page is turning on history and the book is closing on the last generation. so thank god that the ones who are alive are there to celebrate this monumental

challenge. you know, our old friend, who worked for ronald reagan for so many years, was one of those rangers on one of those troop transports and was on normandy on june 6, 1944. years later i was having lunch with lynn and i just happened to look down and his hand and noticed that his two fingers on his left hand were gone. and i always thought he lost them in a power tool accident. i asked him i said lynn, what happened to your left hand. he said nazi shrapnel. he had climbed the cliffs and put his hand up and half his hand was blown away. he never bragged or talked about it. most of the greatest generation they came back and went back to work. a lot of them didn't like to talk about it until recently. but he told me that the seas were so -- were so wavy and so uncontrollable that by the time they got to the normandy beach they were ankle deep in puke from all the other troops on

board. >> laura: they were so sick. we were talking about this on the way over tonight. it is pretty cold out here tonight. maybe 40 degrees. and it's like live tv. you are doing so many things. we stopped and say wait a second, think about what was happening 75 years ago at this hour. in the dark. and they didn't know where there were. half their compasss. have we gotten soft here? >> as you know, craig, only a few of the men made it out of the transports. 30 of the 36 men were killed instantly because of the german crossfire that they were encountering hitting the beach. they didn't call it bloody normandy for nothing. >> i was just going to say that think of the logistics of planning the d-day invasion. you are moving the population of a mid-size city, 150,000 men

and tanks and cargo and jeeps and medical supplies and food supplies and guns and ammo and all the other things. the logistics that went into the planning of the d-day invasion are really staggering if you really think about it. just moving that 150,000 with all those munitions and supplies. then 22 miles across the open sea through choppy waters to then land as raymond said in the murderous nazi crossfire. >> laura: we played this sound bite last night. everything is blurring into one day here. of the queen and what she said this week about shared sacrifice. it is worth watching again. >> the anniversary of d-day reminds us of all that our countries have achieved together. after the shared sacrifices of the second world war, britain and the united states worked with other allies to build an

assembly of international institutions. >> laura: they said trump would wreck the international institutions, nato wouldn't survive trump and here in a few hours he will be here with other world leaders to celebrate this alliance. and honor those who served and those who are buried behind us. >> yeah. i think his speech tomorrow is going to be important for him. that's an understatement. if i was giving him advice reagan spoke so eloquently on the 40th anniversary about the past and kind of bringing closure to it. trump should almost be symmetrical and talk about the future of the alliance, the future of the united states and the western alliance, the future of freedom, opportunity and challenges for all the people who are part -- were part of the original war against the axis of powers but the expanded countries as well.

>> laura: look to the future. craig, thank you so much and raymond, stay with me because seen and unseen is next. apparently there is a soft sexism every time you go out to eat. plus 2020 dems are using kids as political props? no.

>> laura: live from america's news headquarters. president trump spending the night at his golf resort in ireland during his first visit to the country as president. he insisted brexit will not be a problem at all. but some analysts warn a hard deal could send economic shock waves across europe. in a few hours from now the president heads to normandy, france, to take part in ceremonies marketing the 75th anniversary of d-day. firefighters in washington state battling their first major wildfire of the season. this is in grant county about 200 miles east of seattle.

emergency officials say the fire has more than tripled in coverage area since last night from 5,000 acres to now 18,000. they've been going door-to-door all day warning people to evacuate as strong winds are pushing the flames over steep canyons. now back to "the ingraham angle". >> laura: it's time for seen and unseen segment where we expose the big cultural stories of the day. all right, kids being used as pathetic political props, , no it can't happen. at the end of ladies first and restaurants and the power of safe at d-day and beyond. raymond, kids have been starting to quiz candidates on really complicated constitutional matters. they aren't being coached, are they? >> oh no, laura. they're popping up all of a sudden at political events. joe biden answering a kid from new hampshire yesterday, watch. >> do you think impeachment proceedings should start? >> how old are you?

>> 11. >> i'm not looking forward to an impeachment process. i think it would be a big distraction on things we should focus on getting done. the truth of the matter is there is a constitutional obligation. my job is to impeach him a different way, beat him. >> unless we're changing the voting age to 11, why is he making a pitch to little children? >> laura: kids say the darnedest things. >> here is pete buttigieg responding to a young girl after she asked how do you beat trump in 2020? >> can't play his game, you know. he is really mean and he likes to call people names and if we do it his way i think we'll lose. we have to change the whole game. >> if they were teaching kids to be literate or trying to build them up. they're demonizing the opponent. which is what i thought was

called bullying. politicians have different arguments. they have policy differences. >> laura: i have an idea, let kids be kids for a while before they get swim in the toxic soup of what we do? >> what 11-year-old is concerned about any of these guys or impeachment. >> laura: i'm glad biden is taking the hard questions. they'll let the 11 year olds at him every day. >> say goodbye to the moments like this at restaurants. this is over. >> mr. morris. >> mr. morris. >> i'm jim morris. >> this fireball is my grandson, david. >> i don't know about the fireball part but grandson is true enough. >> this is a friend of mine, vivian ward. >> rising for a lady is apparently out. now there is a new trend that emerged last summer and picking

up steam. restaurants are saying goodbye to soft sexism. in chicago it omitted the idea of ladies first, eliminated language like ladies and gentlemen and they no longer serve in order of gender performance. >> laura: what is that? >> i object to that. men and boys learn respect by doing things. when you rise when a lady enters the room or pull a chair for a lady it is showing respect. people want women to be respected and they should be. let's show and teach men and young boys how to do that. let ladies go first. >> laura: you know what i do? my son and i were going into a restaurant. i let the door close and i wait outside when he goes in. mommy, what happened? you didn't open the door for me. they learn. it is kind of fun to see the little kids do that. >> i imagine if the waiter came over and i said i'll have a

hamburger and you just get waited on down the line. >> i'm a throwback, that's my problem. >> before we go during the president's state visit to england there was a lot of talk about faith and sacrifice. the fact that the president chose to highlight the alliance with britain and what binds us at that first state dinner. >> the bonds of friendship forged here and sealed in blood on the hallowed beaches will endure forever. our special relationship is grounded in common history, values, customs, culture, language, and laws. our people believe in freedom and independence as a sacred birthright and cherished inheritance worth defending at any cost. >> today he invoked prayer. the prayer that fdr intoned as our men took the beaches at normandy. the president at plymouth.

>> they will need thy blessings, the enemy is strong. he my hurl back our forces but we shall return again and again and we know that by thy grace and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. >> not only fdr, eisenhower invoked the blessing of the almighty on this noble undertaking. >> a lot of men buried behind us had little bibles and there are also stars of david on these. >> chaplains having mass for them. god was in the air here and you feel him here as well. >> laura: i like him when he was quoting the fdr prayer better than an acclaimed bible church. that was a better moment for trump. coming up, a new axis of evil?

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>> laura: well, while the left is obsessing over the fact there was nothing in the mueller report to charge the president in the russia hoax, now the kremlin is rolling out the red carpet for china. amid trump's trade war with president xi. they are strengthening their alliance in defiance of president trump. steven moser president of the population research institute and author of bully of asia. now, steven, is this the unintended consequence of the russia hoax, the russia obsession? president trump had expressed his desire to have a better relationship with russia if possible in his first two years but that really has not happened. >> yeah, every time anybody says anything about russia in the trump administration they get attacked for colluding, which is nonsense. you know, the reality is that

trump's strong economy, we have the american great engine of american capitalism firing on all cylinders, the strengthening of nato with countries adding up when they should be paying on their common defense. with the positive things happening with the american economy and the entry of the world russia would be approaching us. russia would see itself as weak in relation to american strength. and i think would be coming to the table and wanting to work out a deal on the ukraine, for example. what has stopped that is this obsession with so-called russian collusion and obstruction. and there is no there there, of course. we've been talking about it for two years. that conversation has -- >> laura: it's a missed opportunity, right. but knowing what russia is and what russia does, i believe it was a missed opportunity to box out china which has a massive economy even with a slowdown. a larger standing army than the

united states. space weapons, china 2025, the belt and road initiative. they're moving on all fronts and yet we had to see this sit-down today, which was a big show. they put on a big show. it got lost in the d-day stuff but i have to play something for you. this is what joe biden said yesterday down playing the china threat. >> we're in a position where we have the most agile venture capitalists in the world. it is not like they're bad guys. we're the best at doing it. our workers are literally three times as productive as workers in the far east. excuse me, in asia. and there are three times as productive. what are we worried about? >> laura: what are we worried about, steven, no big deal. >> i'm worried about a candidate for president of the united states who says that the chinese communist party are good folks. i worry about a candidate whose

son took a billion and a half dollars in investments from a state-owned bank in china for his investment company. i'm worried that the chinese communist party may think they have bought and paid for joe biden. i don't think that's true, by the way. i think biden has a lot to account for in that transaction. this is the way the chinese communist party operates, of course. if you're a friend of china you get all kinds of benefits. he has gotten a lot. where does he stand on this? is he going to be weak on china? >> laura: well, steve, here is what was amazing. the 30th anniversary of tiananmen square and cbs reporter goes there to tiananmen square and shows tanks putting down the student-led protests and it has been erased from the popular memory just like the soviets did with erasing their own history. totally erased.

that is how they operate. and they are enemies of history, enemies of truth, enemies of free expression yet we have had all these wall street types, all these venture capitalists who have made a boat load of money and they want to keep it business as usual. do you think that china would be far happier if biden was able to win the election in 2020? last answer. >> obviously. they think he is their guy. we're talking about the biggest killing machine in history. the chinese communist party has killed tens of millions of people in political purges during the cultural revolution and they've arrested the muslims, buddhists, christians and killed hundreds of millions of unborn children and born children in infanticide because of the one child policy. if you total up the number killed by the chinese communist

parties 1500 million people. china has killed off a quarter. >> laura: it's amazing. we'll continue to cover this over the next several months. the human rights activists have been raising the red flag about red china for many years and hollywood celebrities and people say trump is the threat to the world order. thank you so much for this. president trump heading to normandy in a matter of hours after a very successful three-day state visit to the u.k. you would never know it if you watch the other channels. how has he been received by the british press? trace gallagher is here next.

>> laura: now we all know the media in the u.s., to put it mildly, mildly, despise trump. what about the british press? they can't be as petty, can they? wrong. we go to trace gallagher in our west coast bureau. >> quoting here president trump unloved in britain still tries to be king maker. but he managed to find friendly

headlines in u.k. papers. the financial trump wrote trump hails common values. and the evening standard, united states president said queen embodies patriotism. and the deverance not on the member of the state side broadcasters who took a glass half empty approach. >> when you watch trump in the pageantry. he looks awkward in it. >> the brits know how to troll the president and get under his skin. they did it with style and spectacle. >> perhaps he likes the idea of being a king.

>> the pettiness and narcissism don't mix well with diplomacy. >> president trump on the world stage hurling insults at anybody who doesn't agree with him. >> the media reporter for the hill said the positive stuff had a tough time making air in america. >> we are not hearing anything about the president and may and how well they are getting along or the president and the queen and the camaraderie there. it's typical of trump. if it's negative, that's the way we are going to go. >> that's the way it went. >> laura: final thoughts from normandy next. es haven't. that's why there's ocuvite. screen light... sunlight... longer hours... eyes today are stressed! but ocuvite has vital nutrients to help protect them. ocuvite. eye nutrition for today.

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sacrifice so all of those buried behind me, we give an on-going tribute to them with our dedication to country, each other and the cause of freedom. shannon bream and fox news @ night team take it all from here. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to fox news @ night. i am shannon bream in washington. president trump refusing budge on his tariffs threat to mexico. he said not enough progress was made as vice-president pence wraps up meetings with the mexico prime minister. candidates are slamming joe biden tonight on his position and will he have