their nation, once this task completed, would rediscover its tradition of liberty. we need to be true to their memory. and to do that, we must never sacrifice what -- we must never renounce what their sacrifice united. the promise of normandy will be supported by france with all its might. i promise this will be the case. and this is at the heart of america's destiny, too. president of the united states of america, ladies and gentlemen. all along the roads of france, the beaches fro beachesg those roads taken by the heroes we are honoring today as of the summer 18944, all along we see hundreds of

milestones, they are decorated with the stars of the american flag and with the flame of the statue of liberty. that statue that one of our greatest sculptures gave to the city of new york. these stone monuments serve as a reminder, an indelible reminder inscribed in the countryside of france, a reminder of what our country owes the united states of america. their presence resonates continue to to renew this secular pact that unites front and france and freedom. i am ready, mr. president of the united states dear donald trump, the people of france are ready, ready to renew this friendship between our nations that has

contributed so much to the history of humanity and the world expects so much from. we are ready, and we will do. this thank you. long live the united states of america. [speaking french] [. >> and long live the friendship between our two nations. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, president macron will now present the legion of honor to five of our world war ii veterans.

>> mr. vincent hynes on behalf of the french republic we award you the award of knight of the legion of honor. [applause]

>> mr. stanley friday, on behalf of the french republic, i award the distinction of the knight of the legion of honor. [applause] >> shal juror. i make you knight of the legion of honor.

[applause] >> mr. howard terrence. in the name of the french republic, i make you knight of the legion d'honneur. [applause]

paul verworth in the name of the french republic we make you knight of the legion d'honneur. [applause] ♪ ♪

>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, donald -- >> mr. donald j. trump, president of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> president macron, mrs. macron, and the people of france, to the first lady of the united states and members of the united states

congress, to distinguished guests, veterans, and my fellow americans, we are gathered here on freedom's altar on these shores, on these bluffs 75 years ago, 10,000 men shed their blood and thousands sacrificed their lives for their brothers, for their countries and for the survival of liberty. today we remember those who fell and we honor all who fought right here in normandy. they won back this ground for civilization to more than 107 veterans of the second world war who join us today. you are among the very

greatest americans who will ever live. you are the pride of our nation. you are the glory of our republic and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you. [applause] here with you are over 60 veterans who landed on d-day. our debt to you is everlasting. today we express our undying gratitude. when you were young, these

men enlisted their lives in a great crusade. one of the greatest of all times. their mission is the story of an epic battle and the ferocious eternal struggle between good and evil. on the 6th of june, 1944, they joined a liberation force of awesome power and breath-taking scale. after months of planning the allies had chosen this ancient coast line to mount their campaign to vanquish the wicked tyranny of the nazi empire from the face of the earth. the battle began in the decides above us in those first tense midnight hours 1,000 aircraft record overhead with 17,000 allied airborne troops preparing to

leap into the darkness beyond these trees. then came dawn, the enemy who had occupied these heights, saw the largest naval armada in the history of the world. just a few miles offshore were 7,000 vessels bearing 130,000 warriors. they were the citizens of free and independent nations united by their duty to their compatriots and to millions yet unborn. they were the british whose nobility and fortitude saw them through the worst of dunkirk and the london blitz, the full violence of nazi fury was no match for the full grandeur of british pride. thank you.

[applause] there were the canadians who robust sense of honor and loyalty compel them to take up arms alongside britain from the very, very beginning. there were the fighting pol figs the tough norwegians french commandcommandoes. soon to right a will long history of french valor. [applause] and finally, there were the

americans. they came from the farms of a vast heartland. the streets of glowing cities and the forms of mighty industrial towns. before the war, many had never ventured beyond their own community. now they had come to offer their lives have a world from home. this beach, code named automatiomahawas defended by ths with monstrous fire power, thousands and thousands of mines and spikes driven into the sand so deeply. it was here that tens of thousands of the americans came the g.i.s who boarded the landing craft that morning knew that they carried on their shoulders

not just the pack of a soldier but the fate of the world. colonel george taylor, whose 16th infantry regiment would join in the first wave was asked what would happen if the germans stopped? right then and there cold on the beach just stopped them, what could happen? this great american replied why the 18th infantry is coming in right behind us, the 26th infantry will come on too. then there is the 2nd infantry division already afloat and the 9th division and the second armored and the third armored and all the rest. maybe the 16th won't make it, but someone will. one of those men in taylor's

16th regiment was army medic ray lambert. ray was only 23, but he had only earned three purple hearts and two silver stars fighting in north africa and sicily where he and his brother bill no longer with us, served side by side. in the early morning hours the two brothers stood together on the deck of the ussenrico before boarding two separate higgins landing craft if i don't make it, bill said, please, please take care of my family ray asked his brother to do the same. of the 31 men on ray's landing craft, only ray and six others made it to the

beach there were only a few of them left they came to the sector right here below us. easy red it was called again and again ray ran back into the water. he dragged out one man after another he was shot through the arm, his leg was ripped by shrapnel, his back was broken he nearly drowned. he had been on the beach for hours bleeding and saving lives when he finally lost consciousness. he woke up the next day on a cot beside another badly wounded soldier. he looked over and saw his brother bill. they made it. they made it.

they made it. at 98 years old, ray is here with us today with his fourth purple heart and his third silver star from omaha. ray, the free world salutes you. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause]

[applause] thank you, ray. [cheers and applause] [applause] nearly two hours in, unrelenting fire from these bluffs kept the americans pinned down on the sand now red with our heroes' blood. and then just a few hundred yards from where i'm standing the break through came, the battle turned. and with it history. down on the beach captain joe dawson, the son of a

texas preacher, led company g through a mind field to a natural fold in the hillside still here. just beyond this path to my right captain dawson snuck beneath an enemy machine gun perch and tossed his grenades. soon american troops were chargings up dawson's draw what a job he did. what bravery he showed. lieutenant spalding and the men from company e moved on to crush the enemy's strong points on the far side of this cemetery and stopped the slaughter on the beach below. countless more americans poured out across this ground all over the countryside. they joined fellow american warriors from utah beach and

allies from juno. along with the airborne and french patriots. private 1st class wonderful picket famed 116th infantry regiment had been wounded in the first wave that landed on omaha beach. at a hospital in england private picket vowed to return to battle. i'm going to return he said. i'm going to return. six days after d-day. he rejoined his company two thirds had been killed already. many had been wounded. within 15 minutes of the invasion. they lost 19 just from the small town of bedford, virginia alone.

before long, a grenade left private picket and he was gravely wounded so badly wounded. again, he chose to return. he didn't care. he had to be here. he was then wounded a third time and laid unconscious for 12 days. they thought he was gone. they thought he had no chance. russell picket is the last known survivor the legendary company a and today, believe it or not, he has returned once more to these shores to be with his comrades. private picket, you honor us all with your presence. [cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause] [applause] tough guy. [laughter] by the fourth week of august, paris was liberated. [cheers and applause]

some landed here, pushed all the way to the center of germany, some threw open the gates of nazi concentration camps to liberate jews who had suffered the bottomless horrors of the holocaust. and some warriors fell on other fields of battle, returning to rest on this soil for eternity. before this place was con sayconsecrated to history the land was owned by a french farmer. a member of the french resistance. these were great people. these are strong and tough people. his terrified wife waited out d-day in a nearby householding tight to their little baby girl. the next day a soldier appeared. i'm an american, he said. i'm here to help.

the overcome with emotion and cried. days later she laid flowers on fresh american graves. today her grand daughter stephanie serves as a guide at this cemetery. see the grave of her brother don for the very first time. marianne and stephanie are both with us today and we thank you for keeping alive the memories of our precious heroes. thank you. [applause] [applause]

[applause] 9388 young americans rest beneath the white crosses and stars of david. araid on these beautiful grounds. each one has been adopted by a french family that thinks of him as their own.

they come from all over france to look after our boys. they kneel, they cry, they pray, they place flowers and they never forget. today america embraces the french people and thanks you for honoring or beloved dead. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. to all of our friends and partners, our cherished alliance was forged in the heat of battle, tested in

the trials of war and proven in the blessings of peace. our bond is unbreakable. from across the earth americans are drawn to this place as though it were a part of our very soul. we come not only because of what they did here we come of because of who they were. they were young men with their entire lives before them. they were husbands who said goodbye to their young brides and took their duty as their faith. they were fathers who would never meet their infant sons and daughters because they had a job to do and with god as their witness, they were going to get it done.

they came wave after wave without question, without hesitation, and without complaint. more powerful than the strength of american arms was the strength of american hearts. these men ran through the fires of hell, moved by a force no weapon could destroy. the fierce patriotism of a free, proud, and sovereign people. [applause] they battled not for control and domination, but for liberty, democracy and self-rule. they pressed on for love and

home and country, the main streets, the school yards, the churches and neighbors, the families and communities that gave us men such as these. they were sustained by out confidence that america can do anything because we are a noble nation with a virtuous people praying to a righteous god. the exceptional might came from a truly exceptional spirit: the abundance of courage came from an abundance of faith. the great deeds of an army came from the great depths of their love as they confronted their the americans of the placed themselves into the palm of

god's hand. the men behind me will tell you that they are just the lucky ones. as one of them recently put it, all the heroes are buried here. but we know what these men did. we knew how brave they were. they came here and saved freedom and then they went home and showed us all what freedom is all about. the american sons and daughters who saw us to victory were no less extraordinary in peace they built families, they built industries. they built a national culture that inspired the

entire world in the decades that followed. america defeated communism, secured civil rights, revolutionized science, launched a man to the moon. and then kept on pushing to new frontiers and today america is stronger than ever before. [ applause ] seven decades ago, the warriors of d-day fought a sinister enemy who spoke of a thousand year empire. in defeating that evil, they left a legacy that will last not only for a thousand

years but for all time. for as long as the soul knows of duty and honor, for as long as freedom keeps its hold on the human heart. to the men who sit behind me and to the boys who rest in the field before me, your example will never ever grow old. [applause] your legend will never die. your spirit, brave, unyielding and true will never die. the blood that they spilled the tears that they shed, the lives that they gave, the sacrifice that they made

did not just win a battle. it did not just win a war. those who fought here want a future for our nation they won the survival of our civilization and they showed us the way to love, cherish and defend our way of life for many centuries to come today as we stand together on this sacred earth, we pledge that our nation will forever be strong and united. we will forever be together. our people will forever be bold. our hearts will forever be loyal and our children and their children will forever

and always be free. may god bless our great veterans may god bless our allies. may god bless the heroes of d-day and may god bless america. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> in honor and remembrance of the fallen who gave their lives in the service of france and the united states, the president of france and the president of the united states will lay a wreath in their memories followed by a moment of silence.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: how beautiful has this been? it was 75 years ago today june 6th, 1944, the greatest generation ever as it is known, undertook the longest day when 156,000 troops landed right about where they are right now in normandy beach. most were american and british and canadian. largous a am dippous.

60 of those veterans who took part in veterans day are being welcomed to the commemoration by the first family of the united states and of france as well as you look live at the overlook of omaha haw beach. ainsley: they're commemorating our heroes cemetery of normandy. the first american cemetery on european soil in world war ii. 172.172.5 acres and contains the brave of 9388 of our deceased military. brian: the word is perfect. if you want to salute those who lost their lives, we got it. if you want to salute those who fought to save lives, you witnessed it. if you want to see two great speeches from two nations, two presidents who represent their nations i and are grateful for each other we just took it. in so i think it's a perfect tone, a perfect moment to underline one of the most remarkable moments in military and world history.

they changed the way the world would be known up until this day when nazi occupied france looked so forth find was impenetrable until dwight eisenhower and montgomery drew up a plan to help penetrate france and take it on a bad day on june 6th when the original day was supposed to be june 5th and these are the men who fought and survived 75 years later. we have two fine contributors who are there on the scene john roberts. every step of the way martha mccallum your show was tremendous. coverage fantastic. you are all over this event. even if you weren't working it, would you would be watching it because this is right up your alley. i guess john, let's start with you. the president seemed to hit all the right notes. >> he did and president macron as well. what's interesting is the united states and france have had their differences

and some of those differences have been fairly dramatic from time to time. and there is, you know, talk to the french don't like americans all that much. but when you come here to this american cemetery and you walk in between the rows of upon rows of crosses, and you see little french and little american flags placed at the foot of every star of david, every cross, when you drive through the villages on the way here and you see in these little farmhouses french and american flags draped out of windows, you understand that the depth of history is still very much alive here. and that what happened on these shores 75 years ago is still very much in the forefront of people's minds. and a lot of people who live in these towns probably were not around back then but they still honor that sense of commitment, that liberation that the united states, canadians, the brits and so many other countries undertook together when they assaulted the beaches here in normandy. and to have the veterans,

who were here on that day, many of them up there behind the president as he was giving the speech just really sort of personify the depth of the sacrifice that occurred on that day. and listen to what president trump said as he honored those people who were in the audience today. >> you are the pride of our nation. you are the glory of our republic. and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. [cheers and applause] those brought the thousands to their feet for probably about 30 seconds to pay tribute to those veterans. it was really a heart felt speech i thoughtnch president.

you could really feel the depth of emotion that he was feeling for how different this country, for how different all of europe might be were it not for that day. there was one line, all of his speech was in french except for one line. let's listen to the one line he said in english. >> we know what we owe to you veterans, our freedom. on behalf of my nation, i just want to say thank you. [applause] >> what's really important to remember among the 9,400 or so crosses in the same tore and other cemeteries representing other countries across this area of normandy is this wasn't just a

battle. this was turning the tide of civilization. president trump articulated that because if this hadn't worked, who knows what the world would look like today, brian? steve: such a good point. brian: thanks, john. steve: thank you indeed. as we look live we are expecting mr. macron and the president to go to an overlook over omaha beach and along the way there will be a 21 gun salute. i believe they are about to walk out. let's see that as well. ainsley: let's bring in martha mccallum host of "the story." she is live there in normandy. as the president was talking behind you we saw those crosses and images of children on the ground and clapping for the president. i thought how surreal those men buried underneath where those children are sitting on the ground. they died and sacrificed everything for the survival of our sizzles an civilization r children are free because of

it. >> martha: great point. some of those men buried behind us some of them children themselves, 17, 18, 19, the president spoke very movingly about them. i think the reviews for the president's speech this morning are going to be very favorable. this was a very strong speech, very heart felt speech it. began where he referred to the place that we stand as freedom's altar. he went on to say your pride yoe pride of our hearts, you are greatest of our nation. some of what he talked about. he did some individual tributes to ray lambert and to russell picket of company a who is 98 years old. i think some of the most moving moments that we saw were when the president stepped away from the podium, turned to these individuals. they stood up and, you know, just the physical nature of the way that the president interacted with the veterans and also the way that president macron interacted with them. the strong pats on the back, the holding of each other

wants' showrlsdz. these are people who relate. a brotherhood among them so exquisite and so strong. those were some of the really wonderful moment that we saw there today. also, both of these presidents gave tribute to the other countries that were part of this effort. the president gave tribute to the british, the canadians, to the pols to the norwegians and aussies he spoke of the gallant french with their long history of french valor. one of the other parts that i thought was extraordinarily moving was when the president spoke about what happened when these men came home after the war to the united states and continued their work as the greatest generation? he said they built families. they built industry. they built national culture. they defeated communism. they secured civil rights. they put a man on the moon and today america is stronger than ever before. you know, this, in many ways, i think, is the

definition of what president trump means and now you can hear the beginning of the 21 gun salute stunning on the shores of france. that's what he refers to when he talks about making america great is the kind of experience and example that has been set by these men. brian: martha, it's not lost on you that we also rebuilt europe with the marshall plan as we rebuilt america and came back on the -- right after years of the depression. after establishing a foot hold in france in the same day, 11 months later. they would -- nazi germany would actually fall. so it was -- they weren't done yet. it was titanic day. it was an epic victory. tremendous price. the fact is the war had to be won and nazi defeated and the hitler war machine had to be brought to its knees. they still had to do that after that as you listen to the 21-gun salute on this day. the other thing that stood out to me when you read last night dwight highway hour

had another letter. the letter was what if d-day failed? he ends with the responsibility for this failure is solely mine and mine alone. >> please be seated by the official party moves to the orientation overlook. brian: i think we are going to see both presidents walk up and they will be putting a wreath. we believe they will in just a moment be playing taps. for that we will stop. about an hour ago, president macron gave a beautiful recollection by history of h hour as it was known on d-day and very clear that france has not forgotten all the time, fresh and talent that was given, starting on this day 75 years ago. where they are going to is a sight overlooking omaha beach whereas ainsley mentioned 9388 graves are.

4400 were killed that first day, which was just 40% of the american forces killed during the d-day landing. ainsley: it took years to organize. hundreds of men. millions of tons of weapons and equipment were transported across the atlantic to britain in advance of this. consisted chiefly of americans, britains and canadians. my mother visited normandy and she was brought to tears saw the american flag and crosses and stars of david. describe what it looks like there. obviously a beautiful day there it was a different scene at the time. what, can you describe the layout of the land and what we -- most of us haven't been to normandy. what does it look like? >> i mean, it's stunning, ainsley. and today it's almost like god is smiling on this entire area. it is just a stunningly beautiful day. we have been following the weather reports all week. it was supposed to be thunder and lightning over the course of the last couple of days. is absolutely

picture-perfect look at president macron and president trump and their wives arwives. very warm exchanges between the two of them as well. look out as the water as they are and you imagine 5,000 ships come across that channel. just unfathomable. steve: let's listen in for just a second. ♪ [taps] [taps]

[taps playing] [taps playing] [taps playing] brian: martha, the other thing to keep in mind, too, as you look out there, you

have done so much on the war, its beautiful grass cliffs. those cliffs had to be scaled by invading troops, many of which in thirteens first battle they had ever seen. can you imagine what that must have been like? let's add in machine gunfire coming for you. that's why they say 90% of the first wave lost their lives. >> martha: two thirds of the second ranger battalion from texas lost their lives climbing the cliffs. they did a recreation of it yesterday. and they had ladders that were sort of prepositioned on those cliffs. but how they did it was throwing -- shooting hooks up onto the cliff. it's just amazing feat. it's impossible to imagine how they did it. and they were climbing up on that spot because they needed to find six german guns that were aimed at the ships coming across the channel and secure those guns. when they got up to the top of the hawk they found those guns weren't there. they had been moved.

then they went on a mission to try to find them and destroy those guns. it's story after story, brian, of just incredible heroism and selflessness. these young men, you know, dwight highway hour you talked about the letter that he wrote to them, they knew that at that time they thought 50% were not going to make it through this day and the casualty rate was 40% extraordinary not as high as they thought it could be. steve: shows you how high the stakes were. and turns out to be the most significant turning point in the century. the trumps and macrons are getting a look what happened 75 years ago today on d-day. this is the second commemoration that mr. macron and mrs. macron have atensded. earlier in the day they were at gold beach with theresa may where they have started building a war memorial to the 20,000 brits who died in france during the summer of

'44. and the prime minister, who officially resigns tomorrow said -- had a very emotional speech. and she said the only two words i can say is thank you to all of you. and, martha, you know, the thing about president trump's speech and he and macron are going to meet later on today for a private working lunch even though they had some feuds in the past over climate change and trade in iran. the thing about the president's speech was how powerful it was with just the names. and you mentioned private picket, that was the only time he ad-libbed from his prepared remarks. he went over and shook his hands and embraced him and came back to the microphone and said tough guy. but we all know the story of d-day because we have seen it in the history books and seen it in the movies. but those were actors. these are the real guys. and i know you have talked to a number of them and a lot of them are wondering i wonder if i will make it back to another one.

>> 60 of them made it back today. some of them it was the first time that they had ever been back. we're about to see the flyover coming towards you can see coming over the shoulders of president macron and president trump. these are breath taking scenes watching here. brian: 1200 aircraft that day used for drops many of which were dropped ocean and ground. [inaudible] enemy lines. and there is the moment. a time so many people concerned about a lack of interest in our history and lack of interest in teaching our history. i feel great about what's happened over the last few days because there seems to be a real effort in france, in england and in the u.s. to keep this memory alive. and let everybody know how extraordinary it is. and it just keeps getting better. the memorials are being built. the areas are being fortified and generations of french, i understand and you

would know better in the countryside have grown up knowing to salute and be thankful for americans and we should keep in mind, too. there might not be an america without the french in the revolutionary war. and this has been the story. it's a love-love relationship. but we fight along the way. wouldn't you say, martha? >> martha: absolutely. i think president trump has been clear that he wants to have good relationships with the united kingdom. good relationship with france, our oldest ally. of course, thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin went over to secure financial backing for the revolution. so, these are ties that go back centuries. and it is just incredible, you know, to witness the unfolding of this relationship as you look at these two men as they watch this flyover these images are just amazing. ainsley: we watched the president in london looking at the declaration of independence and were real minded of you who significant that picture was. and then we see him here at

the beaches of normandy and, of course, we are reminded of our -- the survival of our civilization because of what happened on those beaches there and the number of individuals that lost their lives. i know you have talked several times with tom rice on your show. tell the folks at home the story of mr. rice. >> well, tom rice is an extraordinary person. he was a paratrooper. he flew in with the 82nd airborne division and the paratroopers of course came in on the night of july 5th. started at 2:00 a.m. in the morning and came in on c-47s similar to the planes you are looking at now military expert can correct me on that, perhaps. the door was open. tom rice jumped out of that plane back in 1944. his arm got caught in the door. he almost didn't make it. something jerked in the plane and then he was set free. yesterday at 97, he jumped again in the skies over these fields and he is an extraordinary spirit.

he really embodies just the amazing selflessness and heroism of these fine men. steve: yeah. 97 years old. those are the same planes that he jumped out -- same model planes from 75 years ago. martha, he told you, didn't he, that the best way to pay tribute to the soldiers that didn't come back was to return to normandy essentially to step back into the shoes of his younger self-and take to the skies to remember what happened of such significance 75 years ago today. i think that you sentiment is so common of those who we spoke. to say they feel guilty. some survivor's guilty think all the young men that perished around them. an 18-year-old medic on the beaches who we spent a fair amount of time with. and he came back for the very first time and walked the beaches and walked through the cemetery. he said for some these young men i was the last face they

ever saw. and as an 18-year-old, he knew the weight of that and he wanted to give them a peaceful passing. steve: look at that. and the amazing thing about this is 75 years ago today those skies over normandy sounded a lot like that because, first of all, there was an air attack and then the largest amphibious invasion in world history. >> i was reading franklin d. roosevelt radio address. my fellow americans when i spoke to you last night about the fall of rome, i knew at that moment that troops were crossing the channel and another greater operation it. has come to pass with success thus far. and then the speech, the radio address basically turned into a prayer. i ask you to join me in a prayer and he said o mighty god, our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our

republic, our religion and our civilization. to set free a suffering humanity. lead them straight and through talking about our troops. he goes on to pray for their families. our soldiers will need thy blessings, their road will be long and hard because the enemy is strong. he may hurl back our forces success might not come with rushing speed but we shall return again and again. we know by thy grace and by thy righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. and they did. the president today brought back an element of faith, too. he said strength and courage came from faith and our almighty god. do you think that's what these men, when you talk to them, is that what they were thinking? they say you really -- your faith becomes extremely important to you when you are faced with death. >> absolutely. and i think, you know, many of them have said i don't know how i made it. you know. and they believe that there was someone watching over them. i'm honestly so moved just by the sounds of what we just witnessed.

the thundering. our whole set here was shaking when these planes just stormed over where we are. and as you pointed out, it reminds you, gives you a sense of what it sounded like for these villagers in france nearby when these american planes started soaring overhead through these skies. a lot of the people that i talked to talk about how loud war is. it's just an incredible thunder feeling that goes overhead when this happens. and also you saw that missing man formation that plane that flew off because remember, many of these planes went into the ocean. many of those c-47s had pilots piloting those planes and were shot themselves in the cockpits. the planes started to spin down towards the water at that point the paratroopers started jumping out wherever they were. in many cases like tom rice's case we knew we were too low to jump but we had

no choice. so jump they did. and, you know, just incredible, incredible stories. but you have to remember all of the people hot pilots who went into the ocean, the paratroopers as well. some of those paratroopers when they landed they landed in fields that had been flooded to three feet by the germans, and their packs were so heavy and so hard to get out of, that many of them drowned on impact. incredible stories of heroism. and there is the red, white, and blue in the sky. the french flag and united states flag of the same colors. brian: that are that, what's so important too, germans were convinced they couldn't be penetrated they were looking forward to this effort story was they needed reinforcement and hitler was sleeping. they were afraid to wake hitler. only person who could call for reinforcements was hitler. when he finally gets up at 10:00. okay they will never get through. is he actually giddy. he thinks for sure they will win and hold everybody off. by the time he understands what's going on.

americans have gotten a foot hold. the american forces, the allied forces have gotten a foot hold in france 11 months later they would defeat the germans ultimately but i also think it's important to point out even commanders ramal was so convinced the weather was so bad that the allies wouldn't possibly invade on this day, he went out and bought his wife new shoes. he wasn't even in commands at this time. think about this with all the opportunity for deception and interception of signals, they were able to keep it a secret. and they also had that famed dummy assaulted where they dropped fake tanks and had fake planes and fake ships as if they were coming from a different angle at a different place and different time to further distract. a lot went our way and a lot was at stake. and i just can't imagine having the fate of the world at your hands and it turns out dwight eisenhower was the perfect manual at the perfect time to be in charge of the allied forces.

not just the american forces but all our forces. and i i'm not sure that he gets the credit in our history that he deserves. >> martha: i spoke with susan eisenhower his grand daughter earlier ted. grandfather had a great gift decisions. there came a moment when it was time to go. and he knew better than anybody that there was a chance that it might fail reread the letter last night. he said we basically made out best decision that we he could. if we fail, it is on me. and the other thing that strikes me as you are talking about this, brian, thought that the attack was going to come maybe through grief potentially. they didn't necessarily think that it was going to come here. they thought this might be souter of a decoy attack when they first got wind of

it coming best place was to land pot declay a different point. get to keep this plan under wraps and to keep the germans guessing. and that was definitely an enormous undertaking that they pulled off. steve: that's right. and, in fact, the men involved in the invasion weren't told about it until the day before. the historian who is giving them a primmer on what happened 75 years ago right now, the story he is telling is that a little before 10:00 what would have been last night, 75 years ago, the path finders set out a small fleet of c-47 transports carrying a total of about 200 paratroopers from the 101st airborne set to begin that night and following mornings. what they did was they marked the drop zones as we look as the french fly over continues.

then 75 years ago this morning at 6:30 a.m. started the landings at utah beach. out of 23,000 troops only 197 men were killed or wounded. simultaneously at omaha beach which is the overlook where the presidents are standing right now, americans suffered 2400 casualties. but 34,000 allied troops landed by night fall and at 7:25 a.m., 75 years ago today lance'n lands at soared beach. suffered 600 casualties. simultaneously the landings at gold beach where they commemorated their new british facility this morning brits. 75,000 troops landed and pushed the inland. as we are looking at the presidents now, what they are going to do is leaving the normandy area. they are going to be flying via chopper and going to be meeting for a working lunch

where they have got plenty to talk about. especially the day's events. how moving has this been? ainsley: it's been very moving. 50-mile stretch normandy coach broken up into five sectors, utah, omaha, gold, juno and sword. you are there with the cemetery behind you. i understand there is walls of the missing as well in a simi circular garden and 1557 names are inscribed on it. >> martha: that's right. it's called the garden of the missing. it's actually the area that is just behind the podium where you saw the presidents speak today. [inaudible] ainsley: that statue? >> absolutely. these are the names of bodies that were never recovered whether in the ocean or on the cliffs, probably mostly in the ocean in that case and all of those people are honored by name in the garden of the missing. it's just a very moving, beautiful tributes to those who were never recovered.

ainsley: i understand some were recovered and identified there are rose rosettes identify them as recovered and identified. >> martha: that's correct. brian: what i also understand, martha, when you go into paris, that's when people say at times you get that anti-american behavior but you don't feel it in the countryside. it's much different in the countryside. >> martha: very true. it's very true. i mean, perhaps not unlike the united states in some ways. you know, the big cities are different than the countryside and the farming areas. so the people that we spoke to in saints mary's lees where we spend the day yesterday couldn't stop telling us about how grateful they are to the americans. one family that i spoke to, their mother simone reno spent all of her adult years tending to the graves of american soldiers.

those cemeteries before they were moved here in the 1950s, they were mostly in st. mary's lees. simone would go to grave sites and place flowers at them and have the little boys stand behind the cross and take the pictures and found the addresses of the american families because she wanted them to seat grave site of their lost ones. she knew there was no way most of these families could never get to transto pay their respects themselves. she paid relationships with these families that lasted for years and years. it was the mission of her life. steve: we also heard during the speech by the president that for every one of those crosses a french family had adopted that american service member so that the americans back home would know that the french appreciated the -- you know, the sacrifice given up by that person beneath that cross. >> martha: that is absolutely true. we are watching the four of them now as they stand among those crosses. we were here during the show

the past few nights at 1:00 in the morning. and there is something amazing about being here in the middle of the night. it's very still. and then when we arrived yesterday morning, there were these beautiful flags, the french and american flags that had been placed by volunteers on all 9,388 of these grave sites. there is clearly so much affection and gratitude that comes from the french people to these men. brian: 16 million americans who say they served in world war ii. there are 496,000 plus still alive they say we lose 348 every single day just through natural causes or whatever throughout the generations of their life comes to a close. that's why people are holding on to this day maybe more than the day in which ronald reagan gives a speech. many of them were in their 60's then and maybe coming out of an occupation. you come back, you are 20-something years old. you are thinking the war is

over. i have got to get a job. i have got to go back to school. i have got to start a family. many of which never talked about it or looked left and right i served, too. what's special about your service? i servinged as well. so everyone kept quiet about it. until i think, tom brokaw wrote that great book the greatest generation and people began to ask questions of that neighbor down the block who was a little bit older you heard something about may have served and those conversations started. for the president the united states, i just love the way the speech came out where you hear the story and you think you are talking about a mythical figure and he turns around and there's the guy. and then he walks over to the guy. and then you see these stories that seem as though they are from some super hero and that super hero is sitting next to the other guy. and that's what i think brings it to life. some times you have these events and so scripted you think they are special. it's something to watch. but then there was some unscripted moments when you

see both presidents get up and act with emotion and embrace each other, representing their countries and embrace the men that fought. i think there was a mutual respect there also important we brought up the other countries that were there. not just america. it was not just britain. it was not just the french resistance there were other countries, norway was there, greece was there south africa cans that fought on that day. they all came together under one banner and fighting against nazi germany. and the spread of naziism throughout the continent. i just love the fact that we just -- we are not waiting for an oliver north special to come on. we are actually watching this and people care about this. and it gets us back to our roots on what makes america great in my mind. as we see, martha, your coverage continue when you are coming on 90 minutes sleep tonight, right? >> martha: yes. exactly. we are watching them say goodbye here. just quick word from what

the president said. he said these are the boys who stand behind me will never grow old. we will never forget the blood they spilled, the tears they shed. the lives they gave. the sacrifice they made. not just to win a battle. not just to win a war. but to win the future of civilization and to defend a way of life for centuries to come. beautiful words from the speech today. ainsley: operative word there boys. many like you said were 17, 18, 19, sacrificing so much. it was the greatest generation. >> martha: it absolutely was gotten selfless any. we live in a me generation. these men are not from that cloth. that's not how they operate there is a lesson there for all of us. ainsley: if you are visiting paris. how do we get there? i would love to go to normandy. how far away is it from paris? is there a train? >> it's about three hours. you can take the train from paris to right near here.

extraordinary trip. my husband and i took our kids here when they were just 7, 8, 9 years old. and, you know, at that point the boys were sort of running in and out of bunkers that were there i'm very pleased one of my sons is here with me and now 20 and able to watch all of this in a completely different way and just to respect, so much admiration for the sacrifice of these men. steve: speaking in a different way, martha, have you got to wonder whether or not the gravity of what those men did it 75 years ago today has impacted the commander-in-chief. you know, it's one thing to hear the stories. but, as we see them get into their armored suvs, where they are going to be heading off to a bilateral meeting and we will see parts of that and a working lunch. have you got to figure the president is going to be talking about this day for a very long time. >> martha: absolutely. you can't meet these men and

the president spent a lot of time obviously with the military. some of the men who were in this audience, sydney is one that i remember. he is 100 years old. he was at the president's -- at the oval office with the president. so he has built a relationship with him over the course of time. he did not serve. many of our presidents have not served. so they just gain a deep admiration when they spend time with these individuals and today is extraordinary. there is no way it doesn't leave a mark on both of these presidents. ainsley: martha, do you know the hills industry of why our troops, our american men that died there why me weren't brought home why they were buried there? >> martha: one thing that i would say, i think many of their families you know wanted them to be buried here. some of them couldn't afford to bring them home. there are different experiences that exist. one of the things that i think is worth pointing out colin powell was talking about america's role in the world. and, you know, someone was speaking to him about, you know, that americans were fighting in places they shouldn't be, something

along those lines and he said the only ground that we ever asked for in a permanent way was a place to bury our dead. and i'm paraphrasing but it's a very moving and very true statement. that is what you are looking at behind me. this is the only thing that we kept after world war ii. brian: i saw that conversation that you had with bill bennett who put it in perspective one of the finest things colin powell ever said this french official was accusing us of trying to take iraq when we were just trying to liberate iraq and leave. that's the big difference is america rebuilds and leaves. the russians and soviet union didn't. they spread the iron curtain. we left the free will of the people to form a government in which they want. and we formed a an alliance called nato. while the president has been ridiculed by maybe not lauding nato on a daily basis, he built it up, gave it an additional purpose and also pointed out he brought an extra $100 million into the coffers and even theresa

may brought that up. we were left with the strongest most lasting in history from-to-stop anything like this from ever happening again. >> i think there has been a lot of discussion about the president's attitude toward nato. there are elements of it that he has expressed some skepticism about to be sure. you can't look at that part of the equation without looking at the fact that he has added a significant amount. billions, $100 billion, i think, north of that to the defenses of nato. at the same time, he has pushed nato to be stronger militarily. and that has certainly gotten the attention of russia. you know, in their perspective and their relationship with nato. nato is stronger now since this president has come into office that's just a fact. steve: this has been quite a commemoration of what happened 75 years ago. and as many historians and, you know, archaeologists have actually been through that area that you are at

right now, martha. i was reading this morning in one of the newspapers that visitors and archaeologists and historians are still finding physical artifacts of what happened back then. they will find carved in the trees the signatures and names of americans or find german graffiti on bunker walls and even today they continue to find human remains. d-day 75 years later is still something that is front of mind. martha: this is sacred ground, no doubt about it. the history continues to unfold here. we were at the airborne museum yesterday which is an extraordinary place to get a look close up at some of this equipment that was used on d-day. and it is, it's sacred ground and continues to reveal some of the past. >> you have extraordinary shows, martha. thank you for contributing all throughout the morning and through the night.

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and see the secret life of pets 2 in theaters. ♪ brian: historic ceremony today. just wrapping up on the beaches of normandy. and if you watched it, you will never forget it. it marks the 75th anniversary of d-day. steve: longest day 75 years ago. president trump and president macron of france delivering powerful speeches honoring the sacrifices made by those thousands of men who gave their lives for all of our freedom. ainsley: john roberts joins us live from the american cemetery in normandy. john? >> ainsley, steve, brian, good morning to you.

you can hear the helicopters winding up in the background. president trump and french president macron are traveling to the near town where they will hold a working lunch and have bilateral meeting. con not to be confused with kansas thcann. >> s film town south of france. this is the second time i have been here for the commemoration of d-day. last time was with president bush. 60th back in 2004. and the sense that you get of being here is just a sense of being in a place of quiet majesty. and it's so powerful in its simplicity, the marble crosses, the marble stars of david laid out horizontally and longitudinally until rows and look at it on diagonal get a sense of cemetery on a number of different ways.

idea of powerful simplicity and people walk amongst the crosses and those who gave that last measure of devotion not just in the name of freedom in america but in the name of freedom on a global scale because the threat from the nazis in japan and the pacific was an existential threat which makes it so different than other wars that we have fought since then. and when you think also of the strength of will and commitment that these men, who came across the english channel and landed on the beaches are the ones who parachuted in behind the lines. and we were talking, martha was talking about those who parachuted out of airplanes that were too low to parachute out of. there is nothing else that they can do other than go out the door and then there was, of course, the story of john steele, the paratrooper from the 82nd airborne who landed on the speier of the church about 20 kill meters to the west of here behind utah beach where american forces were coming. in and just what they were willing to go through to get

the mission done really is quite incredible. steve: we just saw one of the president's. arrive at the airport and hotel. we will have live images of the president on the move. brian: i would not be surprised if brought up was the meeting between the chinese leader and the russian president where they called each other best friends and we look forward to that relationship in the future. that's a shot at us, france, and everything free. meanwhile, this day holds special meaning to texas congressman mccaul. his dad james you see him right there serves bombadeer. ainsley: congressman joins from us normandy. what a handsome man and a massive service. a hero for all of us. tell us about your dad and some of the stories he shared with you. >> well, he is better looking than i am. i will tell you that. [laughter] ainsley: y'all look a lot

alike. >> i think so. my personal hero, so many heroes i saw the living veterans of world war ii. behind me are the 10,000 that were buried that died on d-day. my dad -- the whole operation land overlord started with the air campaign. and my father was part of that is he a bombadeer on a b-17. one out of every three b-17 operators got shot down in the skies. in fact the army air corps lost more servicemen. steve: greatest generation is the fact that talked a little bit about the stories your dad would tell. for the most part that generation did not brag about their service it was hard to get those stories out of them but i'm sure through the course of your life he heard a lot of them. >> it's a common.

i found it interesting. my father would not talk about it very few times we even talk about it. he did say he was on the largest bombing mission in u.s. history and, in fact, his squadron was part of the operation overlord which is a d-day air campaign. it's interesting the humility that they had. quite frankly the sense of humor. they were a different breed. they were born in the great depression tempered by one of the greatest -- against the greatest evil known to mankind. i would argue their air campaign would be considered today the original seahawk and awe campaign with thousands of planes dropping thousands of tons of bombs. ainsley: congressman, tell us about your dad's life after he came home. >> well, he served in korea. he did radar technology, which was kind of cutting edge. you know, at that time. and after he served in two wars. he decided it was time to come home to texas and live

with his family. and he was just a great man. he really symbolized. my personal hero but they are all out of that same generation the greatest generation handing down a better america to my generation. and so i try to tell my kids and i think it's important that the children of today know what this generation did. commemorating them today i think. we have to continue the story handing it down generation to generation. the stakes were so high the turning point was here at d-day. you look at omaha beach and fighting texas aggie going up the cliff to take out the nazis. had they been stopped they never would have defeated the nazis. brian: congressman, i want to get this overall point, you don't have to tell anyone who fought or wore the uniform in that day that america is a great country. you don't have to tell them twice. they would say. there is something that has

been lost between days like this and days like today. how do we get it back? >> well, i think there was a sense of -- my dad taught me about honor, duty, country. about sacrifice. he inspired me to serve the country as he did, you know, in world war ii. i think we have lost a little bit of this with the next generation. i think it's important that the textbooks remind them but that they come visit sites like omaha beach and d-day and you know what auschwitz as well to see the evil they were fighting and it was such a good vs. evil conflict. and they won and they defeated one of the most evil sources in mankind in history. steve: okay. well, congressman, michael mccaul, i'm sure your father would be proud of you because you are proud of him telling us the story of your dad james mccaul jr. sir, thank you very much. ainsley: thank you. brian: see you back in

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♪? mr. president, after having met all of these world war ii veterans, this entire experience here today, what do you tell the american people about the importance of this history and our shared ideals? >> that there was never a more important battle. there was never a more important event than the event 75 years ago today. think of that these were incredible, brave people who were just being blown up and you have the graves all over. these were people that knew they were going to die. it was horrendous. the bravery. the valor. we are giving out medals today. you know, we are giving out medals to certain people in

certain families. this was one of the true, in terms of war and also in terms of peace because this led to something very special. this was a very, very horrific day and a special day. honor to be here. brian: i think the president did extraordinary all throughout in this day. you really got he understood the magnitude of what was happening. >> beautiful speech. he sat down with laura ingraham before that speech. we will see the entire interview on her show the ingraham angle. steve: let's bring in john james he ran for the great state of michigan. served iraq war. john, good morning to you. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me back. steve: you bet. what did you make of what we have been watching the last 90 minutes, actually the last two and a half hours live from france? >> absolutely. it's been beautiful and direct in stark contrast to

the absolute hell that our veterans, our world war ii veterans went through. we owe them all a debt of gratitude for the sacrifice that they made for the freedoms we enjoy today. brian: john, do you get their history at west point when did you go to battle and when you serve after going to west point, do they talk about the units that served before you and the battles in which they fought? >> absolutely. in fact, west point tells us that the history that we teach was made by the people we taught. that is very, very true. we are still making history all across the world and all across the country. it's not about us. it's about service before self. about doing what we can to help protect people who can't fight for themselves. i went to west point from 2,000 to 2004 and saving private ryan had already come out. we went to west point knowing the call our country may give to us at some point. we knew the sacrifice that may be asked of us at some point and we went anyway. these are the traits that define our veterans and these are things that make our veterans, i believe, truly our crowned jewel of

our nation. ainsley: john, there were images of when the president was talking children sitting in the normandy personal cemetery and memorial. they were clapping for the president. you couldn't help but think they are sitting on the ground above where our young men were buried and they did that they sacrificed all of that for our civilization and for the future generations. i know you have some lessons that we need to be teaching children. there are three lessons i understand that you have. >> well, this is a very, very heavy day for grown adult mental and women to really grasp. and i don't think we can ever get it. but i have three little boys. the youngest is 14 weeks. and if i were to teach them about d-day. i would try to teach them something that they could grasp, things like men -- little boys essentially left their mommies and daddy's, their home. they were willing to die for the freedoms they enjoy today. it's a heavy topic but something that can get it down to the level they are ready for right now. doing the right thing,

especially when you are scared, is really important. also growing up in the world that we're living in. if you have blessings, you need to be pleasing to others. if you are in the position to fight for someone who cannot fight for themself you must. those are three lessons i will teach my sons because those are the lessons that have been taught to americans for generations. brian: you say the specific ones you said somebody cared about them so much they left their families. america is great because america is good. if you are in a position to fight for someone who can't fight. you must. so those are -- what great lessons at any time at any moment. steve: just reminds us all that freedom isn't free. john, you are joining us today from detroit with a big announcement. and so the stage is yours. sir. what do you want to say? >> well, i would like to announce that i am running for u.s. senate after careful deliberation. and thoughtful prayer. i believe that the time, again, is to serve. i believe that right now nothing has changed. i still have a passion for service. i still have a clear vision.

understand that the service before self. i understand what we need to do because i have experience as a business leader, as a job creator. thousand protect our economy from socialism. how to bring people together and unite people to make sure that we can defeat the evils that face us today. i also as a combat veteran understand the service and sacrifice that our veterans make every single day and willing to stand up for this country. not any party, not any ideology but putting country first, putting michigan first and looking forward to continuing my service. steve: well, congratulations. you have run for office before. you know right now in washington it's just all screwed up the house is passing things that are not being picked up and considered by the senate. you know, nothing is really getting done it looks like to a lot of people even though there are things we would like to see done. how would you make a difference if you got to washington? >> we need the courage that was exhibited to us on d-day.

we need politicians who will go into washington and put service before self. we need people who understand that this country is broken because career politicians continue to run on the issues without any inkling or desire to fix them. they are more concerned with getting reelected than they are with fixing the problems that face the american people. this next cycle, there is going to be almost $10 billion race raised by politicians to convince us they care about us. i'm not going to wait until we win on next november to try to affect positive sustainable change four communities. we are going to do it together because our generous grassroots army of almost 2348 people just in the state of michigan have decided that we need to use the next 18 months to show god's glory, to show his grace and also show his love. we love everybody. we are going to take a, to, just 5 cents, just a portion of everything we raise and we're going to give it back to people in need. we are going to help feed the poor. we are going to help take care of our veterans and

we're going to help cure the sick. we are going to do what we can to help people because the career politicians and the federal bureaucracy in washington is not getting it done. when i get there, we're going to make sure to put the american people first. we're going to put country over party. put the people of the state of michigan first. brian: you limb beat debbie stabenow the three term incumbent another shot to join her in washington. john james, i'm sure we will be talking again. big news, thanks so much for -- ainsley: timing might be perfect. now that your youngest son is sleeping through the night i assume. [laughter] can you go to washington. steve: don't be so sure. ainsley: usually about three months, four months. thank you. steve: all right, ainsley, what's coming up? ainsley: nancy pelosi reportedly telling fellow democrats that she wants president trump behind bars instead. brian: how far will they go to take down the president? we're asking democratic strategist that story next. ♪ put on a show ♪ you had to be a big shot

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brian: prison is? [laughter] >> i want to see him beat at the blo ballot box. i don't know where prison is. brian: prison? >> we don't know what he is it's of, right? brian: everyone is guilty until they are not? >> no. that's not the case. clearly mueller believes the president did something wrong and the only reason he didn't indict him was because of the department of justice policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted. brian: just so you know he has told five people that were in that room when he said that was not the only reason that a sitting president cannot be indicted. your answer might be this because i know harry reid said yesterday in an interview with susan page that he believes they should mover ahead with impeachment proceedings. do you believe that that's the way to go for democrats to be more successful at the ballot box? >> i'm not for impeachment at this point. i still think there is plenty of oversight that needs to be done and investigation that needs to be done. that part is already taking place. part of our challenge you and i were talking about earlier is people don't fully understand the

impeachment process. you hear impeachment and people automatically assume that means removing the president from office there are actually three steps what nadler was pushing for as i understand in that meeting was opening an impeachment inquiry which is doing the investigative piece. that part is already happening it hasn't been labeled an impeachment inquiry. a situation among some base democrats where they want to invoke the word impeachment, but some of the things that need to happen to get up to that point are already taking place. brian: so, jon. that's how it would be. it would be interesting calling it as you see it. you are in -- in the colored commentary area. if you are a strategist, do you think we should look at the polls and say we might want something on healthcare let's work out a compromise or a fix or something to the prescription drug prices? or do you want to look at the border where we have 145,000 illegals came through the rest came through we don't know where they're and be the party to help fix that or be in the party that helped put the

mueller report on to video? >> that's a really good point. because in the last elections we ran on healthcare. we ran on the economy and that's why we won. we did not run on impeachment. we need to make sure we keep our eye on the ball and things that are important to people. healthcare as you said is the number one issue that people have on their minds. however, the house we are talking about impeachment today and yet still getting things done. the house just two days ago. >> how do you know. >> because the senate doesn't take up a bill. brian: do you understand when you pass daca it's a magnet for more people to come from guatemala. >> guess what? tell mitch mcconnell to take it up in the senate. he can add whatever amendments he wants to and get it back to the house and see what passes. brian: you will be on outnumbered and i know you will be great and i will talk to you on radio. jon summers. great to see you: pass dreamers knowing the senate won't take it up. why won't they find a middle ground. daca recipient says it's time for bipartisan decision. by the way so does jon summers.

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♪ ♪ chanting] >> yeas are 237 many, the nays are 187, the bill is passed. [cheers and applause] ainsley: house democrats celebrating when they pass the dream and promise act which would provide a path to citizenship for 2 million. but, it is unlikely to see a vote in the g.o.p. led senate. so shouldn't they focus on finding a common ground on immigration instead? here with his reaction is daca recipient who has testified before congress on this issue. good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for having me. ainsley: you are welcome. as a daca recipient. i would think you would be for this. why are you not? >> well, you know, when i

had the opportunity to go and testify and i was invited by a ranking member thad collins. my clear message was simple a bill that goes nowhere is not enough. i think we need to work across both parties to find common ground solutions. i think right now this is only looking at what the democrats want. it's not looking at what republicans are asking for. so i think it's time to work together and i think this is a good opportunity for both parties to begin talking again. ainsley: they just want a little sliver of this immigration plan to pass where as the president and republicans want several things to be considered. including the wall. why do you think that democrats are trying to pass things or pass legislation that they know is going to fail in the senate? >> well, comprehensive immigration reform is very complex. and i think what have you seen is both parties would always go and try to at least go after their own political agenda and say at least we tried. that's no longer an option. that's not acceptable. we can no longer wait for

2020. i think we need both parties to work together enough with the blaming. ainsley: are democrats going to say we passed it, we passed it, we did it and republicans killed everything? right now we are all blaming each other and look to 2020. right now too much at stake going on right now. border patrols are overwhelmed there is a crisis going on at the border. south of the border and then also we don't know what's going to happen with the dreamers. i think it's time to put our own political agenda to the side and work together and put america's agenda first. steve: well, hillary, tell us your story. >> i'm a daca recipient. i came here when i was a year old. i grew up homeless in the u.s. and i grew up without a father in my life. i lived in a rough neighborhood. this is america. this is the land of the free. this is where i had -- i can have the opportunity to live the american dream. so now i'm a first generation college graduate. i work for a fortune 500 company. i love my country. i pay my taxes.

and i am just honored and grateful to be in this country overall. ainsley: that's amazing. you rang the bell yesterday down on wall street. and then you speak in front of congress. what's next for you? >> well, i was already invited by the white house already for cinco de mayo celebration. i want to work with the president and work with house speaker pelosi. i want to work with senator majority leader mitch mcconnell and really start putting and start becoming a bridge and rather than dividing each other and so i think this is a perfect opportunity to begin the talks again and my message to washington is don't give up. i think there is too much at stake right now. and we need washington to act right now. ainsley: you are great. i think everyone agrees with you. and i hope they will listen. >> thank you. god bless you. thank you. ainsley: god bless you. >> thank you. ainsley: what a great guy. house minority leader kevin

mccarthy joining us live from normandy coming up next. . . pee

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♪ >> here on freedom's altar, on these shores, on these bluffs, on this day, 75 years ago, 10,000 men shed their blood and thousands sacrificed their lives for their brothers, for their countries, and for the survival of liberty. they were young men with their entire lives before them. they had a job to do and with god as their witness they were going to get it done. we pledge that our nation will forever be strong and united. we will forever be together.

may god bless our great veterans, may god bless our allies. may god bless the her rows of d-day, and may god bless america ainsley: historic say money on the beaches of normandy marking the 75th anniversary of d-day. brian: president trump, and president emmanuel macron delivering powerful speeches that came from the heart, honoring our sacrifices for freedom in the past, honoring our relationship in the present. the leaders will hold a bilateral meeting in a few minutes. steve: someone who is not far away from the president, is john roberts. you have been at other d-day

commemorations. what we saw was so beautiful. how does that compare to commemorations you've been to in the past? reporter: steve, ainsley, brian, good morning to you. i was here for the 60th anniversary in 2004 with president bush. it was a lovely ceremony back then, but it was not like it was here at the 75th anniversary. there is the big difference between the 50th and 75th. pretty significant. i imagine what the hundredth will be. i wouldn't think there would be any veterans of world war ii will be around for it, unless they have real, really good medical care. when you think about the contrast, when i was here back in 2004 there were still four million veterans of world war ii around. now there are fewer than 500,000. so they are going quickly. the ones here today were all in their 90s. there was 107 veterans of

world war ii here for the moving commemoration. 35 we're told were from the d-day invasion itself. as he paid tribute to the men who fought and died on the shores. the ones who managed to live to get on to liberate france, he marveled at the tenacity they had to literally walk through the gates of hell on these beaches as fire was raining down on them, managed to get in, chase the germans out, eventually liberate france. listen to what the president said. >> more powerful than the strength of american arms was the strength of american hearts. these men ran through the fires of hell, moved by a force no weapon could destroy. the fears patriotism of a free,

proud and sovereign people. reporter: you talked about the speeches being from the heart. they certainly were, for both leaders. emmanuel macron presented the highest honor france has to give the order of the legion of honor to five american veterans. two leaders are in a nearby town of cannes. they are having a working lunch, bilateral meeting a a lot to talk about, trade, national security, iran, north korea, a host of issues on the table when the leaders of these two countries get together. what was interesting i found, steve, ainsley, brian, reaffirming the long, deep, historic ties between the two nations. they have had disagreements from time to time in the past but they were firmly together today. brian: you wonder what that bilateral will be like of substance. you would imagine it might be very much about what, you know, china perhaps, north korea, and what is happening with iran. maybe we can make some progress.

maybe get the french on our side. ainsley: a stark reminder we wouldn't have conversations about global warming or about iran and differences that we feel and france feels if we didn't have was happening there today. if we didn't have our troops sacrificing everything on those shores. so it's a good reminder what is really important. thank you, john. steve: he has been busy with the visit in england. now he is in france where they're at the american cemetery in normandy. we find house minority leader kevin mccarthy from california. congressman, good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. steve: i understand something like 50 or 60 members of congress are there in attendance today. it is bipartisan because this was a big day a big day for america 75 years ago. >> it's a very big day. it is a moving day. no one could be at this location

not to be moved, to see the cross, the star of david out in white. the cliffs here. but the speeches today were tremendous. i hope you're able to play it for the viewers. but i will tell you a very special moment. right before the program began i walked into this tent and i found seven individuals who were here on d-day, these veterans. they're in their wheelchairs. they were looking out into the ocean. one turns to me and said, i have not been back here in 75 years. steve: wow. >> when the president talked about these individuals, with three purple hearts, four purple hearts, broke their back. they were an hour on the beach that day. you see what the interior for the germans having advantaged up above. unbelievable what the men did for the world and how they saved us and how many gave the ultimate sacrifice. brian: in the end not only take out the germans, establish a

foothold, take the continent back in 11 months, but they also took 200,000 german prisoners. it must have have taken a lot of compassion, self-restraint, taking a prisoner, knowing that might have been the guy that killed your buddy. that is somewhat, it shows discipline, additional disflip they had back that day, right, kevin? >> exactly. when you listen to the survivors, coming in the higgins boats, and only five people out of 70 who survive, they're there today. looking at those men, talking to them, amazing of that i support. but i will tell you, president macron, showed his gratitude to america. he is speaking in french but when he went to thank the veterans he spoke in english. he looked at them, said, we owe you. it was very moving. ainsley: we appreciate that. you know, when you see these men sitting there, that served our country, most of us have grandfathers that served.

my grandfather died, one grandfather died in the '70s. he would tell me some stories. i'm sitting here thinking, gosh, i wish he were still alive, would be sitting with the individuals. he would be their age. talk to individuals, so many great ones still fight for our country. they believe in something greater than themselves. i don't know if there were be so many, like our grandfathers the greatest generation would do what they did. they sacrificed so much, 18, 19, 20 years old. how do we get back to that as a country, congressman? >> these are the values we should look at. think about the 10,000 individuals that lay here. what would they ask us to do, they didn't sacrifice in vain to work together to solve problems? i was looking on stage at getting autograph of these men. i will give you a autograph because i'm proud of you. when you go back to congress i want you to tell both sides to

solve our problems. we need to work together to make the world go forward, help the president. that is it what he told me. brian: nancy pelosi is there. do you think that there might be a come-to-jesus moment where you guys start working together? or you going by the last thing she said, i think the president should be in prison? >> you know, i hope she has a different moment. she sat on one end. we had four ladies who worked building airplanes during world war ii, then me on the other side along with republicans and democrats. at that moment we were not about party, we were about country. i hope we take that back in washington, not wanting to put somebody in jail but put americans first. steve: there you go. that veteran is not only one that would like to see congress get something done. leader mccarthy, thank you very much for joining us live from normandy. >> thank you. most importantly thank those men.

steve: indeed. a little before the president took the stage this morning he sat down with the helicopter in the background with laura ingraham. she will have a interview with the president tonight exclusively. we have a preview clip of the president talking about the significance of normandy and being there with these men. watch laura. >> mr. president, having met all the world war ii veterans this entire experience here today, what do you tell the american people about the importance of this history, and our shared ideals. >> that there was never a more important battle. there was never a more important event then the event 75 years ago today. think of that. these were incredibly, brave, people, who were just being blown up and, you have the graves all over. these were people that knew they were going to die. it was. it was horrendous. the bravery, the valor, we're giving out medals today. we're giving out medals to

certain people in certain families. this is one of the true in terms of war, in terms of probably, you could also say in terms of peace, because this led to something very special. this was a very, very horrific day but it was also a very special day. it is an honor nor to be here. steve: these were people who knew they would die. yep. oh, my goodness. >> some of them did. steve: all right. so watch that interview tonight on laura. right here on the channel. brian: the president is now in a bilateral meeting with president macron. they will have a working lunch. tomorrow the president's back. he has things he has to handle. ainsley: first he will go to the ireland. steve: he will spend the night in doonbeg which is the site of his golf course. 8:11 in new york city. a full-blown emergency, 144,000 migrants crossing our border in the month of may alone. but speaker of the house thinks we're being too tough on mexico. >> the news came that the

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♪ >> we are in a full-blown emergency and i cannot say this stronger, the system is broken. we are well beyond capacity. in all of our southwest border custodial facilities. this ongoing crisis place ad a tremendous strain on our limited resources and operational effectiveness. brian: that is one desperate man looking for help. border officials sounding the alarm after record 133,000 migrants were apprehended in may, highest number in 13 years. what about the ones we didn't get? u.s. talks with mexico are set to resume today. at stake, tariffs, our relationship, the usmca and the new nafta. former secretary of state for kansas kris kobach helped form the president's original immigration plan.

kris, i see a desperate acting director. why won't congress heed his call? >> it is amazing congressional inaction on this is a huge part of the problem but the president has done what needs to be done here, focusing on another big cause of the problem. that is mexico. for the past 50 years plus, they have facilitated illegal immigration, they have encouraged illegal immigration. here they have the ability to stop the illegal immigration that is causing this current crisis from these central american countries where people are going right through mexico for weeks, traveling and mexico does nothing to stop them. brian: you want to know the problem? speaker pelosi has exact opposite who the villain is here. listen to her. >> we were going to have this meeting then the, the news came that the president had this notion that he was going to treat mexico as an enemy. brian: are you treating mexico like an enemy? >> no.

by that silly logic then apparently when ever we have had tariffs against canada that would treat them as an enemy. countries that have good relationship can have a tariff fight. president trump has done something really fight. in a terror fight with china, the chinese might have some economic costs to them to go along with what the united states wants. here president trump is asking mexico to do do something that doesn't cost them a penny. the main thing we need mexico to stop the flow of illegal aliens is safe third country agreement. the agreement is the first safe country you have set foot in you have to claim claim asylum there. they are marching through mexico, claiming asylum in the united states f we have a agreement with mexico, we have one with canada, they would have to claim asylum in mexico. but of course they wouldn't, because they don't actually qualify for asylum. the whole purpose is getting to the united states anyway. it will not flood the mexican asylum system like ours is flooded. mexico could sign the agreement.

it wouldn't cost them a penny. president trump would be the first president in american history to get mexico to do something about the illegal immigration across the u.s.-mexican border. brian: that is what your op-ed is about in the "wall street journal" you also talk about finding a third country. >> yes. so the idea here with asylum, if you are really an asylum claimant, hundreds of thousands of these people are pretendingor asserting they want asylum, you are saying my country is persecuting me i need a safe place to go. if that is the case why don't they stop in mexico the first country they set foot in? all we need is mexico's signature on agreement. we have one with canada. the massive number of people flooding asylum system would stop. that is the problem. they come to the united states. normally at the start of president's trumps term wait for asylum hearing was six months, a year. now it is six years. so the people come in. they make a bogus claim of

asylum. they're allowed to state in the united states for six years with a work permit to compete against american workers, those who have come legally. at end of six years their bogus asylum claim which be ruled not valid. they won't get asylum, having economic need is not basis for asylum but they have gamed the sieve. president trump has come up with a way of stopping the game, securing the american border. it's a brilliant move. brian: kris, the president comes back on friday. they will negotiate at last minute to avoid tariffs. they crack down on their 150-mile border, so we don't deal with it on our 2,000-mile border. kris kobach trying to help out with answers. has the ear and respect of the president. kris, thank you so much. >> thank you, brian. brian: meanwhile still trying to see where the president is. we understand we'll see him shortly walking into a bilateral with the president of france. we'll follow that. break in as we do it. as we've been doing throughout his entire journey. the media was quick to push

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all gusto with the handshakes. this have been feuds between the united states and france regarding iran, climate change. ainsley: see the back of president macron's wife. nice to see them working together today, see macron to shake hands of world war ii veterans, putting issues aside. brian: macron has had pretty consistant civil unrest. his approval ratings are in the 30s. things are not boeing his way in terms of the local elections or his party's way. he has his own domestic issues. he was not happy with the president when he said i want to renegotiate trade deals with the eu. he thought he could convince him differently. melania trump you see walk up, usually shoulder to shoulder with the president. we imagine the president will come into view. there he is.

steve: president by the way before he left with great britain. he met with angela merkel in the united kingdom, to discuss the political situation after the european parliament elections where populists and nationalists increased share of seats. they're looking at politics, president of the united states is about to enter the room. getting lay of the land, describing today's events at hotel will all take place. he will be joined by the president of france. brian: look, their history has been strong when they're one-on-one. they seem to have a degree of mutual respect. they just, when the president has certain beliefs, they differ from macron's relatively traditional beliefs of the relationship between the eu and the u.s. and the president was there to say we have to start putting our country first for a change. we're writing to many checks to other people while we're in deficit. macron and he differ on that. obviously there is a personal

respect between them. ainsley: absolutely. what our countries have been through, what we did for france during the war. i think they're able to put those differences aside today, realize the importance, significance of d-day. steve: you have to feel that the white house, probably very happy with the coverage today, and so far there have been some glowing reviews of the president's comments. there are two first families posing for a couple of pictures. we assume they will stand there for 20 seconds, turn around, go, have lunch. it is six hours ahead in france. brian: right. that makes lunch make sense. right now we're still thinking breakfast. steve, did you notice as they were walking straight ahead, macron reached to the president, spun him around, okay, there is so much ceremonial, he spun around. wait for the wives. wait for the wives. take the four shot. now we can have lunch. ainsley: man carrying her pocketbook. did you see that? brian: yes. you have to get one of them.

steve: if there are more live pictures from the actual meeting place we'll take you there, meantime we'll switch gears. did you see the news yesterday? the school security officer from florida who failed to stop the parkland, florida, shooter, charged for his inaction more than a year after he was caught on camera standing outside of the school while there was shooting going on inside. ainsley: former broward county sheriff's deputy scott petersen is ranging from 11 charges from child neglect. brian: nra spokesperson, dana loesch is here. this is change of events. we heard it happen. now we have it on video. what are your thoughts? >> i feel as though for the families in parkland that closure, or at least, that people are being held accountable, at least. with regards to this entire situation. it was horrifying to watch this man in all of the videos stand

outside and also give conflicting orders to other deputies that arrived. when coral springs police arrived on scene, they went right in. of course, you know, when i look at scot peterson's inaction, this may sound weird, it makes sense after what we heard from the msd commission when they discovered under former sheriff scott israel, his deputies were not receiving proper training that they needed in order to deal with horrifying situations like this whereas coral springs police, they did keep up with it. their leaders kept them ready to respond to tragedies like this. that is why they were the ones who went in. why also they were very outspoken about scott israel in the days following this massacre. the perjury charge obviously i think is going to stick. as for the other charges, we don't exactly know how the prosecution will lay this out. however, i think that we need to keep the focus and the blame on where it belongs.

these individuals, the inaction of these individuals and culpability, not just of members of the school administration and the superintendent who had warning signs and they were so well-known, i have spoken to teachers, guys, i spoke to teachers who wanted to remain anonymous, i put one of them in silhouette because they were worried about professional reprisals, telling me they did not have any kind of plan for security knowing this individual had been a threat. steve: sure. dana, as people listened to you just say it was discovered during this investigation that the school resource officers were not properly trained for this, people across the country are going, well my kids school has a school resource officer. i hope they're properly trained? >> yeah. and obviously that is what nra school shield exists to do, to work with law enforcement, also work with schools to make sure that they have everything that they need to keep students and staff safe. i also think that broward, the

deputies there, i have met some of the deputies with broward county. there are really good deputies, really good people who would put their lives on the line to protect others. it was a different instance with scott israel and some of the individuals friendlier to him. as we can see in the response to this because this wasn't the only failure of scott israel and some of the other administration there in broward county. so it is -- i'm interested to see, like i said, how the prosecution lays this out. i don't want to play the judge and jury. i want to see what happens in the courtroom, i know that parents in parkland, they're happy to finally see some of these individuals held accountable. this was not a good guy with a gun. this was a coward with a gun. big difference. brian: alleged good guy ran. that is the problem. good students died. dana loesch. thank you so much. >> yes. thank you. steve: 8:31 in new york city. coming up -- ainsley: our coverage continues of the commemoration of the

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♪ >> there were the americans. they came from the farms of a vast heartland. the streets of glowing cities and the forges of mighty industrial towns. before the war many had never ventured beyond their own community. now they had come to offer their lives half a world from home. it was here that tens of thousands of the americans came. the gis who boarded the landing craft that morning knew that they carried on their

shoulders not just the pack of a soldier but the fate of the world. steve: indeed. let's bring in martha maccallum, host of the story, live in normandy, there anchoring coverage. martha. good morning to you again. >> good morning to you again. steve: the president was a beautiful speech he gave, we're hearted here on freedom's altar. it is not just a cemetery. it's a part of history and it is hallowed ground. >> it absolutely is. i mean you know you watch today, everybody i think was in a very happy mood. it was a celebration of life in many ways, of the men that we saw on the stage there, who, went on to have families and lives back at home. it was also very much obviously about the more than 9,000 men who are buried here in this cemetery, most of whom were killed on d-day, on the beaches or in the days that followed

after that. you know, but it is a very unique american experience and everybody that i spoke to here today, we look at each other, you realize that you've been witness to something very special. i actually really love the words you played from the president's speech when he talked about, they carrieded on not just pack of a soldier but the fate of the world. it is extraordinary thing to achieve. nobody knew how it would end. ainsley: so many people their fathers came back from the war, their grandfathers came back from the war. the people behind you they didn't. they sacrificed so much for our country. you said you took your son there. what are some of the lessons he is bringing back to the united states with him, after this trip? >> you meet so many of the veterans. we just had two incredible veterans stop by who were in patton's third army and telling

us stories about the people. brian: martha? >> yes? brian: real quick. watch with us. you have a monitor. looks as though president macron and president trump, they're sitting together. i guess this is the pregame before their one-on-one behind closed doors where they will wear the exact same thing and talk face-to-face. steve: let's go ahead and listen. we don't know if there is translation. >> [speaking french new york stock exchange. [speaking french] >> i will say a few words in english, repeat them, exactly what i say. i want to thank you, president trump, for your presence here in

this place and, thanks to your country, your nation, and your veterans. this morning we paid tribute to the corerage. i think it was a great moment to celebrate and celebrate these people. and i think your presence here to celebrate them and their presence shows me the best evidence of this unbreakable links between our two nations, from the very beginning of the american nation and all over the different centuries. i think this message they convey to us, this tribute to protect freedom and democracy everywhere. this is why i'm always extremely happy to visit with you in washington, and everywhere, we're here together and our soldiers are buryied together in

iraq, in syria. each time freedom and democracy is at stake we were together. thankful for this friendship. >> thank you. >> thankful for what your country did for my country, thankful what we will do together for both of us and the rest of the world. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, donald. >> well, thank you very much. i will say we've had great success working together to, whether it is the caliphate, whether it was a couple other things we did militarily. you know what i'm talking about and your military is he will accident lent. my people report back, they say it is absolutely excellent but they work very well together. this was a very special day. i want to thank you for inviting me. this is something that was, we read about it all our lives, normandy. there are those that say it was the most important ever, not

just, at that time, but ever. and to be a part of it and to have number 75, 75 years was very, very special. so very much appreciate it. we met some great people today, some tremendous people, some very brave people. and i look forward to coming back. we'll be coming back. hopefully over the years we'll be coming back. it is a very special place. it is an amazing place. and it is somewhere when you think of those places of great importance, this is certainly one of the top. in the eyes of some it is the top, because of what it meant in terms of the turn around of a very, very bad situation. that was the big turn. so i really enjoyed it. seeing it first-hand was something. and we're going to be now discussing -- in a place where we ended up. i hope everybody can appreciate

it. i would love you to maybe tell some of the folks in the media just a quick like you did me, how it started with napoleon. very interesting place we're in. france has many interesting places but we'll be discussing things and military and all sorts of things. so we'll spend a little time together. and then i will be going back, probably tomorrow morning or tomorrow afternoon. we pretty much finished up. we had a very hectic asked owl. most of you have been with us from the beginning but it has been a beautiful schedule. got to know the queen. the queen is a great woman as you know. and we had a very, very good talk with the united kingdom and a lot of good talks. trade is complex subject because of brexit. nobody knows where it will end up but i know it will end up very well. then we came here and a lot of

people are anxious to see what we'll be doing together. we know, what a lot of other people don't know we're doing a lot together and the relationship between you and i, also france and the united states has been outstanding. i don't think it has ever been, maybe as good. it has been good sometimes and sometimes it hasn't been but right now it is outstanding. the relationship we've had together has been really terrific and i appreciate it very much, thank you, mr. president. thank you. >> thank you. reporter: [inaudible]. >> i just we were talking about the depth and the number of people killed, you know, we had, they call them the guides, they were guiding us. they were telling us what happened and when. and they talked about the first wave came in, 92% of the people in in the first wave were killed. then the second wave came in,

80% were killed. and then, third wave, and fourth wave. i guess they said the sixth wave, they broke through like a dam. they broke through. and it was so incredible, so fascinating. then you talk about bravery but when you think 92% of the people were killed in the first wave. so kept going down, down, down, then they break through. and it is a lot of courage. and a lot of heartbreak. but an a incredible victory. one of the most important victories, wouldn't you say? so you might want to respond. >> i think you're right. we had a lot -- [inaudible] i think what very important thing, especially for the young generation having said this word with the actual heroes, these veterans, is that a lot of things probably we take for

granted. we are protected by these guys and a lot of the veterans, i mean, i think you told it during a speech, came back for the very first time after the war. and they came here. they tock a lot of, they put their life at risk our country and for liberty. i think for the young generation in u.s., france, it is very important to see these veterans are actual heroes, precisely thanks to all those manuevers and those actions allowed our country to be free. reporter: [inaudible]. >> yeah. sure. i will. reporter: [inaudible]. >> i would certainly recommend that, definitely. look, this was a great unifying

situation. there has probably been seldom in history has there been anything like it, but he specially when you herd about the waves of people coming in, knowing they would be killed, it is an incredible thing. the result was, as many people died, the result was so important, because we have what we have today because of things like that, it is very sad. but i would absolutely be right there. i would be right there. we have a very good partnership. we have a partnership, i guess maybe the best word, they talk about allies, talk about many different words you can use but we have a great participate, france and the u.s. reporter: [inaudible]. >> additional tariffs on china? well, you mean, when am i going to put the extra $325 billion worth of tariffs? i will make that decision, i would say over the next two

weeks. probably right after the g20, one way or the other i will make that cities after the g20. i will be meeting with president xi and we'll see what happens. but, probably planning it sometime after g20. okay, thank you. >> [speaking french]

[speaking french] reporter: [inaudible] >> that is really going to be between the uk and the european

union. they're working very hard. i know they're working very hard together. doesn't seem to be working out but at some point something will happen one way or the other. it will all work out but i'm interested to find out how it happens also. very big will be who will be your new prime minister over in the uk. that is a very big thing. that is happening now. before you can think in terms of brexit for the next few weeks you will have to find out what happens, who will be the new leader, and this is a very interesting situation taking place. i found it to be a very, sort of an amazing period of time, especially having spent so much time with the queen, who i think is an incredible lady. but i spent so much time, you know, there is a lot of question marks as to who is going to be leading and so it is very interesting talking to her, being with her for so many hours actually, for some, i feel i know her so well.

she certainly knows me so well right now. but we have a very good relationship also with the united kingdom. but it will all work out. reporter: [inaudible]. >> well i don't think we have differences over iran. i don't think the president wants to see nuclear weapons and neither do i and that is what it is all about. he doesn't want to see them having nuclear weapons. i don't want to see them having nuclear weapons and they won't have nuclear weapons. with that being said let's see what happens with iran but when i became president, hard to believe, 2 1/2 years ago now, more, iran was a true state of terror. they still are, but they were undisputed champions of terror. that is a bad thing. we had 14 different locations where they were fighting causing between yemen and syria, but many other locations and many other battle site and it was all about iran.

they were behind everyone of them. they're not doing that anymore. they're doing very poorly as a nation. they're failing as a nation. i don't want them to fail as a nation. we can turn that around very quickly, but the sanctions have been extraordinary, how powerful they have been and other things. i understand they want to talk and if they want to talk, that is fine. we'll talk but the one thing that they can't have, they can't have nuclear weapons and i think the president of france would agree with that very strongly. i think he would agree they cannot have nuclear weapons. >> i think we do share -- on iran. what do you want to do? we want to be sure they don't get nuclear weapons. i mean we had an instrument in 2025. we want to go further and have [inaudible] second we want to reduce

terrorist activity. third we want to -- [inaudible]. this is important. we have common objective, peace in the region. so we have to deliver together to solve this. reporter: [inaudible] >> this is the point. this is the point. all the other debates are about technicalities. in order to build you need to start the negotiation and i think the words said by president trump are very important. we need to open a new negotiation in order to build and to get this. thank you. [reporters shouting questions] >> thank you, everybody. [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. brian: the press has left the

building. at least our audio guy has. that was the mini presser we weren't really necessarily expecting. especially i wish i didn't take german in high school. i wish i took french. i would have had a much better time. steve: i was not having much luck translating. luckily president macron answered a lot of that in english. the president did start talking about how the united states and country of france has had a lot of success when it comes to syria and the caliphate. he also talked about the weight and significance of the day. they are there in france to honor the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasion. ainsley: the president reminded all of us about the relationship between those two countries. martha maccallum is live in normandy, has been covering all week. is your reaction to what you just heard? >> i think that is very interesting.

they teed up some of the issues they will talk about in there. the president was asked about china, whether he would put hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs on china the next couple weeks. he said that may happen. emmanuel macron is listening to that. the question of tariffs with your roop is open issue. the eu and brexit, the president is obviously encouraging the uk to leave the european union. just to mention one thing that president macron said in his speech today, he drew a direct line between normandy, he said post-normandy you have the united nations. post-united nations you have nato. post nato you have the eu he saying from normandy you reach the european union. that is not necessarily a leg of that journey that the president will necessarily agree with. brian: one point of friction he said, dope leave the iranian deal. the president left the iranian deal. because as their economy grows they finance terror. hezbollah, hamas, islamic jihad. while they have a, they have an

expiring timeline on the treaty, when they can actually make nuclear weapons. so that was the problem. it is the money, what they were using new money for. >> yeah. that is exactly right. iran is a bone of contention between these two presidents, something they will talk about. also syria, and president trump's desire to pull our troops out of syria. that was something oman all macron didn't necessarily want to see. he brought at that up early in the news conference we worked together in syria. they definitely have some issues that they differ on, have significant differences on. let's hope that the bond that we saw today up on the stage behind me might translate finding common ground as they move forward today. steve: in fact the president said several times we have outstanding relationship our two nations. emmanuel macron repeated what the president said. we want to make sure that iran does not wind up with nuclear weapons. how we wind up there, who knows. meantime the president said

sanctions are working. >> historic day of the we enjoyed your coverage, martha. what are your next plans, are you coming back or working there all day? >> we'll do our show live tonight from paris to wrap up the coverage of normandy. we'll head back first thing in the morning. steve: terrific job out there. thank you very much, martha maccallum. >> thanks for talking with me. steve: we'll step aside. more from france and new york in twota minutes. get the recipes at walnuts.org.

>> thank you very much for joining us today. special coverage 75th anniversary of d-day. the longest day by the greatest generation and we saw so many images that were so powerful that sometimes only tv can bring them to you. >> almost 10,000 graves. how blessed we are. their sacrifice allowed us to have our freedom in america. we're so grateful. >> both leaders stepped up in a magical moment. they produced in a fantastic way and respectful for those

who served and i hope they can build off that and transfer here, that coming together. i like to be idealistic. you'll see the president's interview with laura ingraham tonight. back on the couch tomorrow. [bagpipes playing] >> bill: what an image and symbol there. the lone piper on the beaches of normandy at dawn marking the moment that allied troops set foot in france 75 years ago today. the beginning of a great battle, a battle for the end of nazi germany, an end to the holocaust and a long fight to free europe. good morning, been watching this since the pre-dawn hours in new york. special coverage today, i'm bill hemmer. >> sandra