ll chimes ] sarah. yeah. that's it.chigan good job. and you know i was kidding and that i love you, jim. oh, it's okay. you know i can't resist an empty microphone, so here we go, pat. here's tonight's featured prize. ♪ explore four imperial european capitals on your incredible vacation by train, courtesy of railbookers. enjoy awe-inspiring experiences, in berlin, prague, vienna, and budapest, with exciting tours and a danube river cruise. railbookers offers expertly planned vacations to the most popular destinations worldwide. visit railbookers.com... ooh. boy, some great rail trips this week. uh, "what are you doing?" is the category, and there's the puzzle, and, sarah, you can spin it. go, sarah.

n. uh, yeah. three n's. nice start. 1,800 bucks. g. yeah. one g. i'd like to buy a vowel. yeah. i. i thought you might say that. three i's. you're gonna be all right here. t! you said-- did you say t? t. yeah. uh, four of them. just want to be sure we get it right. boy, you're closing in on $5,000 already. like to buy a vowel. e. one e. keeps it going. oh, no, no, no. well, you know, that's the one thing you can't control out here. i'm sorry, sarah. mark, your turn.

h. yeah. two h's. you're on a "free play." o. yeah, three of them. this is gonna be very good he'sor very bad, and the bad wins. i'm sorry, mark. ruth, it's your turn. this is gonna be close, too. oh, no, no! oh, man. sarah. r. yeah. one r.

w. oh, yeah, there are some w's, two of them. sarah, you have $1,700. you can spin some more, you can solve, you can buy a vowel. c! yes. one c. $2,250. i'll solve. okay. throwing caution to the wind. you got it. yeah. [ applause ] a little bit of a gambler in you there. found a couple extra... came to play. yeah. exactly. what the heck. and it worked out for you. you won $2,250. you have $4,250 at this point. we're in the early stages in this thing. lots more money to give away, and we'll get to it right after this. [ applause ] ♪

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available in stores everywhere. jim: $10,000! [ applause ] so one of our wheel of fortune crosswords is coming up here, and the clue-- appropriately for this week-- is "railroad blank." and, mark, you'll start. ruth: go, mark! [ sarah gasps ] ooh. well, it's still $800. r. two r's. yeah. there you go. nothing to it. s. yes. some s's, three of them. so you have a quick $3,400. i'd like to buy a vowel. an o. one o. okay. c.

yes, sir. one c. i'd like to buy another vowel. an a. uh, yeah. one a. he may do it. look at that. - ruth: whoo! - n. two n's. mark, you're up over $10,000. i'd like to buy a vowel. an i. yep. two i's. hold your breath time. g. one g. buy a vowel? spin the wheel? he's spinning. b. i'm sorry. there's no b. and, ruth, it's your turn.

t. yeah. there is a t. i'd like to buy a vowel, pat. e. yeah, there's an e. are you gonna spin again? you have just $400. it's up to you. i'm gonna spin. could turn out to be an important spin. [ horn honks ] let's have a letter. p? nope. sarah. l. yeah, that's it. and now it's a matter of reading what's up there without adding anything. go ahead. line, ties, crossing, car. yeah. that's it. - good reading. - thank you. - nice job. - they set it up. well, it's just $650, but we'll make it $1,000. that's our minimum, so it's $5,250. so still everyone in shouting distance here, and we'll be back and do some of that shouting in a minute. [ applause ]

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a healthy baby is worth the wait. hi. uh, "fun & games" the category for the next round, and it's our "prize puzzle" round. ruth, you ready to do this? yes. let's go. go, big money. oh, boy. well... [ train whistle blows ] well, let's start with a letter. t. there are two t's. that's $2,000. if you decide--you--i-- let me go through it for new viewers here. okay. uh, you keep calling consonants. you get $1,000 for each one. you can buy vowels. if you miss any letter, it's a "bankrupt." obviously you're decided to do this "express" thing, right? yes. okay. let's go for it. okay. choo-choo. hop on board and tell us what you're gonna start with. i would like to start with a vowel. a. uh, yeah. there are four of them, so that is an excellent start. let them come up, you know. take whatever time you can here. all right. now what? i would like another vowel. e.

one e. ♪ r. yeah. two r's. you get $2,000 for those. ♪ n. one n. i would like a vowel. mm-hmm. i. okay. nice going. two i's. ♪ you have $4,250. what do you want to do next? g. one g. h. there is an h. look at her go. $6,250. c. there is a c. well, we got that figured out. w. [ buzzer ] [ audience groans ] ah, i'm sorry. you were on a nice roll there, too. sarah, it's your turn. i'd like to solve. okay. chartering a sailboat. yeah. that's it. oh, man. [ applause ]

i wasn't gonna take a chance. you're not working too hard up here, are you? uh, you know what? you're going to antigua. all right! listen to this. sarah, find your rhythm in a land of steel drum and calypso. escape to a tranquil hideaway at pineapple beach club antigua. luxuriate in an all-inclusive adults-only resort overlooking white sand beaches with brilliant turquoise water, bountiful gardens, and seaside dining... well, funny little game we have here, isn't it? sarah has just over $12,000 in cash and prizes. uh, that still is an amount that is many times overcome around here, so everybody hang in, and we'll be right back, although you're happy with the way things are going right now. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ vanna: closed captioning sponsored by... man: prevagen. your brain changes as you get older,

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"places." that's what we're looking for this time. there's the puzzle, and, sarah, you get to spin first. n. one n. d. one d. i'd like to buy a vowel. yeah. a. well, what do you know? three a's, yeah. gonna be close. s. s, she says, and we have two of them, i think. yeah. be another close call. oh, wow, that time it got you. uh, mark.

t. no, there's no t. i'm sorry. ruth. r. no r. sarah, back to you. l. two l's. c. uh, no. there's no c. mark. h. there's no h. ruth. [ bell dings ] we'll let that spin stand, and, uh... p. yes, there is one p, and now... [ bell dings ] thank you.

the trolley came through a second time. uh, i'll give the wheel a final spin. and thatts will be $1,650. again, "place" is the category, and, ruth, it's still your turn. >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. >> soldiers, sailors and airmen soldiers, sailors and reat crusade toward which we have driven these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you. >> announcer: return to normandy. now reporting, david muir. >> and good morning from normandy, france. the world's eyes are on normandy this morning. where 75 years ago brave young sons became men here. storming 50 miles of beaches here code name utah, omaha, gold, juneau, sword. they would change the course of

history. 156,000 allied troop, more than 70,000 americans and this sobering number, 2500 americans died on d-day alone. many of them right here in the cemetery behind us. they never made it home. this, of course, is the normandy american cemetery. it was the first cemetery, in fact, set up by the u.s. army just two days after d-day and when you walk through this cemetery you are reminded of the extraordinary sacrifice. i saw so many crosses here with that date, june 6th, 1944. 75 years later so many world war ii veterans from america have made the journey back well into their 90s. some have reached 100. they are modest, they are humble. they are the quiet heroes who shaped history. for weeks here we've been documenting those americans from every corner of the u.s. preparing to make the trip back. they didn't know each other but, of course, they shared a bond and they flew across the country to meet in atlanta to make the trip to france together and we have watched them return to the beaches here.

it has been incredible. we have seen strangers approach them to say thank you. an american woman in tears as she shared her gratitude. they sat down with me at the cemetery in the last 24 hours. one veteran, harold, told me he wasn't sure just an hour before he made the trip he wondered if he should come back at all. he always said he thought of the brothers he lost here that did not have the lives the rest of them had when he went back but told me this has brought closure. it has brought peace and every one of these veterans told me of their one hope that america, that the generations that have followed them will remember what they did. they are our fathers, our grandfathers and we are here in normandy to honor them this morning. i'm joined by our senior national correspondent terry moran who has been traveling with the president and, terry, we watched the president and the first lady arrive just a short time ago. this has been quite something for them as well. they went to london first, had an emption proerd reception from the queen. then traveling to ireland and now here in normandy, the

president saying this morning he looked forward to this. he talked about the beautiful day and said this was going to be something really special. >> and, you know, david, you can tell how important this trip is for him. on many levels. that state visit in london where he was greeted by the queen. she hosted a state banquet for him. he was just reveling in that and clearly has a reverence for queen elizabeth and then coming here, both for its ceremonial purposes this is the kind of thing when he says make america great again, i think there's no doubt probably unanimity in the united states that what is represented behind me, the heroism in those crosses and stars of david represents a time when america was great and i think that's important to him but then this moment also with president macron who greeted him when he got off the helicopter and with the other european leaders. under president trump this is a relationship, a transatlantic relationship that is challenged. he wants to push it in a

different direction than it has been and that echoes through history, through what we commemorate here today. these soldiers and what they did on these beaches help build those post-war institutions that he challenges so on many level, ceremonial, personal and political, this is a really important trip for president trump. >> and, terry, we just saw his two sons. he has been traveling with his family on this trip at buckingham palace we saw ivanka trump, jared kushner on the balcony and see his sons in the front row with some of those world war ii veterans who made this journey and, terry, you talk about the president who so often talks about america first but this trip has been about this alliance, not only with the uk but with europe which has been tested under this administration as we know. he has talked about nato paying its fair share, of course. so he has tested that alliance and also on this trip made it clear that it's a partnership he wants to keep. one that he celebrated with the queen, with leaders of both

britain and france as he now prepares to honor these veterans with president macron here in france. >> absolutely, that's a great distinction to draw. president trump has a different idea of those post-war institutions that were built out of this heroism we commemorate, nato and the u.n. and world bank. he's got a different idea about that. there's going to be fights about that but that underlying solidarity, transatlantic solidarity that was forged in world war ii, he believes in that. no question about it. he has to because we do, the people of fans and the united states and britain and the united states still feel very close to one another. i remember right after 9/11 i was covering the white house and tony blair came to visit and the british press corps came and i remember a british reporter, an older man, grabbed my arm and said this is two weeks after 9/11, you were there for us, we'll be there for you and i think regardless of the

presidency or the issues of the day, that alliance is really buried deep, lodged deep in the hearts of people on both sides of the atlantic. >> rear expecting now to see both president trump and the first lady, melania trump and the president of france, emmanuel macron and the first lady brigitte macron. we saw her hugging dignitaries as they arrived here. we also saw that sweeping shot of omaha beach and cokie roberts is here with us. we were talking about your trips to normandy in the past, that you walked that beach. you talked to the veterans yourself and one of the things that struck me is that you had mentioned the cliffs and they really are extraordinary here when you think about what those young men did. >> they really are. i was there for the 50th anniversary and i went down on the beach to report from there and you look up at those cliffs and you think how on earth did anyone survive this?

i mean, think about it, david. this invasion was a city, it was 125,000 troops arriving and the germans just shooting down at them from the heights and people having to step over dead bodies to get through the water onto the beach and then get up that cliff and get into france and then move through the hedgerows on into europe. it's an extraordinary feat and well worth remembering any time we can. >> we're looking at that beach right now, just a beautiful day here in normandy and i have to point out that this was not the forecast for these world war ii veterans when they arrived here in normandy. it was to be raining today, but the weather cooperating as we look out on what is a stunning cemetery, a solemn one, a powerful one, but a stunning one, indeed. you can see the ame we know those flags made in

america, they were placed in front of those crosses made of marble and the french flag, as well and you can see the faces of the world war ii veterans gathered right at the front where they should be. applauding as they learn the leaders of both the united states and of france and of several other countries now arrive to pay tribute. [ applause ]

♪ ♪ the applause as the people who have gathered here for this ceremony see the faces of those world war ii heroes who have made the journey back to normandy up on the big screens here right here at the american normandy cemetery and our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz is watching the coverage along with all of us here in normandy and, martha, i know you're just back from iran yourself so you're joining us via the phone now but you have been to normandy as well and you get chills when you see the faces of these heroes. they are quiet and humble as i mentioned at the top, but many of them say it's not been until

recently that they have felt comfortable talking about what it was they witnessed, what it was they accomplished and their real hope now that the generations behind them will pay attention today, not necessarily because it was these veterans who did this but because of the real place in history and what it meant, it changed the course of history. >> it certainly did, david. and looking at these faces and listening to your interviews with those veterans, i love what you just said, the veterans thought of the brothers they lost and that is exactly what they do and that is exactly what american soldiers do. that is why they fight. but looking at those faces, at those elderly faces, i can't help imagining what they were like on that day in that era. i can look at them squeezing their eyes shut and know what they are thinking about right now, know what that means to them to be there and remembering

that time so, so long ago when they were standing with their brothers. when they watched their brothers die next to them. it is humbling for anyone who goes there. it is humbling for anyone who walks that beach, which i have done as well and looked up at those cliffs as you did and realize how profound that was in history and for each and every one of those men and their children and their grandchildren who are now as you say just starting to realize some of them, what their grandfathers went through and how powerful a time that was. the greatest generation as we often say. >> you know, these veterans on the beach as they traveled back to omaha beach and some of the other beaches during this trip here, it's been remarkable to witness the perfect strangers who have approached them, i

mentioned the one woman in tears but there have been so many families here, many of the french because they were so directly affected by what it was these soldiers did. these american soldiers who stormed the beach basically liberated, certainly this part of france from the nazis immediately and before they moved deeper into france. but that was a resounding applause. everyone was on their feet when they saw the faces of those veterans. again, just a picture of the day. you see the blue sky there, just a few clouds, we're expecting several flyovers this morning. the french anthem and the american national anthem moments from now as they see the leaders of both france and the united states and from around the world come and pay tribute to these veterans who are now, as i mentioned earlier, well into their 90s. the americans themselves sent 73,000 troops and as we all know, 4,000 allied troops were killed on that day.

2500 of them were americans who paid with their l