the unbreakable ponbond. the leaders of the united states and france joining together in this sacred place. dozens of world war irkii veter honoring friends and allies who lost their lives 75 years ago today. ♪ >> president trump paying tribute to the men who sacrificed to save america and europe from the nazis. >> the veterans of the second world i, you're among the very greatest americans who will live.

you are the pride of our nation. you are the dplglory of our republ republic. to the men who sit behind me and the boys who rest in the field before me, your example will never, ever grow old. the sacrifice they made did not just win a battle. it did not just win a war. it's for the future of our nation. good day. i'm joined here in france by nbc nightly news anchor lester holt. what we experienced here today was a different president trump than we have seen recently especially in europe. president trump, president macron joining together with a shared vision of working

together as allies in contradiction to a lot of the policies we heard from this administration. what is your impression? >> i think they were two very well written speeches. i thought what was important about them is you have these two powerful men but they were able to make us understand that it was the men behind them that were at the story. that's what we were here about, their story, coming on these beaches surviving. the loss of their comrades. i think that's what struck me most is they kept it centered on the men who storm these shores. >> you've spoken to so many of these men, profiled them and interviewed. what is extraordinary about them is how humble and modest they are about their achievements. >> they are. for part of the reason is this commemoration has become a bigger thing over the decades. i was talking to one veteran who

says we here at d-day but we had to finish fighting the war. you win the war, you go home. they got jobs. they got married. they had families. they moved on with their lives. there wasn't this huge ceremony, this huge welcome home that he might have expected. there was no resentment there. they have seen this respect build over the years. i think it's to a point now because we realize we're losing this generation very quickly there's a great pride and almost surprise in it. >> the other thing was very clear that this president and macron both, in walking and shaking hands with vet rerans a speaking of them, and going over their service and biography, turning to them. that was different. >> it was. the speech was very much like some of the state of the union

speeches. that's the way the president went. he talked about these individuals. then he went and greeted them face-to-face and hugged them. i think it was very touching and seemed to come from deep in his heart. when those moments would happen, president macron would come over and greet the soldiers. i also found the dynamic interesting between the two presidents. whatever differences they may have had before, their bro-mance seems to be back in place. the president looked up at the end of macon's speech. >> then they embraced. not since the first visit to the white house. that was followed by the administration getting out of the iran nuclear deal and speaking no negatively about na nato. >> i think what's important is everything felt appropriate p it shou should be because this demands

it. politics and those sorts of thing vs to s have to go by the wayside. this was about honor and braver ri a -- bravery and young men answering the call. >> thank you so much. lester will be reporting live to normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d-day. >> thanks. june 6th, 1944 was a day that united the country and the world. this morning i spoke with nancy pelosi who is here leading large bipartisan senate and republican house delegation.

>> your thoughts about the service member, the sacrifice that they made 75 years ago. >> they were children. many of them were teenagers. 17, 18, 19 years old, 20, 21. very young. they had so much courage. when you listen to them and they tell their story, it's differen difference. some say i was very afraid. others say i was praying to god. others say i didn't know how to swim and i was hoping for the best. they all had their individual stories. when i like to tell is when we were here on the 70th anniversary that many more veterans. that's what's sad about this year, there's fewer veterans because five years have gone by. my uncle died at the battle of

the bulge. they said we went there after. they continued to fight and another historic battle which was one of the decisive battles of world war ii. this was historic. normandy. it was historic proportion. almost nothing to compare to it in the history of the world. >> where do we see that kind of leadership? >> it reminds us that we have an obligation to build a future with peace worthy of sacrifice that our veterans made then and they make all the time. we have to stay close to our vets and their families. that's such an inspiration. it gives us a challenge to do better. >> i was reading what you've written about your father. he was a congressman from

maryland and he went up against the president, fdr, on the issue of letting refugees in, the jews from europe that were being barred by the united states. he really fought politically to open the doors. what does that tell us about america and how america should be welcoming to refugees and asylum speakers? >> again, he worked at the shrine of franklin roosevelt. he was a new deal democrat. that was risk taking for him to be, shall we say, begging to differ on the subject of the treatment of jews in europe as well as entering the united states as well as establishing a country, a jewish state.

our angelical community said it's the crown jewel of american humanitarianism. we have to get it right. that is to say be respectful and understand that every country has a responsibility to recognition the humanity of these people. >> do you worry that the arguments we're having now about borders and immigration threaten to kind of response, the values that these men fought and died for? >> we have never think that. what they did was so monumental and enables us to have are our debates and differences of opinions. we do have to remember the values that freedom isn't free.

no one said it better than ronald reagan, ronald reagan has the biggest voice for welcoming people to our country and that we cannot close the door or else we won't be the country that leads the world. >> i was here when ronald reagan was here in 1984. for all the disagreements over how to handle missile deployments, there were a lot of tensions then. we didn't have the divisions with europe that we have now. america is less respected in europe than at any time in post-war history. >> let's throw on the positive possibilities. i think every one should re-read ronald reagan's speech of that day. it's beautiful. it talks about the importance of alliances and working together.

the largest delegation for international travel for this visit, we have nearly 60 from the house and around 20 from the united states senate, bipartisan delegatio delegations. one third of them are veterans. it's pretty exciting to be able to acknowledge what happened then with the ability to thank those who have more recently fought for our freedom. then we had so many people want to come. we had to get two then three planes. just an endless interest in being here. we come with gratitude. we come prayerfully. we come patriotically. we will always try to live up to the standards that you fought

for. >> looking at that bipartisan delegation of democrats and republicans joining together to celebrate the ideals and the sacrifices, we're so divided as a country right now. do you worry about the politics right now. it impeachment and everything else on the table and how that can further divide us. >> with all due respect to your question, i'm not here to talk about impeachment. we always strive to work in a bipartisan way. this is not a departure from what we set as a standard. we try to be as bipartisan, non-partisan as possible. that's a comfort to veterans. >> what do you hope the president's message will be here today? what do you want to hear from him? >> i hope it will be a message

of unity. the unity we had to defend civiluation. there was a lot at stake. people came together. all different kinds from different countries in europe and they were very different from each other at the time. it was no european union. hopefully, a renewed spirit of collaboration and recognition of our dependents on each other. my favorite quote, we always talk about john f. kennedy in his speech. the very next line in that speech, which i saw in person as a student, the very next line says to the citizens of the world, ask not what america can do for you but what we can do working together for the freedom of man kind. >> do your worry about nato and the other institutions that have

tied us together with europe and kept the peace for more than 70 years? >> i was proud to work with senator mcconnell and we worked in a bipartisan way with democratic and republican leadership a couple of month ago to invite the secretary general to speak. he was magnificently received. it was the first time the secretary general of nato had ever been invited. it was in 70th anniversary. >> was that a signal of support? >> strongly bipartisan. stro we wanted to observe the 70th anniversary but we wanted to remove all doubt in anyone's mind of our commitment to the atlantic charter, the transatlantic relationship and the importance of nato and how it has kept the peace. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. my pleasure.

i'm so glad you're here. it's pretty exciting. the speaker has her own golden rule when she's leading a delegation of republican and democrats never attack the president while overseas including the reports that she had harsh things to say about president trump with her caucus chairs. some people that were there indicate that may have been taken out of context. the come up, the greatest generation. we have a look back at how tom brokaw coined a phrase that defined a generation. d a phrase defined a generation

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they're called the greatest generation and it's a phrase part of our vocabulary but it was not always so. it was coined by tom brokaw and inspired by the extraordinary courage of the men who fought here. >> i walked down the beaches with veterans and they were modest. >> as far as you could see, there were men. there were tanks. there were trucks. there was jeeps all over the beach. >> you could hear the shells

screaming overahead and see the assault craft coming in all along the edge of the beach. >> oh, my god. these are the people who raised me. they with the people in my hometown, my parents best friends, people i care the most about. they've been out there all this time. did you think to yourself when you hit the sand, what am i doing here? why can't i be back home in pennsylvania? >> how true. how true. there was an objective to be done. america needed us. >> think were young men from pennsylvan pennsylvania, 19 and 20. i said to them, what do you remember. they both came off the same craft. >> we saw a dead medic floating in the water. believe you me, i was receipt p. i couldn't move until the

sergeant gave tohe order, move out. >> they figure i'm going replace this one dap aty at a time. >> i just wanted to stay alive. >> i believe that the landing gear on d-day hardened me to a point i was ready to do battle with anything that came along the way. they say would you do it all over again. my answer is absolutely. i would do it all over again to let you here in america stay free. >> i came out of there shaken by how much we didn't know about what happened to them once the war was over. >> let's tyake a breath. i've got to write about this. it was like a eureka moment for bhen when i realized this country was built on the backs of those people who came out of the depression and came home and only eager to get on with their lives. >> john meachum joins me now.

our friend tom brokaw saw something that i was here that day and did not grasp what that generation contributed and went through. he is so eloquent in describing it. >> he is. it's one of the great stories of american democracy which is essentially the story of ordinary people whose names we may not know that we should. making possible the remarkable actions of those in power whom we do know, whom we do write about. whom we do commemorate when they die. the nature of a republic is that the leaders are only as good as the followers. the country in many ways, the best of us, was represented that day and normandy and all the days after. let's remember it was a long way to d-day in may of 1945.

this was a beachhead to push. i think there are two things to think about. i know tom would agree. one is that was the beginning in many ways. the ratification of the idea of an american century. by in large we needed to be there if democratic capitalism, if democracy countries that trade together tend not to go to war together. if that idea was going to survive. the other is that the stories really complicated.

we only got in the war late in the game. when we look at the images from the past. when we look at what tom called the greatest generation, we can feel intimidated. that's natural thing to think they did these things so how are we going to live up to that. to be true to history and to be true to those men and the women who made the guns you talked to the other day, the people who made that possible. to be true to them we have to recognize they were human beings. they were scared. they did the right thing. they did the right thing after america was dragged into position of doing the right thing. that's a very resident story for us right now, i think. >> absolutely. by the way, just a little footnote about one of the women

who we talked to and profiled the other day because the president had her -- talked about her in his speech today. he also saluted marion wynn who was here with her niece. that was a sweet touch. >> in this age of tribalism, we only talk to people who we agree with. there is a corrosive effect to this in our political life. it is worth remembering that the war effort was so all encompassing. because of the shared experiences of the depression and the war we were more willing many the late '40s, '50s, and

the '60s to make sacrifices and pay taxes in tennessee so folks in pa could do this or that. california would do this or help prosperity elsewhere. it also helped lee to the remarkable social revolution of the 1960s, including finishing the work of lincoln. rosa parks and dr. king and john lewis, their work was made possible by the experience of the second world war. in 1964, '65, material prosperity was such. a lot of folks who looked like me were more willing than we had been in the segregation era to more generously apply that jeffersonian sentence that all men are created equal.

the story is whoo at extent do apply that meaning. >> thank you so very much. > john has writen about dwight eisenhower. he planned and oversaw that operation. he became our 34th president. >> he could see the death of his

own child. he came to the cemetery on d-day plus 20 years, walter koncrite, asked what did that do. they have given us a second chance. they gave us a second chance. it's up to us to make sure that we don't squander that chance. >> we're at a time when this is the first american president who is challenging the post-war institutions and our alliance with europe in many profound ways. >> i think it's at every stage of history it's always important to continue to talk to the american people about what's at stake, what others have done who came before them and i think

this is a big challenge because we don't even teach this in high school anymore. you're almost starting from square one. >> history has taught us a lot of things. one thing i was told is your grandfather did not want to commemorate the 10th anniversary of d-day in 1954 because he was president and he was too modest to want to celebrate what might have seemed like his victory, not the victory of them. >> i'm moved by his decision to not come here. i think he was afraid it would turn into something that was all about him. add i learned as a kid, it was all about these men. the people who did their duty and secured a different world for us. >> my thanks to susan

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we told mexico the tarif tariffs -- a lot of people, senators included have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to tariffs. they have absolutely no idea. >> president trump renewing his threat to impose tariffs on mexico in advance of a second round of talks between the administration and mexican diplomats today in washington. they fail to resolve their differences yesterday. joining me is kristen welker and david ignacias. david, this hole figwhole fight tariffs. this seems to be an economic threat over mexico. whether or not it's a bluff, we don't know. >> you're never sure.

he has a particular problem in this. he has a rebellion from republican senator who is regard the threat of tariffs as bad for their constituents. something that's politically unpopular and have signalled if the president tries to impose the tariffs, they may rebel and the president may lose the veto fight. his negotiating position is very weak here. he keeps doubling down with rhetoric but i think people wonder, it's a tough position to bargain in. >> even some of his own economic advisers, other than peter navaro are concerned about this. we understand it was quite a fight inside the administration and a lot of warnings from mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: that's right. a number of top officials within the president's own administration, stephen mnuchin, his own son-in-law tried to talk him out of this. he's pushing forward.

we know there were high level talks between the president, secretary of state, acting dhs secretary as well as the mexican delegation. today after they weren't able to reach an agreement yesterday, they are going to be sort of break out meetings at the staff level. the expectation they will going to get a deal to resolve this today pretty low. the sticking poib ining points, mexico offered more troops at the border. the white house wants mexico to go further. they want mexico to hold migrants in mexico while their cases are being processed. that is happening at some points. the white house is pushing for that to happen across the board. there's still a lot of sticking points that remain. you bring up mitch mcconnell and we know that earlier this week, he tried to press white house officials to say, can you get the president to hold off on this threat until he hears from republicans directly and in person when he gets back from this diplomatic trip.

would the president consider that. my sense is he is not. this official reaffirmed the president is very serious about this monday deadline. >> i thought it was very interesting that the meetings were held at the white house with the vice president in charge, the secretary of state was there. i'm not sure how invested he is in this particular debate because it runs counter to anything -- >> i think this is very much a trump initiative. if it's rejected by jared kushner, it's somewhat isolated. he wants this. it's an interesting issue. >> kristen, we have more coverage coming up from here. at this point the president is going back to ireland. he has landed back in shannon from normandy. is there another day of golf on hand for him at his resort

there? >> reporter: there could be. we know that he's going to head home tomorrow. he'll will landing in the afternoon. we hope to get some questions from him. the expectation is he will stay at his golf resort there. may play a few rounds of golf. bottom line, he had that sort of bilateral meeting with the president of france earlier today. i think it was notable. they really tried to and this is where you began the conversation and the show today. they tried to really stress the areas of agreement. despite the fact they have a number of policy differences. that underscores this day and the somber anniversary. >> they tried to stress where they do agree on iran. iran is a profound disagreement with the president having gotten out of the iran nuclear deal.

they have to cut off their oil imports from iran. there doesn't seem to be any near resolution on that. >> i think there's some very important subtle messages in what we heard surrounding the bilateral with macron about iran. i think we're heading into a new up tick in the crisis with iran. the president spoke about the iranian nuclear threat. that has not been an issue because iran has been add hering generally to the jcpoa, the joint nuclear deal. i wonder is there's some new evidence of iranian non-cohf m non-compliance. >> it's possible it will be outside the bounds of the nuclear agreement with the

increased stockpile. sg >> i thought there was something new and additional. >> i trust david any time hears a nuance. thank you both so much. coming up, a heroes return. i talked to one american veteran who returned to normandy for the first time since that fateful day 75 years ago. that fateful day 75 years ago here are even more reasons to join t-mobile. 1. do you like netflix? sure you do. that's why it's on us. 2. unlimited data. use as much as you want, when you want. 3. no surprises on your bill. taxes and fees included. still think you have a better deal? bring in your discount, and we'll match it. that's right. t-mobile will match your discount.

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96-year-old veteran jake larson returned to normandy for the first time, 75 years after he barely survived the landing. one of the hundreds of thousands who served and now the only survivor of his unit. here is his story in his own words. >> to me it's not much of a story. it's just my own story. when we landed and i finally got out of that water, it was up to my chin and i found, it just seemed like in front of me came this -- and two machine guns

were shooting at me from two different angles. cross firing right at my feet. that little girl kept them from hitting me. i lay behind the that burl. they were shooting it and i dug out of a cigarette out of a water proof cigarette holder. put that in my mouth and reached in for my matches and my matches were all wet. not three and a half feet behind me on my left hand side, i looked back. there was a gi there and i said, buddy have you got a match. he didn't answer. i looked back again and there was no head under the helmet.

to this day, i think the soul of that boy inspired me to get up and get a move to the cliffs which is exactly what i did. i got up, ran and bullets just whizzing by me. it just seemed like i'm dancing over them. i looked up and i say jake, what the hell are you doing here. you can't see anybody to shoot at. they are all shooting at you. the next thing i knew i got to the cliff and out of the range of the machine guns, so they just moved away. who in the world would ever think that after you go through like that, who would think that

well in 75 years i'm going to come back. i'm going to come back at the 75th anniversary. i am blessed. i am so blessed. i am the only one left in my outfit. there's no one else even alive that has been here. how i'm here, i don't know. i just can't believe it, and i brought my two sons and two of my grandsons here to see this. those children didn't grow up with me telling them war stories. some of this they haven't even heard. >> because you and the men you fought with never talked about

it. >> never talked about it. we thought it was our duty to do. it was our duty. we thought if we talked about it, it was bragging. we didn't. >> jake larson. talking to jake larson today meant more to me than anybody that's happened here. it's an example of the extraordinary courage and va lo of the men who fought here. we're waiting for a news conference at west point to get under way after an accident that claimed the life of one cadet and injured 20 more earlier today. you're watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc.

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officials who are about to hold a press conference any minute now. hopefully we'll get more details. you saw the horrible picture of the vehicle almost completely overturned. it was described as a light, medium tactical vehicle, something of a truck with a cab and then an area in the back where there were as many as two dozen troops being transported from one place to another. this is on the west point campus about, 50 miles noshth of new york city at a place called camp natural bridge. a summer training ground for the u.s. military academy there at west point. this happened about 6:45 in the morning. in the early light of dawn, it appears the road and the weather conditions were just fine. there seems to be no problems with that. at this point we don't know whether this was part of an actual mission or whether the troops were on the way to a mission or just what. and remember, the training up there is intense. the training there is rigorous at times. it is meant to simulate combat

and warfare. so there are things that happened. unfortunately, there are accidents that happened up there and another military facilities. and it is a reminder of the hard work the military does day in and day out. training back here at home. president trump has been informed of this and tweeted, so sorry to hear about the terrible accident involving our great west point cadets. we mourn the loss of life and pray for the injured. god bless them all. we're hoping to hear more any minute now about what caused this. one cadet, we understand, died in the accident. there are as many as 20 or more injured. we don't know the extent of those injuries. there were earlier reports suggesting there were back and neck injuries, which you might, which are usually associated with a vehicle accident. again, that picture says a lot. it shows the vehicle completely on its overturned in what was a very rugged, dense area. that part of the new york state

is a very rugged area and that is why west point is there. you can see the vehicle appears to have almost filmed completely over on its top. it was describe as a major emergency response by not only military authorities but new york state police. there is a tate highway there that apparently was closed because of its proximity to the accident which suggests this might have been happening slightly off base or on the base. not quite sure of those details. just a tragic loss for the military on, this dave d-day remembrances when we're thinking about the sacrifice so many troops make, then and now. >> ron allen. thank you. of course we'll bring you the news conference as soon as it happens. i'll be back with some final thoughts from normandy just ahead. you're watching msnbc. you're wa. as your life grows, so do your needs.

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this is a poignant anniversary for the men ronald reagan called the boys. it is not likely any of them will be able to return for the 80th anniversary five years from now. the world they saved for us faces potentially dangerous challenges at home and abroad. the question is whether our generation can approach the unity of purpose and resolve shown by the heroes we honor

here today. that's all from normandy. >> thank you. don't go too far. we'll be back to you very soon. hello, everyone. we begin with breaking news. waeft point cadet is dead and almost two dozen people injured in an accident involving a military vehicle. we are awaiting a presser with officials at any moment and we'll bring that to you live. the accident happened early this morning near a training site in new york. you're actually looking at the tactical truck from above. it is flipped over on its roof. president trump tweeting moments ago, so sorry to hear about the terrible accident involving our great west point cadets. we mourn the loss of life and pray for the injured. god bless them all. ron allen has been covering this for us here. stephanie gosk is at west point. what do we know