i am joined by ben miller and abigail doolittle.u think about the difficulties in giving access to these markets and the demand for these markets at this point in time, what are some challenges you are working through? ben: the biggest challenge has been education. institutions no wide to invest in real estate, private markets but most people have never heard of them. i remember when we first invented it. we launched and no one cared. they did not realize this was a place that big institutions that diversify into. most have 20% of their portfolio and alternatives and most individuals have almost nothing. abigail: you were the first firm to offer the ability to invest in alternative investments to the everyday person. before blackstone and kkr. real estate, private credit and vc. so many different views on commercial real estate. what are your thoughts? has the bottom occurred? ben: i think the bottom occurred around december of last year. we have seen that strongly across our portfolio. we have 20,000 departments. around february of

ben miller is here. a medic with the 82nd airborne. at 3:00 a.m.june 6, he and 13 other medics flew over the channel in a rickety glider. its wings were ripped off by giant poles that the germans buried halfway in the ground to stop them from landing. they crashed, but they survived. and they did their duty, dragging injured soldiers to safety, treating wounds, saving lives while the battle raged. every soldier who stormed the beach, who dropped by parachute or landed glider, every sailor who manned the thousands of ships and landing craft, every aviator who destroyed german-controlled air fields, bridges, and railroads -- all -- all were backed by other brave americans, including hundreds of thousands of people of color and women who courageously served despite unjust limitations on what they could do for their nation. louis brown is here. part of the red ball express, a truck convoy made up mostly of african american drivers. they landed at normandy in the they rushed supplies to the rapidly advancing frontlines. woody woodhouse is here. members

on that day and for many days after, he continued, ben miller is here, a medic with the 82nd airborneat 3 a.m. on june 6th, he and 13 other medics from all over the channel in a rickety glider. its wings were ripped off by giant poles and the germans buried halfway in the ground to stop them from landing. they crashed, but they survived and they did their duty, dragging injured soldiers to safety, treating wounds, saving lives. while the battle raged. every soldier who stormed the be landed by glider, every sailor who manned the thousands of ships and landing craft, every aviator to destroy german controlled airfields, bridges and railroads, all all were backed by other brave americans, including hundreds of thousands of people of color and women who courageously served despite unjust limitation on what they could do for their nation. lewis brown is here, part of the red ball express. a truck convoy made of mostly african-american drivers. they led in an armani in the wake of d-day. they rushed supplies to the rapidly advancing front lines. when he would have is here members of the le

. >> reporter: ben miller, 99, was a medic, and at just 19 years old, one of just a few thousands carried is. >> reporter: he is looking for the place his glider crashed. >> they were not experienced pilots but they glided the best they could. >> reporter: ben landed near st. marie eglais, considered to be the first town liberated and treated injured paratroopers. today he returned for the first time meeting locals including this woman, who was there that day, 18 years old and nine months' pregnant. >> my pleasure to meet the french people and see how they recovered through it all and for being so kind to us. >> reporter: the greatest generation, still reminding the rest of us about the true meaning of heroism and sacrifice, kelly cobiella, nbc news, normandy. >> they literally changed the world. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. good night. dream heat and crews are battling a brush fire in the north. bay. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc

ben miller is here, a medic with the 82nd airborne. 3:00 a.m.n june 6, he and 13 other medics flew over the channel in a glider. his wings were ripped off by giant poles germans buried halfway in the ground to stop them from landing. they iscrashed, but they surviv and they did their duty, dragging engine soldiers to safeties, treat ing wounds, saving lives while the battle raged. every soldier who stormed the beach, who dropped by parachute or landed by glider, every sailor who manned the thousands of ships and landing craft, every aviator, all, all were backed by other brave americans, including hundreds of thousands of people of color and women who courageously served despite unjust limitation on what they could do for their nation. lewis brown is here, a truck convey made of african american drivers, they landed on normandy in the wake of d-day. they rushed supplies to rapidly advancing front lines. woody woodhouse is here, members of the tuskegee airmen, who flew during the war. marjorie stone is here, she enlisted in the woman's branch of

ben miller is here. a medic with the 82nd airborne. at 3:00 a.m. on june 6, he and 13 other medics flew over the channel in a rickety glider. its wings were ripped off by giant poles that the germans buried halfway in the ground to stop them from landing. they crashed, but they survived. and they did their duty, dragging injured soldiers to safety, treating wounds, saving lives while the battle raged.ere beach, who dropped by parachute, dropped by parachute or glider. every sailor, every aviator who destroyed they landed in normande wake of the day, supplied the front lines. woodhouse is here, members of the legendary tuskegee airmen, who flew over 15,000 during the war. marjorie stone is here. shed in the women's branch of the naval reserve, became an aircraft mechanic, spent the war keeping american planes and pilots in the air. they understood our democracy is only as strong if all of us ke the men who fought here became heroes, not because they were the strongest or the toughest or the fiercest, although they were , but because they had given a

. >> reporter: 99-year-old ben miller was a medic.rienced pilots. they glided the best they could. >> reporter: ben landed near the first town liberated by americans where he treated injured paratroopers. today, he returned for the first time, meeting locals, including this woman who was here that day, 18 years old and nine months pregnant. >> it's a pleasure to meet the french people and see how they recovered through it all. for them being so kind to us. >> reporter: the greatest generation still reminding the rest of us about the true meaning of heroism and sacrifice. kelly cobiella, nbc news, normandy. >> thank you for that. >>> that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach on social media and watch clips from our show at youtube. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports" -- president biden in normandy. honoring the best

. >> and for many days after, he continued ben miller is here a medic with the 82nd airborne at 3am on june 6. he and 13 other metrics flora or the channel in a rookie glider its wings were ripped off by giant polls that the germans very halfway in the ground to stop them from landing they crashed but they survive and they did their duty dragging injured soldiers or safety, treating wounds saving lives all the battle raged every soldier stormed the beach, who dropped by parachute or landed by glider every sailor who manned the thousands of ships and landing craft, every aviator who destroy german controlled airfields, bridges, and railroads all, all we're back by other brave americans including hundreds of thousands of people have color and women who courageously served despite unjust limitation on what they could do for their nation louis brown is here part of the red ball express a truck convoy made up of mostly african-american drivers they landed in normandy in the wake of d-day they rush supplies the rapidly advancing front lines what he would house is here members of the legendar

one of them is 99-year-old ben miller who was a 19-year-old medic, carried to normandy by glider. he returned to normandy for the first time since the war, meeting locals including a woman who was there on d-day. >> see how they recover through it all and being so kind to us. >> this value of alliances marked an american era, something president biden stressed as he addressed the 180 surviving veterans. >> we're living in a time where democracy is more at risk across the world than any point since the end of world war ii, since these beaches were stormed in 1944. now we have to ask ourselves, will we stand against tyranny, against evil, against crushing brutality of the iron fist? will we stand for freedom, will we defend democracy, stand together? my answer is yes and only can be yes. >> biden was joined by dignitaries and heads of state including french president emmanuel macron and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, who shared an emotional moment with the u.s. veteran in normandy. >> savior of the people. >> in case you didn't catch that, the veteran called zelenskyy the

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ben miller is here. a medic with the 82:00nd airborne. at 3:00 a.m.s buried halfway in the ground to stop them from landing. they crashed, but they survived, and they did their duty, dragging injured soldiers to safety, treating wounds, saving lives while the battle raged. every soldier who stormed the beach, who dropped by parachute or landed by glider, every sailer amid the thousands of ships and landing craft, every aviator who controlled bridges and railroads, all were backed by other brave americans including hundreds of thousands of people of color and women who courageously served despite unjust limitations of what they can do for their nation. louis brown is here. part of the red ball express, a truck convoy made of most african american drivers. they landed in normandy in the wake of d-day. they rush supplies to the rapidly advancing front lines. woody woodhouse is here. members of the legendary tuskegee airmen who flew over during the war. marjorie stone is here. she enlisted in the women's branch in the naval reserve, became an aircraft mec

. >> thank you, ben let's bring it now. aaron david miller, a former state department middle east negotiator and retired brigadier general mark kim. welcome to you both general, let me start with you. the latest numbers 200 274 killed multiples of that reportedly injured does that suggest to you that that's something did not go as planned or potentially there was a lack of a plan no not at all. for better or worse? >> i think it was intentional the way they conducted this operation probably the pandemonium that they created as part of the bombing within the nuseirat camp itself. they thought would actually make things to their advantage and it should say conducted this operation. so no, i think that they were very clear-eyed that israel is very clear-eyed about not only the tactics that they were going to be using, but also the consequence it would have as they conducted that, particularly brazen operation so when you say intentional use, am i understanding you right? that they knew that hundreds of people were going to die if the number from

if, as a steven the miller we saw, former white house official, say, you know, let's right now have the assistant d.a.s, republicans go after democrats, a white house official, benif trump's advisers pushed him to tone something down, just wait a cop old -- a couple days and he doweled dial it up, just like he did with dr. phil. >> i think the way host actually going to approach it is to put people in charge if he is reelected who he trusts to go after various people and to use the system to maximum advantage. in other words, to say, look, you have power within this role, i expect you to use it. if that includes targeting people who in the past might have gotten, you know, paths because of the authority they had or the position that they held within to opposing party, that doesn't get a pass anymore. to the degree that this is actually going to result in anything, i don't know. i think it's very much up in the air. but i do think it's going to play to people's advantages if you are someone who's going to go after various folks, you know, on the other side and use that to your political sort of benefit. that's going to be something that i think we sew far more fr

miller. hannah, good morning to you. it has been quite a week, hasn't it was ben cowie shaping?eeks ago. the next week, think we have another three weeks ago-— three weeks ago. yes, three weeks aeo, three weeks ago. yes, three weeks aao, but three weeks ago. yes, three weeks ago. but some _ three weeks ago. yes, three weeks ago, but some people _ three weeks ago. yes, three weeks ago, but some people will - three weeks ago. yes, three weeks ago, but some people will start i ago, but some people will start getting their postal vote's and actually making their decisions over the course of the next week. if we run through the parties, labour broadly pretty happy really with how the campaign has gone so far. we can expect to see keir starmer, their leader, starting to campaign some more ambitious constituencies over the next few weeks. he has, though, face some challenging questions on the campaign trail, particularly about why he has changed some of the pledges that he made when he was initially campaigning to be labour party leader. he was asked about that by the bbc�*s nick robin