. >> president obama is headed to paris to meet with francoise hollande. and president obama has no formal plans to meet with russia's president, and what does it say that other western leaders are ready to meet with putin? >> it's interesting, you is a on the press conference, the american president stood alongside of the leader of the country, dave cameron of the united kingdom, and of course david cameron goes to paris, and he will be meeting one-on-one with vladimir putin. president obama was asked if he has plans for a formal meeting, but no doubt, he'll be rubbing elbows with him, and if he sees vladimir putin, he'll say the same thing that he said publicly, russia has to reverse course. the president was frank. he said that he came here to brussels to this g7 meeting to keep everybody in line, and you cannot be swayed by russia's seeming conciliatory mood. and it's not allowed to drift. because he's using surrogates to destabilize ukraine, and because he has taken other steps that seem to be back from the edge of confrontation, they have to keep the

francoise hollande, queen elizabeth and vladimir putin. earlier, president obama spoke at the ceremonies at the american cemetery. >> these men waged war so we might know peace and sacrificed so we would be free and fought so we would no longer have to fight. we are grateful to them. gentlemen, i want each of you to know that your legacy is in good hands. >> the battle for normandy began in the early morning hours of june 6th. the allied paratroopers jumped behind the invasion beaches to protect the soldiers onshore from the germans. they discovered the enormous invasion fleet approaching the coach. utah beaches and omaha. and gold and juni and sword beaches. aljazeera's dana lewis is at sword beach where the ceremony was just held. and the scene of today's memorial could not be more different than it was on that day 70 years ago. >> that's an understatement. there were fireworks here a few years ago, and you could magnify that by 1,000, and imagine the sights and sounds here in the early morning hours as the british soldiers were coming t

high and that is illustrated by the fact that jeff then melt is going to paris to meet with francoise hollande again. the ceo of siemens will also meet with hollande. one analyst is saying that if g1 deal,al, -- ge won the that would put them head and shoulders above their competit ors, which siemens does not want. ge is also trying to make its case by offering to sell off some of its rail signaling business and create a stronger rail company at alstom. so, it has been difficult to get any clear idea of who has an edge in the situation. in part, because not only do have alstom and its shareholders, you have the french government involved as well. the french government, some of the ministers have said they are happy they got involved. >> laying a little hard to get. julie, thank you. moving and shaking this hour, california republican congressman ken mccarthy -- he has just been elected house majority leader. he will succeed area can tour. cantor lost his primary race in virginia last week. mccarthy is from bakersfield. a farming town in california's valley. he has gotten more money from the te

conversations] >> tomorrow is the 78th anniversary of the d-day invasion president obama and franÇoise hollandewill give remarks at normandy. the live coverage starts at 4:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. later in the morning on c-span2, the two presidents will travel to another d-day commemoration close to the allied landing at sword beach. that is live at 8:30 a.m. eastern. >> senate democrats outlined the bill that would allow borrowers to refinance their existing public and private student loans at lower interest rates. from capitol hill, this is 20 minutes. >> student loan debt is an emergency in america now and this week the democrats have introduced the reef financing act to can help young men and women who are struggling. right now there is one point to chile in dollars in outstanding student loan debt. 40 million americans are dealing with student loan debt. today it is causing young people not to be able to save up money to buy a home or to be able to start small businesses or make the purchases the move this economy forward. consumer financial protection bureau, the department of the treas

position and two presidents at odds far enough at all events while they succeeded the host francoise hollande had to die and really hard to make sure barack obama and vladimir putin didn't bump into each other. but they did courtesy of french t.v. operators who positioned them on split screen so let the world enjoy the meets but eloquence interchange welcomed by everybody's applause and laughter no handshake between the british prime minister and the russian leader an obvious breach of diplomatic advocates everyone spotted the good news though they did amend that after the meeting but off camera. lots of mainstream media chose this particular image reveling in the gulf that's opened up between the world leaders and the defiance russian presidents but if the plan was indeed to isolate mr putin it failed miserably by the end of the day not only did he have a word with barack obama their first personal encounter since the beginning of the crisis in ukraine but he also talked to the country's new president petro poroshenko they all show the unit seaworthy of the d.-day commemorations that the blo