celebrating the contrasting wedding traditions in different european countries today we're off to italy sicily to be precise and it's perhaps no surprise that sicilian weddings a big in this case one with over 200 guests what is unusual about this wedding is the bearer of the rings not a normal tradition by the way and one thing of course that you come predict to the wedding is the weather. dark clouds cast a shadow over what should be the happiest day in a person's life. heavy rain puts paid to the dream of an open air wedding the couple live in the town of back area near the syrian capital palermo preparations for the wedding a well underway the couple's dog selma has a big role to play at the wedding she is to be the official ring bearer and needs to practice before the big day. amounting village near palermo is the place where simona and gaetano have chosen to exchange their founders the grounds of this palace are the venue for the open air ceremony. but suddenly the heavens open. cell the entire proceedings have to be moved into the entrance hall of the palace instead. thank. our is the m

mentioned the first divisionee -- infantry and they had seen action in africa and other places and italy, sicily. there was an attempt on d-day to give the first infantry division that section of omaha beach because the other section went to the 29th infantry who were the national guard and they were untested in battle. the first infantry what was going to happen within reason whereas the 29th when they haved, they really didn't a field for combat. how important it is it for young soldiers, teenagers to be thrown into war who feel invincible? it is a complex question. you wanted them to have some sense of what it is they are getting themselves into so they are not shocked. i do not care how much combat you have seen, you land on omaha beach, that first 22 minutes gave you intensity of the combat. you want them to have some sense of what they are getting into. you do not want them to be paralyzed with anxiety. you know, some part of every 19-year-old believes he is immortal. i think that is a useful trait. in a9th division had been and virginia and district of columbia. they are relatively greenl

soldiers had landed inconsistently, conquered physically and were also on the shores of southern italy -- had sicily,n conquered it, and were on the shores of southern italy. so we come to the book that is being launched tonight, volume iii. i can reveal that my editor was somewhat surprised at the title. he thought it had been used before. [laughter] hamilton: welcome a yes, but a long time ago! and nobody else had thought to use it since. [laughter] mr. hamilton: i thought it was pretty appropriate, "war and peace." volume also begins with a voyage, a journey. fdr sailing on a new american battleship, the uss iowa with his chiefs of staff to north africa. i am looking at a picture that is very small, but i think you can see general marshall, admiral leahy, and admiral king . they are going to north africa because they were going to go on there, once again, he is going to meet with his opposite number, the prime minister of britain, winston churchill. but before he gets to cairo he wants to make quite certain that he has a chance to talk with the american commander-in-chief, allied commander-in-chi

the only place to escape to at the moment is the south of italy, naples, or sicily, which are a bit coolernment is going to issue a red alert for a number of cities including rome for tomorrow and for friday, essentially telling people what they should probably already know, stay indoors away from the sun during the day. 0rdinary italians know this. they go through this kind of temperature in july and they go through this kind of temperature injuly and august every year. so they stay indoors, but rather bedraggled a red face and terrorists do not have that privilege of staying indoors, they have to see the sights so up and down the go. —— lb tours. a warning to them, if they are tempted to jump into the fountains of rome into the fountains, they might risk a defiant of several hundred euros. they will have to find different ways to cool off in the hot weather has been useful for one set of people here in italy. in the last few days, sales of ice creams have gone up by 23%. —— a red face tourists. i never neededin —— a red face tourists. i never needed in its use for italian ice cream. high

coordinated the invasions of both sicily and italy. it is clear now in hindsight what a brilliant decision that was. ike as he was universally known had never led troops in combat, it had been a great disappointment to him in the first world war instead of going to france he was a militant here in gettysburg training tank units. i hope this slide comes up because this is such a cool photograph. isn't that great? look how young ike is in this photo. of course what is there to say about macarthur's --? i'm at a loss for words. i don't think this is a look that is coming back though. being macarthur's aid turned out i think to be a particularly useful preparation for the job of supreme allied commander. macarthur liked to have yes men around him and ike was not a yes-man. he had to learn how to be a loyal member of the team while also remaining true to his principles. that is a delicate balancing act. it prepared him to deal with the likes of roosevelt and churchill as well as brooke and marshall not to mention the french and monty. the k

he put up with monty all the way through sicily, africa, and italy. that brought him to the big decision, which was d-day. this is phenomenal when you think back to the giant armada and what a narrow window they had. he made that decision, send those people in, and he hated the thought that a lot of them were going to die. he was touched by that. some military officers are not. general patton in africa told his soldiers, the point of all this is to kill them before they kill you. he had a different attitude toward war. he was a terrific officer on the offense. ike made that decision. he kept the allies together and he kept the british working together with the americans through all of that time and the difficult time that followed the invasion. now, by this time, he was committed to the concept of unity. unity in war, unity in peace. he thought in a general sense that that is how you achieve things. that had an impact when he went to the chief of staff, went back to washington, became chief of staff of the army. he was upset. enormously upset. this ca

sicily, salerno, anzio. divisions like the fighting 36th brawled their way through italy, fighting through the mud for months, marching through towns past waving children before opening the gates to rome. as the "dogfaces" marched to victory in europe, the devil dogs -- the marines -- clawed their way from island to island in the pacific, in some of the war's fiercest fighting. and back home, an army of women -- including my grandmother -- rolled up their sleeves to help build a mighty arsenal of democracy. but it was here, on these shores, that the tide was turned in that common struggle for freedom. what more powerful manifestation of america's commitment to human freedom than the sight of wave after wave after wave of young men boarding those boats to liberate people they had never met? we say it now as if it couldn't be any other way. but in the annals of history, the world had never seen anything like it. and when the war was won, we claimed no spoils of victory -- we helped europe rebuild. we claimed no land other than the earth where we buried those who gave their lives under our flag and where we sta

they were in sicily, italy, and here at d—day and in the normandy campaign and through to belgium ande rightly, but it was the start. i was in amsterdam last week at the resista nce i was in amsterdam last week at the resistance museum there. there was a scrapbook that somebody in hiding in amsterdam during the war had made. they had written down d—day, finally we are going to be liberated. and it still took months. eight months i think in the case of the netherlands, for full liberation to occur. you have to remember that germany was not throwing in the towel. it had long reached a point where it would not win the war but it was an incredibly difficult battle. you had fanatical soldiers, highly disciplined soldiers, soldiers who did not want to be there but would be shocked if they turned away, and they had decent weapons, making them a formidable enemy. it was hard scrapping all the way. one has to think about but we we re way. one has to think about but we were in afghanistan for 14 years with the most modern weaponry the world has known and we couldn't com pletely world has known

sicily, salerno, anzio. divisions like the fighting 36th brawled their way through italy, fighting through the mud for months, marching through towns past waving children before opening the gates to rome. as the "dogfaces" marched to victory in europe, the devil dogs -- the marines -- clawed their way from island to island in the pacific, in some of the war's fiercest fighting. and back home, an army of women -- including my grandmother -- rolled up their sleeves to help build a mighty arsenal of democracy. but it was here, on these shores, that the tide was turned in that common struggle for freedom. what more powerful manifestation of america's commitment to human freedom than the sight of wave after wave after wave of young men boarding those boats to liberate people they had never met? we say it now as if it couldn't be any other way. but in the annals of history, the world had never seen anything like it. and when the war was won, we claimed no spoils of victory -- we helped europe rebuild. we claimed no land other than the earth where we buried those who gave their lives under our flag and where we sta

end of the american soldiers had landed in sicily, concord sicily, and are red sicily and are on the shores of southern italy. surrenderedrmy has to general eisenhower in north africa. book thatcome to the is being launched tonight. volume three. reveal that my editor was somewhat surprised at the title. usedought it had been before. but a long time ago. nobody else thought to use it since. it was pretty appropriate. this third volume also begins with a voyage, a journey. fdi failing on a new american battleship. staff, tohief of north africa. picture thatat a is very small, but i think that you can see general marshall. they are going to north africa because they are preparing to go on to cairo. once again, he is going to meet with his opposite number, the prime minister of britain, winston churchville -- churchville. churchill. before he gets to cairo, he wants to make quite certain that he has a chance to talk with the american commander in chief, the allied commander-in-chief, in the mediterranean. young dwight david eisenhower. he is anxious. there are quite a number of photographs from that period. his

southern italian island of sicily said rick had been put under investigation under recently bolstered laws that seek to prevent rescue ships from disembarking migrants in italy and there was little sympathy from the italian government for the migrants plight. crew and commander that must be stopped arrested and expelled. expect the european union to tell me where and when these 40 people will go and for me the question ends in 2 minutes. despite italian hostility the country's interior ministry announced that a deal was imminent with 5 countries germany france finland luxembourg and portugal having offered to share the hosting of the migrants see watch 3 and a ship run by the spanish in arms n g u n only to privately run vessels patrolling the mediterranean after the italian and maltese governments introduced strict immigration policies last year these n.g.o.s could be on a collision course with those governments which like its a lease refused to a low privately run rescue ships to dock but for the dozens of migrants still in barking on potentially deadly journeys across the mediterranean every day the ship's presence could prove the difference between life

sicily specialized farms produce excellent quality snails thanks to a perfect climate and just the right soil agricultural association called it he estimates 44000 tonnes of live and preserved snails are produced annually in italy an industry now worth more than 200000000 euros. used to be all about guest report guess trami but production has more than tripled in italy over the past 2 decades as demand grows for snail caviar and slime. although the ancient greeks knew the health benefits of snail slime it was only rediscovered in the 1980 s. chilean snail farmers noticed how soft the skin on their hands had become and that cuts and scars healed quickly although some people would prefer just to eat the snails research has shown that snails live is rich in vitamins proteins and substances such as college and a less than popular ingredients in cosmetics in the past the snails were killed with salt for a mucous but these days more humane methods are used. and that's it for me in the business i'm seeing visible and it's watching. the for. the. home for information. the pain and suffering want to express a d.w.i. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. what secrets lie behind the small. find out in

southern italian island of sicily said it had been put under investigation under recently bolstered laws that seek to prevent rescue ships from disembarking migrants in italy there was little simply from the italian government for the migrants' plight. "this is an outlaw crew and outlaw commented that must be stopped from arrested, and expelled. i the european union to tell me where these people will go, and for me the question ends in two minutes." despite italian hostility, the countries interior ministry announced a deal was imminent with germany, finland, luxembourg, and portugal having offered to show the hosting of the migrants. sea watch 3 and a shiver run by the open arms ngo are the only privately run vessels patrolling the mediterranean after the italian and multis governments introduce stricter anti-immigration policies last year. these ngos could be on a collision course with governments which like italy's refused to allow privately run messages to drop. but for dozens of migrants embarking on potentially deadly journeys across the mediterranean every day, the ship's presence could mean the difference between life and death. should a deal be st

sicily specialized farms produce excellent quality snails thanks to a perfect climate and just the right soil agricultural association called it he estimates 44000 tonnes of live and preserved snails are produced annually in italy an industry now worth more than 200000000 euros. and used to be all about guest report guess trami but production has more than tripled in italy over the past 2 decades as demand grows for snail caviar and slime although the ancient greeks knew the health benefits of snail slime it was only rediscovered in the 1980 s. chilean snail farmers noticed how soft the skin on their hands had become and that cuts and scars healed quickly although some people would prefer just to eat the snails research has shown that snails live is rich in vitamins proteins and substances such as college and elastin popular ingredients in cosmetics in the past the snails were killed with salt for the mucus but these days more humane methods are used. and that's it for me in the business i'm seeing there's a blank let's watch a. little night is the coffee bomb from the amazon just kind of lets its name to brazil's most populous soldiery now it's grown on a known scale with loss of cabin coals. in islam is commo

he started thought north africa, sicily and wounded in italy.not get an opportunity to participate in the invasion of europe. but, three of the units that i served in in the united states army, the first infantry division, and also a paratrooper we can trace our legacy back d-day and pararoomer. it's incredible to meet those men. katie: considerable, cacolonel k about the importance of commemorating this event. quickly because we have a little bit of time. >> those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it. we need to teach our kids consistently and let them know what men and women have done. brian: thank you and for your families. thank you so much. we will continue the coverage of all these ceremonial remembrances as the 75th anniversary of d-day. "fox & friends." we see two travelers so at a comfort innal with a glow around them, so people watching will be like, "wow, maybe i'll glow too if i book direct at choicehotels.com". who glows? just say, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com be go[ laughing ] gone. woo hoo.

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