point to advance out of normandy. it is also an inlet port to help you logistics, to land supplies and people and whatever else. british general montgomery, 21st army group commander, had hoped the first day on after d-day -- he wouldn't deny this later in life, quite disingenuously. instead, it takes about a month because they are facing some of the toughest units in the entire german army. one example -- the canadian third division will ultimately end up in a blood feud with the affirmation 12th ss panzer division, a hitler youth division. fanatical 16, 17, 18 you'll the lanai of the hitler youth russiane hardline veterans -- fanatical 16, 17, alumni of the hitler youth. shoot the they prisoners almost out of hand as they head down on the eastern front at times. eventually, they collect them, and one by one execute them. at least 25 of them are killed in the garden of the abbey, and you can go this day and visited and see the memorial marker to the canadians who were killed there. the canadian third division then wi

today we honor all the veterans of normandy. and all their comrades who never left. on this day in 1944, president franklin roosevelt addressed the american people, not with a speech but with a prayer. he prayed that god would bless america's sons and lead them straight and true. he continued, they will need thy blessings. they will be sore, tired by night and by day without rest until victory is won. the darkness will be filled with noise and pain. men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war. as americans prayed along more than 12,000 allied aircraft and about 5,000 naval vessels were carrying out general eisenhower's order of the day. in this massive undertaking, there was a plan for everything. except for failure. eisenhower said this operation is planned as a victory and that's the way it is going to e be. they had waited for one break in the weather and then it came. men were sent in by parachute and by glider. and on this side of the channel through binoculars and gun sites, german soldiers could see coming their way the greatest armada anyone had ever

normandy, this was democracy's beachhead. our victory in that war decided not just a century, but shaped the security and well-being of all posterity. we worked to turn old adversaries into new allies, we build new prosperity. we stood once more with the people of this continent through a long twilight struggle until finally a wall tumbled down and an iron curtain too, from south america to southeast asia, 70 years of democratic movement spread. on nations that once knew only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessings of freedom. none of that would have happened without the men who were willing to lay down their lives for people they had never met, and ideals they couldn't live without. none it would have happened without the troops present roosevelt called the lifeblood of america, the hope of the wor world. at home, barely more than boy, returned home heroes. but to their great credit, that is not how this generation -- after the war, some put away their medals. were quiet about their service, moved on. 134 carrying

here in normandy, the rescue began. here the allies stood and fought against tyranny and a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history. we stand on a lonely wind-swept point on the northern shore of france. the air is soft but 40 years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon. at dawn on the morning of the 6th of june, 1944, 225 rangers jumped off the british landing craft and ran to the bottom of these cliffs. their mission was one of the most difficult and daring of the invasion. to climb these sheer and desolate cliffs and take out the enemy guns nepallies had been told some of the mightiest of these guns were here and they'd be trained on the beaches to stop the allied advance. the rangers looked up and saw the enemy soldiers at the edge of the cliff shooting down on them with machine guns and throwing grenades. and the american rangers began to climb. they shot rope ladders over the face of these cliffs and b

symonds, an anniversary in normandy, the 70th anniversary of d-day. a lot of dignitaries there to make the day special yesterday. why do you think 70 years later this date still resonates with the american public? >> well, first of all, i'm glad that it does. i think it's important to remember significant moments in american and even world history and particularly this one where the world changed so dramatically as a result of the sacrifice of those who invaded northern france in 1944. and i think the 70th is particularly moving. it's a lifetime. i mean, if you consider the biblical injunction that a man has three score years and ten, 70 years now have passed. generations now born obviously do not remember d-day, have no connection with it beyond perhaps those grainy old black and white images on late night television or a chapter in a history book, and not even the most recent chapter. so enough time has elapsed now that it would be easy i think, unfortunately easy, to let those memories slip, and i'm glad we're not doing that. i'm glad we're paying

there we see the river that separates normandy from brittany. this is a beautiful little island, and the building at the top is a monastery that was still intact, was not destroyed at all. here are some of the our gis looking over the sights of the monastery, being shown around by a woman guide. soon we met some of the other correspondents that we knew, here we see charles coalingwood, the gentleman on the right with helen kirkpatrick of "the chicago daily news" and joe liebling, the bald-headed chap, and wharton becker on the extreme left. liebling wrote many stories for "new yorker" and died not many years. this is charles collingwood and helen kirkpatrick of the chicago daily news. this is ernest hemingway. hemingway was cover for a magazine, and we met him at mount st. michelle. here he is talking with bill walton, who incidentally became a fast friend of president kennedy. these were just moments that we could take time out to rest. there's helen kirkpatrick and the man in the center is bill stringer he ways killed trying to get boo paris.

we continue our look at past presidential speeches in normandy. up next we hear from bill clinton on the 50th anniversary of d-day in june of 1994. >> general downing, mr. hathaway, honored leaders of our military, distinguished veterans and members of the armed services, family and friends, my fellow americans. we stand on sacred soil. 50 years ago at this place, a miracle of liberation began. on that morning, democracy's forces landed to end the enslavement of europe. around 7:00 a.m. unit colonel james early rutter, second ranger battalion united states army, led 224 men on to the beaches below and up these unforgiving cliffs. bullets and grenades came down upon them, but by a few minutes after 7:00, here, exactly here, the first rangers stood. today, let us ask those american heroes to stand again. corporal ken barringman who sits here to my right was one of them. he had just celebrated his 20th birthday out in the channel. a young man like all the rest of them, cold and wet, far from home, preparing for the challenge of his life. ken bargman

symonds, an anniversary in normandy, the 70th anniversary of d-day. a lot of dignitaries there to make the day special yesterday. why do you think 70 years later this date still resonates with the american public? >> well, first of all, i'm glad that it does. i think it's important to remember significant moments in american and even world history and particularly this one where the world changed so dramatically as a result of the sacrifice of those who invaded northern france in 1944. and i think the 70th is particularly moving. it's a lifetime. i mean, if you consider the biblical injunction that a man has three score years and ten,

coming up next, timothy rives talks about the night isenhour decided to invade the coast of normandy, who was there? what time was it? mr. rives answers that this question is very hard to answer. this program is 30 minutes. >> thank you, carl. i want to talk with you this morning about an elusive d-day mystery that persists despite the millions of words written about the allied invasion about normandy, june 6, 1944. what did general dwight d. eisenhower say when he gave the final order to launch the attack? it's puzzling to me, anyway, that perhaps the most important decision of the 20th century did not bequeath to history and posterity a quote to mark the occasion, something to live up to the magnitude of ike's decision. something iconic like macarthur's vow to the people of the philippines, i shall return. the stakes of the invasion certainly merited verbal splendor, if not eloquence, if the the overlord operation had failed the allies might never have won the war and yet eyewitnesses to eisenhower's great moment of decisions could not agree on what he said and as for eisenhower he

symonds, an anniversary in normandy, the 70th anniversary of d-day. a lot of dignitaries there to make the day special yesterday. why do you think 70 years later this date still resonates with

this appeared on bookshelves four days after we landed on normandy. so we were pretty quick. milton assured ike that the davis book will have real historical information. ike will have call ms with the soldier of democracy. he thought davis overemphasized but he approved the secretary's recommendation of the work who wanted to know what your thoughts were at 4:00 a.m. when you had to make the great decision. additionally, while eisenhower made 250 annotations he did not comment on davis' version of his d-day words. another wartime writer of the bbc reports, ok, we'll go in the struggle for europe that came out in 1952. wilmont interviewed him twice and he submitted his questions to the general before the 1945 interview, which we have here in the library. question three asks specifically for the details of the june 5 meeting. lichenlike ken kenneth davis had no evidence of his quote. his version was confirmed by eisenhower, which we watched a few moments ago. an anniversary special filmed in july and august of 1963 that aired on june 6, 1954 that was on a saturday night. walte

we went and interviewed everybody on the normandy, we accounted for all the missiles on the normandy.hey were out of range of twa flight 800. but we had to run all these things to ground. >> the two theories are that there were a bomb on board or a missile from the outside. on the missiles from the outside, missiled when they take down airplanes will do it in two ways. one is they can come slamming into the airplane which is very difficult to do. the other is they explode nearby the airplane. so in either event, you're going to have holes from outside going inside the airplane. i went over every inch of that airplane looking for those holes and i did not find any holes. i looked for all i was worth. >> we had at least three radars that saw this event. some initial reports that evening showed some anomalies on one of the radars that was mistaken by someone from the faa as a missile hitting the plane. and later on, it was determined to be some sort of electrical interference that happens all the time. but sure, the radars were critically important. >> the fbi hung on to every bit of the

all resolved on normandy. airplanes would land on the dpround. tides had a good range.five miles of unblooded sand, the course would be sailed by armored nations. now our people bent to the construction of a steel array and took the builders hammer in their hands. seemed as though the sun stood still full of range and power through the air the sphere of war. this is our people's story in their words. >> i suppose if the battle of the north atlantic hadn't gone right, things might have been considerably different. it's an ugly time for all of us. naval escort, air patrol, i guess i had my share of bad luck. i lost three ships and some good friends. >> i remember reading somewhere that when a sea gull comes down on a patch of oil its feathers stick together and can't get off the water again. there must have been a lot of dead sea gulls around the north atlantic. >> of course, we only saw it happening on the map. yet it was, well, quite real. when i started there, those markers we used might have been toys out of a children's game. soon they were ships carrying cargo and w

deputy director of the museum, timothy rives talks about the night eisenhower decided to invade normandy. mr. rives argues these questions are very hard to answer. this program is 30 minutes. >> thank you, carl. i want to talk with you this morning about an elusive d-day mystery that persists despite the millions of words written about the allied invasion of normandy on june 6, 1944. what did general dwight d eisenhower say when he gave the final order to launch the attack? it's puzzling to me that perhaps the most important decision of the 20th century did not -- to history, to pose perrity a memorable quote to mark the occasion, something to live up to the magnitude of ike's decision, something iconic like general douglas mcarthur's vow to the people of the philippines, i shall return. the steaks of the invasion merited verbal splendor. if the operation had failed the allies might never have won the war. and yet eyewitnesses to eisenhower great moment of decision could not agree on what he said. he could not even agree with himself. he related five versions of his fateful words to jour

when the allies invaded the french coast at normandy in june 1944, he went along. his influence just grew and grew. understand, this is happening over two years. when he said in the column that he thought soldiers serving in combat ought to get extra pay, congress passed a law that said the combat forces should get extra pay. when he said combat forces should get an extra stripe on their sleeve, congress followed through and did so. so, this fellow had enormous reach. he was the one filtering the war for the american public, more than any other reporter. many reporters started to imitate pyle. his style started to spread. he was the one forming the popular impression of what the war was like. here was the question. what was he telling them? what was the image of world war ii that the american public got through ernie's odds? i want to read a few passages. ernie's writing went through phases in the war. what he developed toward was writing a kind of popular mythology of the american g.i. as a new sort of hero. not the dashing hero of 19th century wars, not the soldi

i had taken people up to the point of our invasion of normandy. what the preparations were likely homefront, what went on. as the u.s. army pressed deeper into europe, as we heard earlier, things began to change significantly. the work of chaplains changed in that they were constantly on call to be near wounded and dying men. there were over 400,000 killed in action in world war ii. this is an enormous effort on the part of chaplains to be with the dying, to oversee the burying of the dying and the care for the wounded. let me give you a glimpse of a couple of these incidents that alivelp it, life -- come as if it is a glimpse into the past. there is a chaplain i was able to have a conversation with once, and i did read his autobiography which sold better than a lot of them. he is now deceased and in glory. cosby servedon with the hundred first airborne division. chaplain cosby jumped. he had several combat jumps with the 101st. when it was in bastogne and , theunded by the germans germans were shelling and it looked like the place might 101stthe

navy had a ship that was in the area, the uss normandy that did have surface to air missiles on it and had just been loaded on earlier that day. >> the uss normandy had a crew of over 400 people and interviewed everybody and accounted for everybody. the missiles were out of range of twa flight 800 but we had to run these things to the ground. >> the two theories, there was a bomb on board or event like a missile from the outside. on the missiles from the outside, missiles when they take down airplanes will do it in two ways, one is they can come slamming into the airplane, which is very difficult to do, the other is they explode nearby the airplane. in either event, you have holes from outside going inside the airplane. i went over every inch of the airplane looking over the holes and didn't find holes. i looked for all i was worth. >> we had at least three radars that saw this event and some initial reports that evening showed some anomalies on a radar that was mistaken by someone by the faa as a missile hitting the plane and later on, it was determined to be sop sort of electrical in

the founder of minuteman is operating operation normandy. for those risking it all and making the dangerous journey, it's about changing their lives. >> if you were born over there, your life is going to be different. you e going to work. go to a nice high school, a nice college, you know. i don't think we are taking their money or jobs. >> it's really an american thing. you can make money and live better. >> after meeting about this crisis, texas governor, rick perry sent a follow up letter to the president reiterating the press to take immediate action and discuss the influx of up coming children. >>> iraq under attack. the united nations saying nuclear material seized by isis when it took over mosul, iraq is low grade. it does not face a nuclear proliferation risk. they said it could enable terrorists to carry out attacks if they had more expertise or used in combination of other materials. isis took 40 grams of you rain yum. >>> a special ops team that could have saved those in benghazi. the military officer who issued it. the team helpe

. >> se llama operaciÓn normandie, es reclutar 3500 personas para desplegar a lo largo de la fronteratrulla fronteriza. fue un defensor de los inmigrantes. espera que no haya enfrentamientos. >> no queremos violencia, hay que sentarnos en una mesa y dialogar. yo les pido porque no es bueno para el paÍs. >> aunque dice que no saben si viajarÁn a la frontera para asegurarse que no abusen de los inmigrantes. surgiÓ en el aÑo 2005 con la finalidad de proteger la frontera segÚn sus miembros de invasores. su promotor dice si depende de Él brindarÍa alimento, ropa y medicina, pero despuÉs.... (habla en inglÉs) >> ordenarÍa su repatriaciÓn a un lugar seguro en su paÍs natal. asegura que usan los niÑos como excusa para quedarse en los estados unidos. niega ser racista. (habla en inglÉs) >> dos de mis tres nietos son mexico- estadounidense. critica a quienes obstaculizan el paso de los inmigrantes. >> pero el activismos se basa en argumentos equivocados. >> miedo, temor de algo. gente diferente. es tambiÉn racismo. >> un portavoz de la patrulla fronteriza nos dijo que no escucharon nada acerca

to our reaching the beaches of normandy. they put it in these terms. they voted if are the 2002 and 2008 law that said protect. when they there were calmer times, level-headed people thinking about the issue. we put the children's interests first. >> maryland's governor and potential 2016 contender martin o'malley is on record. telling reporters that the national governor's meeting, quote, we're not a country that should send children away and send them back to certain death. i believe we should be guided by the greatest power we have as a people and it's the power of our principles. that puts into the left of potential 2016 frontrunner hillary clinton who said last month the u.s. must, quote, send a clear message because your child gets across the border doesn't mean your child gets to stay. unlike clinton, o'malley has been outspoken about his run in 2016. he's been testing his message in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. he's scheduled to visit nebraska later this month and mississippi next month. >>> on the other side, the republican primary

overestimating and endlessly meddling down to small details like how many typewriters should be taken to normandyfter d-day? after the death in 1976 i began a stint as montgomery's biographer. focusing largely on world war ii and to my surprise he was prone to exaggerates i found a skepticism about churchill and commander in chief was seconded by the historical evidence i found a and the many hundreds of interviews i conducted in britain and here in the united states. which when i decided four years ago to make churchill's portrait as a hands-off accommodating uncle sam, when i decided to address churchill's portrait&6ñ , with a little skepticism i move to the united states in 1988 and put military history aside to concentrate on presidential history and biography. only years later after writing a number of books about president kennedy and clinton that i began the history of chief executives. and when researching that network i became rector of the book of commander in chief and decided i had to write one. the mantle of command is the first part of the result. what does "the mantle of command" t

the first of the byin bying on s appeared on bookshelves four days after we landed on normandy.nlike the efforts of hatch and miller, the davis book promised to one of real value and have real historical information. although ike would have qualms with soldier of democracy, he thought davis over emphasized class conflict. he approved his secretary's recommendation of the work to a man who had been quoting wanted to know what your thoughts were at 4:00 a.m. on that day when you had to make the great decision. additionally while eisenhower made 250 annotations in his copy of the davis biography he does not comment on davis' version of his d-day words. another war time writer reports okay, we'll go. in the struggle for europe, which came out in 1952, interviewed eisenhower twice, and again on october 16th, 1945. he submit his questions to the general before the 1945 interview, which we have in the archives ear at the library. question three asks specifically for the details of the june fifth meeting and perhaps he got them, but like kenneth davis, the interview notes, which are at

but it ain't normandy. you think you've got border troubles? >> isis terrorists control large parts of iraq and syria. >> isis seem to be inching ever closer to the iraqi capital. >> jon: isis, led by this al-baghdadi guy over there. he's knocked over the biggest bank in mosul in iraq, taken over oil field, he's bank rolling himself as the leader of the new in the time of mohammad fundamentalist callie fact. everybody is waiting for this dude to slip up, but he has not. >> this image appears to show al-baghdadi wearing a $7,000 rolex or omega time piece. [laughter] >> jon: okay. that's kind of a [bleeped]. that... although, in his defense, whenever you're taking your followers that far back in time, you want to keep track of it in style. of course, isis is a new middle east catastrophe. don't worry. the area is not pulling catastrophe classics off the shelves just yet. >> tonight, israeli tanks are positioned outside the entrances of gaza, awaiting orders to invade as the aerial bombardments from both sides continued. >> jon: taste great, more

coming up next, timothy reeves talks about the night that eisenhower decided to invade the coast of normandy. what did he say? who was there? what time was it? mr. reeves argue these questions are very hard to answer. is

the brits, americans and other who landed in normandy 70 years ago did so to combat a clear unified state-based anniversary. the next two generations face similarly ugly threat. today, it's far more fragmented and complex. not only nation states but also terrorists, extremists, insurgents, all pose a threat to our national security. to deal with it, we need strong traditional military, and we're working to achieve that, as i have been trying to explain. we also need a subtle array of alternatives. we need hard power and soft power, we need intelligence, democracy, sanctions. we need development and military partnerships. nato is the world's preeminent alliance, but again, adapts to new realities as it has done over the last quarter century. i'm confident that come september, come the nato summit in south wales, world leaders will be able to show that nato remains strong, united, ready to meet and defeat any threat. as we continue to adapt, we could do a lot worse than bear in mind the important words of abraham lincoln who wrote 150 years ago the struggle today is not all together of today. it'

then a look at george stevens documentary "the true glory" about the d-day invasion of normandy. followed by a film on the battle of midway from filmmaker john ford. later john houston's film on the 1943 battle fought in italy. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. in the first of a five part look at hollywood directors who made films for the u.s. government during world war ii, we feature frank capra who made and supervised dozens of films during the war including the "why we fight" series. up next the 14 minute "your job in germany." a training film for troops occupying the defeated nation. later we'll show you a four minute animated "private snafu" training film. but first we talked to journalist and film historian mark harris. >> the book is titled "five came back: a story of hollywood" and the "second world war" and joining us from new york on american history tv is author mark hard rays. thanks very much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> as you put together this book and we'll se

clouds around, temperatures below or above normandie pending on where you are.places like san francisco, oakland may be. >> ier but inland is cooler. mild start green there. temperatures above where you should be for tomorrow morning. low to mid-60s tomorrow afternoon, 79 in san jose and humid. 73 oakland. 85 in livermore. about the same as today. accu-weather forecast with drier air mass, then getting hot. low 70s along the coastline. comfortable there. our micro climates will be back >> great news from the san francisco aids walk. the walkers including this fun group helped raise $2.3 million. >> we had a team out and check it out when you have a moment. >> the world's bulldog: it's true! i am a bundle of talent! but my friends are learning skills that can change a life. that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to help train dogs like suzie to engage students in schools and special education classes. while ginger visits folks in the hospital offering quiet comfort. with your help, we can do even more! make a donation at mattressdiscounte

coming up next, timothy rives talks about the night isenhour decided to invade the coast of normandy, who was there? what time was it? mr. rives answers that this question is very hard to answer. this program is 30 minutes. >> thank you, carl. i want to talk with you this morning about an elusive d-day mystery that persists despite the millions of words written about the allied invasion about

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we have the occasion when we commemorated the award at the beginning of of normandy. reaffirm our will to have a strong partnership with the united states. now it is becoming a diplomatic -- we have very strong ties with americans. we can work out good solutions even in industry to reinforce this message. >> thank you for coming. thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> "political capital this week on -- this week on "political capital ." the latest recall. the supreme court takes on obamacare. and we debate the xm bank and immigration. andhe ex-im bank immigration. we begin the program with former deputy secretary of defense paul wolfowitz. thank you for being with us. all the elements of a failed state, politically, militari

have turned conservative politician ronald reagan and a famous presidential visit to the beaches of normandy in 1984 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the d-day landings, spoke movingly of the struggles and actually initiated the greatest generation phenomenon. however, contrary to appearances and one of the reagan spoke of the generation, his own generation, he was speaking not to cultivate, but too limited. every deterrent to undo the democratic achievement of his own generation, reagan didn't just echo the right to have a fifth freedom, he sought to expunge the ideals of freedom from want and freedom from fear altogether. even to the last in his farewell address, after recalling a celebrated two norm in the memory and the teaching of american history, reagan told the nation. he audaciously said, quote, americans need to your that america is freedom. freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. an amazing feat, right? an essay explaining interests you, reagan could have never spoken as he did. he could not even become president opposing he opposed it not already forg

. >> this is normandy beach of our fathers. >> with more buses coming today, the counter protests. >>the people of escondido and muir yetta afraid of? 9-year-olds? >> we'll bring you the latest on the ongoing crisis on the border. then, east jerusalem, this time a palestine ab ductsed and killed. >> we were on the other side with the palestinians.

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all resolved on normandy. airplanes would land on the dpround. tides had a good range.f unblooded sand, the course would be sailed by armored nations. now our people bent to the construction of a steel array and took the builders hammer in their hands. seemed as though the sun stood still full of range and power through the air the sphere of war. this is our people's story in their words. >> i suppose if the battle of the north atlantic hadn't gone right, things might have been considerably different. it's an ugly time for all of us. naval escort, air patrol, i guess i had my share of bad luck. i lost three ships and some good friends. >> i remember reading somewhere that when a sea gull comes down on a patch of oil its feathers stick together and can't get off the water again. there must have been a lot of dead sea gulls around the north atlantic. >> of course, we only saw it happening on the map. yet it was, well, quite real. when i started there, those markers we used might have been toys out of a children's game. soon they were ships carrying cargo and weapons and s

american forces were embroiled in heavy fighting around a french town as they battled to break out of a normandy breach head. those landings involved 175,000 british service men fighting across their u.s. comrades. the brits and americans joined by canadians, new zu laealandez dutch, it was a partnership to defeat fascism. after the war britain were instrumental in the creation of nato which has proved vital in facing down soviet aggression. the fall of the berlin wall 25 years ago as i was saying this november marked the beginning of soef yoet d. britain and america have come together again and again to lead coalitions in national security. as we did on land in the balkans and the sea of the horn of africa and the skies over libya. the september 11 attacks sparked the alliances longest mission to date in afghanistan and throughout nato's military operations, british and u.s. personnel made up the two largest contingents fighting in afghanistan. today we face fresh challenges. the contours of the conflict in gaza are depressingly familiar. it doesn't lessen the urgency of finding a resolution. o

korean war veteran richard garr who fought in some of the greatest battles, including the storming of normandyoud of his country, you know: >> the parade is one of the festivities. there is a 5k, auto show, fireworks display and street fair. the town has amazing history. this behind me is one of the stone houses built in the early 1800's. in this one in particular, the wright brothers great-uncle lived. amazing history in centreville, ohio, one of the best places to celebrate the 4th of july. >> maria loved the truck. that was incredible. great stuff. maria molina going to be on fox news all day in centreville, ohio. >> thanks to mr. garr and all the veterans today. >>> a fox news alert taking a direct hit from hurricane arthur in north carolina. >> if you are not getting your mail maybe because this is your delivery guy, caught tossing packages into the bushes. ♪ ♪ >>> proud american pictures with us all morning long here on this 4th of july. christine tweeted this one. it is a picture, she says, my son and i at paris island with daughter, a u.s. marine. >> stephanie sending this photo. it is

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