win, inif you can normandy -- if he can win in normandy, it will be six months to one year before they can restart the second. -- restart this again. i take my 60 divisions and move them across europe and stabilize the front across the russians and try to come to some sort of settlement where germany maintains the area it has conquered. he is not thinking in terms of total victory. he is thinking he has to defeat the british at normandy. if they can do that, they can stabilize the 60 divisions and there is still a good outcome for germany. that is his thinking at this point in time. that is why germany is important to rommel. for the germans take they have sake, theyrman's have to be successful. what does this mean for the americans? 1943, planning goes into the invasion. the normandy was selected because it was poorly defended in 1943. the invasion won't take place for another year, but it was selected in 1943. when it was selected, it was poorly defended. not only was it poorly defended, 716th infantry division. that division had a 50 mile front. at omaha beach, they had a couple bat

that is not what they did it normandy. if we were the british, the conducttended to operations based on the principle of surprise. they went in with stealth, under the cover of darkness. they were going in against the continent, so they had to have a different amphibious warfare doctrine. we had two different approaches. we have been u.s. navy and marine corps doctrine and the british amphibious warfare doctrine. what they tried to do at normandy was to merge that into an operational doctrine. what happened is ultimately neither one of these doctrines, bot doctrinesh that they had, the british doctrine were better than what they came up with. that is the thesis and that is the argument we want to make today. however, let's see if we can -- start this discussion. class?ere we last the strategic bombing campaign and where else? stalingrad. this is the full extension of germany. so, you see over here, and there is that vulga. we covered stalingrad the last class. notice, what are these areas in white? sweden and switzerland.

that is not what they did it normandy. if you work british, the british tended to conduct operations based on the principle of surprise. they went in with stealth. they went in under the cover of darkness. they were going in against the continent. they had have a different doctrine. we had two different approaches to this. they have the u.s. navy and marine corps doctrine him and you have the british amphibious warfare doctrine, and what they try to do it normandy was merged those into a single doctrine. is thatpened ultimately, neither one of these -- both stockton said they had, the british doctrine in american doctrine, or better than what they came up with. that is the thesis and the argument we want to make today. however, let's see if we can go ahead and start this discussion. where were we last class? the bombing campaign, and where else were we? stalingrad. this is the extension of germany. he sealed here -- you see over here? we covered stalingrad in the last class. the areas in white, sweden and switzerland. are

who stormed the beaches of normandy they shared their stories with us. they were some of the 160,000 troops who stormed the beaches of normandy 73 years ago today. it was the largest amphibious invasion. 13,000 ships, 5000 airplanes. men and women are being remembered and the living are being honored. the people who brought it shared some of the moments as the ramp came off the ship and they stormed the beaches. >> it was chaos. to the left flank of where i was supposed to. the 29thmy way back to division. people say, on memorial day, you think of comrades, but i think of them every single day. >> what was your job when you landed? >> to shoot as many germans as we could. kidd: they killed between 4000 and 9000 nazi soldiers, leading to the end of world war ii. adrianna: coming up, charges filed. facingl time two men are for their role in the deadly go ship warehouse fire in oakland. what were they thinking? the move that has harvard students packing their bags. let's get a check on traffic. you may want to avoid allentown road for the afternoon rush. ou

, france during world war ii. >> the normandy invasion, he was selected because of his poorly inended, for the defendant 1943. at most, at omaha beach it was called that -- they had a couple of italians. -- battalions. i year later when rommell is put in charge, a lot of the forces had been moved forward. a at 10:00 on real america, monthly film series on the activities of president lyndon johnson. >> he remarked one of the chief executive's most important jobs was attracting able intelligent public servants to washington. the month of june would see two major appointments, first the secretary of commerce and thurgood marshall as associate justice of the supreme court. at 6:30 eastern, george washington university history professor discusses the cold war competition between the u.s. and china to influence new independent african and asian countries. >> during the 1960's, the rivalry intensified. this is an important point where i think to many american policymakers chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. >> at 9:00,

kickstart the normandy format talks. that is shorthand for the countries that first met in russia,rance, germany, ukraine getting together again. emmanuel macron was very clear today. reiterating france will not recognize russia's annexation of crimea. he says he doesn't want to talk for the sake of talking. he wants concrete results and tangible progress. he wants progress. he's going to propose withdrawal of troops. he's going to propose that tangible results can be shown. >> he wants this format of talks to happen before the g 20 summit in early july. >> it's a tall order. he is trying to strike a pragmatic note. these talks are essentially in a stalemate right now. even as the conflict on the ground is still very much an ongoing firing across the demarcation line. to resolve that conflict have been dead in the water. he wants to convene this before the g 20. we are talking hamburg next week. it's a very tight time frame. the emphasis is to get everyone around the table. he was pretty tough with vladimir putin. we don

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a number of the heroes that stormed the beaches of normandy are being honored. in the crowd. we caught up with several of them and they shared the stories some of troops that stormed the beaches of normandy, 73 years ago today. now known as the greatest generation. the largest an fibs you invasion. 13,000 about the largest amphibious invasion. 13,000 ships. many are being remembered and the living are honored. president eisenhower took to the airways that morning and said, "the hour of your liberation is coming." the people who brought it shared some of the moments as the ramps came down off the ships. they stormed the beaches. >> that day is describable because of the chaos. nobody landed where they were supposed to. i landed far to the left plank of where i was supposed to. fought my way back to the 29th division. people say on memorial day and june 6 you think of your mom ra -- think of your comrades. that's not true. i think of them every day of my life. >> what was your job when you landed? >> to shoot as many germans as i can. >> those men killed between 4,000 and 9,000

isakson: i'm pleased to rise on the 73rd anniversary of the invasion of normandy and omaha beach for 156,000 brave americans who saved our freedom and liberty for the american people as well as all of europe, who put to an end the reign of adolf hitler and remind me every day as chairman of the veterans' committee why i'm here in the united states senate and that's to see to it that we take care of those who have taken care of us. somebody asked me this morning, was it coincidence that d-day was 73 years ago today? i said it's divine providence that we're on the floor today paying back those 156,000 who invaded those beaches to make the veterans administration a more favorable agency than it is today and i'm proud to lead part of the debate today along with senator tester, my ranking member on the committee and a dear friend on a bill i think is of great significance. of it's the veterans accountability act and whistle-blower protection act. the best quote was not one that i could come up with or i doubt jon could come up with. the best quote came up with by iraq and afghanistan vete

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, france during world war ii. >> the normandy invasion, it was selected because it was poorly defended, poorly dissented in 1943. at most at omaha beach, they had a couple of italians. that is when it was selected. a year later when ronald was put in charge of defenses, all those forces we talked about have been moved forward. >> at 10:00 eastern on real america, in 1967 monthly film series on the activities of president lyndon johnson. >> he remarked one of the chief executive's most important jobs is attracting able and talente public servans to washington. first, the secretary of commerce. and thurgood marshall, associate justice of the supreme court. >> sunday at 6:30 eastern, george washington university history professor greg burzynski talks about the cold war competition between the u.s. and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries. 1960's, thee rivalry intensified. this is an important point where i think to many american policymakers chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. buckland tal

they darken the skies over normandy. as they prepare to move in, 500 more ships lay down a barrage. droves move in aboard lcts and lsts and the end for hitler's dream of world conquest. >>> welcome to "morning joe." it's been called the longest day, june 6th, 1944. the united states and its allies storm across the english channel onto the beaches of normandy and up the cliffs of normandy to free a continent and save a civilization. good morning. it's june 6th, as i said. welcome to "morning joe." this also the day 49 years ago, willie, that bobby kennedy passed away. we are actually going to be talking about him throughout the morning. and also another big day, willie, d-day, sometimes in the household it might have been called d-day, but carly hofer was born today, and mika is with her daughter today celebrating that. so, three big events on this day. >> three historic events, yes. >> three historic events. we'll get jon meacham to weigh in. not on carly. that would be a little creepy. instead, jon, let's have you weigh

this is live look at the world war two memorial d-day marking 73 years since invasion of normandy. vet rapz will be on happened for wreath laying later this morning. >> developing in montgomery county search on for killer after deadly double shooting overnight. >> victims found inside a c car. >> good morning. >> and very little evidence left here opt scene except one thing let me show you just up by this mailbox here if you ok little bit of shattered glass here as montgomery county police and fire and rescue normally after a scene like this they wash down ever everything. right about where you see sort of that wet stain there in middle of the road that's where montgomery county sixth district police came pop the vehicle. they got a call when police adelivered was a blue long a. that's where they found the victims. they saw a door opened and shattered glass on side of road as investigators continued to looked in the car and process evidence. we don't have a ton of information from police. they are calling this a double homicide. early reports also that we got into the newsroom or t

france. >> the normandy invasion, normandy was selected because it was poorly extended -- defended. so at most, at omaha beach they had a couple of battalions. that is when it is selected. a year later, all of those forces, a lot of the forces have been moved forward. series0:00, a 1967 film on the activities of president lyndon johnson. >> he had often remarked that one of the chief executive's most important jobs was attracting public service to washington. the month of june with the two major appointment, alexander -- as secretary of commerce and thurgood marshall as supreme court justice. discussesg brezinski the cold war competition between influencend china, to newly independent countries. theuring the 1960's, rivalry intensified and this is an important point where i think so many american policymakers, chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become more worrisome than soviet activities. jeremy: at 9:00 p.m. -- p.m., talkingt about general mosby. >> a couple of times generally complained to stuart that -- general we complained that stewart was fighting into m

, france during world war ii. >> said normandy invasion, normandy was selected because it was poorly defended in 1943. , theyt, at omaha beach had a couple of battalions. that is when it was selected. a year letter when ronald is put in charge of defense, a lot of the forces we talked about have been moved forward. announcer: on railamerica, a america, ay -- reel 1967 monthly film series. >> attracting public servants to washington. the month of june would see two major appointments. first secretary of commerce and thurgood marshall as associate justice of the supreme court. announcer: sunday at 6:30, george washington university history professor discusses a cold war discussion in china to influence african and asian countries. >> during the 1960's, the rivalry intensified and this is an important point where i think too many american policymakers, chinese activities and asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. announcer: at 9:00, a historian talks about confederate colonel. >> a couple of different times, generally complained -- general lee compl

normandy. then they sent me to vietnam and i wrote in a helicopter and as i was going into the jungle, we landed in a clearing. i saw this file of men and as each man entered the jungle, they disappeared. i knew in that moment we were in something we had never been in before. so i wanted to try and learn about that. -- weed to go also dropped more bombs on vietnam then we dropped on all of europe in world war ii. i want to go to one of these villages. there is a lot of stuff i want to do. you know me. brian: how long do you think you will have to spend their? robert: i don't know. we stayed in the hill country until i could feel like i could write about the hill country. like everything with me, it takes longer than i thought. brian: how do you stay healthy? robert: how do i what? healthy?w do you stay i know you are a summer. lot of yes, i do a exercise. i swim a lot. i used to run a lot. my ankle gave out. in my house, i have an elliptical. i do a lot of exercises. much, ie have talked so thi

france during world war ii. >> normandy was selected because it was poorly defended.ch -- omaha beach, they had a couple of italians, a forces we, all of the just talked about had been moved forward. >> at 10:00 on real america, a 1967 monthly film series on the activities of president lyndon johnson. >> he had remarked that one of the chief executive's most important jobs is attracting able and talented public servants to washington. the month of june would see two major appointments, first, alexander trowbridge as secretary of commerce and thurgood marshall as associate justice of the supreme court. sunday at 6:30 eastern, george washington university history professor discusses the cold war competition between the u.s. and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries. >> during the 1960's, the sino u.s. rivalry intensified and this is an important point where i think, too many american policymakers, chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. >> at 9:00, a historian talks about con

greatest generation hopped off a hail of bullets going off to certain death in normandy and now they said need safe zone and participation trophies. >> i told my kids don't come home unless you have one 100%. no i'm kidding. of course. thank you for joining us coming up, the u.s. open is in full swing and the winner of the tournament could be a hole in one for your wallet. ♪i hope life treats you kind ♪and i hope you have all you've dreamed of♪ ♪and i wish you joy and happiness ♪but above all this i wish you love♪ ♪and i will always love you ♪i will always love you, i ♪i will always, i will always ♪love you predictions, gary, what's your prediction. >> i don't know who is going to win the u.s. open but i do know he is bound to be playing a titleist. the 20% by the end of the year. >> the new foreign-policy of cuba will help for foreign investment for a time. i think it's up 15% for the year >> jonah. >> talk about schools letting us down, 7% of americans think chocolate milk comes from bar brown cows. >> it comes from brown cows, how stupid can they be. that can't be true. >> some ar

more than 425,000 allied and german troops killed wounded or went missing during the battle of normandyident trump. the county is considering a are resolution to. the ands decision on the paris agreements the same agreement the you want says he will withdraw from. the plan signed a coalition to sign onto to the agreement. >> hurt on the jab a man doing electrical work if at a tesla plant in fremont. the man received an electric shock yesterday. rescue workers rushed him to the hospital in a helicopter where he is being treated for his burns. >> the search is is on tonight for hit-and-run driver in milpitas. milpitas say the woman was walking in the crosswalk and south main street when one driving a white car hit her. the car was going southbound to the mal. vrkts are asking for witnesses to come forward to help them find this driver. >>> gas a it was a sad day in pleasanton everyone day after retiring a beloved teacher died. a memorial forming at the entrance of the high school for long-term biology teacher eric thiel. he had wrapped up a 38 year teaching career. he retired last friday

battle and most news does that spec certain newspapers that they were on of the time before the normandy invasion. neil: adam, what do you think? >> there is a huge difference between the snowden leaks and the comey leaks. comey didn't put any intelligence officials in danger troops or anything, nothing about policy either. he was playing the sharp clinical games. neil: so you can delineate which is okay to leak? >> i'm saying that if you want to have a conversation about prosecuting people then, yes, we would have that conversation. neil: ben stein. >> this is the bottom line that trump didn't do anything wrong. they can make up all the links they want but he didn't do anything. he did not owe me order call me to stop the investigation, the bottom line is that these leaks are all bs. [inaudible conversations] this is a 25 -year-old woman and because she's not a fan of donald trump and getting anything and everything she could on him now they do delineate our separate. neil: she has evidence that she wanted to join a tele- man. by the way, she was out in the open. anyone who is around he

the heroes that stormed the beaches of normandy on that fateful day 73 years ago will never be forgotten. i had the honor of visiting this haloed ground -- hallowed ground over memorial day. while i was paying tribute to the brave soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice, an older frenchman approached me simply wanting to honor his liberators. he said that he just wanted to thank an american. he was 10 years old when d-day occurred and he will never forget how the united states of america came to his and so many others to aid in the liberation of europe from the nazi menace. s love for america and our g.i.'s speak volumes about the good will an exceptional character of our great nation. it's a privilege to offer my sincere tribute to the brave men who laid down their lives in the defense of those french and american shared convictions of liberty, equality, and fraternity. yield back. today i rise in recognition of one of arkansas' finest, staff sergeant robert dale vanfossen. november 22,1952, a douglas c-124-a globe master 2 took off from tacoma, washington, headed for an air force base

even if you break through in normandy, even with the massive casualties, civilian and military, what will our boys face in france? another western front, passion day? trench war fair. >> we have an air force, winston, self-propelled artillery. the age of pushing infantrymen forward on the front is over. >> i've seen a great many wars. some of them the last century. >> i beg your pardon. the war you're talking about was 30 years ago. i don't think you truly appreciate how much things have moved on. >> rose: what's interesting is you see the picture of f.d.r. behind churchill. >> yeah. >> rose: and churchill spent a considerable part of the early time in the '40s trying to get f.d.r. engaged. >> it's funny you said that, charlie, is that was my first link with winston. i did a thing called nuremberg, playing goÖring, and the thing e wanted to do next is the fdr-churchill relationship. >> rose: john meacham wrote a book about him, the friendship in the war and the famous story about churchill being caught naked walking in the hall, and he turned to franklin roosevelt and said, you know,

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. >>> awesome force of a thousand planes and fighters to drop m men -- darkening the skies over normandyf the air and cover the service forces as the troops pile in. they prepare to move in, 500 more ships lay down a withering barrage. troops move in aboard lcts and lsts. it's the beginning of the end for hitler's dreams for royal conquest. >> welcome to "morning joe." it's been called the longest day, june 6th, 1944, the united states and its allies storm across the english channel onto the beaches of normandy and up the cliffs of more nan difficult to free a continent and save a civilization. good morning, it's june 6th, as i said.

on june 6, 1941, 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy france essentially marking the beginning of the end of world war ii. a ceremony was held at the memorial in d.c. nearly 4500 americans were killed in the invasion. >>> also tonight, social media outrage helps capture the kids who mocked and punched a man with disabilities. now we learned who of the teens could be responsible for another attack. >>> you guys are booep [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> a profanity-laced tirade viewed more than 2 million times. now this local woman's behavior shedding a spotlight on the dangers of viral videos. >>> packed in, overheated and nowhere to go. the subway disaster that had riders trying to claw their way out. >>> three boys who police say appear in this video punching a mentally challenged man in the face are in police custody tonight. the video shows a group of boys surrounding the man and repeatedly sucker punching him in the head. this is a friend of the victim. he says the attack also hit him hard. >> it sends chills up my body and really hurts. he doesn't deserve it. he's a good

look, 73 years ago, was the invasion of normandy.e depended on absolute secrecy of operation overlord, so that people did not die as a result. now from 2010-2012, we have lost 20 spies and china. they have been executed. these have a debilitating effect. they may not happen today, harris, but they happen over time. in fact in a document, there is a designation there. the united kingdom, australia, new zealand, who are our partners in that. it may have come from one of our partners, and if this is getting leaked, and their neck to be sharing the information that we may rely on one day to stop an attack on our own soil. >> harris: you talk what history in world war ii. i mean, that is certainly a lesson to be learned from all this. i would have to guess that most americans, when they think about this administration, the trump administration, trying to make it example about leaker. most people are concerned about the actual leaks that are classified information in and around the white house. >> look, i can tell you from when i served a

on june 6th, 1944.. 160-thousand allied troops landed on the beaches of normandy, france to fight nazi germany. this was the beginning of the end of hitler's regime. nine-thousand allied soldiers were killed or wounded during the invasion. today, d-day veterans will place wreaths at the world war two memorial, in memory of those soldiers. coming up - breaking news in the war on terror. the new offensive, happening right now to take down isis. like when you head out today. lower humidity on this tuesday. another check of the forecast is next. over hereno!ver here! (dog barking) whoever threw it has to go get it. not me! somebody will get it... ♪ anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part. from the b-2 to the upcoming b-21, northrop grumman stealth bombers give america an advantage in a turbulent world. and we're looking for a few dreamers to join us. - fantastic friday - 90s sunday through early next week today: partly to mostly sunny. less humid. breezy. highs: 77-80 winds: nw 5-15 mph ton lows: 56

greatest generation, with d day ceremonies. 73 years ago today, 160 troops landed on the beaches of normandiewar ii. more than 9,000 allied soldiers were killed and wounded on june 6, 1944. it is always so amazing to see those men and women who were there then, and are here now. they are national treasures. >> no doubt, no doubt. and a a good day to honor them. >>> a little breezy, but a nice tomorrow, a different story. nothing heavy tomorrow, i want to emphasize, not talking about rain or thunderstorms, but pesky showers and drizzle. temps take a nose dive. i went 80 for a high, which seemed reasonable. northwest winds, dry air. we shall see how we did tonight at 11:00. a live look tonight. is that art? that's kind of cool, i like that. maybe pix lated camera, but it was art. i kind of like the pixelated part better. this saturday, we've got this stuff from chris. it's pups in the park. you can bring your pups to nats park for the game. it will be in the upper 80s, keep that in mind. if you can't get to the park, you can watch the game right here on channel 9. clouds are going to return lat

today marks 73 years since one of the most significant battles in military history, the invasion of normandy, france took place on june 6th, 1944, it was of turning point, 10,000 allied soldiers died. the event nicknamed d day, the general military term for the day a combat attack or operation begins. small ceremonies and moments of remembrance are being held along beaches an cliffs including only a small number of remaining survivors from that day. >>> 4:38 is the time right now, criminal charges in connection with december's ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland, the charges faced by two men. >>> warriors aren't happy with their two big wins, you are going to hear from the players and the coach who say the team would have lost game two if it had been played in cleveland. >>> live look now outside, if you are trying to hit the road this is highway 24, not a bad drive on the way to the tunnel. >>> fog is increasing, in fact it's merging together from north to south, south to north and the breeze has picked up as well. the beginning of a significant cooling trend. >>> welcome back, the warrior

in normandy? in front of stalingrad and in the streets of paris?as this the aftermath they envisioned? and so, the peoples of western europe pondered the new step and decided it was the only way. so they backed the atlantic pact. they saw there were worse things in war, and to avert war was to be prepared for it. and so, europe to the move toward defensive rearmament very calmy. in spite of all the threats when 's first supreme commander, dwight d. eisenhower, took his post, planned demonstrations came. in a temporary headquarters in paris, the military staff of the alliance began the task of building the continent. although they did not realize it, they were taking the first steps toward a western unity that was to extend far beyond the military. soldiers of many nations working together in peacetime for a common cause. the growth of nato's strength moved at pace with the programs of the master plan. progress mingled with the goods pouring into european ports, trading weapons and other armaments, goods for peace and goods to safeguard that piece,

space to see a crisis so the normandy formats with germany we've worked on progress in this issue to put into effect the main steel because there is an urgency to this because the context line is under threat and. the longer this develops more we need normalization of peace with russia. also spoken about bilateral ties between our countries. the peace. talks about the french companies in russia they remain the number one f.t. i country in russia. cultural and whole touristic ties are intense. and i've discussed this role for first thoughts about civil society dialogue the train on dialogue which was announced at first so i announced while two countries and the role of civil society and the attachment to civil rights are crucial. and it's important to put into effect this trend on dialogue. thanks for the exchanges that we've had the very high quality of our relations the length of our exchanges. and for now we have a basis for going into detail into solving the crisis is which crises which affect both of us and in the spirit of. the spirit which has dominated. this afternoon and i ho

the national mall to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of d-day when allies stormed the beaches of normandy monday. the ceremony would mark the anniversary of the battle of midway considered a turning point. >>> there is a lot of buzz vor one of their most exciting new products this year. here with the latest talking about what apple has in storement good morning. >> good morning, frances. apple has entered the wras its own virtual assistant to take on rival devices from amazon and google. the home port rups onnen a updated version of siri so it's physically a speak they're is internet connected. and internals of the differences apple has pitched this as a device t opposition really have launched their virtual assistant as almost a gateway to search and in terms of the price tag t apple device is about $349, that's more than double the price of google's device, it is significant in that it's apple's first new product launch since the smart watch. meantime, a message for your financial website in australia saying do not drink and shop. according to research about one in three americans have

at the national world war ii memorial. 73 years ago today 160,000 troops landed on the beaches of normandy in world war ii. more than 9,000 allied soldiers were killed and wounded on june 6th, 1944. mike hydeck served as the emcee for the remembrance ceremony earlier this morning. >>> now wusa9's first alert weather rated d. c.'s most accurate forecast. >> and a much more pleasant tuesday afternoon than what we saw yesterday. we're not tracking much in the way of rain showers, in fact they're dry currently and for the rest of the afternoon temperatures will be warming up through the 70s and some spots degree mark. it's a little breezy. we've got northwest winds coming in, busts to about 20 miles an hour. humidity down from where it was yesterday, enjoy it, soak it up. pretty nice out there. we've got temperatures up to 73 in leesburg, still in the 60s in winchester and 75 right now in fredericksburg. we're heading to 79 in fredericksburg this afternoon and some mid-70s up in frederick and gaithersburg as well, but look at today's temperatures, now look at tomorrow's temperatures. we're goi

for the normandy landings they we re down.nk many of them did. it was a risky mission, certainly. and what more can you tell us? what is your favourite oddity?” what more can you tell us? what is your favourite oddity? i think it has to be the super—strength itching powder. it sounds like something from a joke shop! you could not make it up. it was sent to resistant grips with the idea they would put it in german soldiers and where to put them out of action but a p pa re ntly put them out of action but apparently it worked. at least one you —— u—boat was forced to go back to port as it was thought they had a strange skin disease. it sounds like it was a lot of fun to research. peter's book is called weird war two. we have the headlines injust a moment... hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and naga munchetty. tough questions for both theresa may and jeremy corbyn, as they face a television audience of voters. my wage slips from 2009 reflect exactly what i am earning today, so how can that be fair? we will put more money into

normandie was selected because it was poorly defended in 1943. , they had aha beach couple of battalions. those forces all had been moved forward. announcer: at 10:00 on "railamerica," a film series on the activities of president lyndon johnson. he had often thought that one of a chief executive's most important jobs is attracting public servants to washington. months would see two appointments, secretary of commerce and associate justice of the supreme court. sunday, george washington university history professor greg brezinski discusses the cold war competition between the u.s. and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries. >> during the 1960's, the rivalry intensified, and this is an important point where, i think, to many american chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. a historiant 9:00, talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. >> general lee complained to stuart that mosby was firing in too many small groups. this decentralized way he operated did not make sense. he needed to mask his f

and allied forces stormed the beaches of normandy marking the key turning point in world war ii. on this d day anniversary more than 100 veterans will clean up the national mall. >> doug is back with more about our weather and we got some more changes ahead. >> we do. we don't go way down but we do go way up at the end. get ready for that. if you're waiting for the 90s, a lot of you are, it looks week. out there right now, though, pretty nice night after a little bit in the way of some rain. we saw rain for a few hours during the lunchtime hours. if you had the umbrella you were prepared for it. less than a 0.10 of an inch. the winds out of the southeast 3 miles an hour. most of the area still quite mild. 66 in huntington. we may see temperatures deep into the upper 50s and low 60s but that's about it. still a pretty nice morning. no rain to talk about. we are tracking a storm system up to our north. here's the shower we saw today. this was just some fairly light rain that came through earlier. look how much of the center portion of the country and southern portion of the country

. >> normandy was selected was offended in 1943 seoul lobby each would be called omaha beach so one year later rule mills put in charge and those forces were move forward. >> he often remarked with the chief executives most important job was to attract service to washington tuesday to major apartments first secretary of commerce and thurgood marshall. >> washington in university history professor discusses the cold war competition between u.s. and china. >> during the 1960's this rivalry intensified riding many american policy makers that chinese activity starts to become amazon or more worrisome then soviet activism. >> gay couple different times general li complains he was biting into many small groups the way they operated did not make sense said he needed to mask his forces so that when completely against what he was doing so his effectiveness was the fact he could have six different combat patrols on any given night. . >> this is a pleasure to believe he'll want to congratulate you on a thorough review of problems of our health care system and proposals of some solutions. ha

waterloo and normandy. we imagine hundreds and thousands of soldiers. mid way is surprisingly the story of handful of aviatoravia. to think that in 20th century of a few pilots made all the difference. one man's life changes the fate of the nation. that's a satisfying thought to me that everyone's life matters and what we do matters. they're not just statistics on a sheet of paper but they're real people who do real things. as i said, that's why i am surprised that we don't talk about them more, more often. >> as you associate with the younger colleagues today, do you find an appreciation for what history exists or are they learning anything from this? >> i believe that they are. i will pat myself in the back. my world war ii class is packed full with students generally giving me good marks which i believe is indication that they really do appreciate what they are learning about and depens on the quality of the teachers. >> as retired naval carrier, i want to express all that are still living and we do routinely so often. thank you very much for a great

of state is that he's saying the obvious you saying the minsk accords are not going anywhere the normandy format is going nowhere and you suggested to get a go around it merkel doesn't want to put a stop to about ukraine's turning into their problem or you think ukraine now is is a european problem for sure i think that the u.s. is definitely walking away from it i think trump will meet with fine though given enough money to monitor a mop without a lot of it enough just to skate by just to skate by they're not going to save it there's no way that the u.s. is going to especially trump that the u.s. is going to get involved in trying to mediate the ukraine crisis try to find a way out of it and then the whole washington post article to me is absolutely stunning it's silly he decided he's victoria nuland he suddenly became it's not having dinner with these ultra nationalists during the bite out of his photos that they're solely on this mission to me it serves their service leaders it's a clear example so don't forget that two months ago the three chiefs of the utah writes in ukraine. in a cy

a frenchman was also killed — 27—year—old alexandre pigea rd from normandy.o known to have died. not officially named yet. across the uk at 11:00 this morning there was a minute's silence to remember all the victims, the second in the space of a fortnight. alison holt reports. bell tolls a time to remember, a time to reflect on an attack at the heart of london. bell tolls time to stand together on the streets where it happened. the ambulance crews who fought so hard to save lives, london's mayor at their side. manchester, still raw from the violence inflicted here just two weeks ago. and beyond. in these quiet moments, for some, the anguish is too much. nicola smith wanted to remember herformer boyfriend. james mcmullan was one of the seven people killed on saturday. i feel anger, but i can't let that override my feeling of love forjames and our memories because i know that's not what he wanted. me, as a person, i'm extremely angry. i'm extremely angry, but because i've been with james, i know that i can't let anger win. james and chrissy archibald, a canadia