of course we are talking about normandy. was it the kags that after the invasion of paris that many citizens fled to the countryside? >> it was true, but it was more true in 1940 because as the germans moved east, citizens of paris literally began a mass exodus. every single car, every single train, and the idea was to get to someplace in the west and south of france and away from the germans. but of course the germans then at first occupied the north with a collaborationless government in the south. and after a battle in 1942, the germans realized that in fact the threat could be from the south, north africa. so they occupied the whole country in 1943. >> let's if back to calls here in bob in bolivia, north carolina. >> caller: hi professor, thanks for having us. great job on the book. hey, my father was an american g.i. he was in southampton, england, loading ships for d day. and anyway, he got to normandy in late july. -- he empty my -- he met my mother over there, she lived in eaufleur. she lived through the occupation f

normandy, france which took place 75 years ago on june 6, 1944. first author alex kershaw joined us from the d-day memorial in bedford, virginia. his new book is the new wave, those who led the way to victory in world war ii. then you'll hear about normandy 1944 looking at the impact of the invasion and aftermath on the french. both she and alex kershaw responded to viewer questions and comments. >>> soldiers, sailors and airmen of the allied expeditionary force, you are about to embark on the great crusade. eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in companies with our brave allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine, elimination of snazzy and security for ourselves in a free world. your task will not be an easy one. your enemy is well trained, well equipped in battle hardened and he will fight savagely but this is the year 1944, much has happened since the nazi triumphs since 1940-1941. they inflicted upon the germans

would come in handy in normandy and thereafter. heebner is thinking ahead, more so than at a lot of commanders were. by the time you're in the position of going ashore, people that were crosstrained, you are a squad leader you should know the platoon sergeant job. when and if they become casualties. all of these things are in play. as you might expect, they resented getting the honor of going in. why is the big red one chosen? to some extent it is obvious. to larger conceptualizes, it was one of only two divisions that general bradley, ground commander, one of only two divisions that had any combat experience. the first and the ninth. the night had just gotten to england. i couldn't spare the first division. they knew going in, omaha beach would be a tough nut to crack because of the terrain and the obstacles and so forth. that is why they will earmark the better part of two divisions the first and the 29th. the 29th will is more culturally famous. where the range is hid and the longest day. >> the first division felt that it would

nowhere does this become more evident than the cemetery, normandy american cemetery. over 900 americans buried there. i could relate to that sentiment. that's part of what i had hoped to convey not just today but in the book, who these guys were. humanize these guys again as these were flesh and blood people like all of us just in this situation. maybe that's what really interests me as a historian. before i finish today, i would like to thank you for your service, world war ii veterans, vietnam veterans, all veterans, i would like to thank you for your service. thank you. [ applause ] >> you're watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span 3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> the complete guide to congress is now available. it has lots of details about the house and senate for the current session of congress. contact and bio information about every senator and representative. plus information about congressional committees, state governors, and the c

my research really focused on normandy.rchives.two there was a special archive which is a memorial to d-day. it's a great story. there are many such wonderful stories. my favorites is when a pilot was downed in central france. five people on the airplane died. one survived. because there was a standard number of people on the planes, the french people decided they needed to create a coffin for the fifth person. people on ther plane and put sand in the fifth coffin so they would not be suspicious someone survived. they made sure that pilot got to safety. host: we've got one more quick call from hill in california. bill in california. caller: a book like yours is fantastic. these facts taught in french schools today qu? the french are the most ungrateful people on the face of the earth. of thousands of young men freeing them. i don't think the young french especially realize the sacrifice of the british and the americans . thank you. i'm going to have to disagree with you. wanted toi really ew, moste viewers kn , if you stepp

he had a cancer scare during the run-up to the normandy invasion. fortunately he was fine. , he later told his chief of mason,colonel stanhope in explaining why he came to division with such a heart hard attitude, he said, you can start by being an s.o.b. and become a good guy, but you cannot start by being a good guy and become an s.o.b. the division had taken heavy casualties in the mediterranean. you have a lot of new guys. i would say probably about one in two who hits omaha beach on d-day is a new guide seeing combat for the first time. they are getting inculcated with this culture, this unyielding training standard of having to have proficiency in all sorts of things that are relevant to the invasion. and not just that. this is one of the few divisions that did urban combat training. so huebner is thinking ahead. a lot more than other commanders were. by the time they are in the position of going ashore, you have been crosstrained. you are a mortar gunner, and you know the loader's job. you are a squad leader, you need to know the platoon lead

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we are talking about normandy. was of the case after the invasion that many citizens had fled to the countryside? >> it was more true in 1940. as the germans moved east, citizens of paris began a mass exodus. every car and train. the idea was to get to someplace in the west and south of france and away from the germans. at first, they occupy the north with the collaboration in the south. then after the battle in 1942, the realized the threat could be from the south. they occupy the whole country in 1943. >> volunteer from bob in bolivia. >> thank you for having us. great job on the book. my father was an american g.i. he was in england loading ships for d- day. he got to normandy in late july. met my mother there and she lived in --. the occupation for many years. they had no food. you couldn't go to a local supermarket to get food. she had nothing. they had to try and grow food in mind feels because there was no open field. the occupation was heavy in the 40s. her uncle got shot by the germans. she met my father w

normandy, france which took place 75 years ago on june 6, 1944. first author alex kershaw joined us from the d-day memorial in bedford, virginia. his new book is the new wave, those who led the way to victory in world war ii. then you'll hear about normandy 1944 looking at the impact of the invasion and aftermath on the french. both she and alex kershaw responded to viewer questions and comments. >>> soldiers, sailors and airmen of the allied expeditionary force, you are about to embark on the great crusade. eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in companies with our brave allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the

were ready forel combat." ♪ normandie,ack from these men would face further tests.ry made by an airborne army. ♪ >> monday, american history tv and washington journal are marking the 75th anniversary of d-day, with a live the viewer call in program. led the wayrriors to victory in worlrlrlrlrl ii. during the program, we will take phone calls, tweets, and facebook comments. on sunday, june 2, complain that george washington and thomas jefferson condoned slavery. neither of them thought the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. >> he has written many books, including "economic facts and fallacies." of jointly interactive tweetsations with your and questions, sunday, june 2. >> next, talking about native americans in the south before the arrival of europeans. author and history professor at virginia commonwealth university. university of history and culture hosted this event. >> he specializes in native american history. he is the author of several .ooks is about native into their indigenous history, from origins to removable.

in normandy, the fighting has moved inland. in the last war when a soldier was wounded, he just had to watch and wait until a man found him. now the order is reversed. the aid man does the watching and waiting and is at the side of the casualty as soon as he becomes one. in addition, the american corpsman today, unlike his counterpart in previous wars, is qualified to administer morphine and plasma and to render numerous other services to the wounded. all this is making a vast difference in the saving of life. some of the wounded filter back to the aid station on foot. but evacuation by walking and hand litter bearing soon gives way to the faster method of evacuation by jeep. a battalion aid station operates just behind the lines. here the trained corpsman again demonstrates his value, taking over many jobs that the physician would otherwise have to perform. this frees the doctor's time for more detailed attention to the serious cases. next, the wounded are brought to a collecting station a mile or so farther back. there are fa

normandy. [video clip] soldiers -- >> soldiers, sailors, and airmen, you are about to embark on a big crusade . the eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in company with brave allies and brothers in arms under their fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine, the elimination of nazi terror, and security for ourselves in a free world. your task will not be an easy one. you're in the me as well-trained, well-equipped, and battle-hardened. he will fight savagely. but this is the year, 1944. much has happened since the nazi tramps of 1940 and 1941. there was great defeat in open airle, man to man, and our offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and capacity to wage war on the ground. our homefront has given us an overwhelming superiority in and place at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. the tide has turned. the freemen of the world are marching together in victory. i

of the last surviving rosees travel to normandy for the upcoming 75th d-day. >> reporter: in the age of e-mails, texts, and snaps -- >> radio was big back then. >> reporter: and multimillion dollar bay area homes. >> my first house cost $3,700. >> reporter: the last surviving rosie the riveters have a way of taking us back in time. >> this is the last letter i got from him. >> reporter: that handwriting belongs to marian's older brother donald parsons who gave up the farming fields of the midwest for the battle fields of europe. >> it's pretty hard to write a very big letter here. i suppose you know by now i am somewhere in france. >> reporter: not long after her brother sent her this letter -- >> the military came out and told us that my brother got killed in normandy. >> reporter: he was only 22. marian wynn soon took a

in graphic detail it reveals the use of gliders in the invasion of normandy.ou will not soon forget this picture. you may be able to recognize gliders which you built with your own hands. i think you will swell with pride when you see how well they performed. without them the invasion of the german-held territory could not have been the success it was. you will be filled with justifiable pride and speaking for the air technical service command and the entire air -- army air force, i want you to know that we share this pride with you. but the job is not yet done. we still need gliders of every description, gliders such as only you can make. in the past you worked very hard, but now you must work even harder for the aircraft to speed victory. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is the story of the operation which began the assault on the continent of europe. the 9th troop carrier command will transport and resupply parachute and glider elements of the 82nd and 101st airborne division and will be prepared to transport elements of the british 1st airborne division as directe

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this memorial day, american history tv marks the 75th anniversary of the world war ii of normandy, francelace june 6, 1944. starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern on monday, alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-day victory,who led to join us in bedford, virginia to take your questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span3. this weekend, an american history tv, historian henry louis gates talks about reconstruction and the croweuent jim laws used in southern states to reestablish white supremacy. here is a preview. henry: but systematically, former-step, the confederate wrote the south indeed rose again, and they disenfranchise the black man, and they did it in such a clever way, you could not -- what are you going to do? your 13th, 14th, and 50 the memos are ratified, right? around them.t starting in 1890 was something called the mississippi plan. there were state constitutions, which then unfolded over 16 years in each of the former confederate states, and that is when they established poll taxes, literacy test, comprehensiv comprehension testt only a law professor could understan

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the rosies will fly to france on may 30th and spend seven days in normandy. nbc news will be following them on their trip and they will share their story sometime next month, so be sure to stay tuned for that. that's the latest in richmond. i'm melissa colorado, "nbc bay area news." >> they so deserve that trip. thank you so much. what a great story. >>> it is another great story we want to tell you about. it is a mother's day present one south bay mom will never forget. >> that's what it like. >> she is hea for the first devonte aer arias was murdered and today his mother met the recipient of his heart and kidney. he suffered from a congenital heart condition which led to kidney failure. he was able to get back to work six months after receiving devonte's organs. >> my son was a genuine soul, a genuine soul. it was he was -- i was so proud to be his mom for 19 years. i was so fortunate. >> he lost his life but saved another. arias served in the military before he was killed by a random shooter while washing his car. the organ donation process took place at r

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roberts, author of "d-day through franchise: normandy 1944." monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. in depth is live with, soul, from the hoover institution on the campus of stanford university. >> people complained that george .ashington condoned slavery slavery was there for centuries before george washington and thomas jefferson were ever born, and neither of them. the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it because he did so, not simply as president, but as commander-in-chief and the war. what he did applied only to people who were in rebellion against the united states, there was no basis otherwise. >> mr. sowell has written many books, including intellectuals and race, discrimination and disparities. join the interactive conversation with their calls ,tweet and face the conversation. watch in-depth sunday june second from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern on books,tv on c-span2. next on the civil war, university of cincinnati professor christopher phillips talked about the way

the britishce over, leader returns to his normandy headquarters to get on with the business at hand.day, american history tv marks the 75th anniversary of the world war ii invasion of normandy, france 1944.took place june 6, starting at 8:00 eastern on monday, alex kershaw, author of "the first wave" joins us live from the national d-day memorial in bedford, virginia to take your questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span3. on sunday, june second at noon eastern, in depth is live with author and herbert hoover institution domicile. sowell.s >> from time to time, people say slavery. condoned slavery was there for centuries before thomas jefferson or george washington were born. neither thought the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it not as president but as the commander in chief of a war and what he did applied only to people who were in rebellion against the united states. there was no basis otherwise. written many books including "economic facts and "discrimination and despair as the -- and disparity."

from reinforcing normandy, and they didn't want to play.they were like, if you guys would leave us alone for 30 days , we can end the war without having to invade france. that didn't really sit too well with eisenhower, but he is getting a lot of pushback on his plans and he starts to cave in. he starts to negotiate with people and he is telling marshall about this. marshall is limited and -- is livid. but takes at first, on more of a dictatorial town. no, you can't give into the british again. they had canceled the cross general attack in 1942 and 1943 and had gone their way in north africa, sicily, italy. it is time for you to stand firm. the idea is for the germans to divert their forces away from normandy, not the allies. so marshall went from suggesting to demanding, and ike got the message. he put anvil back on the table firmly. we are going to exercise operation and both and you are going to give me the landing craft i need. better getuys, you on board with the plan as well. things were not going well for the british in italy. eisenh

he wrote a song later, the song is called the shores of normandy.released it as a charity single to help find a permanent british memorial to the man who gave their lives during the d—day landing in the battle of normandy. i thought it is very special to have you in today and if you could see your way to singing it for us, we would be very grateful. i'll give you the first verse. you have to buy the video after that. # in the cold grey light of the 6th of june in the year of ‘44. # the empire lads sang out from pool tojoin # the largest fleet the world has seen, we sail out closer. # we set our course for normandy at the dawning of the day. so beautiful. thank you. shirley bassey, snakes in thejungle and romance in the backrow of the cinema — those are just some of the topics which came up when people in their 80s and 90s were asked to take to the microphone to share their favourite stories about their lives. the be heard night in doncaster was created to give a platform to people with fantastic tales who want to share them with an audience. our ent

they'll head to normandy to take part in the anniversary on june 6 and to honor the more than 400,000 who died in the war. >> people say to me you were a hero. i say i'm not a hero. i say those guys in the grave, they're my heroes. they gave their lives for our country. >> reporter: they may not consider themselves heroes, but the greatest generation fought to secure freedom for generations to come. wendy gillette, s news, brooklyn, new york. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," millions of americans are enjoying the day off today. we'll have tips to make the most of your day while you're out of the office. >>> plus urban outfitters is enjoying the clothing sharing business. why the sharing industry could be a game-changer for the clothing industry. >>> and the growing dangers of distracted driver, especially to the safety of first responders. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com c.com >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >> a live look at the bay bridge

he wrote a song later, the song is called the shores of normandy.our way to singing it for and you could see your way to singing itfor us, and you could see your way to singing it for us, we would be very grateful. i'll give you the first verse. you have to buy the video after that. # and the cold grey light, on the 6th ofjune in the year of 44. # the empire ladd sang out from pool # the empire ladd sang out from pool, tojoin with # the empire ladd sang out from pool, to join with thousands more, the world has seen the largest leap, we sell in closer. #we we sell in closer. # we set our course for normandy at the don of the day. so beautiful. thank you. now it is time for your views on the news watch. now it‘s time for newswatch. this week samira ahmed hears reactions to coverage of the european elections. hello and welcome to newswatch with me. remain the parties did a well in the eu elections but did it bbc news coverage to make too much of that under the success of brexit party? 0thers under the success of brexit party? others have complained and

the conference over, the british leader returns to the normandy headquarters to get on with the businesst hand. ♪ >> this memorial day, american history tv marks the 75th anniversary of the world war ii invasion of normandy, france, which took place june 6, 1944. starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern monday, alex kershaw, author of the first wave, joins us live from the national d-day memorial in virginia to take viewer questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span 3.

the cowens over, the british leader returns to the normandy headquarters to get on with the businesst hand. >> which memorial day, american history tv marks the 75th anniversary of the world war ii invasion of normandy france, which took place june 6, 1944. starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern monday, alex kershaw, author of the first wave joins us live from the national d-day mclemore ray in virginia to take viewer questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span 3. >> on sunday, june 2 at noon eastern, in depth is live with author and senior fellow, thomas sole, from the hoover ins takes on the campus of stanford university. >> from time to time people complain that george washington and thomas jefferson condoned slavery. slavery was there for centuries before they were ever born, and neither of them thought that the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it because he did so not simply as president, but as the commander in chief in a war. and what he did applied only to people who were in rebellion against the united st

next month is the 75th anniversary and larson plans on returning to normandy for the first time since end of world >> i want to do this, just to represent all those guys i was with. >> reporter: typically the military would fund such a trip, but larson's military records were destroyed in a fire in the 1970s. but two women he got to know it is favorite bagel shop heard about the money and decided to raise money for the trip through gofundme, something larson never heard of. >> they were saying fund me and i thought they were talking about fun. so i don't know how that would work out. >> reporter: the gofundme goal was $10,000. they raised 11,000. >> it is unbelievable how many wonderful people there are in the world. >> reporter: well d-day may seem like extra history told in black and white, for larson it is as current as today. larson says he helped type up the actual plans, then hand 160,000 allied troops were asked to storm the beaches that german soldiers already commandeered. >> i had nightmares for 20 years. i shook for 70 years. i could not pick up a cup of coffee with my righ

this man was 22 when he jumped normandy june 6th, 1944.n as the screaming eagles. he would go down to earn a purple heart and bronze star for his service. now, at the age of 97. tom rice will jump against next month to honor the sacrifice of those who never came home. i recently spoke to the trial by combat author about that you, a position he has bravely carried on in their memory for the past six d-day anniversaries. >> martha: let's go back to d-day 1944 if we could for a moment. what do you remember about the first time you jumped out of the plane? >> the first time i jumped out was in fort benning georgia. i had seen planes, never touched one. this was the opportunity to do it. we did our practice jumps in several places. and we jumped once a month for about 48 months. >> martha: so when you went to d-day and you got a chance to do the real thing and, you know, people were shooting at you, what was that like? what was going through your mind when the door opened of the plane and it was time to go? you were the first one out, right? >>

a bay area veteran is planning to return to the beaches of normandy since the d-day invasion 75 years ago. >> i want to do this just to represent all those guys i was with >> he is 96-year-old jake larson and he says he is the last surviving member of his unit that stormed omaha beach in normandy, france. typically the military would pay for larson's trip but his records were destroyed in a fire in the 1970s. but someone heard about his trip and raised $11,000 on a gofundme page. >> it is unbelievable how many wonderful people there are in the world. >> larson came home with several war medals after facing land mines and heavily armed soldiers. he has written a book about the experiences and planned to write the final chapter of his memoir, the luckiest man in the world, when he gets back from france. >>> violent demonstrations continue in venezuela. coming up, the power struggle between the two men fighting for control of the country as the death toll rises. >>> will house democrats hold the attorney general, william barr, in contempt? it may come to that. i am doug luzader in washin

. >> martha: we are going to travel to normandy france to cover the president's trip to normandy and the 75th anniversary of d-day, which is an extraordinary moment. it's amazing that there is many world war ii veterans as there are that are going to make that trip. were going to follow their stories. some coming from homes in the united states, going to the beaches of normandy, walking the beaches, some for the first time since they were 18 or 19 or 20 years old. it's a remarkable story and it's important to give in the minds of young people in america especially so they understand the incredible sacrifice. there was no understanding what the outcome of world war ii would be and we would be living in an incredibly different world right now if the united states and these really brave young men had not given up everything to go fight. some of them paid the ultimate price. >> dana: known better to tell the story. you are at iwo jima a couple months ago, now you'll be there to bring those stories together to all of us, we appreciate it and we'll see you next week. martha maccallum, we'l

. >>> another bay area man is planning on returning to the beaches of normandy, france for the firstof world war ii. he is the last surviving member of his company and wants to represent those who fought there and died. rob ross tells us his trip is made possible in ways he never expected. >> reporter: jake morrison showed us his many war medals from his home in martinez. >> that is a bronze star. >> reporter: at 96 years old, he is the last man standing. the last survivor from his unit that stormed omaha beach on t's honor. >> reporter: next month is the 75th anniversary and he plans on returning for the first time since the end of world war ii. >> i want to do this, just to represent all those guys i was with. >> reporter: typically the military would fund such a trip, but his military records were destroyed in a fire in the 1970s. but two women he got to know what his favorite bagel shop heard about the problem and decided to raise the money for the trip through gun gofundme, something he never heard of. >> they were saying fund to me and i thought they were talking about fun, so

i worked and ben in a syrian mp and there is no that i have oved me traveled than income normandy. to go out there and remember standing and ids ing at those star of dav and crosses lined perfectly there. man, a g over a young 0-year-old willing to pay the ultimate price. ls, gazing the hil down from the hill, it's amazing atlantic ook at the ocean. historical have sfientd may remember, five beaches were involved by allies forces. threebritain, canada took beaches and two beaches were left with americans. so as the young soldiers were put into these boats, more like ontainer, sometimes, in those le hours waves, they began to get sea sick. dehydrated, throwing up on each other. by the time the doors opened, the bullets were lining up. because the y is air drop that day because of the weather missed their support. they had no air support. an to talk re and beg with a guy about what happened day.hat draftede great generals a perfect plan to take that beach. because of the weather they faced unplanned adversity. he said to 5 or 6 members of this battle said wasn't won by generals or co

the d-day invasion took place in normandy, france, on june 6th, 1944. >>> and coming up live here on c-span3 in about an hour, former fda commissioner scott gottlieb will be speaking and taking questions at the national press club. that's live at 1:00 eastern. you can also follow our coverage live online at c-span.org or use the free c-span radio app. >>> two members of congress joining us this morning to talk about their newly formed caucus and the role that veterans play. this is representative jimmy panetta of california and representative don bacon of nebraska, republican from that state. both of them representing the four country caucus. both serve as co-chairs. good morning to both of you. talk a little bit about the formation of this caucus, particularly its name and what you plan to do with it. >> look, i think, you know, during my last term and my first term, it got to a point where the only bipartisanship you were seeing was when you would turn on the tv was about funerals of statesmen, be it john mccain, george h.w. bush, or john dingell rece

the rosies are jet ofg to france on may 30th and will spend seven days in normandy. nbc news will be following them on this trip and they'll share the story sometime next month. be sure to stay tuned for that. that is the latest here in richmond. nbc bay area news. >> that is very nice. we'll be sure to show their journey overseas. >> so remarkable. we are so proud of those rosies. >> jeff, we have the weekend upon us. >>> we're looking good, saturday and sunday, whichever day you have plans for we'll serve up good weather. micro climate forecast on this friday night, here's what i want to start off with. a look at the satellite radar. we had been tracking the chance of possibly some showers. we only saw a few sprinkles overnight near morgan hill and gilroy. i wanted to show you this and let you know all of the instability is moving off to the south. any kind of rain chances we are done with that right now. let's go ahead and move it right into your saturday forecast and you'll see temperatures very similar to today. let's start up here into the north bay. 77 in napp

there is no place that has moved me that i have traveled then being in normandy. i had the chance to go out there and remember standing and looking at the start of david's and the crosses line perfectly, standing over the grave of one young man. a north carolinian willing to pay the ultimate price. look over those hills in the valleys as you gaze down from the hill, it is amazing that you can look at a cross into the atlantic ocean. a shipping container, sometimes where a couple of hours in those tumultuous waves, the storm had come in, they begin to get areick, dehydrated, we throwing up on each other. by the time the big doors opened, the bullets were lining up. the reason why is because the airdrop had missed their support. they had no air support. there and began to talk with a guy, he began to talk about what happened specifically on that day, how these great generals and military minds addressed the perfect plan to take the beach. yet because of the weather, they faced unplanned adversity that day. they said to the members of congress that were there that wo

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and mary louise roberts, author of d-day through franchise, normandy 1944.uring the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comment. monday, memorial day starting at 8:00 eastern. tonight's georgetown university professor catherine onton cohen teaches a class the progressive era. she talks about how politicians and reform groups in the early as 20 century attempted to improve social and economic transitions. and prohibition. here's a preview. >> there is this general insecurity about the state of society and about how it's problem's can be solved. there is this recognition of a fundamental change in the economy, a kind of sober realization industrial capitalism is here to stay. of -- wethis optimism can do something about this. this is not existential, paralyzing fear. this is we have got a problem, let's roll up our sleeves, get it -- doctoral degrees and solve it. the bottom-line is a progressive reformists appealed to those who had nothing to lose, including their status in society. so fearful but not hopeless. maybe that is because i

the men will head to normandy to take part in events to mark the 75th anniversary of d day on june 6thamericans who died in the war. >> people say you're a hero. i says i'm not a hero. i says, those guys in the grave, they are my heroes. they gave their life for their country. >> reporter: they may not consider themselves heroes but the greatest generation fought to secure freedom for generations to come. wendy gillette, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. >>> the ship's operator had an important role during world war ii and the liners queen mary and queen elizabeth transported more than 1 1/2 million servicemen across the atlantic. >>> 6:26 right now. looking more and more like a teachers strike in alameda county will stretch into a second week. we will update you on the negotiations. >>> a gas station robbery, a police chase and a car crash, it all ends here. we will tell you about it next. >>> and taking a live look at our traffic camera at the bay bridge toll plaza, free roads this morning, if you're headed into san francisco, looking very good on this holiday. man, that's a cool looking

. >> june 6th will mark 75 years since the allied d-day invasion of normandy, france. tonight, john mcmanus talks about his book, "the dead and those about to die," which tells the story of the u.s. army's first infantry division, the first combat soldiers to storm the beaches on d-day. that's at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> watch commencement speeches all week on c-span. tonight, at 8:00 eastern, speakers include supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor. at manhattan college in the bronx. businesswoman and philanthropist cindy mccain at the george washington university school of international affairs. and we'll look back to june 1990 and former first lady barbara bush, speaking at wellesley college. watch commencement speeches tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> reno had been called the biggest city on the map starting in 1910. and what it meant is that for its size, there was so much excitement and culture and action happening in reno that it really was the biggest little city aro

her agents in normandy would provide the allies with a 55-foot long map of the normandy beaches on which the allies would land showing every german placement and fortification and beach obstacle along theg coast. together with details of army units so just imagine 55 feet long so that's the map that they would carry with them on d-day. so how difficult was it for a woman to lead a network like this? ianot only the french but the british they worked extremely closely with mi-6 and they had no idea the person who took over from the creator of the alliance was a woman for almost one year. she kept her identity secret because she was convinced they would never accept the idea of a woman is a major spy network and probably was right so she thought she had to prove herself in alliance before her identity was revealed and it was finally revealed she took over july 1941 revealed november. almost six months later because she was smuggled across the french border into neutral spain in a diplomatic mailbag because she had no papers beginning of december 1941 and she about froze to death and then pr

there ought to be but the fact there were women on the ground in normandy on d-day nobody was talking about it strikes me as one of the great omissions and that's why i wrote this book. >> i think maybe now would be a good time to start signing books? excellent thank you for coming. [applause] . >> thank you for coming we have the books available at the register and sarah will be appear to sign your book when you pick it up so please form a line along this aisle and that would be t terrific. thank you for coming out. [inaudible conversations]

on june 6, 1944, normandy is isolated. you can't get there from anywhere else in france.there've been 900 e. across the roads and bridges over france it took three weeks to reinforce the beaches. those were critical three weeks and all happened because the arms of the french resistance and they were able to arm the french resistance because women were part of that plan. and you don't know about it because then write more history. until now. with that in mind, this is a fun book to write because not like a great meaty story there's nobody worse on earth than a nazi and others know better story than terrorism you don't know about, but it was fun in other respects it was fun to research because these women were my age and they were busy day ordinary women i thought if they can do it, shouldn't i at least try so i jumped out of an airplane and learned to shoot a gun and went to a boot camp. i tried to go through much of the training they went through only to discover i would make a very bad spy. not only was i not fluent in french but i have never spoken french. the first thi

there is no place that has moved me that i've traveled than being in normandy. i had the chance to go out there. and i remember standing and looking at the stars of david and the crosses lying perfectly, standing over the grave of a 20-year-old north carolinian who was willing to pay the ultimate price, looked out over those hills and as you gaze down from the hill, it is amazing, you can look out across into the atlantic ocean. some of you from a historical standpoint may remember what happened on that june 6, 1944 day. there were five beaches involved by the allied forces. great britain and canada took three beaches. the two beaches where the germans were dug in, utah and omaha, was left for the americans. as these young soldiers were put into these boats, more like a shipping container, sometimes for a couple hours in those tumultuous waves, the storm had come in, they begin to get seasick, dehydrated, without being too graphic, throwing up on each other, and by the time the big doors open, the bullets were already lining up. the reason why is because the air

. >>> a veteran is looking forward to returning to the beaches of normandy. >> just to represent all those guys that i was with. >> 96-year-old jake larson says he is the last surviving member of his unit that stormed omaha beach in normandy france. his records were destroyed in the fire back in the 70s, however two women at his favorite bagel shop in martinez heard about the problem and they decided to start a go fund me page. they raised $1,100. >> it's unbelievable how many wonderful people there are in the world. >> larson came home with several war medals after facing land mines and heavily armed soldiers shooting down on to the beach 74 years ago. he's written a book about his experiences and plans to write the final chapter of his book titled the luckiest man in the world when he comes back. >>> up next how basketball legend jason kidd is giving something special to the people right here in the bay area. seresto, seresto, seresto. jake... seresto, seresto, seresto. whatever your dog brings home to you, it shouldn't be fleas and ticks. seresto gives your dog 8 continuous months