will you jump again on your 101st birthday and you think you'll go back to normandy again?ts cleared up and the passage way is clear so we can go to normandy to jump again where i jumped in 1944. i've been adopted by the people here. i'm anxious to get back there. >> martha: we would love to join you there because you're -- that's very true. the people of karentown love you and we loved watching your jump and being part of that history with you when we were in france. god bless you. you're a great man and a great hero. you continue to inspire so many people, tom. thanks for being here today. tom rice, world war ii hero. our thanks to tom. great to see him. he's so inspiring to all of us here. we wish him a happy birthday. hope to see him on his 101st. that's "the story" of august 17. the story goes on. we'll be back tomorrow at 3:00. have a great afternoon. "your world" starts right now. >> neil: the scene outside the kabul international airport earlier today. shots being fired as the taliban was putting out a statement that declared no one from the u.s. will be hurt, decla

author of a number of books including the normandy invasion. prior to his current position he served as a park ranger's of the gettysburg national med military park and harpers ferry historical park. karen is a bird on c-span, pbs and numerous independent documentaries on the turner classic movies as a guest post. he also received awards for teaching skills and efforts on behalf of student veterans. this test sentimental to me because garrett began his history career here at the heritage center over the civil war museum. young 14 or 15-year-old came in here with coloring book and later selling greeting cards he got his start here pretty pretty cool to see how he has blossomed into a true historian, thank you. do any further introduction i'm going to turn my program over too gerrit thank you. and thank you for having us. it's wonderful to be here with everybody on the anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. over telling eric story here and a little bit. some food for thought as we get started, i would like all of you to think about what is frie

from england sir, max hastings has written sa book about d-day overlord d-day in the battle for normandy came out in 1984, max hastings 77 years later do we have a different perspective on d-day. >> i wrote that book many years ago i was able to interview a host of people american and french and british and german who had actually been there although you should never get the evidence and supported by anything but they do give you a feeling for events of how they felt that is very hard to get books and movies while i was watching that clip one particular guy interviewed was lindley higgins, he was very articulate guy and he landed at the beach on d-dayay and i asked him before it all happened, the huge event how did alstyne and he said lindley higgins age 18 he said i could not get my mind around the idea that i was about to invade france and one has to be incredibly young with most of the guys doing this work and they could see the tiny bit but it was only in most cases long after that it was over they understood one of the biggest events in human ministry one reason d-day still has a fa

you don't know who died in normandy but nobody knows exactly which day they died on.tty confused so those that died on june the sixth but you don't exactly because quite a few people and so those principles of accept any figure in that of magnitude and in the same way the one point i like to make because i think it's very important and then we are making a stab i at what happened. and then those straight in the then because there is no such thing ash definitive. and it is incredibly difficult with any sort of approximation and then a lot of the thoughts and with that paper they are written on with the american and british armies nobody will write and official report with that 22nd infantry ran away. so with those british units thatti i mentioned and veterans came out of the woodwork and said it felt like you can't say that. and it's amazing and then to stab at the truth but. >> one of the small statistics in allng hell let loose you report that more people died crossing the street in london because of the blackout then were killed by the blitz. >> not literally crossi

take for example people with casualties in normandy that you know who died in normandy often nobody knowsy died because casualties were pretty confused and those first days so in a lot of cases you know roughly how many people died on d-day but you don't know exactly, quite a few people having died sometime between june 6 or ninth or whatever. the difference was seven numbers giving you the magnitude and in the same way one thing i like to cite that i think is very important, all of us historians who write about this stuff we are making a stab at what happened. if you ever see all the books, definitive's history or this is definitive, throw it straight in the bin because there's no such thing as definitive. we are all searching for truth and it's incredibly difficult to arrive at any full truth, as an approximation of truth because a lot of reports from even world war ii for example, right away in the american british army, nobody is going to write an official report the 22nd infantry run away and they're going to say a lot of the stuff with british units i mentioned amphetamines came out

and you take for example, people getting off of the casualties of normandy.nd you know who died in normandy but very often nobody knows exactly which day they died on. because the casualty reporting got pretty confused and those first days. in the days that followed saw a lot of cases, you know noah you don't really know how many people died into the 16 don't know exactly but there are quite a few people having died sometime between june the sixth and eighth or ninth or whatever. but the great can except any figure, of certain numbers, of the magnitude is not necessarily true in the s same way, and of e point i like to make it because i think it's very important, all of us historians write about the self. we are making are taking a stab of what happened. but if you ever see on the book jacket where is this is the definitive history or the definitive something there ain't no such thing as defendant t. we areuc all looking for the truth. it is incredibly difficult to arrive at an approximation of the truth because people who report on the combat reports, even f

one of the actions in normandy and i called the -- the agent, the agent and he said, well, the guy who painted it lives in atlanta. and i said, really, he told me his name, collins. anyway, i bought a copy, a print, had frame and hung in the hall in my headquarters and then ruth collins and i became close friends and hamilton, his father and i became close friends and i met some really fantastic people. i met a guy named jim flowers, jim flowers from right outside of dallas which is where i was born. we have an affinity there. anyway, time-out. >> on camera. >> jim flowers was a tank commander. it was a lieutenant in that part of the invasion and i don't know how much you know about the normandy invasion, usually you think of it in terms of the quotes and things like that, mostly farmland and all of the farmland was divided into plot and the way they separated the plots was through -- hedge rose. well, jim flowers brought his tank into one of these fields, was able to breakthrough the hedge road and as tank was shot by their version of a grenade, i can't think of -- i will think of it

he was a lieutenant in that part of the invasion, and i don't know how much you know about the normandy invasion. usually you think of it in terms of clips and things like that. but it was mostly farmland. and all the farmland was divided into plots. and the way they separated the plots was hedge rows. well, jim flowers brought his tank into one of these fields, was able to break through the hedge row. and his tank was shot by a, their version of a rocket-propelled grenade. i can't think of the name of it. i'll think of it in a minute. but the bank blew up, killed everybody in the crew except jim and one guy. and they laid out there on the field, and jim had lost at that point one of his legs. while he's laying out there in the field, i think it's friendly fire, hit him in the other leg. he ended up losing both legs. and the guy who he was trying to save ended up dying in his arms. years later in dallas we had a reunion. the guy who saved him who recently passed away -- jim passed away ten years ago. they had not seen each over since that day in 199 44 -- had not seen each other since t

. >> we are just getting snapshots and snippets of the normandy of wha's happening on the ground.wt we are seeing, as you used the expression, jaw-dropping. absolutely devastating scenes and it's not fort -- it's unfortunate that this commercial flight never made it to kabul. were not able to land sunday night. we hovered over the chaos at the international airport or about an hour and that was unfortunate but what was tragic is the more than 400 afghans who were waiting on the tarmac below to take this flight to safety out of the country. the stewards on board the aircraft said to us that among those they were picking up were over 100 children and when they said children they meant young people, including several girls who were a part of the robotics team, high school girls who made names around the world, now trembling on the tarmac. >> i remember when they won the award. we will continue to follow you as you bring us that analysis on afghanistan. elise, with us therefrom dubai. let me turn to the united states as president biden says he stands squarely behind his decision to wi

. >>> and a world war ii paratrooper who parachuted into normandy on d day.t else? a sky dive. tom rice dove with the leap frogs. they cheered him on with happy birth dand a "god bless america." the veteran made a flawless landing. >> it's terrific. tremendous from way up there. i wasn't sure where i was at first. >> get this. rice already has to sky ainori year. >>> coming up, jennifer hudson joins us in the studio to tell us about playing aretha franklin in the new movie "respect." i'm tom hanson. this is the "cbs morning news." n "respect." it's dignity. the freedom to go where you want, knowing your doctor can watch over your heart. ♪ you love rich, delicious ice cream. but your stomach doesn't. that disagreement ends right now. lactaid ice cream is the creamy, real ice cream you love that will never mess with your stomach. lactaid ice cream. (driving upbeat music) hey, google. that will never mess with your stomach. turn it up. [announcer] google pixel 4a with 5g and pixel buds. from $499 and $99. i'm 53, but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take os

he went over and he actually landed on omaha beach in normandy. michael, tell us a little bit about earl johnson's story. >> he was a pitcher for the red sox in the early '40s. he had some success early in his career, but the red sox pitched him in back-to-back games where he threw over 170 pitches and he was never the same. so he enlisted in the army and was part of the 120th infantry. he landed at normandy just as sy rosenthal was being shipped out. he fought for 199 straight days, and that included the battle of the bulge. he was fighting in zero degree temperatures. twice bullets went through his clothing. once his coat and once his pants. he received on-field promotions twice, received a bronze star and the silver star. just a real hero. he comes back from fighting and his arm is never the same, so he becomes a relief pitcher for the red sox, and a very good one in '46. but interestingly, fighting in war puts everything in order. he can't help himself. every time he comes out of the bullpen he finds himself giggling and opponents and teammate

in 1944 rice was a 22-year-old paratrooper with the 101st airborne when he parachuted into normandy, d-day invasion. this time around, rice received a hero's welcome from a cheering crowd singing "happy birthday" and greeting him with hugs and birthday cake. rice, who also was injured in the battle of the bulge, was asked about his secret to a good, long life. >> keep moving. get in the gymnasium and keep moving. push your internal organs to the maximum. you got 15 years to deal with. woo! >> rice already is looking ahead to his 101st birthday when he plans to sky dive again at an even higher altitude. happy birthday, tom. thank you for all you've given our country. our final low is a progress report on those boston dynamics robots training night and day in preparation for world dominion. now they're just out here jumping on boxes, running through an obstacle course, and performing synchronized back flips like olympic gymnasts. for the first time, though, their human collaborators pulled back the curtain to show the robots are not infallible. although they obviously are trying to lul

. >> reporter: this jump far different than the one he took in 1944 over the normandy countryside in german-occupied france in a prelude to the d-day invasion a few years ago he re-created that jump, returning to france to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the invasion where i was lucky enough to meet some of the heroes of that war, with the full knowledge their ranks grow thinner by the year >> that feels great. go back up and do it again. >> reporter: and jump again, he did. >> we are honoring all of those that were killed, that didn't make it, that couldn't get home. >> reporter: rice landing to cheers from his hometown of coronado >> happy birthday! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: a birthday celebration saluting the greatest generation and 100 years of a life well lived. >> congratulations happy birthday >> it's recognition for somebody who helped shape, you know, this world as we know it now. >> happy birthday, tom. we love you. >> reporter: rice says he hopes to jump again when he's 101. in the meantime, he offers this advice >> there's a lot to be done and a lot to live

in 1944 he was among the thousands of paratroopers who parachuted on normandy beach.n asked about his secret to a long life, keep moving. we'll take that advice. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," wildfires up north causing some concerns here in the bay area. we'll show you when possible power outages could happen here. >>> waking up to a whole new world, life as they knew it in afghanistan, forever changed. families trying to flee, a nation in the middle of turmoil as terrorists take over the capital city and even the presidential palace. >>> and on the pandemic front preparing for booster shots. what we're finding out this morning about when more people might be eligible to get another dose of that life-saving vaccine. >>> and smoky skies, incoming high winds and now possible planned power shutoffs. the area is being zeroed in by pg&e and what you can do this morning to make sure that you are ready. this is "today in the bay." >>> good monday morning to you. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia today.

. >> reporter: this jump though far different than the one he took in 1944 over the normandy countrysidepid france he returned to france to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the invasion where i was lucky enough to meet somf that l knowledge r ranks grow thinner by the year. >> i feel great. go back up and do it again >> reporter: and jump again he did. ♪ god bless america ♪ >> we're honoring all of those that were killed that didn't make it that couldn't get home >> reporter: rice landing to cheers from his hometown of coronado a birthday celebration saluting the greatest generation and 100 years of a life well lived >> congratulations happy birthday >> it's recognition for somebody who helped shape this world as we know it now >> reporter: rice says he hopes to jump again when he's 101. in the meantime, he offers this advice >> there's a lot to be done and a lot to live. it doesn't make any difference what age you are, but do it, end of paragraph >> end of paragraph is right thanks to lester for that. and we salute tom rice as he salutes everybody that he has served with as well. a b

again like you say, my dad served in world war ii and landed on normandy. it gets me every time. he thought through germany and he was wounded in a mortar attack and had a giant scar across his back and a purple heart. they sent him back into combat again and from there he ended up being part of a group that liberated the prison camp,on concentration camp. he spoke of the horrors of that still. but if you look it up, the pictures are horrific and for the commissioner to compare this decision to that was just ludicrous. >> i've been, and it's very disturbing. so, tell us what the outcome of that appeal was. >> the court of appeals ruled 3-nothing in favor of the colorado civil rights commission meeting that i lost and the commission going against me would stand, part of which would mean that i would need to retrain my staff and have to change my policy and create cakes that go against my faith and retrain my staff and report to the commission quarterly for two years. it was funny because it is a very small shop and my wife and i, our daughter works for me and various relatives inc

d-day veteran one of thousands of americans who parachuted into gunfire to storm the beaches of normandy in 1944. but tom points out this time, of course, a lot safer. >> it's tremendously different from way up there. not sure where i was at first. >> 100 years old, really? i want to be tom. tom says he's not done yet. he plans to skydive again next year and yeah, you did the math. he'd be 101. >> new at 6:00, more bay area crews deploying to the dixie fire as it threatens thousands of homes. >>> how is climate change impacting everyday californians in the dream to live here? new numbers from our cbs news poll given us a clearer picture. >>> providing a forever home for less. the bay area shelter with a deal to help animals in need. >>> still ahead here at 5:00, is it drying up or at metro by t-mobile... ...we don't think you should pay extra for unlimited 5g. introducing the big 5g upgrade. ditch boost and cricket... ...and save half when you switch. just twenty-five bucks a month for one line of unlimited smartphone data. with 5g access included. plus get a free samsung galaxy five g w

our grandfathers and great-grandfathers stormed the beaches of normandy, and all we are asking is forstand up, be counted. what you have to do is start saying to your friends that this is a country that was built on diversity and tolerance, and you can -- if you can't listen to another person's viewpoint without running out of the room and putting your fingers in your ears or trying to cancel that person, then they are the ones work tearing down america. they are the ones were not for diversity, they are the ones who are intolerant. we have to be much more aggressive about standing up for what we believe in protecting other people. when you hear somebody stand up, support them. go immediately and speak up for them. we have to have people who were courageous. i have to say, we are pushing, we cannot make any announcements about adam's future, but as a close friend i am pushing him hard. on tuesday, maybe he will make an announcement. i am pushing him hard. i am hoping. i am really hoping that we hear something positive. adam is one of those people who is courageous. when donald trump w

my dad served in world war ii but he landed on normandy gets me every time, hang on. he fought through france, he fought through germany, who is in the battle of the bold, he was wounded in a attack he has a big scar across his back and gave him a purple heart. the passion back up h and sent into combat again. there he ended up being part of a group that liberated the prison camp, the concentration camp. he spoke of the horrors of that and the smell. but if you look it up the pictures are horrific. for this commission to compare this decision to that was just ludicrous. >> i have been there and it is very disturbing. tell us what the outcome of that appeal was? >> the court of appeals ruled three -- nothing in favor of the super rights commission. meaning i lost in the commission went against me. part of it would be that i would need to retrain my staff, have to change all of my policies, it's a very small shop b including my mom who is in her 80s i won't be reeducated. thanks mom i love you i appreciate it. that is what the court of appeals came back and said. those

my dad served in world war ii, landed in normandy. hang on.fought through france and germany in the battle of the bulge, he was wounded in a mortar attack with a scar across his back with a purple mark and sent back to combat again and he was part of it in a prison camp. spoke of that smell and eventually that but the pictures are horrific and for this commissioner to compare this decision to that was ludicrous. >> it is very disturbing. appeal of that was what? >> the court of appeals ruled in favor of the colorado civil rights commission and part of it would be to change my policies. quarterly for two years on that and very small shop, various relatives and their 80s say i won't be reeducated. for them to do that that is what the court of appeals came back and said, to the colorado supreme court. >> so like the cultural revolution in china, the reeducation camp. the government, you talked about this before, was there ever a moment through this where you were wavering and wondering if you come in, or take the cake. >> i close the cake shop do

. >> [inaudible] and normandy was fantastic. [inaudible] >> statement number two.[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] statement number three. [inaudible] [inaudible] okay. i'm going to end there without going into the last thing which was just attacking the "washington post" and expressing pleasure at the campaign to bring down the price of the "washington post." but i think that you get the flavor of it. you see that this allows the writer and hopefully the reader to be flies on the wall to these very intimate conversations, very frank conversations and go to places we normally completely are out of bounds to ordinary models. so, within 100 days of that conversation, nixon's life completely unraveled and his presidency unraveled and as i said, all of his aides were fighting with each other and you had heard chuck colson who was incredibly loyal to nixon and was in charge of the tricks he was the first to go and then later on other aids including the chief of staff who was in charge of domestic policy, they were forced to resign as kind of sacrificial sacrifices to

the 101st airborne division, literally within an hour they're going to take off for the coast of normandy in what is one of the largest and amphibious landings in history. this is one of the largest operations ever and there were a lot of factors there. including a very dicey weather forecast. as you know, paratroopers have to have the capacity to see their targets so this was a very important moment for ike to be going out and looking in the eyes of his soldiers, and to make a connection with them. i think his feeling was is that he wanted to know and see the people who would have an impact. who his decisions would impact. and i think it's a very moving picture because you get some sense of his humanity there. >> yeah. such a powerful image and we know not unique, that he made it a point to personally greet thousands upon thousands of soldiers, whatever their rank, that he took their risks and sacrifices very, very seriously. >> well, that's right. he felt that morale had to be an input to any successful operation rather than just the result of victory. so he thought it was important tha

this on a basic level but again, my dad served in world war ii and he landed on normandy. and he.very time, he father germany, and the battle of the bulge and people work wounded in a mortar attack. and he came out with a purple heart read and even #of the sitting back into comedy again and he ended up in a group that was liberated and in a prison camp pretty concentration camp and he spoke to the horrors of than the smell. but if you look that up, the pictures are horrific. and for this commissioner to compare this decision to that, was ludicrous to predict. >> i been there and it's disturbing. and so what was the outcome of that appeal. >> the court of appeals ruled in favor of the colorado civil rights commission meeting i lost in the commission what against me and part of which would be that i would need to retrain my staff and start creating cakes and retrain my staff and report to the commission for two years and that. and it was funny because it's very small shop and my wife and i own it my daughter works for me and including my mom in her 80s. and she said by the way i won

you're at a state dinner or at the kremlin or when you're presiding at some ceremony, for example, in normandy, does dixon flash through your mind in those days? >> there are things. i think it takes reminders, so far removed from that way of life and this one, but there are reminders every once in a while, just like this one at length that i gave you that you will think back and say, hey, this maybe had a beginning there. >> you went from dixon to eureka college and studied economics among other things. you reminded your advisers from time to time. what do you remember from your economics courses that have helped you in dealing with the national economy? >> well, i majored in economics and sociology. they were combined so it was a singer major. but then, you were really studying at a time when life was in the raw. this was the depths of the depression. we had a professor, wonderful old daddy gray, and he used to give us outside reading. books by economists to read, and then we would come in with a book report and so forth and discuss it. i can remember him. he had a sense of humor also. there

tell churchill what the engineers wanted to do, needed to do to build an artificial harbor for the normandy coast. this model was given by churchill to fdr, and we are pleased to share it in our library. the film above is not only about the planning of the day and the invasion itself, but also sustaining the troops afterwards. a really important piece of this film is that some of our staff and our exhibit designers were able to use some previously undigitized film from the national archives in washington, d. c., and that film footage changed the whole feel of this film. now that film is digitized for users in washington. that was a big benefit for everyone. i'm really excited about that. as i mentioned, we used quotes from eisenhower and mamie, and we feel as though this quote, this is the last thing you see in his military career. "i hate war as only a soldier who lived it can." it really encapsulates his presidency and his administration. after his time in the military, he wanted peace for americans and the whole world. we felt like this was the most important thing that our guests needed