it's very nice when people get you awards or people tell you you're this or that, stephen ambrose saysericans get their history from me, if you tell a story, a good story is a good story is a good story and that's what i care about. >> we all look forward to hearing them. thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. >> tomorrow, retired senator george mitchell. >> not every problem in the world is an american problem. >> shares his unique perspective on the future of america, home and abroad. >> people everywhere have certain things in common that are actually much greater than their differences. >> every saturday, join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. talk to al jazeera, tomorrow, 5 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. the u.s. flies armed drones over baghdad as new evidence may show isil fighters massacring nearly 200 people. ukraine signs a landmark deal to bind itself to the european union, defying russia, and warning you

it's very nice when people get you awards or people tell you you're this or that, stephen ambrose saysericans get their history from me, if you tell a story, a good story is a good story is a good story and that's what i care about. >> we all look forward to hearing them. thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. >> saturday, retired senator george mitchell. >> not every problem in the world is an american problem. >> shares his unique perspective on the future of america, home and abroad. >> people everywhere have certain things in common that are actually much greater than their differences. >> every saturday, join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. talk to al jazeera, saturday, 5 eastern. only on al jazeera america. demands for a unify government stop the rapid by sunni rebels. ♪ the u.s. and britain have been joined for their call of an inclusive unit by a man that was one of their greatest enemies. this is the al jazeera news hour. also coming up. a kenyan governor is charged with murder, following deadly attacked camed by al

it's very nice when people get you awards or people tell you you're this or that, stephen ambrose saysericans get their history from me, if you tell a story, a good story is a good story is a good story and that's what i care about. >> we all look forward to hearing them. thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. >> today, retired senator george mitchell. >> not every problem in the world is an american problem. >> shares his unique perspective on the future of america, home and abroad. are actually much greater than their differences. >> every saturday, join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. talk to al jazeera, today, 5 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> good afternoon to you and welcome to al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm morgan radford, and here are the stories we're following just for you. >>> the man suspected of leading the attack on the u.s. mission in bengahzi brought to american soil. plus while the battle rages in iraq politicians scramble for their nation's future. and the shot heard around the wor

you come here and it is -- to use stephen ambrose's sturm, a band of men and brothers. they still do generation to generation what americans did and live with the sacrifices because it's not the just it this cemetery, there are others and there are memorials along the way and they have an appreciation and an understanding of the commitment that the united states made and gave all those lives, and it went well beyond just the men who died in the first wave. as i've been saying recently, you have to think about those who came after, those who were up and down that beach under fire trying to identify those who had fallen, the engineers trying to build the bridges and the ability to get to the highlands and the breakout took until late july. it didn't happen in just one day. this was ferocious fighting that went on through the summer. and the french were here, there were 2,000 of them who died during the course of that fighting as well. so, you're right, joe. when you come here, it has not been lost generation to generation. >> you know, joe, you have been fortunate. you ha