me tonight. that s our show. over to lawrence o donnell with the last word. good evening. good evening alex. glen kirshner joins us. we will hear about that. front row seat to bannon s departure for the big house. exactly. i m eager to hear the color. i am, too. thanks alex. have a good show. thank you. he wasn t the most important person there. the president of the united states is usually the most important person in the room or the most important person in the stadium. or the most important person wherever the president is. not today. joe biden knew that the 200d- day veterans who surrounded him today on the coast of france were the most important people there. they were the most important people there 80 years ago and they were the most important people there today. the men who fought here became heros. every one of them knew the probability of dying was real but they did it anyway. they knew beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting and
keep talking they re not a hero. i just did my job the real heroes laying here on a cemetery deja heroes she d never forgive them 46 president in the united states of america, joseph r. biden jr. here biden, junior nearly calm monday june 5 5, 1944 the evil fairly third reich was devastated the world nazi germany had subjugated and wants three nations of europe through brute, force lives and twisted ideology of racial superiority millions of jews murdered in the holocaust millions of others killed by bombs molars bloody warfare. hitler and those with them thought democracies were week at the future, belonged to dictators here the coast of normandy. the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning, the testing was at hand president macron mrs. macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guest most of all our honored veterans who met that test, the ages a test of ages to that moment. 80 years ago 80 years ago today we have
i am not a hero, i just did my job. the real heroes are laying here on the cemeteries. these are our heroes and we should never forget them. [applause] distinguished guests, the 46th president of the united states of america, joseph r biden jr. [speaking french] [applause] president biden: the hour had nearly come, monday, june 5th, 1944. the evil, which devastated the world. nazi germany subgi gaited europe through brute force, lies and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions of jews murdered in the holocaust. millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him, thought democracies were weak, that the future belonged to dictators. here the coast of normandy, battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning the testing was at hand. president macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guests, most of all our honored veterans who met the test of ages to that moment 80 years ago. 80 y
intimate, accurately administered packages. they are like a thunder of a storm that is passing in another country. they were knocking out the shore batteries so later the destroyers could move in almost to the shore. on the beach, on the left, where there was no sheltering overhang of shingled bank the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth waves lay where they had fallen looking like so many. heavenlyheavily ladened bundles on the beach. the few, the notable band of brothers here with us today. kenneth smith is here. on that day under heavy artillery fire, he operated a range finder and radar. on the first american ship to arrive at normandy s coast. providing direct gunfire
brothers, are here with us today. ken kenneth plane smith is here. he operated a range finder and radar on the first american ship to arrive at normandy s coast, providing direct gunfire support for rangers scaling the cliffs on their daring mission to take out the germans. bob gibeson is here. he landed on utah beach 10 hours after invasion began. bull elts flying everywhere, tracers lighting up the sky. bob drove an m-4 tractor with anti-aircraft con on top, providing protection for infantry against the german air force. on that day and many days after, he continued. ben miller is here, a medic with the 82nd airborne.