members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalition of iran-backed militias behind the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. troop members. we are getting on air, our correspondents at the pentagon to break down what this all means, the planning that was behind this attack, whether or not this was part of the tiered approach we have heard so much about from the u.s. government in the past few days, the significance of the attack, how these ta
they were poor, and they were facing violence. the idea that that is somehow better because they were all living in the same house. well, joy, listen, we need to continue the conversation, quite obviously, my friend. there s a lot to unpack and that interview. thank you so much for joining me tonight. that is our show. over to lawrence o donnell, with the last word. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. glenn kershner is going to join us tonight because glenn kershner had the pleasure of being in the courtroom today when steve bannon got his report to prison date. so we will have the pleasure of hearing from glenn kershner how that went today. front-row seat to bannon s departure from the big house. i am eager to hear the caller. i am, too. thanks, alex. 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 pers
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
ukrainian soldiers were killed as american soldiers. another way i think it is worth remembering is that the second world war was about destroying states, destroying nations, categorizing people as being racially inferior. and that sadly has also been putin s rationale for the invasion of ukraine. to put it in perspective, the population they have lost as many or perhaps more people as we lost in the entire second world war. the comparison is appropriate. we also have the more powerful militarily powerful neighbor invading the cross border invasion. precisely what started world war ii. yeah. and looking at it from the other side, we have to remember that d-day, though we know it
chiefly about the germans trying to seize ukraine from the soviet union. and we should remember that the scale of death in ukraine during the second world war was horrifyingly great. about four times as many ukrainian soldiers were killed as american soldiers. another way to think that is worth remembering is that the second world war was about destroying states, destroying nations, categorizing people as being racially inferior. that, sadly, has also been putin s rationale for the invasion of ukraine. and the scale of the war, a third point, today is also terrifyingly close to the scale of that conflict. to put it in perspective, as a percentage of population, ukrainians and the war they are fighting now, how lost as many or perhaps more people as we lost in the entire second world war. so in all these ways, the comparison is appropriate. we also have the more powerful militarily powerful neighbor invading the cross- border invasion, precisely what