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
that day would be shot dead by german fire as they were floating to earth, hanging from their parachutes. they would almost fall, land on french soil, dead. that was the prediction. paratroopers were going to land behind enemy lines so that if the soldiers who hit the beach could make it up the hill, past the first line of german defense, they would have the support of those brave paratroopers already on the ground in france, having landed in the middle of the night. general eisenhower was given a vision of all of those paratroopers, lying dead in french fields. and he knew that the invasion plan couldn t work without the paratroopers landing first. he also knew that the slightest change in the weather could completely defeat the invasion. and general eisenhower knew that it was possible.