right now, i m in washington d.c., about to attend the annual white house correspondents dinner. tonight, much of washington will come together. but an epic political battle lies ahead. president joe biden officially launched his reelection campaign this week. asking americans for more time to finish the job he was elected to do in 2020. black voters were pivotal in sending biden to the white house. tonight, i ll ask georgia congresswoman, nikema williams, whether enthusiasm for the biden harris ticket remains high. in the meantime, donald trump is building his case to be the republican nominee, again. the former president is racking up endorsements, as his poll numbers rise. that s despite the escalating state, federal and local investigations into trump s conduct before and in the white house. his former vice president, mike pence, testified before federal grand jury, two days ago. about trump s conduct leading up to january 6th. also tonight, celebrating harry belafonte. t
on that day. june 6th, 1944. it s to listen to the echoes. they re asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy. to stand up against aggression abroad and at home. president biden stressing the importance of democracy from the very cliffs that allied forces scaled 80 years ago to fight the nazis. plus, the far right is finally facing accountability, with steve bannon ordered to report to prison next months and alex jones forced to liquidate his assets to pay sandy hook families. i asked you all online if you would be interested in us talking about the sudden boom and interest surrounding the wnba and the controversy that has come with it. and you answered with a resounding yes. stay tuned for that conversation later in the show. and we begin tonight with president biden in normandy. delivering an address on democracy and freedom at a pivotal site during the world war ii allied invasion on d-day in normandy, france. democracy begins with e
when you had martin luther king and meggr evers, you had dozens of african countries throwing off the shackles of colonialism. the pursuit of social justice has always been connected taa global sense of justice. i think that s what the united states at its best stands for. that s what the people were storming the beaches to do, but something we have to globealize our vision just as we have to globealize it at home. i say a lot that world war ii, one of the things people don t realize it did, it launched the modern civil rights movement. because a lot of black soldiers came home and demanded the right to vote, and a lot of african nations emerged into liberation. you saw country after country liberating themselves. there was a movement toward more freedom. china and russia are in there. ben rhodes, always a pleasure talking to you. i appreciate you being here. all right, and coming up
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