people were not just conservative, black people always have been conservative minded, but more black people voted conservatively. and lyndon johnson, then you go down that road, and now we are where we are. that was byron donalds suggesting there were positive aspects to jim crow. he joins me tonight. plus, president biden is in normandy on the 80th anniversary of d.-day, delivering a stark warning about the state of democracy. and the grandson of a key member of the black panther party, david hilliard, is pushing back against a video of hilliard saying allegedly that he supports trump, saying it is misleading. and that grandson joins me later. but we begin tonight with the 80th anniversary of d-day, the day some 156,000 allied soldiers arrived on the beaches of normandy, charging head on into nazi gun fire, land mines, and barbed wire. pushing the occupying nazi era germans out of normandy and then out of the rest of france. the invasion marked a definitive turning p
And by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. Thank you. Pleased and honored always any time to welcome to this program myrlie everswilliams. T she has donated all her papers to the Civil Rights Museum on december the 9th. A delight ever to see you. If you dont mind and when i found the invitation is extended to me, i went back years when you were a little boy running around in the city hall. Uhhuh. Opening everybodys doors. Well, what do you do here . Tavis, would you go on all of those memories kept oncoming back and i am delighted to be here with you. I am honored to have you here. God works in mysterious way. I had no idea obviously as a kid born in mississippi that i would ever meet the wife of medgar evers and muchless becoming a friend of hers and your son ends up being our principal photographer and your niece is our makeup artist. I think it would bring you to tears if you saw the number of people, every guest on our Television Program when they leave the pr
And by contributions by your pbs stations from viewers like you. I am delighted to have leslie odom jr. On this program, he is best known of the role aaron burr, hes focus on film project and music. He just released his deluxe edition, you can see him in theaters on the oregon express. Oh, you are a busy brother. Some of the videos for christmas walts. Santa is on his way and still staying with me and think for you and for me when the world falls in love as we say merry christmas, may your new years dreams come true that voice of yours, how old were you when you knew this was your gift . I still dont know. [ laughter ] if you dont know by now you aint never going to know. I was singing since i was a kid and when i was a teenager, i got serious about it and you know how it is, when i was singing in philly, i was singing with singers. Yeah, there were no musical theaters to speak of in philly. I was always the worst in class, you know what i mean . It was a good thing, kept me reaching a
And by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. Thank you. Pleased and honored always any time to welcome to this program myrlie everswilliams. T she has donated all her papers to the Civil Rights Museum on december the 9th. A delight ever to see you. If you dont mind and when i found the invitation is extended to me, i went back years when you were a little boy running around in the city hall. Uhhuh. Opening everybodys doors. Well, what do you do here . Tavis, would you go on all of those memories kept oncoming back and i am delighted to be here with you. I am honored to have you here. God works in mysterious way. I had no idea obviously as a kid born in mississippi that i would ever meet the wife of medgar evers and muchless becoming a friend of hers and your son ends up being our principal photographer and your niece is our makeup artist. I think it would bring you to tears if you saw the number of people, every guest on our Television Program when they leave the pr
It is 3 00 p. M. On the east coast, 12 00 noon out west. The inauguration festivities are in full swing here. On the National Mall, if youre just tuning in. Thank you for joining us, im john berman. And im soledad obrien. Were live in washington, d. C. For our special coverage of president Barack Obamas inauguration. Its great to be here. We are in the second term right now. It is official. Barack obama has been worn . For the second term as president of the United States of america. The president took the oath of office with Supreme Court chief justice john roberts, heres how it went. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Barack Hussein obama do solemnly swear. I Barack Hussein obama do solemnly swear. That i will faithfully execute. That i will faithfully execute. The office of president of the United States. The office of president of the United States. And will, to the best of my ability. And will to the best of my ability. Preserve, protect and defend. Preserve, pro