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
they crashed. but they survived. and they did their duty dragging soldiers to safety. treating wounds, saving lives while the battle raged. every soldier who stormed the beach who dropped by parachute or landed by glider, every sailor who manned the thousands of ships and landing craft, every aviator who dried german controlled airfields, bridges, airfields, all were backed by other brave americans including hundreds of thousands of people of color and women who courageously served despite unjust limitations on limitations on what they could do. lewis brown is here, part of the red ball express. a truck convoy made up of mostly african american drivers. they landed in normandy in the wake of d-day. they rushed supplies for the