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
i am not a hero, i just did my job. the real heroes are laying here on the cemeteries. these are our heroes and we should never forget them. [applause] distinguished guests, the 46th president of the united states of america, joseph r biden jr. [speaking french] [applause] president biden: the hour had nearly come, monday, june 5th, 1944. the evil, which devastated the world. nazi germany subgi gaited europe through brute force, lies and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions of jews murdered in the holocaust. millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him, thought democracies were weak, that the future belonged to dictators. here the coast of normandy, battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning the testing was at hand. president macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guests, most of all our honored veterans who met the test of ages to that moment 80 years ago. 80 y
the red ball express, a truck convoy made of most african- american drivers. he landed in normandy in the wake of the d-day, they rushed supplies to the rapidly advancing front lines. woody woodhouse is here. members of the legendary test cookie airman, who flew over 15,000 searches during the war. marjorie stone is here. she enlisted in the women s branch of the reserve, became an aircraft mechanic, spent the war keeping american planes and pilots in the air. theirs has always been the story of america. to walk the rows of the cemetery, as i have, knowing 10,000 heroes buried side-by- side, officers had enlisted, immigrants and nativeborn, different races, different faiths, but all americans.
rapidly advancing front lines. woody woodhouse is here. members of the legendary tuskegee airmen. who flew over 15,000 during the war. marjorie stone is here. she enlisted in the women s branch of the naval reserve. became an aircraft mechanic. spent the war keeping american planes and pilots in the air. theirs has always been the story of america. walking the rows of the cemeteries i had. nearly 10,000 heros buried side by side. can officers and enlisted. immigrants. native born. different races. different faiths. but all americans. all serve with honor when america and the world needed them the most. after the war, peace in europe was built and maintained with the united nations and with the north atlantic treaty