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Today, the ukrainians certainly view themselves as fighting for their lives and for the existence of their country. and when you speak to eastern europeans, in particular they see the war in ukraine as defining that if russia is allowed to win, there than it doesnt end there again, a test like the world saw in 1939 and 1941 and 1944, that hitler at the time when he started moving east, he didnt stop. he can kept going and the fear in eastern europe is that putin will do the same and that he will...

China to taiwan and beyond and he said, just before that line, isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago and it is not the answer today in effect, saying it is good to celebrate those great moments. great tests met from the past. but were being tested again. and the challenge now just to meet that test and to tim naftali is point that was not a certain answer in 1939 or 41, or 1944, there were many in this country quite powerful people who argued much as were hearing, argued today, that the s...

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Are in a moment where russia and china and coordination with north korea and iran want to be that careless moment that we were and in 1938, 1939? >> i dont think you can go so far as to say there is some sort of access alliance akin to what hitler but together in the 1940s. >> martha: you dont think there is? >> they have burgeoning relationships obviously russia doesnt have many friends so they are reaching out to china for support and north korea for missiles that kind of thing. certainly get ...

The veteran fought against tyranny during world war ii. and then zelenskyy turns and thanks him for keeping europe safe, for saving europe. were all worried and focused now on vladimir putin, putin the man, the presumptivive republican nominee for president calls savvy and genius. its another chilling reminder of the stakes of the november election. not just for us, but for the world. joining our conversation, former top official during the obama administration rick stank the. ruth, anthony and ...

Commitment is around ukraine. how does the president really approach the question of aggression from russia? does he think that were in a 1938, 1939 scenario where the aggression in china and russia is something that will be continuous and that we need to address on a scale of what we stand for and who we are? you know, im not sure that he was definitive in terms of a call to duty that is clear especially when you look at how the ukraine aid has been very measured, they ask for something, we say...

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Tell them make sure they know that because theyre going to be here to tell the story, you know, when were all gone. >> martha: when you think about america today in the country that you fought for and many of your brothers died to preserve freedom, what do you think about the united states today? >> well, i see some things that i really dont like. i see a are semblance of whats happening in 1939, 38. i was there. its the feeling that we have -- the people are so absorbed in themselves, theyre no...

Sometime in late 1939, a blue-eyed toddler turned his face skyward as his adoring father poured beer down his son’s throat from a pewter tankard, the golden...

>> good morning. >> reporter: just stepping out of a four by four is a major accomplishment. but opal lee has taken much greater strides than this. with no plans to sit anytime soon. >> where do we go from here? >> we dont have to sit around and wait for the lord to come for us. in fact, hes going to have to catch me. >> reporter: opal is a retired teacher and lifelong community activist in fort worth, texas. she is mostly known for her successful campaign to make juneteenth a national holiday. ...