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Peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together in majesty, in justice, and in peace. [applause] >> brit: british prime minister winston churchill addressing a joint member of congress december 26th, 1941. gives you perspective, fair, balanced and unafraid as we await for the ukrainian president you will see that on jesse which starts right now. jesse? >> jesse: one hell of a throwback. thanks, bret. ♪ ♪ >> we love christmas here at "primetime," thats why we fight any...

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Authoritarianism. people like charles lindberg, the former hero, were saying, america first. we shouldnt try to fight him. lets make the best deal we can and against this franklin roosevelt and winston churchill were saying, democracy has strengths that an autocracy does not. it corrects its mistakes. it doesnt keep in power an out of touch leader who increasingly does things that are against the country. doesnt that sound like vladimir putin? >> when we think of the consequences of a trip like ...

Spend day after day at the white house of the two would bond, which they certainly did. but the other parallel, lawrence, to 1940 and 1941 is the debate that we are hearing now. you know, many americans at that time, including those who love fascism, but not all, they were saying a democracy cannot possibly compete with a fascist dictatorship like germany or italy. so, were going to have to do one of two things. this is what charles lindbergh said. of the leaders of america first, as it was call...

Tell us we should be looking at a practical impact of what it means to get these leaders together face to face, to have zelenskyy and biden sitting together in the white house talking one on one, not at a formal event, not in front of other people, but able to do this in person? do we expect a practical outcome of that part of churchills trip in 1941 when he met with fdr? >> huge. churchill spent day after day after day. something well talk about tonight. the point is they got to know each other...

One of the chairs of the ukraine caucus in the senate, he was not sure he was going to be there because of the pressures of the weather and honestly travel plans. senator john thune there. were watching the members file in. the lets have the conversation with our friend nbc news presidential hishistorian. >> you focused a lot of us on the limited precedent there is for something like this. a lot of focus tonight, a lot of people reflecting back 81 years ago when winston churchill addressed a joi...

White house by surprise. and, it appears there at the side of roosevelt, in the oval office, they met with reporters, and they lit a christmas, history and then finally winston churchill went to the hospital and spoke to the congress. just as you were saying earlier, what was the big question in 1941, you know very well an effort in about and talked about the big question i would say in 1941 for americans was, will our democracy survive our home over weekend authoritarianism. as many fascist lea...

Was because japan had attacked the united states. the united states would not send munitions to europe, so he was actually very worried. >> im going to push back on two fronts. first of all germany declared war on the united states after the attack on pearl harborer, so we were already engaged in that fight. >> it was over when they bombed pearl harbor. >> the second point as a historian you cant get into winston churchills head. thats impossible. >> but churchill wrote to the king and he explai...

The patriot missile system. and us lawmakers are preparing to pass an additional $45 billion in emergency assistance — the largest amount yet. this year has brought so much needless suffering and loss to the ukrainian people. but i want you to know, president zelensky, i want you to know — all the people of ukraine to know as well, the american people have been with you every step of the way and we will stay with you. we will stay with you. president zelensky is only the second wartime leade...

Both in peace and more because we elect our leaders, they correct when they made mistakes, if they dont do well, theyre replaced by someone else, rather than an out of touch dictator like adolf hitler. i think were seeing that unspooling tonight. >> michael, i rank this speech as one of the most important and certainly bravest speeches that i have ever seen. >> i agree. >> delivered in that chamber. where does it rank for you? >> i think its very much in that category, because it deals with issu...