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(soft music) ♪ >> standing here today, i recall the words of the president franklin delano roosevelt. which are i think so good for this moment. the american people, in their righteous might, will win but through to absolute victory. the ukrainian people will win as well absolutely. [applause] >> on december 8th, 1941, the day after pearl harbor was attacked, president franklin delano roosevelt addressing a

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Parallels here? >> with a great sense of theater and a great commitment to the hard, hard, hard work, unimaginable work for most of us of defending your country from a superior power, zelenskyy is very much acting in the churchillen tradition. churchill did not come to the united states in december of 1941, after both, pearl harbor and hitlers declaration of war on the united states. it was at that point that fdr said to them, we are all in the same boat now, and it was a boat that like, zelensk...

There is a lot of needs. this is the window. president zelenskyy knows, that we are going to -- he is going to defeat with u. s. support russian aggression in ukraine. hes got to have that support over the next 90 days. wait until the summer, it will be an entirely different battlefield. >> congressman -- congressman, we had to reach back to world war ii. the conjure up images of winston churchill coming to the united states in december of 1941 to find a historical comparison. here what do you t...

>> for the first time since russia invaded his country, tried to take the capital, and topple his government, and reportedly tried to take his life, ukraines president is leaving his country, and according to two sources, already on his way here. john berman here in for anderson. to say volodymyr zelenskyys journey could be risky is no overstatement. then again, so is his visit today to bakhmut on the line to award combat medals to the troops. to say he is expected to visit to the white house an...

Unimaginable work for most of us of defending your country from a superior power, zelenskyy is very much acting in the churchillian tradition. churchill didnt come to the united states during world war ii until december 1941, after both pearl harbor and hitlers declaration of war on the united states. it was at that point fdr said to them were all in the same boat now, and it was a boat, like zelenskyy, churchill had been in largely alone since the spring of 1940. and we had been fighting this b...

You conjure up images of winston churchill coming to the united states in december of 1941 to find historical comparison here. what do you think it might be like for those sitting in the chamber with him tomorrow? >> i think number one, and i hope president zelenskyy talks about everything theyve been able to accomplish with the support of the united states. and number two, the share of interests that we have. for the first time in quite a while, we can be very proud of the fact that were leadin...

Afterwards, is what we are told. well see what the two leaders discuss in terms of how to bring this war to an end. u.s. officials believe that vladimir putin is clearly not involved in engaging in that right now and dip set is currently not on the table. >> thank you very much, m.j. zelenskyy will be head to go capitol hill. his remarks come at another critical moment of this war. lawmakers are considering a massive spending bill. in that spending bill, it includes billions of additional aid ...

Taking a group of mighty foes who seek our ruin. here we are, together, defending all that to free men is dear. >> thats a portion of british prime minister winston churchills address to a joint session of congress in 1941. rallying americans for what was to come in the war against nazi germany. tonight, nearly 81 years to the day, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will do the same, only this time it is russians threatening safety of the world. just yesterday that president zelenskyy trave...

Representative thomas junior was shared a personal note, her father representative thomasjunior was in congress in 1941 when churchill spoke to thejoint congress in 1941 when churchill spoke to the joint session and she drew comparisons today, 81 years later this week from a particularly poignant, for me, she says, to be present. lets watch a little bit of the footage from that visit that churchill made. a historical -icture. churchill made. a historical picture- he _ churchill made. a historica...