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City on a hill that reagan talked about? on the shoulders of what fdr talked about. that is not the america that we need donald trumps and isolationists. joe biden understands americas place in the world and that if were not there, the preservation of democracy and freedom both abroad and at home is gonna be at risk. whats at stake in this election? biden made a direct comparison between world war ii today and the war in ukraine we know the dark forces that these heroes fought against 80 years a...

Trump said hell end the war in ukraine really essentially, hell give nato away and hell give ukraine to putin. that is no way for the america who is a shining city on a hill that reagan talked about on the shoulders of what fdr talked about. that is not the america that we need donald trumps in isolationists. joe biden understands americas place in the world and that if were not there, the preservation of democracy and freedom both abroad and at home is going to be at risk. whats at stake in thi...

Face of aggression and for himself. the difference for biden of course today is the growing nationalistic fervor, right, in the republican party led by donald trump. and the message may be the same, the geographical backdrop is the same. how different is the political backdrop? >> well, of course its different, but this is, you know, i think if the biden administration sees our present state kind of like europe in, say, 1938, not world war ii, and not the great victory of the battle of normandy....

We saw the kind of convergence of those two threats in the kind of speech that joe biden was delivering in normandy. >> you know, it is fascinating. we talked a little bit about this yesterday. i mean, putin really is kind of a modern day stalin. thats who he seems to revere. he wants to restore the soviet union the way it was then. the irony is what broke stalin from fdr and truman is he said now that we won the war, i get to eat half of europe, and the u.s. said no, you cant do that, so the co...

Because you dont look a certain way or make a certain income, youre not thriving is part of this idea of follow people. >> and ive been really struck by the fixation on the lbj era as opposed to perhaps all the other things they came before it if during before, during and after it, it is interesting to me that because the lbj era was a mixture of these social programs and also the civil rights programs. it has gotten sort of attacked by conservatives as being the source of all of the problems wh...

Fr france, we are grateful for the sacrifice of the soldiers. >> carley: a lot of reflection on the bravery of the men who faced almost certain death and went willing to fight for freedom today in france. lets bring in grace curly. grace, those soldiers landed on normandy certain they would die, hoping they would not and bravely fought for freedom. how are you reflecting on this today? >> oh, carley, what you said about it being 80th anniversary and a final goodbye, it is true. i encourage peopl...

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...

Isolationist nation. ronald reagan reminded us that the united states of america is a city on the hill. we are indispensable nation you saw president biden today step into those shoes and speak to that the way ronald reagan and fdr. thats that is why funding for the international. >> no doubt. a lot of people were touched by that ceremony in normandy. and the presidents words were well-received clearly by world leaders over there in other places: let me just ask you about the polls. we have new ...

Its about pop list strong arm right wing authoritarianism lurching forward, and so it is a new threat. it is a new kind of authoritarian threat, and you have to be careful when you echo world war ii with hitler, youll see biden being very cautious about that, but hes not cautious about saying we have to learn to treasure what a democracy is and fight for it and in that way hes taking a page out of fdrs famous prayer to the nation at the original june 6th, 1944. >> were looking at images for anot...

Empire still as the preeminent power in the world, russia, maybe even nazi germany or some version of nazi germany in place for many, many more years if not decades. >> katty, so fascinating to hear michel describe fight, the discussion between churchill and fdr in cairo over whether or not to do this and how to do it given that churchill had spent so many years writing literally love letters to fdr to court him, bring him into the war, and ultimately pearl harbor gets the united states into the...