d-day, president biden delivered a message to the american people, don't let the authoritarians win. he did it with the memory of what those, quote, brave boys did on those cliffs 80 years ago. and what they did it for. >> does anyone doubt that they would want america to stand up against putin's aggression here in europe today? they stormed the beaches alongside their ally, does anyone believe these rangers would want america to go it alone today. they fought to vanquish a hateful ideology, in their 30s and 40s. does anyone doubt they wouldn't move heaven and earth to vanquish hateful ideologies of today. these rangers put mission and country above themselves. does anyone believe they would exact any lesson of every american today. these rangers remembered with reverence, those who gave their lives in battle. could they or anyone ever imagine that america would do the same, wouldn't do the same. >> delivered 3,000 miles away. it was a message for americans back at home. he said it's not just vladimir putin. it's another guy who wants to be just like them. >> we talk about democracy, american democracy. we often talk about the ideals of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. what we don't talk about is how hard it is, how many ways we're asked to walk away, how many instincts are to walk away. the most natural instinct is to walk away. to be selfish, to force our will upon others, to seize power to never give up. american democracy asks the hardest of things, to believe we're part of something bigger than ourselves. democracy begins with each of us. it begins when one person decides there's more important than themselves. when they decide the person alongside them is someone to look after. when they decide the mission matters more than their life. when they decide that their country matters more than they do. >> joining us now, nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. so kelly, that quote, democracy begins with each of us, in the context of that quote, it's pretty clear who president biden is talking about, but he never says his name. >> and that was expected because when the president is overseas, typically, especially president like joe biden who believes in the institutions would not bring raw politics into a discussion on a world stage, but it was there for the taking for those who wanted to see the message and relate it to what we're dealing with in the election season, and some of the issues and debates that are happening in the u.s. on an every day basis. by tapping into the very broad support, respect, and reverence that the american people, regardless of their political party or what candidate they favor now, what they feel toward the world war ii generation is a way to sort of hasten the call that there are new kinds of challenges today for americans who can be active in new ways. it's not scaling the cliff at pointe du hoc. it's not storming the beach at normandy. there are other ways americans can engage politically, serving their communities, doing all of the things that support democracy and the values at stake here. that's what the president really wanted to do is to connect, history that matters, that was decisive, that all americans feel a sense of legacy, and to put it in the modern context, knowing there are debates among families, neighbors, coworkers, citizens among us who view the election season very differently or what the role of the united states is in the world today. view that differently. and the president trying to argue there is a place for americans to stand up against, the violence aggression of russia as well as other forces that pose a danger, katy. >> vaughn, in contrast, you have former president donald trump and i'm going to go back in time a little bit. he gave an interview to "time" magazine, talking about what he would be like when he was president, and the reporters said there are a lot of people out there who are nervous when you say you would be a dictator on day one. they don't like it. it's not about one person. it's not about you. it's about all of us and about acknowledging and being a part of something bigger than just yourself. what is donald trump running on? >> right. donald trump is run on what he says is the protection of the united states in the way in which he sees or conveys to a large swath of the population is one that is protecting the heritage and the foundation of what this country is. for donald trump, you know, just yesterday he made the case that joe biden is the worst president of the united states. this is while president joe biden was overseas, on the campaign stage in arizona, saying that not only was he the worst president of the united states, but also making the case to voters that america is going to hell. he called the current leader of this country incompetent and weak and old, which is in stark contrast to the message you heard the current president of the united states trying to convey to our allies on the global stage about what the united states is and what it stands for. instead, donald trump is using the microphone to convince a majority of americans, potentially at the cost of the public relations campaign of the united states as a whole that america is becoming a third world country, is allowing itself to be overtaken by disease and crime, coming across our borders, is allowing political persecution to take place in the united states and making the case that the foundation of the american democracy is under attack. of course a lot of the facts that donald trump puts out there are not, in fact, facts. but they are marginalized takes and push back to the indictments that have been leveed against him, the criminal conviction that was handed down to him by 12 jurors through the u.s. justice system. for him, a lot of what is america's perceived positioning on the world stage is something that donald trump is trying to take control of himself. it's complex, it's difficult, but the reality is that millions of americans are feeding into the narrative of the america that donald trump articulates on the global stage within our own borders, as opposed to that that is being presented by the current president of the united states, joe biden, overseas. >> vaughn hillyard, kelly o'donnell, thank you for starting us off with the reporting. joining us now for the strategy, the context, the analysis, former biden white house press secretary and host of msnbc's "inside with jen psaki," good to have you. >> great to be here as always. >> let's talk about today. you have president biden trying to make a contrast with former president trump, the man who said, i alone can fix versus the man who stood on the cliff saying it's about all of us working together. that message about saving democracy and not going at it alone is getting to a lot of voters. there are a lot of voters who agree with him. but there are a lot of voters who are not seeing that as their number one issue, and those are the voters who are waffling or looking to donald trump. how does the biden team counter act that? >> i think, and you touched on both of them. there are two messages on the speech from a domestic audience. one of them is kind of asking the public who is listening to harken back to what our ideals are, what they have long been, back to the greatest generation, and that was obviously a clear theme in this speech, and democracy has mattered, as you said, it's not the number one issue for everybody, it's a bigger issue than we anticipate every time leading to an election cycle. the second one is the other point you touched on, which is bigger than -- or more expansive in the moment, talking about the efforts of the allied forces who scaled that wall. it's about the fact that joe biden is saying, i am the guy who's going to fight for you. i care about the ideas of our country. that contrast, should be, katy, a big continuing theme. i care about all of you, i'm fighting for you. he cares about fighting for himself. he was trying to keep himself out of jail. that's part of what i think obviously when he comes back from overseas, kelly said and i completely agree with this, president biden is not somebody who's going to do an overt political attack overseas. and that's intentional, when he comes back, that's a big part of the theme. the other thing i would add, just to harken back a little bit to history here, and i think this is part of also what he was trying to appeal to, is i read reagan's speech from 40 years ago on d-day this afternoon because there's so many echoes of that, and part of what what he says, reagan in that speech were bound today, by what bound us 40 years ago, the same loyalties, traditions and believes. bound by reality, the strength is vital to the united states and the american security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of europe's democracies. it's important to remember that because also what president biden is doing is reminding people, this is not, these values and these fundamentals of what he was talking about today are not partisan. they haven't historically or tradition that willy been partisan. they are part of who we are as a country. ronald reagan was long. maybe he's not anymore. the great example of every republican running for office. that's not the maga example. ronald reagan saying in that speech 40 years ago could be intertwined with what president biden was saying today. that's an interesting part of his messaging as well. >> you know, reagan, that many years ago had an easy way to get to american audiences, it was make that speech and every network would carry it. >> that's true. >> it would be in every newspaper, and that's where you would get that information. those were the outlets. now it's so diversified. you can go to us, broadcast news, the newspapers, but there's also twitter and social media and whatever corner of the internet you want to go to to hear. how do you breakthrough that, the people that maybe aren't going for the politics but the people not paying attention period? >> it's certainly not just speeches as historic and beautiful as that backdrop was today. i'm not saying that. part of it is also empowering and engaging your supporters to be able to interact on all of those platforms you said. it's not just a messaging tool, although social media platforms are an organizational tool. that's how the campaign is using. what i think should be learning to supporters of president biden is how quickly donald trump built support on places like tiktok, right. because his supporters, his size is much much bigger. now it's not just about size. it's also about the impact of the type of content you're doing. that is where, especially, katy, when we're talking about these double haters as we're shorthanding and the type of people that president biden and the campaign needs to bring over to their side, needs to bring back home or convince them to vote for him if they haven't voted for him before, they're younger, they're more diverse, less politically engaged and they are not necessarily reading, you know, every -- they're not reading the reagan speech necessarily. maybe some of them are. they are not consuming the same news that ronald reagan was communicating through. they have to also communicate through the forces. >> how do you think they're doing on that? i know that the biden team sees this as an extremely important election. maybe the last election. and they're trying to run on that. they're trying to say, america, they got to take this seriously. this is no joke. donald trump wants to be a dictator, he said so, and he might not leave. how are they doing on making sure because they don't want this to happen, making sure donald trump doesn't win again? >> well, it's very hard to gauge in the moment, and it's hard for any of us to gauge. and we pay close attention to it. a lot of what they're doing, in a different way, the trump team is doing, is not seen every day. it's not every speech. it's not every public statement. it's a lot of the type of person-to-person organizing engagement that's happening on these platforms. that's much harder to gauge if you're not doing it every single day. i will say they recognize, and i have talked to them about this, they have a very talented and smart team of people who are doing this. they have done a lot with these tools, even from many of the same people who were working in the white house when i was there, where you don't have money. you don't have funds to put money towards it, and you have to be creative and think outside of the box and do that. that is where a lot of this race is going to be won or lost is going to be how people communicate and how the campaigns communicate on those platforms. there are still big moments, katy. obviously big speeches like today. we're all talking about it. the debate coming up will be another moment that is kind of a landing place where they will do organizing from on the platforms. it's very hard to gauge from kind of the seats we're sitting in in this moment. >> it's so hard to predict the future. jen psaki, good to have you. thank you so much for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> catch more of jen on msnbc every sunday at noon eastern, she's got the biggest stories she'll be breaking down the whole week. coming up next, what president biden apologized for today, and who he apologized to. plus, what prompted the hunter biden trial to end early today, and why the defense is now re-thinking its strategy. also, what latino voters say is driving their decision at the polls this november. we are back in 90 seconds. are . slowing my cancer from growing and living longer are two things i want from my metastatic breast cancer treatment. and with kisqali, i can have both. kisqali is a pill that when taken with an aromatase inhibitor helps delay cancer from growing and has been proven to help people live significantly longer across three separate clinical trials. so, i have the confidence to live my life. kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. avoid grapefruit during treatment. tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdomen pain, bleeding, bruising, fever, chills, or other symptoms of an infection, a severe or worsening rash, are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. long live life and long live you. ask your doctor about kisqali today. appearing together on camera this morning, president volodymyr zelenskyy said he had a lot more to share with president biden off camera at their joint news conference in paris. zelenskyy said there were battlefield updates. president biden needed to hear in private. >> i'm not going to walk away from you. i apologize for the weeks of not knowing what's going pan out in terms of funding and because we had trouble getting the bill to pass. some of our very conservative members who were holding it up, but we got it done finally. >> joining us now, president and founder of the ur eurasia group and g zero media. thank you so much for being here. there's a lot going on. there's the president talking to zelenskyy, vladimir putin is pushing in on ukraine. there's also the eu elections. can you walk us through what you are watching in this moment? >> not as much from the eu. certainly the far right is going to outperform. he'll end up with more seats, but let's keep in mind that georgia maloney, the italian prime minister, is a strong supporter of the eu. pretty close with ursula vander line, who runs the european commission, and also a strong opponent of putin's russia, and wants to continue to provide support for ukraine. i don't see any big change from the eu. also, i mean, the last few weeks have generally been good for nato on ukraine. in part, because there's coordination, in part because they're taking more risks. remember, you now have the u.s. and lots of other countries that are talking about allowing the ukraine to target military targets inside ukraine with nato weaponry. soon you're going to have trainers on the ground for aircraft and other nato equipment in ukraine itself, and you're going to have tens of billions of dollars of additional money given to ukraine that comes from the frozen, soon to be seized assets, of russia. that's a lot of coordination that's supporting the ukrainians that you didn't have a few weeks ago, katy, but all of that comes at a cost of potentially increasing the risks, certainly increasing the direct engagement of nato in this war. >> i was going to ask about that, so nato and the u.s. are now allowing ukraine to hit military targets in russia, but they're on the border of ukraine. they're not allowing them to go much further. president zelenskyy seemed to want to update president biden on some of that. is he arguing for more approval, more access to go deeper into russia and potentially stronger weaponry? >> he certainly is. and he is in part because of course the russians are able to target ukraine across their territory. it's civilian targets that they're hitting. it's not just energy infrastructure which has been severely damaged in ukraine over the past weeks, and that's going to hurt them in the winter coming up. of course it's also terrorizing civilians because they're hitting targets in urban centers, irrespective of whether they are military or not and the ukrainians are saying if they can do that, we need to be able to hit russian military targets across russia. they don't have the approval to do that with nato weaponry. what's going to happen going forward? why is nato doing things? i mean, katy, if you and i were having this conversation three years ago before the russian invasion, and we talked about the fact that there was a possible scenario where nato would be engaged against russia in a proxy war like this, and they'd be providing, you know, sort of the ability of the ukrainians to launch weapons directly into russia, that the americans, the europeans would all be in favor of that, you'd say not only is that crazy, you'd say it's incredibly dangerous, and yet that's where we are. how did we get here? and the answer is, number one, because russia's deterrence has not stood up very well. putin says a lot of things. he threatens the nordics, if you join nato, there's hell to pay. if you're poland, you keep providing weapons, we're going to hit you. they do it. he doesn't hit them. we're getting more comfortable with. and of course every incremental step you make over a couple of years. i guess we can do that. let's take the next small step. it's not like one big jump. also, katy because the war has not done well over the past few months for ukraine, and biden apologized for some of that. some of that is american political dysfunction. some of that is a lack of ukrainian troops that are trained on the front lines. it's a small country. it's a democracy. russia can send a lot more troops against ukraine. and some of it is a lack of air defense. just literally the material doesn't exist unless you take it away from other countries. you put all of that together. that has made nato more willing, maybe more desperate, but certainly more willing to take risks on that here to fore would have been considered too dangerous. >> it would have been an insane conversation to have. you wouldn't want to trigger article v. let me ask you about the russian sending nuclear missile. warships, nuclearsubs to cuba. should we be worried about that? >> we shouldn't like it. because of course it's not standard operating procedure for the russians