empire will never erase a people's love for liberty. brutally will never grind down their will to be free. ukraine will never be a victory for russia. for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> that last sentence, the nine words, were not in president biden's prepared remarks. secretary of state, anthony blinken clarified biden wasn't talking about regime change. he said he meant putin cannot exercise power over his neighbors. the president also called the fight in ukraine one battle in the larger war of autocracy over democracy. >> history shows this is the task of our time. the task of this generation. let's remember the hammer blow that brought down the berlin wall. who lifted the iron curtain were