the veteran fought against tyranny during world war ii. and then zelenskyy turns and thanks him for keeping europe safe, for saving europe. we're all worried and focused now on vladimir putin, putin the man, the presumptivive republican nominee for president calls savvy and genius. it's another chilling reminder of the stakes of the november election. not just for us, but for the world. joining our conversation, former top official during the obama administration rick stank the. ruth, anthony and paul are also back. >> ukraine is the existential crisis of our time. we capitulate what happens in world war ii. it's the first invasion across the border since world war ii. now one thing we didn't mention is that one of our allies in world war ii was russia. it was the soviet union. but we also don't talk about that they made a treaty with hitler in 1939.