it can. do you find anything surprising about the fact that given the president, former president s conversation there with dr. phil, but day after day after day he has made similar comments with sean hannity, that that contrast doesn t seem to be at least resonating in the way, again, going back to susan glasser s article. you still have a race that s too close to call. you know, chris, we re here celebrating d-day. this is about men and women who have sacrificed themselves for ideals larger than themselves. that s the very opposite of vengeance. vengeance is mine sayeth the lord. i can t believe people seeing that contrast is going to go i want a guy who is going to go after his enemies in a democracy, rather than embracing the values of democracy that saved the west, as biden said.
so i think biden s challenge today is to remind people of what people we fought for 80 years ago, but those values are still extant are right now, and meeting with zelenskyy is part of this because that s the challenge of this generation. to kind of impede the force of tyranny trying to overtake a free nation in europe, the first time that has happened since world war ii. so i wonder, mark, in this moment about democracy and freedom. it was notable that the president did not invoke his opponent at all. obviously it is donald trump who has led the charge on the republican side for more isolationism, more nationalism. do you think there was a missed opportunity to draw a more explicit contrast today to send that message in a way that, frankly, is in tune with the times? not at all, i think to do so explicitly would have made it very political. i don t think he needed to.
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the economy and immigration, that in more with vivek ramaswamy on fox news. and next week we will continue to have three big town halls in iowa former un ambassador nikki haley is monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern. for governor desantis tuesday at 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. eastern, on wednesday former president donald trump. martha maccallum, bret baier will moderate all three there will also be with us tomorrow to discuss all things politics. arthel. arthel: will look forward to that we will present biden s them in for president trump as a threat to democracy. in his first reelection speech of 2024 president biden invoking the events of january 6 as the nation today marks three years since that deadly insurrection at the nation s capitol. lucas tomlinson is live in wilmington, delaware with more. venison vitamin vectors midterm
town halls, the vfw halls, the firehouses and elsewhere. one on one politics in iowa as nikki haley tries to get donald trump and the others run for their money. arthel: international is the ironic backed houthis are ramping up red sea attacks on merchant ships despite warnings of the u.s. and 11 other countries to knock it off. just today a u.s. naval destroyer intercepted a drone fired from an area controlled by the houthis in yemen. the houthis are warning of unspecified consequences to any country that tries to stop them. president biden facing increased pressure from salt lawmakers for a u.s. military response. the white house has been hesitant to act over concerns of a potentially widening war as a result. let s bring in joe frappuccino retired army colonel former centcom spokesperson.